Dog-friendly Ashbourne

Dig Street local in Ashbourne with a beer garden, darts and a pool table, and pets allowed listed among its amenities. It is the least fussy door in town at the end of a day on the Tissington Trail, which starts a few hundred yards away at Mapleton Lane. Open from noon every day.

Restaurant and bar on Ashbourne's market place, smarter than a pub but newly and specifically dog friendly. Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome in the bar and on the beer terrace between noon and 5pm daily, with water bowls and treats provided; outside those hours the dining room is not open to them. Book a table if you want the terrace on a Sunday.

Two and a half miles there and back, an hour at most, out through the lit railway tunnel under the town and back by the Henmore Brook and Church Banks. Start from the Mapleton Lane car park at the Tissington Trail head, pay-and-display and the closest parking to the tunnel mouth. Level and surfaced almost throughout, so a good short leg-stretch for a dog that cannot manage hills, with close control rather than a lead needed on the trail, a shallow paddle in the Henmore, and a short pavement section on Church Street where a lead goes back on.

Six and a half miles there and back on the level, three hours, starting through the lit 350-metre Ashbourne tunnel and climbing imperceptibly onto the limestone with Thorpe Cloud ahead. Start from the Mapleton Lane car park at the trail head in Ashbourne, pay-and-display with toilets and cycle hire, five minutes from the market place. The surface is smooth and traffic-free from end to end, which makes it one of the best walks in the county for an old dog, dogs need close control rather than a lead but the trail is busy with bikes at weekends, and there is no water on the trail so carry it.