Dog-friendly Alston and around

Cumberland Inn

CA9 3HX

Cumberland Inn is a pub on Townfoot, Alston. 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.

Miners Arms

CA9 3PF

Miners Arms is a pub in Alston. 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.

The Angel Inn

CA9 3HU

The Angel Inn is a pub on Front Street, Alston. 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.

Turks Head Inn

CA9 3HS

Turks Head Inn is a pub on Market Place, Alston. 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.

Victoria Inn

CA9 3SE

Victoria Inn is a pub on Front Street, Alston. 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.

Fell View Cottage North of England · dogs welcome 7 nights from £712

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Cobble Cottage Retreat North of England · dogs welcome 7 nights from £482

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Bewick North of England · dogs welcome 7 nights from £501

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

Cobbles Cafe

Cobbles Cafe is a place to eat in Alston. 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.

Coffee Lounge

Coffee Lounge is a place to eat in Alston. 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.

Overwater Lodge

CA9 3NP

Overwater Lodge is a place to eat in Alston. 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.

Saddlers Bakery and Bistro

CA9 3SF

Saddlers Bakery and Bistro is a place to eat on West View, Alston. 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.

The Crossing Cafe

CA9 3JB

The Crossing Cafe is a place to eat in Alston. 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.

The Top Cafe

CA9 3SE

The Top Cafe is a place to eat on Front Street, Alston. 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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5 MI · OUT & BACK

VERIFIED 30 JUL 2026 VIEW WALK ›

The Pennine Way north from Alston to Whitley Castle

Alston · CA9 3JB

5MILES

2:40TIME

200mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

Two and a half miles north out of Alston on the Pennine Way to the grass ramparts of Whitley Castle, the Roman fort of Epiacum on the Maiden Way, and back the same line. The path climbs steadily out of the town past Harbut Lodge, drops to cross the Gilderdale Burn and then contours up the hillside with the whole South Tyne valley opening behind you. It is walled pasture the whole way with stock in most fields and a fair number of gates. The fort itself is on working farmland, so the lead stays on.

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Stays · 11 All stays in Alston →

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Lovelady Shield

CA9 3LX

VERIFIED 30 JUL 2026 VIEW ›

A country house hotel with cottages on Lovelady Lane, in gardens running down to the River Nent a couple of miles east of Alston. The house states that some of its rooms are dog friendly and that the cottages are dog friendly, and asks you to contact them in advance to check availability - which is the point, because not every room takes a dog. No charge is published. The grounds and the Nent are on the doorstep, and the Pennine Way and Isaac's Tea Trail are both within walking distance.

Alston House Hotel

CA9 3RN

Alston House Hotel is a place to stay on Townfoot, Alston. 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.

Cherry Tree Cottage

CA9 3PD

Cherry Tree Cottage is a place to stay in Alston. 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.

Fell View Cottage

Lace up your boots throw a harness on the dog and head out to explore close to home. Just 2 miles away the village of Alston is supposedly the highest market settlement in England at 1000ft above sea level. Browse the streets which are dotted with independent shops and places to grab a tasty bite to eat or hop on the Pennine Way for an adventurous afternoon in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. If you fancy a day on the water make the 26.5-mile trip into the Lake District and visit the beautiful lake at Ullswater. Board a dog-friendly steamer for a lovely day out. Take the two steps up and into the beautiful living space to settle in. The stylish lounge/diner has a comfortable sofa and pair of chairs in which you can sit and unwind in front of the Smart TV. Throw open the patio doors to let a breeze flow inside. Head through to the spacious kitchen where an electric oven and hob fridge freezer microwave dishwasher coffee machine and washing machine provide you with all you need to cook your meals and wash muddy clothes fresh from adventure. Completing the ground floor is a useful shower room with WC. When it s time to say good night climb stairs to the first floor to rest your head. With quirky sloping ceilings both the king-size and the twin bedrooms are bright and airy creating relaxing spaces in which to drift off. Rise from a peaceful sleep and head to the family bathroom with WC for a soak in the tub (with shower attachment) for a relaxing start to your day. The bathroom also has a sloping ceiling so take care when getting in and out of the double-sided bath. Settle into the hot tub for a sumptuous soak to calm aching muscles. Admire far-reaching views from here before heading to the patio for a glass of something cold where you can also enjoy al fresco meals. There is parking for two cars. Need to know: 2 bedrooms 1 king size, 1 twin. 2 bathrooms 1 shower room, 1 bathroom with handheld shower. Electric oven and hob, fridge, freezer, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, coffee machine. Smart TV with Sky and Netflix and Amazon Echo. Wi Fi included. Dogs to be kept on leads at all times due to the cottage being surrounded by farmland and livestock. Enclosed garden with hot tub and furniture, some areas accessed via steps.. Parking for 2 cars. Shops and pub within 2 miles. Take care of sloping ceilings on first floor. Fell View Cottage can be booked with a neighbouring property (just over the road) to accomodate larger parties..

Harbut Law

CA9 3BD

Harbut Law is a place to stay in Alston. 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.

Harbut Law Holiday Cottages

CA9 3BD

Harbut Law Holiday Cottages is a place to stay in Alston. 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.

Lovelady Shield Cottages

Lovelady Shield Cottages is a place to stay in Alston. 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.

Lovelady Shield Country House Hotel

CA9 3LX

Lovelady Shield Country House Hotel is a place to stay on Lovelady Lane, Alston. 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.

Lowbyer Manor Country House

CA9 3JX

Lowbyer Manor Country House is a place to stay on Hexham Road, Alston. 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.

Nent Hall Country Hotel

CA9 3LQ

Nent Hall Country Hotel is a place to stay in Alston. 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.

West Nattrass Tea Room & Guest House

West Nattrass Tea Room & Guest House is a place to stay in Alston. 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 · 43

5.4 MI · OUT & BACK

DOGS WELCOME

Alston to Garrigill on the South Tyne Trail

Alston

5.4MILES

2:35TIME

130mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Five and a half miles there and back in around two and a half hours, upstream from England’s highest market town on riverside path and old trackbed to the green at Garrigill. Start from the station car park at Alston, beside the South Tynedale Railway, which is free and the largest parking in the town; the cobbled market place has only a handful of spaces. The South Tyne is alongside almost the whole way with plenty of places for a dog to get in, and much of it is safely off the lead, but riverside meadows are grazed by sheep and there are stiles and gates to negotiate at the field boundaries.

5 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

Alston to Slaggyford on the South Tyne Trail

Alston

5MILES

2:30TIME

90mCLIMB

94%OFF-ROAD

Five miles of nearly level linear walking in two and a half hours, north down the South Tyne valley on the old Haltwhistle branch railway past Kirkhaugh and Lintley to Slaggyford. Start at Alston station car park, which is free and the largest in the town, and take the narrow-gauge South Tynedale Railway back from Slaggyford rather than walking it twice, since the trail and the line run side by side. Traffic-free trackbed makes this the safest long off-lead walk in the North Pennines, with the South Tyne close by for a drink, but the viaducts have open parapets, sheep graze the adjoining fields, and dogs must be on a lead on the train.

Attraction 1.1 mi DOGS WELCOME

South Tynedale Railway

Alston · CA9 3JB

A narrow-gauge line running north out of Alston up the South Tyne valley, worked by steam and diesel on a former branch line. The railway states plainly that it is dog friendly, so a dog can travel with you rather than wait in the car. Combine it with the riverside path back for a there-and-walk-home outing.

Stay 2.1 mi SOME LIMITS

Haggs Bank Bunkhouse and Campsite

Nenthead · CA9 3LH

An old lead mine yard on the Nenthead road, now a bunkhouse and campsite used mostly by C2C cyclists and walkers. Well-behaved dogs are welcome on the campsite at no extra charge, provided they are on a lead at all times. The bunkhouse pages do not state a dog policy, so ask if you want a bed rather than a pitch.

2.7 MI · LOOP

DOGS WELCOME

Ashgill Force from Garrigill

Alston

2.7MILES

1:15TIME

80mCLIMB

88%OFF-ROAD

Two and three quarter miles with 80 metres of climbing, an easy hour and a quarter up the South Tyne from Garrigill to a waterfall you can walk behind, returning on the trail above. Start at the village green in Garrigill, where roadside parking is free but limited to perhaps fifteen considerate spaces, so a weekday is easier. Pools and cascades all the way up give a dog constant water and shallow paddling, the wooded gorge section is fine off the lead, and the only cares are the wet rock behind the fall itself and the sheep in the meadows either side.

Restaurant 3.3 mi DOGS WELCOME

The Hive

Nenthead · CA9 3PL

In the dining room Treats

A village cafe at 1,500 feet in one of the highest settlements in England, on Isaac's Tea Trail and welcome after a wet mile of it. Dog friendly, with dog beds and treats supplied. Opening is limited out of season, so check before you commit to the climb.

4.4 MI · LOOP

Nenthead Mines and Flinty Fell

Nenthead · CA9 3PD

4.4MILES

2:15TIME

200mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Four and a half miles and 200 metres of climbing in a little over two hours around one of the great lead-mining landscapes of the Pennines, past Perry’s Dam and over the edge of Flinty Fell. Start at the Nenthead Mines heritage site car park just below the village, which is free and rarely more than half full, at 440 metres one of the highest trailheads in England. Mine tracks give easy off-lead walking with burns and reservoirs to drink from, but this is a scheduled monument riddled with old shafts and open levels that a dog should not be allowed to explore, and the fell above is grazed with ground-nesting birds from March to July.

Stay 8.7 mi SOME LIMITS

Thornley House

Allendale · NE47 9NH

A two-room bed and breakfast a mile out of Allendale village, looking over its own field and garden in the heart of the North Pennines. Dogs are welcome on a lead in the house as well as the grounds, and there is no extra charge for them, which is unusual at this size of place. Allendale's pubs, tea rooms and 1874 co-operative store are the mile back down the lane.

4 MI · LOOP

DOGS WELCOME

Allendale Town and the East Allen

Allendale · NE47 9BD

4MILES

1:55TIME

145mCLIMB

86%OFF-ROAD

Four miles in a shade under two hours, down to the East Allen at the old smelt mill and up the wooded riverside to Oakpool before returning by Monk’s Wood on a section of Isaac’s Tea Trail. Start in the market place at Allendale Town, where roadside parking is free and there is usually space except on the day of the New Year tar barrel parade. The river is beside you for most of the way with easy shelving access for a drink or a swim, the woodland stretches are safe off the lead, and the two hay meadows above Oakpool are grazed by sheep from autumn.

6.4 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

Isaac’s Tea Trail: Allendale to Ninebanks

Allendale · NE47 9BD

6.4MILES

3:30TIME

230mCLIMB

86%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

Six and a half miles of linear moorland walking with 230 metres of climbing, three and a half hours over the ridge between the East and West Allen on the trail named after the Victorian tea seller Isaac Holden. Start from the market place at Allendale Town, where parking is free, and plan the return: the bus service to Ninebanks is sparse, so most walkers arrange a lift or double back. Big open ground where a dog can run, burns to drink from and no roads to speak of, but the moor is grazed by sheep the whole way, ground-nesting birds mean leads from March to July, and the last mile drops through farmyards at Mohope.

5.6 MI · LOOP

The Allendale smelt mill flues and Dryburn Moor

Allendale · NE47 9BD

5.6MILES

2:55TIME

250mCLIMB

88%OFF-ROAD

Five and a half miles and 250 metres of climbing in about three hours, up the line of the two-and-a-half-mile flues built in 1805 to carry lead smoke off the valley floor, to the pair of chimneys on Dryburn Moor and back on Isaac’s Tea Trail. Start in Allendale Town market place, where parking is free and rarely a problem; the climb begins at Allen Mill on the river below the village. Open moor gives long off-lead running and there is water in every burn, but the moor is grazed and holds ground-nesting curlew and lapwing from March to July, when the National Park asks for dogs on leads, and old flue workings leave open stonework to avoid.

Stay 1.5 mi NOT CHECKED YET

Nent Hall Farm House

Nenthall

Nent Hall Farm House is a place to stay in Nenthall. 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.

Pub 1.5 mi NOT CHECKED YET

The Coach House

Nenthall

The Coach House is a pub in Nenthall. 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.

Stay 2.9 mi NOT CHECKED YET

East View

Garrigill · CA9 3DU

East View is a place to stay in Garrigill. 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.