Dog-friendly The Hill and around

A two-bedroom cottage on Griffin Street in the middle of Broughton-in-Furness, sleeping up to five, with a refurbished kitchen-diner and an enclosed rear patio, which is the useful bit: enclosed outdoor space is rare in a village terrace. The owners describe it on their own site as a dog-friendly cottage but do not publish a limit on numbers or a charge, so settle both when you book. The Georgian square, the two village pubs and the bakery are two minutes away, and the Duddon estuary path starts at the bottom of the hill.

A sixteenth-century inn just off the Georgian square at Broughton-in-Furness, with six refurbished en-suite rooms and a bar and lounge of leather sofas at the quiet southern end of the Duddon. Its own about page says dogs are welcome in the bar area and that two of the bedrooms are dog friendly, while its booking page says all the rooms are; ring before you travel if you need certainty. It is a sensible base for the Duddon Valley, the Lickle and the low fells around Broughton, none of which get the Wasdale traffic.

A small family site on a working farm in a wooded valley north-east of Broughton-in-Furness, open all year, with grass and hardstanding pitches, cabins, miniature yurts and a six-berth bunkhouse. Its own page says dogs are welcome as long as they are well behaved and kept on leads, and the reason is plain enough: the farm keeps working sheepdogs, sheep, cattle, ponies, ducks and hens, and they are all loose about the place. It is about fifteen minutes from Coniston Water and the same from the bottom of the Duddon, so it works as a base for both.

A large Greene King pub on Abbey Road at the north end of Barrow, ten minutes' walk from Barrow Park and on the road out to Furness Abbey. Its own dog-friendly page states that all are welcome at the Strawberry, that the pub loves dogs and that there is usually a treat or two waiting for them. Sport is shown, food is pub standards, and it opens from late morning through to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. In a town with very little published on dogs, this is one of the few places that puts it in writing.