Dog-friendly Bodmin Moor & Inland

The 1750s coaching inn in the middle of Bodmin Moor, smuggling legend and Daphne du Maurier attached. Dog-friendly rooms are bookable by phone and you can request a pet-friendly dining table in the bar area or restaurant when you reserve. A nightly supplement per room covers up to two dogs, and there are marked walking trails and dedicated dog-walking areas on the doorstep.

Roadside pub on the edge of Bodmin with a big garden and the Camel Trail a short walk away. Dogs are permitted in most areas of the pub, minus the main restaurant dining area, on a lead and not left unattended. The most practical stop at the Bodmin end of the trail.

Village pub in Lanivet, on the Saints' Way between Padstow and Fowey and near enough the geographical middle of Cornwall. Dogs are welcome under St Austell Brewery's managed-house policy, with a bowl and biscuits kept behind the bar. A quiet inland stop with parking, unlike almost anywhere on the coast in August.

Slate-hung town pub on Camelford's main street, the last useful stop before Rough Tor and Brown Willy. Dogs are welcome under St Austell Brewery's managed-house policy, with a water bowl and biscuits at the bar. The moor above is open access and full of sheep and cattle, so leads once you are off the lane.

Café on the Bodmin Jail site, open to anyone without a museum ticket and pitched squarely at dog walkers coming off the moor. Dogs are welcome in the café and the courtyard around it. Straightforward local food and a proper coffee before or after Cardinham.

Four and a third miles from one of the few proper village greens in Cornwall up onto the moor edge and down into the De Lank granite valley, two and a half hours with 200 metres of climbing and a carved commemorative boulder at the top. Park on the green at Blisland, which is free and unrestricted, with the Blisland Inn on the route for afterwards. A few of the stiles are wired over so dogs will need lifting, and the path along the De Lank valley crosses marshy ground that stays wet through the summer, with boulders and uneven going throughout.

Five and a third miles along the wooded upper Camel valley on the old railway and back by quiet lanes, two and a quarter hours and almost dead level throughout. Start at the Camel Trail car park at Dunmere, just off the A389 west of Bodmin, which is free and rarely full outside cycle-hire season. There are no stiles at all, which makes it a good route for an elderly or arthritic dog, and the river is easy to reach for a drink or a swim; a good deal of the route shares the trail with cyclists or uses lanes, so this is largely lead walking.

Five miles along the young River Camel below Camelford and back over the fields by Lanteglos church, two and three quarter hours with 180 metres of climbing and a good deal of mud most of the year. Start in Camelford itself, where the town car park is free, which makes this the rare Bodmin Moor walk you can begin from a bus stop. This is a poor choice for a big dog: several of the stiles are awkward and lifting a large one over the higher or multi-stile sequences is a two-person job, usually in mud, and the fields on the route are grazed.

Four and a half miles through Forestry England conifer and broadleaf along two streams, two and a half hours with 180 metres of climbing on well-surfaced forest tracks that stay walkable in winter. The car park is signed off the A38 east of Bodmin and has toilets, the Woods Cafe and, unusually, a dog wash; parking is charged by the hour with an early-bird rate before half past ten. Forestry England ask for dogs to be kept close and in sight because the woods are ringed by farmland and livestock, and four wooden stiles interrupt the route: one is wired over and needs dogs lifted, the other three have gaps alongside.

Six miles from a national nature reserve of cascades and ancient oak up to a moorland reservoir and back, three and a quarter hours with 190 metres of climbing on a mix of woodland path and lakeside track. Start at the free Golitha Falls car park by Draynes Bridge, which has toilets and a seasonal food van and fills on summer weekends. Dogs must be on leads around Siblyback lake, cyclists use the same lakeside path, and the fields en route are grazed; of the three stiles two are stone footholds over walls that dogs need help with, though a hole in the wire fence bypasses the highest.

Just under four miles round the Lanhydrock estate and down to the Fowey at Respryn, two hours with 110 metres of climbing on estate drives, parkland and riverside path. Park in the large National Trust car park, free to members and charged otherwise, and note that you can do this walk without paying to enter the house or gardens. Described as easy for dogs: no stiles at all, no kissing gates, and most of it can be walked off lead with the exception of the road crossings and the main entrance at the end; the parkland is grazed occasionally and one narrow footbridge can be bypassed on the cycle trail.

Hotel converted from the jail's Naval wing, with rooms built into the old cell arches. The attraction's own dog guidance states that dogs are more than welcome in the Bodmin Jail Hotel as well as the courtyard, café and shop. Cardinham Woods and the Camel Trail are both a short drive for the morning walk.

Georgian county gaol on the edge of Bodmin, now an immersive walk-through museum with the execution shed intact. Dogs are more than welcome in the courtyard, the Moor Café and the gift shop, but not in the main attraction itself because of the way the museum experience works. One of your party dog-sits and gets a free drinks token for the café.

Forestry England valley woodland east of Bodmin, with four waymarked trails along the Cardinham Water and mountain-bike routes above. Dogs are welcome throughout and there is a card-operated dog wash by the car park, plus waste bins along the walking trails. Keep them close by and in sight rather than roaming.

Three vast slate chambers cut into the Loveny valley, one with an underground lake, plus woodland and an enchanted gardens walk above. Dogs on leads with respectful owners are welcome at all times in the outdoor areas, but not underground — only registered assistance dogs go into the caverns. Take dog waste away with you as there are no bins on site.