Dog-friendly Polzeath and around

Beach SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

Polzeath Beach

A wide, shallow-shelving Atlantic bay that is the busiest learn-to-surf beach on this coast. It carries the longer award-beach restriction, so dogs are shut out from 10am to 6pm right through from mid-May to the end of September — before ten and after six the whole bay is yours. Daymer Bay, a mile south, has no ban at all.

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Pubs · 1 All pubs in Polzeath →

Pub SOME LIMITS

The Oystercatcher

PL27 6TG

In the bar Water bowls Treats

Perched above Polzeath's surf beach with a wide terrace and sweeping views back over Pentire. Dogs are permitted in most areas including the bar, the garden and the dog-friendly rooms, but not the main restaurant; the stay comes with a tennis ball, Forthglade treats and poo bags. Worth knowing the beach below is closed to dogs 10am to 6pm from 15 May to 30 September.

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Restaurants & cafés · 6 All restaurants & cafés in Polzeath →

Restaurant DOGS WELCOME

The Waterfront

PL27 6SP

In the bar In the dining room

Big glass-fronted restaurant and bar facing the sand at Polzeath, open daily through the season for pizza, seafood and coffee. The kitchen states plainly that it is dog friendly and family friendly; ring ahead in high summer and they will place you where a wet dog will not be in the way.

Restaurant SOME LIMITS

Surfside

PL27 6TB

Beach-shack bar and kitchen at the top of the Polzeath slipway, geared to wet wetsuits and sandy feet. Dogs are allowed in the bar at all times, which matters here because the beach itself shuts to them between 10am and 6pm from 15 May to 30 September. Good place to wait out the middle of a summer day.

Cafe India

Cafe India is a place to eat in Polzeath. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Flo's Kitchen

PL27 6SR

Flo's Kitchen is a place to eat on Dunders Hill, Polzeath. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Galleon beach cafe

PL27 6TB

Galleon beach cafe is a place to eat on Dunders Hill, Polzeath. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

TJs Surf Shop, Kitchen and Bar

PL27 6TB

TJs Surf Shop, Kitchen and Bar is a place to eat on Polzeath Beach, Polzeath. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

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Walks · 1 All walks in Polzeath →

4.2 MI · LOOP

Pentire Point and the Rumps from Polzeath

Polzeath · PL27 6QY

4.2MILES

2:20TIME

150mCLIMB

88%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

Four and a bit miles round the Pentire headland, a little over two hours with 150 metres of climbing, on short grass with two Iron Age promontory forts and the best view of the Camel estuary in it. Start either from Polzeath beach or from the National Trust car park at Pentireglaze, which has toilets and a cafe and is much the quieter of the two; Polzeath fills solid on a hot day. There are no stiles at all, so it suits a big dog, but the Trust grazes sheep and cattle over the headland and asks for leads, the path around Rumps Point is rocky and close to an unfenced edge, and Polzeath itself is restricted for four and a half months of the year.

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Stays · 1 All stays in Polzeath →

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The White Heron

The White Heron is a place to stay in Polzeath. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

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Also within 10 miles · 283

Stay 0.4 mi SOME LIMITS

St Moritz Hotel

Rock · PL27 6SD

Contemporary hotel and spa above Daymer Bay with a dedicated dog-friendly stay category alongside its rooms, suites and self-catering. Daymer Bay is a ten-minute walk down and carries no seasonal dog ban, so this is one of the few north-coast bases that works in August. Bring leads for the clifftop stretches of coast path and the livestock fields behind.

Livestock — leads on

Beach 1.0 mi DOGS WELCOME Dogs all year

Daymer Bay

Rock

Sheltered dune-backed sand inside the Camel estuary, shallow and calm compared with the surf beaches either side. It is not among the beaches covered by Cornwall Council's dogs-on-beaches order, so it takes dogs all year with no time restriction — the reason it fills with them in August. Brea Hill above it is grazed, so leads on the dunes.

Pub 2.2 mi SOME LIMITS

The Shipwrights

Padstow · PL28 8AF

Low-beamed pub right on Padstow's inner harbour wall, with terrace tables that look straight over the moored boats. Dogs are permitted inside, on a lead, and the pub asks that they are not left unattended at any point. A useful bolt-hole when the harbour front is heaving in August.

4.8 MI · LOOP

Port Quin to Port Isaac on the rollercoaster path

Port Isaac

4.8MILES

2:45TIME

170mCLIMB

88%OFF-ROAD

Five miles between two fishing coves on the stretch of coast path locals call the rollercoaster, two and a half hours and 170 metres of ascent taken in a dozen short brutal pulls rather than one long climb. It starts at the tiny National Trust car park at Port Quin, which holds perhaps twenty cars and is gone early, and returns inland by field paths; Port Isaac has the pubs and the pasties at the halfway point. Five stone stiles on the inland leg will need a hand for most dogs and one wooden one needs lifting all but the smallest, both harbour beaches allow dogs all year, and the cliff path is unfenced throughout with seals in the coves below.

3.1 MI · LOOP

Harbour Cove and Hawker’s Cove from Padstow

Padstow

3.1MILES

1:30TIME

95mCLIMB

86%OFF-ROAD

A three-mile loop out of Padstow along the estuary shore to two sandy coves and back over the fields, an easy hour and a half with one short pull up from the beach. It leaves from the harbour and the war memorial, so any of the Padstow car parks work; the walk is also the obvious use of a bad-weather day when the coast beyond Stepper Point is unwalkable. Only one stile, beside a gate, and no livestock as a rule; dogs may use Harbour Cove all year and there is a stream running onto the sand for a drink, but St George’s Cove is inside the council summer restriction and the coast path above it is unfenced.

5.5 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

DOGS WELCOME

Camel Trail: Padstow to Wadebridge

Padstow

5.5MILES

2:10TIME

25mCLIMB

92%OFF-ROAD

Five and a half level miles of dismantled railway along the Camel estuary, about two hours each way on a hard all-weather surface that stays walkable in the wettest week of the year. It starts beside the old station at the head of Padstow harbour; the harbourside pay-and-display car parks are the nearest and fill by mid-morning from Whitsun onwards, and Wadebridge has its own car park at the far end if you prefer to walk it inland to sea. There are no stiles, no livestock and no cliff edge, but this is a shared cycleway carrying fast bikes in both directions, so a short lead is the sensible default; the estuary itself is fenced off from the trail for most of the way.

Pub 2.4 mi SOME LIMITS

The Old Custom House

Padstow · PL28 8BL

In the bar Water bowls Treats

Harbourside St Austell Brewery inn a few steps from the Camel estuary and the start of the Camel Trail. Dogs are allowed with you in all areas of the pub except the main restaurant, and a handful of bedrooms are set aside for them. Leads in the public areas, and let the team know at booking so you are seated somewhere sensible.

5.8 MI · LOOP

Rock to Polzeath and St Enodoc

Rock

5.8MILES

2:50TIME

135mCLIMB

82%OFF-ROAD

Just under six miles round the dunes, beaches and golf links of the Camel’s eastern shore, about two and three quarter hours and easy going apart from soft sand and the pull over Brea Hill. It starts at the Rock car park by the ferry slip, which is large but pay-and-display, and the Padstow ferry means you can arrive on foot from the other side. Stiles are all passable for a large dog and Rock and Daymer Bay take dogs the year round, which is unusual on this coast; the route crosses a working golf course where a lead is expected, and the low cliff at Trebetherick Point is unfenced.

7.4 MI · LOOP

Trevone to Padstow around Stepper Point

Padstow

7.4MILES

3:20TIME

150mCLIMB

85%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

Seven and a half miles round the whole of the Stepper Point headland, about three and a quarter hours with 150 metres of climbing spread over a series of short sharp pulls between coves. Start at the Trevone Bay car park, which is small and beach-facing and gone by ten on a fine day; the alternative is to park in Padstow and pick the walk up halfway. A couple of slate stiles will need a hand for a small or elderly dog, there are free-range cattle on the clifftop near Butter Hole, and the path runs unfenced along the top of some genuinely serious drops between Gunver Head and Stepper.

Beach 3.6 mi SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

Trevone Beach

Trevone

A square of sand between low cliffs a couple of miles west of Padstow, with a blowhole in the field behind it. The council lists it under the long award-beach window, closed to dogs 10am to 6pm from mid-May to the end of September. Harlyn Bay, next along, is not on the council's list.

3.3 MI · LOOP

Port Isaac and Port Gaverne

Port Isaac

3.3MILES

2:00TIME

190mCLIMB

76%OFF-ROAD

A short, steep three and a third miles taking in both harbours and the cliffs either side, about two hours with 190 metres of climbing crammed into a small space. Park in the big car park at the top of the village, because the harbour itself is unsuitable for cars and the hill back up is punishing; the walk drops through the old fish cellars on the way out. Both beaches allow dogs all year and there are streams at Port Gaverne, but a large dog will need lifting over a couple of stiles in the fields above the cove, and the coast path at Lobber Point and Varley Head runs right along the unfenced edge.

Pub 3.9 mi DOGS WELCOME

The Golden Lion

Port Isaac · PL29 3RB

The old smugglers' pub above Port Isaac harbour, with a terrace hanging over the Platt. Families and dogs are always welcome, which in a village this crowded in summer is worth knowing before you walk down the hill. Steep cobbled lanes either side, so a short lead is sensible.

Pub 4.2 mi SOME LIMITS

The Cornish Arms

St Merryn · PL28 8ND

Rick Stein's village local a couple of miles inland from Padstow, all slate floors and St Austell ales, and named best dog-friendly pub in the UK by Canine Cottages. Dogs are welcome in the pub itself and in the beer garden, on a lead throughout. Handy after the Trevose Head loop.

Pub 4.4 mi SOME LIMITS

Port Gaverne

Port Gaverne · PL29 3SQ

In the bar Water bowls Treats

Seventeenth-century pilchard-trade inn in the cove next along from Port Isaac, and about as sheltered as this coast gets. Your dog is allowed with you in all areas of the Port Gaverne except the main restaurant, and dog-friendly bedrooms must be booked as such in advance. The cove beach below has no seasonal ban.