Dog-friendly Slapton and around

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The Queens Arms

TQ7 2PN

A low-beamed village pub in Slapton, ten minutes' walk uphill from Slapton Sands and the Ley. The house rule is plainly stated: well-behaved dogs on leads and children welcome, which makes it a reliable stop at the end of a Start Bay walk.

In the bar

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The Tower Inn

TQ7 2PN

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Seaways

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This charming family-friendly retreat filled with inviting spaces both indoors and outdoors is located right at the very edge of Slapton Sands beach. You ll find yourself just steps away from a day of relaxation and coastal strolls on this expansive dog-friendly shoreline. Enhance your beach outing with thrilling water activities like paddle boarding or canoeing or set up your rods to reel in a big catch. The beachside café (less than 100 metres away) is a great place to refuel. For nature enthusiasts Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve a mere 1.5 miles away boasts a picturesque freshwater lake providing ample opportunities to observe diverse wildlife. All of this unfolds within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty inviting you to explore its natural delights during your holiday. Slapton (2 miles) Salcombe (12 miles) and Dartmouth (9 miles) are also great destinations for a day trip. Step inside this idyllic beachside retreat and you ll enter the lounge area oozing with period charm. Original shutters a stable door and a large bay view window that fills the cottage with light coupled with the contemporary design give this property character. Comfortable sofas a Smart TV a wood burner and sea views await you Moving into the dining area you ll find ample seating for six guests with an extendable table and additional seating. In the well-equipped kitchen you ll find plenty of worktop space making meal preparation a breeze . To the rear of the cottage there is a utility room and a convenient downstairs WC all tiled and with the benefit of underfloor heating. Moving upstairs the first bedroom boasts a comfortable double bedroom providing fantastic sea views . Across the hall you ll find the family bathroom with shower over the bath . Completing the first floor is 3 bunk bed that s great for children . Upstairs you ll find the master suite with a super-king-size bed exposed wooden beams and en-suite shower rooms . It offers fantastic views over the seafront and Slapton Ley. Outside to the rear is an enclosed decked area with a bistro set which makes a great location for morning coffee. To the front of the property is a raised patio space where you can dine alfresco just metres from the beach. Need to know: 3 bedrooms 1 super king size, 1 double, 1 3 bunk bed. 3 bathrooms 1 family bathroom with shower over the bath and WC, 1 en suite shower room with WC, 1 separate downstairs WC. Electric double oven and hob, fridge/freezer, microwave, coffee maker. Utility space with washing machine and dryer, dishwasher. Cot and highchair available upon request. Smart TV in lounge. Wood burner in lounge (logs are not supplied). Rear enclosed decked courtyard with bistro set. Front raised patio area with outdoor dining table and chairs. Please note pets should not be left unattended in the property and that they must remain downstairs and off furniture at all times. Beach less than 50 metres pub less than 100 metres, shop 0.9 mile (stokeley farm shop). Permit parking less than 100 metres from property (loading and unloading available outside front of property).

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Also within 10 miles · 349

3.7 MI · LOOP

DOGS WELCOME

Beesands and Hallsands

Beesands · TQ7 2EL

3.7MILES

2:05TIME

200mCLIMB

82%OFF-ROAD

A 3.7-mile circuit of about two hours from the shingle at Beesands past the ruins of the village the sea took at Hallsands, returning by tracks and green lanes with 200 metres of climbing and one long flight of steps. Start at the free seafront car park at Beesands, reached by narrow lanes from Stokenham, with the Cricket Inn and toilets beside it; the lanes are single track with passing places so a wing mirror is a genuine consideration in August. Beesands is a dog-friendly beach all year and the ley behind it holds fresh water, but the green lanes get overgrown in high summer, the fields hold sheep, and the cliff edge above Hallsands is undercut and unfenced.

Beach 2.8 mi DOGS WELCOME Dogs all year

Beesands Beach

Beesands

A mile of steep shingle in Start Bay, backed by a single row of cottages, the Cricket Inn and a freshwater ley. No dog exclusion applies here in the South Hams order, so it is open to dogs all year; the shelving beach and strong undertow are the reason to think twice, not the rules.

Off-lead allowed

3.2 MI · LOOP

Blackpool Sands and Strete

Dartmouth · TQ6 0RG

3.2MILES

1:45TIME

180mCLIMB

60%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

A 3.2-mile circuit of about an hour and three quarters that climbs the lanes above Blackpool Sands to Strete for the long view over Slapton Ley to Start Point, then drops back to the beach on coast path, with 180 metres of climbing and muddy field sections after rain. The obvious start is the paid beach car park at Blackpool Sands on the A379, and this is the catch: the beach owners operate a Blue Flag seasonal ban that keeps dogs off the beach, out of the café and out of the car parks from 1 May to 30 September, so between those dates park in Strete instead and walk the loop the other way. Out of season it is one of the friendliest short walks on this coast, with shingle to throw stones on and sheltered water; in season expect stock in the fields, quiet but fast lanes, and no dog access to the sand at all.

Restaurant 2.8 mi DOGS WELCOME

Britannia @ the Beach

Beesands · TQ7 2EH

A family-run shellfish shack and restaurant on the beach road at Beesands, selling crab, lobster and fish landed a few hundred yards away. Well-behaved dogs are part of the welcome, and the setting means a wet dog is nobody's crisis.

In the dining room

Beach 2.9 mi SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

Blackpool Sands

Stoke Fleming

A privately run crescent of coarse sand in a wooded bay between Dartmouth and Slapton, with Blue Flag status and a paid car park. The owners exclude dogs entirely for the summer, and the ban covers the cafe and the car parks as well as the beach, so there is nowhere to leave a dog while you swim. Out of season dogs have the run of the whole beach.

Off-lead allowed

Pub 2.9 mi DOGS WELCOME

The Cricket Inn

Beesands

In the bar In the dining room Water bowls Treats

A seafood pub a stone's throw from the shingle at Beesands, on the coast path between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. Dogs are made as welcome as people, with water bowls and biscuits in the front bar and in part of the restaurant, so this is a place you can eat properly rather than perch outside. Seven bed and breakfast rooms upstairs.

4.2 MI · LOOP

Little Dartmouth and Dartmouth Castle

Dartmouth · TQ6 0JP

4.2MILES

2:20TIME

200mCLIMB

82%OFF-ROAD

A 4.2-mile circuit of about two and a quarter hours from the National Trust fields at Little Dartmouth down to the rocky shore at Compass Cove, along to Dartmouth Castle and back by bridleway, with 200 metres of climbing and sections that turn greasy after rain. Start at the Trust's Redlap car park, which is free to members and by donation otherwise and rarely fills; buses 93 and 111 reach Dartmouth town centre if you would rather walk it the other way round. Dogs are welcome off the lead on the open cliff pasture but there is nearly always stock in these fields and the drops at Blackstone Point are sheer; the castle grounds allow dogs on leads, and the only reliable drinking water is the tap at the castle café.

Pub 4.1 mi DOGS WELCOME

The Millbrook Inn

South Pool · TQ7 2RW

A tiny creekside pub up a dead-end lane from Salcombe harbour, with a serious kitchen and a South Hams reputation out of all proportion to its size. Its own description of itself puts dogs by the fire and locals at the bar, and the streamside terrace fills up on a rising tide.

In the bar

Attraction 5.2 mi SOME LIMITS

Dartmouth Castle

Dartmouth · TQ6 0JN

A gun fort wedged into the rocks at the mouth of the Dart, reached by a mile of coast path or the seasonal ferry from the town. English Heritage lists it among its dog-friendly places, with dogs on leads welcome around the site; the standing request is that leads go on around livestock and that you clear up.

Pub 5.3 mi DOGS WELCOME

The Royal Castle Hotel

Dartmouth · TQ6 9PS

In the bar Water bowls Treats

A coaching inn on the Dartmouth quayside with two bars, log fires and rooms over the harbour. It is one of St Austell Brewery's managed houses, so dogs are welcome throughout the pub with a water bowl and biscuits as standard, and the hotel sells a dog-friendly stay outright rather than treating it as a favour.

Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on Water bowls

4.1 MI · LOOP

DOGS WELCOME

East Prawle and Prawle Point

East Prawle · TQ7 2BY

4.1MILES

2:20TIME

210mCLIMB

86%OFF-ROAD

Four point one miles and two and a quarter hours out to the most southerly point in Devon, down ancient green lanes to the coastguard lookout and back along the raised beach terraces, with 210 metres of climbing and a couple of steep pulls. Start on the green at East Prawle, which has a small free car park, two pubs and no public transport at all, so the car is the only way in and the lanes down from Chivelstone are single track. The green lanes and cliff terraces make for a long off-lead run, there is water at the Pigs Nose for dogs and drinkers, and the hazards are honest ones: cattle on the terraces, sheep in the fields and a low unfenced cliff above Langerstone Point.

4.9 MI · LOOP

Kingswear, Froward Point and the Daymark

Kingswear · TQ6 0AL

4.9MILES

3:00TIME

330mCLIMB

75%OFF-ROAD

A demanding 4.9 miles round the mouth of the Dart, three hours or so with 330 metres of climbing, long flights of steps, woodland path and metalled lanes between the two castles and the wartime battery at Froward Point. Start from the marina car park in Kingswear, which is private and paid, or come over on the Lower Ferry from Dartmouth and pick the walk up on foot; the Paignton steam train also stops in the village from April to October. Dogs cope well with the steps but the descent to the battery is steep and exposed, skylarks nest on the Coleton grassland so leads are asked for in spring and early summer, and the only water on the route is the tap at the Froward Point visitor hut when it is open.

1 MI · LOOP

Snapes Point estuary loop

Salcombe

1MILES

35mTIME

45mCLIMB

92%OFF-ROAD

A one-mile National Trust loop out to a low headland in the middle of the Salcombe estuary, half an hour of gentle walking with a few steps and about 45 metres of climbing on grass and farm track. The Trust car park at the top of Sandhills Road is free and holds perhaps a dozen cars, so it is a good bet when Salcombe itself is gridlocked; the walk is also reachable on foot from the town in fifteen minutes. Dogs can be off the lead on the headland but the loop crosses grazed pasture with cattle in summer, and the shoreline below is reached only at a couple of muddy gaps, so this is a view walk rather than a swimming one.

3.9 MI · LOOP

DOGS WELCOME

East Portlemouth and Gara Rock

Salcombe · TQ8 8PD

3.9MILES

2:20TIME

190mCLIMB

80%OFF-ROAD

Three point nine miles of easy coast above the eastern shore of the Salcombe estuary, taking around two and a quarter hours with 190 metres of climbing on rocky cliff path, a surfaced lane and one green lane. Start at the small East Portlemouth car park, or leave the car in Salcombe and cross on the passenger ferry from Whitestrand, which takes dogs for a small fare and saves the long drive round by Frogmore. This is the best dog walk on the estuary because Mill Bay, Sunny Cove and Rickham Sand all stay open to dogs year round, there is sheltered water to swim in on the way out, and the only care needed is the unfenced cliff top by Gara Rock and stock in the fields on the green lane home.