Dog-friendly attractions in Ravenglass

A lived-in castle above the Esk estuary with seventy acres of wild woodland garden, a hawk and owl centre and terrace views to the Scafells. Dogs go free in the gardens provided they are on a lead and cleaned up after, and there is a separate doggy seating area for the bird of prey displays; the Castle state rooms and the Hawk and Owl Centre are out of bounds.

The fifteen-inch gauge line, known locally as La'al Ratty, runs seven miles up from the estuary at Ravenglass to Dalegarth for Boot at the head of Eskdale, and it takes dogs the whole way for a flat fare. Dogs are allowed on the trains, in the ticket offices and gift shops, and on the lower floors of both the Turntable Cafe at Ravenglass and Fellbites at Dalegarth, but not in the Joan Pullman observation carriage, First Class carriage 140 or the Ruth director's saloon. Water bowls marked "paws for a drink" are set out around both terminals. Most of the open carriages are unglazed, so a wet dog and a wet walker dry out at much the same rate.