Dog-friendly walks in Bridlington

A flat mile and a bit round the part of Bridlington most visitors never see, a mile inland from the front. Start at the Priory on Church Green, go through the Bayle, the fourteenth-century gatehouse that is all that is left of the monastery buildings, then west along the cobbled Georgian High Street past the Board Inn and the Black Lion to Market Place and the old stocks outside the Pack Horse, and back by Applegarth Lane and the churchyard. No dog control order applies anywhere on the route, because the East Riding order covers only four named beaches, so the only real requirement is a lead on the road and picking up. The Priory itself holds Animal-Friendly Church status and will let a dog inside. Parking is the Old Town car park off Applegarth Lane, or on-street with a one-hour limit on the High Street.

A flat there-and-back along the top of Bridlington North Beach, starting where North Marine Drive meets the promenade and running north below Limekiln Lane, past the sailing club and the beach chalets, then up onto the low clifftop grass and on to the gates of Sewerby Hall. It is the walk that gets you out of the seasonal exclusion, because the closed stretch ends at the northern end of North Marine Promenade and everything beyond that, including the sand at Sewerby steps, is open to dogs all year. The surface is concrete promenade and then mown grass, so it works with a pushchair as far as the ramp. The Ship Inn at Sewerby is at the far end and takes dogs. Parking is pay and display on North Marine Drive and at Limekiln Lane, both of which fill by mid-morning in August.

Two miles of open sand each way, down the slipway at the Park and Ride off the A165 and south past the tumbled anti-tank blocks towards Auburn and Fraisthorpe. This is the beach that carries no dog order at all, so where the town sand closes from May to September this stretch stays open every day of the year, and at low water it is wide and hard enough to throw a ball down. The cliffs on the landward side are soft boulder clay and slumping, so keep off the base of them after rain, and check the tide because there is no way up between the two slipways. There is a cafe and toilets at the Park and Ride at the start and the Cow Shed at Fraisthorpe at the far end. Parking is in the Park and Ride car park behind the bus stop.