Dog-friendly attractions in Cark in Cartmel

The Cavendish family's estate at Cark, two miles from Cartmel, with formal and woodland gardens, a deer park and a cafe, open Wednesday to Sunday and bank holiday Mondays from mid-March to the end of the season. Holker states that dogs are very welcome everywhere on the estate except inside the Hall, and asks that they are kept on leads at all times and picked up after, with bins provided across the estate. Tickets are bought at the kiosk on arrival; there is no pre-booking. The gardens run to twenty-five acres and the wider parkland walks are the reason to bring a dog rather than the borders.