Dog-friendly attractions in Rawcliffe

One of the largest village greens in Yorkshire, a long open rectangle of mown grass ringed by brick cottages, the church and the Jemmy Hirst, with the embanked River Aire immediately behind the north side. It is unfenced on every side and the through lanes are quiet, which makes it the easiest place in the west of the patch for a dog to stretch out for twenty minutes off the bank. Nothing here is a dog exclusion area: the council's only seasonal dog ban is on the four North Sea beaches at Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea, and its other restrictions are named children's play areas. The green is used for the Rawcliffe Feast and for cricket in summer, so pick your corner.