North Yorkshire · 146 checked · 946 listed, not yet checked
A walled city with an unusual number of pubs that would rather have your dog than your children, plus flat river walks running out into the Vale of York.
Ancient, walkable, and full of pubs that will bring the dog a bowl before they take your order.
237 PUBS · 402 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 19 WALKS · 168 STAYS · 2 ATTRACTIONS 65 PLACES LISTEDAbbey town on the Ouse, flat river walking in every direction.
30 PUBS · 25 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 5 WALKS · 5 STAYS 30 PLACES LISTEDBrewery town on the Wharfe, with a viaduct bridge for walkers.
14 PUBS · 10 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 3 WALKS · 3 STAYS 15 PLACES LISTED15 places on our list here — pubs that let the dog in, walks from the village, somewhere to stay.
7 PUBS · 5 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 1 WALK · 1 STAY · 1 ATTRACTION 11 PLACES LISTEDGeorgian market town between York and the moors, cobbled and calm.
2 PUBS · 4 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS · 3 WALKS · 2 STAYS 7 PLACES LISTED7 places on our list here — pubs that let the dog in, walks from the village, somewhere to eat.
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2 Many Wines is a pub on Bishopthorpe Road, York. 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.
21 The High Street is a pub on High Street, Tadcaster. 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.
22 Yards is a pub on High Petergate, York. 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.
Abbey Vaults is a pub on James Street, Selby. 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 Paradise is a pub on Gowthorpe, Selby. 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 Blossom Street, York. 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.
200 Degrees is a place to eat on Low Petergate, York. 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.
200° Café is a place to eat on St Nicholas Avenue, York. 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.
29 states – The Indian Kitchen is a place to eat on Tower Street, York. 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.
52 Broadway Coffee Shop is a place to eat on Broadway, York. 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.
AMT Coffee is a place to eat on Station Road, York. 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.
ASK Italian is a place to eat on Blake Street, York. 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 pocket-sized local nature reserve on the south-west edge of the city, giving a mile of woodland and meadow paths in twenty-five easy minutes; a remnant of genuinely ancient woodland with bluebells in May and shade in a heatwave. Park on Acomb Wood Drive or Foxwood Lane and walk straight in, or take the number 4 bus to Foxwood; there are no gates or stiles a big dog cannot manage. Dogs are off lead throughout with no livestock, but the reserve is small, popular and close to housing, so recall matters; the woodland paths get properly claggy after rain and this is not the one to pick in a wet January.
Four and a quarter miles of flat lane and headland path around the fields between Appleton Roebuck and the Wharfe country north of Cawood, about an hour and three quarters with ten metres of ascent in the whole loop. Park on the wide green in the middle of Appleton Roebuck; there is no practical bus service, so come by car and make a morning of it with Bolton Percy church three miles away. This is straightforward arable country with gates rather than difficult stiles and long stretches of quiet lane where a reliable dog can walk loose, but sheep and cattle are grazed in the pasture blocks so lead up when you meet them; there is no open water on the route and the cross-field sections turn heavy after rain.
Three miles of riverbank and old railway five miles south of the city, an hour and a quarter, level throughout apart from one flight of steps up to the railway path and two or three stiles that a heavy dog will need helping over. Start in Acaster Malbis where there is limited roadside parking and a pub car park for customers, and in summer the York City Cruises boat from Kings Staith will drop you at the village landing, which is far and away the best way to arrive. The riverside fields are grazed by cattle from spring to autumn, so leads on there and give any herd with calves a wide berth, and the Ouse offers a proper swim for a strong dog at the sandy pull-in below the village; the railway path stays hard and clean in winter while the riverbank turns to deep mud.
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's celebrated fenland reserve on York's south-west edge — Sir David Attenborough called it a cathedral of nature conservation — explored via a 750-metre boardwalk circuit. Dogs are allowed but must stay on a lead and keep to the boardwalk to protect the fragile peatland and its wildlife. Free entry at all times, with a small gravel car park off the A1036 near Askham Bar.
Three and a half miles between the two Askham villages on the old Ainsty field paths west of the city, an hour and a half, flat farmland with several kissing gates, a couple of stiles and one stretch of lane without a footway. Start on the green at Askham Bryan, four miles from York, where there is roadside parking by the church and the number 4 bus from the city calls at the village edge; Askham Richard has a pond, a green and nothing else, which is the appeal. Arable fields dominate so there is less livestock here than on the ings, but sheep are put on the pasture near Askham Richard in winter and there is no water on the route at all; the paths are cropped headlands and go sticky rather than impassable, so this stays walkable most of the winter in wellingtons.
Balne is drained peat moor turned to arable, and Balne Moor Road runs straight across the middle of it for well over a mile between Whitley and Pollington. This is a big-sky walk with almost nothing in the way: dead flat, wide verges, drainage dykes on both sides and hares in the stubble, and you can see a vehicle coming from half a mile off. It crosses working farmland so the Countryside Code rule holds, dog on a lead or in sight and on a lead around livestock, and the dykes are deep enough that a swimmer will need watching. There is no seasonal restriction and nowhere here that dogs are excluded; the only order that reaches this parish is the North Yorkshire fouling requirement, which carries a hundred-pound fixed penalty.
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ADD A WALK23 St Marys Guest House is a place to stay on St Marys, York. 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.
Abbey Guest House is a place to stay on Earlsborough Terrace, York. 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.
Airden House is a place to stay on St Marys, York. 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.
Alcuin Lodge is a place to stay on Sycamore Place, York. 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.
Arnot House is a place to stay on Grosvenor Terrace, York. 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.
Ascot House is a place to stay on East Parade, York. 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 secure hire field of just over an acre behind Squires Bikers Cafe on Newthorpe Lane, a couple of miles east of Sherburn in Elmet. It is fenced to six feet and booked by the half hour or the hour in daylight, at six pounds for thirty minutes with up to three dogs and eleven pounds for the hour, rising to eight and fifteen pounds for four or five dogs; five dogs is the maximum in one session. Inside there are weave poles, runs, a sandpit, a swing ball, a shelter, picnic benches and drinking water on tap with bowls provided. Parking is directly outside for three or four cars with more off-street spaces nearby, dogs must not be left unattended, and the owners are honest that they cannot guarantee a determined escaper will not get out.
A National Trust estate of parkland and formal gardens beside the Ouse, eight miles north-west of York, with a long river walk out beyond the ha-ha. Dogs are welcome in most areas, including the shop and the designated tables at the rear of the restaurant, but must be on a short, non-extendable lead throughout. The house itself is not open to them.
Forty-five to sixty-minute sightseeing cruises on the Ouse from the King's Staith and Lendal Bridge landings, plus a hop-on river bus and self-drive hire boats. Well-behaved dogs on a lead travel free on the daytime sightseeing cruises, river bus and self-drive boats; only assistance dogs are permitted on the dining and Santa cruises. The open deck is the best spot for a breezy snout past the Guildhall and under the city's bridges.
The Yorkshire Museum of Farming, four miles east of York, with a reconstructed Viking village, a Roman fort and a yard of rare-breed farm animals. Well-behaved dogs on a lead are very welcome on the site, although not inside any of the buildings. There is plenty of open ground to walk them between the exhibits.
Ten acres of botanic gardens around the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, running down to the Ouse beside the Yorkshire Museum. Dogs are permitted throughout the gardens but must be kept on a lead at all times; the abbey ruins, observatory lawns and riverside edge are the highlights. The resident squirrels will test any recall, which is another argument for the lead rule.
Britain's largest independent air museum, spread across 20 acres of the wartime RAF Elvington bomber base with hangars, a Halifax bomber and a woodland walk. Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome across the site and in most exhibition areas, though not inside the cafe, the Astra cinema or the shop. Water is easy to come by and the airfield perimeter paths give a decent leg-stretch between hangars.
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