Dog-friendly The Dark Peak

Anchor Inn

Buxton · SK17 8RB

Anchor Inn is a pub on Washhouse Bottom, Buxton. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Bar 2 Tap Bar

Bar 2 Tap Bar is a pub in Glossop. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Beer Shed

New Mills · SK22 4AA

Beer Shed is a pub on Market Street, New Mills. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Bridge and Barrel

Whaley Bridge · SK23 7HT

Bridge and Barrel is a pub on Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Bulls Head

Hadfield · SK13 1JY

Bulls Head is a pub on Old Road, Hadfield. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

CJs

CJs is a pub in Glossop. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Restaurants & cafés · 104

1530

Castleton · S33 8WH

1530 is a place to eat on Cross Street, Castleton. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

A Tavola Gastronomia Siciliana

New Mills · SK22 3EY

A Tavola Gastronomia Siciliana is a place to eat on Albion Road, New Mills. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

A'bout Thyme

Glossop · SK13 8AZ

A'bout Thyme is a place to eat on High Street West, Glossop. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Alison's Cafe

Hadfield · SK13 1AA

Alison's Cafe is a place to eat on Station Road, Hadfield. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Chapel En le Frith · SK23 0HZ

Amore Cafe

Amore Cafe is a place to eat on Market Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Anason Cafe

Glossop · SK13 8BP

Anason Cafe is a place to eat on Norfolk Square, Glossop. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Walks · 15

4.2 MI · LOOP

Bamford Edge

Bamford

4.2MILES

2:30TIME

260mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Four and a quarter miles and about two and a half hours for the best view-to-effort ratio in the Peak, looking straight down on Ladybower from a gritstone rim 260 metres above the valley. Start from the free roadside lay-bys on New Road above Bamford, which hold perhaps twenty cars in total and are full by nine on any fine day; parking on the verges beyond them causes real problems for residents. The edge is unfenced with a sheer drop in places and the moor behind is open access land where a fixed two-metre lead is required from 1 March to 31 July for the ground-nesting birds and at all times near the sheep, and there is no water on the top at all.

7.6 MI · LOOP

Bleaklow and Higher Shelf Stones from Old Glossop

7.6MILES

5:00TIME

450mCLIMB

96%OFF-ROAD

Seven and a half miles, 450 metres of ascent and a full five hours, because the top half is trackless peat where navigation matters more than fitness and mist is common. Start from the free roadside parking at the end of Shepley Street in Old Glossop, where the Doctor's Gate track begins; there is space for a dozen cars and nothing else nearby. This is open access moor with a fixed two-metre lead required from 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds and at all times near sheep, the peat groughs are chest-deep and exhausting for a small dog, and although Shelf Brook and Crooked Clough give water the plateau pools are peat soup.

10.2 MI · LOOP

Derwent, Howden and Slippery Stones

Bamford · S33 0AQ

10.2MILES

5:00TIME

260mCLIMB

92%OFF-ROAD

Ten miles and five hours on forest tracks and reservoir roads up the length of Derwent and Howden to the packhorse bridge at Slippery Stones, with barely 260 metres of climbing spread over the lot. Start at Fairholmes visitor centre, where the pay car park fills by mid-morning and the valley road above closes to cars at weekends and bank holidays, with a shuttle bus running instead. Severn Trent asks for dogs to be on a lead at all times here because of the wildlife, the shallow river above Slippery Stones is the one safe place for a swim as the reservoirs themselves are steep-sided and dangerous, and the cafe kiosk at Fairholmes has water and trail maps.

5.4 MI · OUT & BACK

Doctor's Gate and Shelf Brook

5.4MILES

3:00TIME

300mCLIMB

96%OFF-ROAD

Five and a half miles there and back on the old Roman road up Shelf Brook, about three hours, on a stony track that climbs steadily to 400 metres without ever getting difficult. Start at the free roadside parking at the end of Shepley Street in Old Glossop, a dozen spaces on a dead-end lane; Glossop station is a mile and a quarter away for anyone on the train. The track is broad enough to keep a dog clear of bikes, Shelf Brook runs alongside for the first two miles with pools to swim in, and above the last wall this is open access moor where a two-metre fixed lead is required from 1 March to 31 July and near the sheep at any time.

3.6 MI · LOOP

Hathersage riverside to Leadmill Bridge

Hathersage

3.6MILES

1:45TIME

90mCLIMB

86%OFF-ROAD

Three and a half easy miles and about an hour and three quarters through riverside meadows to Leadmill Bridge and back by field paths under Hathersage Booths. Start from the Oddfellows Road car park in the village, pay-and-display and usually the easiest parking in the Hope Valley, with the station five minutes away. The Derwent here is broad, slow and shallow at the bridge and is the best swim in the valley for a dog that likes deep water, but the meadows are grazed by cattle for much of the year so a two-metre lead is needed near them, and there are half a dozen stone squeeze stiles.

5.8 MI · LOOP

Higger Tor and Carl Wark from Hathersage

Hathersage

5.8MILES

3:15TIME

350mCLIMB

88%OFF-ROAD

Just under six miles and about three and a quarter hours, climbing 350 metres out of the Derwent valley to the boulder crown of Higger Tor and the Iron Age wall of Carl Wark. Park in the Oddfellows Road pay-and-display in Hathersage, which is cheap and rarely full, and the Fox House bus can shorten the return; the Burbage bridge lay-bys are the alternative if you want a shorter version. This is Eastern Moors land where dogs must be on a lead of no more than two metres on open access ground from 1 March to 31 July and at all times around the cattle that graze Burbage, the peat groughs on the tor are deep enough to swallow a small dog, and Burbage Brook is the reliable water.

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Stays · 36

Stay DOGS WELCOME

Bike & Boot Peak District

Hope · S33 0AL

VERIFIED 29 JUL 2026 VIEW ›

Modern outdoors hotel on the A6187 between Hope and Bamford, built around wet kit, bikes and dogs rather than in spite of them. Dog-friendly rooms are a core part of the offer, with drying space and floors that survive a Kinder day. Bike hire on site and the Ladybower trails ten minutes up the road.

Bike & Boot

Thornhill · S33 0AL

Bike & Boot is a place to stay on Hope Road, Thornhill. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Bower Cottage B&B

New Mills · SK22 4EF

Bower Cottage B&B is a place to stay on White Fold, Off Appletree Road, New Mills. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Bretton Cottage

Bretton · S32 5QD

Bretton Cottage is a place to stay on Sir William Hill Road, Bretton. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Causeway House

Castleton

Causeway House is a place to stay in Castleton. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Cheshire House

Castleton

Cheshire House is a place to stay in Castleton. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

Stays in Glossop Stays in Castleton Stays in New Mills Stays in Chapel En le Frith Stays in Hathersage Stays in Whaley Bridge Stays in Hope Stays in Hadfield Stays in Edale Stays in Hayfield Stays in Bradwell Stays in Bretton Stays in Padfield Stays in Thornhill Stays in Brough on Noe

Attractions · 2

Attraction SOME LIMITS

Kinder Scout from Edale

Edale

The Peak's highest ground, reached from Edale by Grindsbrook or Jacob's Ladder, and the moor where the 1932 mass trespass happened. Dogs are welcome across the National Trust land here, but this is open access moorland: a fixed lead no more than two metres long is a legal requirement from 1 March to 31 July to protect ground-nesting lapwing, curlew and golden plover, and at all times near sheep. Facilities are minimal, so carry water for the dog as the plateau has none you would want it drinking.

VERIFIED 29 JUL 2026 VIEW ›

Attraction SOME LIMITS

Ladybower and the Upper Derwent Valley

Bamford · S33 0BY

Three reservoirs, the Dambusters dam at Derwent and a network of surfaced tracks that suit wheels and old legs, from the quarter-mile walk to Ladybower's plugholes up to the ten-mile Slippery Stones circuit. Severn Trent, who own it, require dogs to be kept on a lead at all times because of the wildlife and stock. Note there is no full walking circuit of Ladybower itself - the A57 has no footway - so park at Heatherdene or Fairholmes and use the marked trails.