North Yorkshire · 132 checked · 317 listed, not yet checked
Thirsk, Northallerton and the market towns of the Vale of Mowbray — working farmland, quiet becks and the vet’s surgery that started it all.
The county town — a long wide high street and becks running out of both ends.
33 PUBS · 41 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 6 WALKS · 10 STAYS 75 PLACES LISTEDCastle on a crag, cobbles below, and the Swale roaring through the middle.
15 PUBS · 28 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 5 WALKS · 25 STAYS · 2 ATTRACTIONS 61 PLACES LISTEDHerriot’s town. Cobbled market square, racecourse, and Sutton Bank rising behind it.
20 PUBS · 27 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 6 WALKS · 8 STAYS 24 PLACES LISTEDMarket cross, a beck-side walk and an old railway line to follow out of town.
7 PUBS · 11 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 4 WALKS · 1 STAY · 1 ATTRACTION 10 PLACES LISTED10 places on our list here — pubs that let the dog in, walks from the village, somewhere to stay.
4 PUBS · 4 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 1 WALK · 1 STAY 7 PLACES LISTED7 places on our list here — pubs that let the dog in, walks from the village, somewhere to stay.
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2 PUBS · 2 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 2 WALKS · 1 STAY 7 PLACES LISTED7 places on our list here — pubs that let the dog in, walks from the village, somewhere to stay.
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Bar 100 is a pub in Northallerton. 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.
Bay Horse is a pub on Silver Street, Ripon. 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.
Bay Horse Inn is a pub in Tunstall. 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.
Beeswing Inn is a pub in East Cowton. 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.
Black Bull is a pub in Northallerton. 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.
Black Bull is a pub in Moulton. 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.
1882 is a place to eat on High Street, Northallerton. 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 Taste Of Thailand is a place to eat on King Street, Richmond. 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.
A19 cafe is a place to eat in Northallerton. 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.
Alessandro's Sicilian is a place to eat on Queens Road, Richmond. 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.
Amontola is a place to eat on Queens Road, Richmond. 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.
Asha is a place to eat on Shute Road, Catterick Garrison. 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 four-mile linear walk back into Northallerton on field paths, farm tracks and Myers Lane, taking around an hour and three quarters, with several stiles and a level crossing at the start. The trick is to catch the half-hourly Bedale bus out from Northallerton, get off at Ainderby Steeple by the church and walk home. Dolly Lane is the sting in the tail, a narrow rat-run with fast traffic and thin verges where a short lead is essential, and the field sections are working pasture with cattle.
A short round from one of the largest village greens in the country, out west on the footpath along the north side of Aldbrough Beck and back on the path to the south, so it is a genuine loop rather than the same field twice. Under two miles, almost flat, and mostly grass and field-edge path rather than road, which makes it the best short walk in this cluster of villages for a dog that wants to be off the lead. There is no seasonal dog ban and no lead order in Aldbrough St John, because North Yorkshire's seasonal controls apply only to parts of Scarborough, Filey and Whitby. Fouling is the one enforced offence, at a £50 fixed penalty in the Richmondshire area and up to £1,000 on conviction.
Green corridor tucked directly behind Northallerton High Street, where the Applegarth's grass and surfaced paths follow Willow Beck, one of several becks that thread through the town towards the River Wiske. A short, level town walk of a mile or so, ideal for an older dog or a quick leg-stretch between shops. No stock to worry about, though the beck banks can be muddy after rain.
A field circuit from the middle of Barton: south down Marygate out of the village, on by farm track to the lane corner near Richmond Road, then back north-west on the bridleway to Wells Lane and Silver Street. It stays on the quiet side of the village, away from the A1(M) which runs close by to the west, and the only tarmac is the village end and the last half mile back up Marygate. There is no seasonal ban and no lead requirement on the rights of way, but the tracks run between working arable and grazing fields, so leads through anything with stock in it. Dog fouling on land the public can reach is a £50 fixed penalty in the Richmondshire area, £1,000 maximum on conviction.
A short lead walk round the built-up part of Barton: east along Silver Street past the market cross and the green, up East View and St Cuthberts Green, back down Silver Street and round by The Porch and Marygate. Under a mile and entirely on pavement and quiet village street, which makes it the one to do before work or in the dark rather than the field circuit south of the village. There is no dog exclusion order on the green and no seasonal restriction of any kind in this part of North Yorkshire. Fouling is the enforced offence, a £50 fixed penalty in the Richmondshire area and up to £1,000 on conviction.
West out of Aldbrough St John on the field path north of the beck, on past Stanwick St John church and up to the English Heritage section of Iron Age rampart on the B6274 at Carkin. It is a mile and a half each way on soft ground, and it is the walk that makes sense of the earthwork, because you approach the bank across the land it was built to enclose rather than stepping out of a car beside it. Dogs must go on the lead for the guardianship site at the far end, where English Heritage admits dogs on leads to restricted areas only. There is no seasonal ban and no lead order on the field path itself, but it crosses working farmland the whole way.
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ADD A WALK66 Frenchgate Guesthouse is a place to stay in Richmond. 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.
Allerton Court Hotel is a place to stay in Northallerton. 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.
Arndale B&B is a place to stay on Pottergate, Richmond. 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.
Bankfoot is a place to stay in Northallerton. 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.
Barbers Bolthole is a place to stay on Silver Street, Masham. 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.
Bellfield is a place to stay on Leyburn Road, Masham. 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.
Heritage railway running from Leeming Bar station on Leases Road up the dale to Leyburn, with stops including Bedale. Dogs travel for a one pound ticket and are welcome aboard the trains and in the station cafes, with wide, almost step-free carriage doors that suit less agile hounds. Hop off at Bedale and walk the beck before catching a later train back.
A fifteenth-century gatehouse standing beside the River Ure, all that survives of the vanished manor house it once guarded, with a fine oriel window on the first floor. English Heritage keeps it free to enter and open daily, and states that dogs on leads are welcome throughout. It sits directly beside the churchyard, so it pairs neatly with a riverside stroll.
The excavated section of rampart and ditch at Stanwick sits beside the B6274 at Carkin, between Forcett and Aldbrough St John, and is what remains visible of a Brigantian earthwork enclosing more than seven hundred acres. English Heritage says dogs on leads are welcome, restricted areas only, and the site is open at any reasonable time during daylight hours with no admission charge. There is no formal car park, only careful roadside parking on the B6274, and the ground is prone to flooding after rain. Steps lead up the bank to the monument, so it is not suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs and a very small or elderly dog may need a lift.
Three vast Neolithic earthwork circles set in open fields between West Tanfield and Nosterfield, sometimes billed as the Stonehenge of the North. English Heritage allows dogs but asks that they are kept on short leads at all times and that visitors stick to the footpaths and desire lines. The henge fields are grazed by sheep, so this is a lead-on visit rather than a run about.
One hundred acres of magnificent woodland garden between Bedale and Snape, with waymarked trails, a lake and national tree collections. Dogs are welcome on leads throughout the arboretum grounds, though not inside the tearoom, the children's play area or the Bird of Prey and Mammal Centre. Autumn colour here is among the best dog walks in the vale.
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