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The Lantern Café

BH24 2NN

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Sylvan Barn Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £350

Lamorna Cottage Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £357

Tyeki Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £368

Widewalls Farm Cottage Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £389

Whitehouse Cottage Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £439

Riverside Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £455

Ivy Cottage At Banns Farm Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £456

Little Roseveth Sunflower Cottage Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £472

Phillack St Erth Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £495

Little Zandras Cornwall · dogs welcome 7 nights from £532

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Heatherbank

BH24 2JY

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3.4 MI · LOOP

Christchurch Quay and Wick Fields

Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

3.4MILES

1:45TIME

25mCLIMB

70%OFF-ROAD

A 3.4-mile riverside circuit of an hour and three quarters from the quay along Convent Walk under the priory wall, across the Stour on the little Wick ferry and back through the water meadows of Wick Fields to Tuckton Bridge. Flat, mostly surfaced, with meadow paths that flood in winter. Start at the Quay Road or Willow Way car parks, both pay and display and both close to the priory; Christchurch station is a fifteen-minute walk and the town is on the main Waterloo line. Leads along the quay and Convent Walk, where the drop into deep water is unfenced and the swans are territorial in spring, and the ferryman charges a small fare for a dog. Wick Fields is grazed and gives shallow river access for a paddle.

Stay 7.8 mi SOME LIMITS

Captain's Club Hotel & Spa

Christchurch · BH23 1HU

Modern riverside hotel and spa on the Stour at Wick Ferry, four-star and rather glassy, with the Priory a walk away along the bank. Dogs are welcome in the bedrooms and the Luxury Suites at £20 per dog per night, and may relax on the terrace and in the bar, but must be on a lead and accompanied at all times. Tell them at booking so the right room is set aside.

In the bar

2.2 MI · LOOP

Stanpit Marsh

Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

2.2MILES

1:05TIME

10mCLIMB

95%OFF-ROAD

A level 2.2-mile hour round a saltmarsh local nature reserve at the meeting of the Avon and the Stour, with Hengistbury across the water and a bird list that runs past three hundred species. Gravel paths and mown grass, muddy at the creek crossings, and prone to flooding on a spring tide, so wellingtons in winter. Park at the Stanpit Recreation Ground car park off Stanpit, free, about fifty spaces, with a second free car park at Argyle Road; both are small and shared with dog walkers all day. Cattle and ponies graze the marsh, so leads across the grazing and where the reserve signs ask for it, and the creeks are tidal salt water with soft mud on the edges.

Beach 8.3 mi SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

Fisherman's Walk Beach

Southbourne

The beach at the bottom of the Fisherman's Walk cliff lift, where the built-up seafront begins to give way to the Southbourne cliffs. Fisherman's Walk itself is a Blue Flag beach and closed to dogs from 1 May to 30 September, but BCP Council names everything east of it, towards Southbourne, as open all year. The lift saves the climb.

Beach 8.4 mi SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

Boscombe Beach

Bournemouth

Sand under the Boscombe cliff lift and pier, with the surf reef offshore and beach pods along the promenade. A Seaside Award beach, so BCP Council excludes dogs from 1 May to 30 September; they are welcome from 1 October to 30 April. East of Fisherman's Walk towards Southbourne is open all year if you need somewhere in August.

Attraction 8.5 mi SOME LIMITS

Highcliffe Castle

Highcliffe · BH23 4LE

Romantic and Picturesque 1830s cliff-top mansion in twenty-eight acres of grounds, with a tearoom and a path down to the beach. Dogs are welcome in the grounds and the gift shop but must be on a lead in the cultivated areas, main driveway, front lawns, tearooms, car parks and gift shop; only assistance dogs may go inside the Castle. The visitor information also spells out the seasonal beach dates below.

In the dining room

Beach 8.5 mi DOGS WELCOME Dogs all year

Southbourne Beach

Southbourne

The long, wide sands running east from Southbourne towards Hengistbury Head, with far fewer people on them than Bournemouth's central beaches. BCP Council names the beach east of Fisherman's Walk to Southbourne as open to dogs all year round. Sand, groynes and a good two-mile walk to the Head.

Off-lead allowed

3 MI · LOOP

Highcliffe Castle and Chewton Bunny

Christchurch · BH23 4LE

3MILES

1:30TIME

40mCLIMB

75%OFF-ROAD

Off-lead allowed

Three level miles in an hour and a half through the grounds of a Gothic Revival castle, east along the clifftop to the wooded gorge of Chewton Bunny on the Hampshire border, and back inland through Steamer Point woods. Surfaced paths and mown grass, 40 metres of climb, with a long stepped zig zag down to the beach if you want the sand. Park at Highcliffe Castle, pay and display, about 150 spaces, with the tea rooms and toilets on site and free parking on Wharncliffe Road as an alternative. Highcliffe Beach allows dogs all year except between groynes H4 and H8 from 1 May to 30 September, and Friars Cliff between the wave wall and groyne H4 is open all year, so there is legal sand here in August; leads on the clifftop paths and in the castle grounds.

3.2 MI · LOOP

Canford Heath

Poole

3.2MILES

1:45TIME

70mCLIMB

100%OFF-ROAD

Off-lead allowed

A 3.2-mile loop of the largest surviving lowland heath inside an English town, an hour and three quarters on sandy tracks and single-track paths with 70 metres of gentle climb and long views west to the Purbecks. Start from the Francis Avenue or Gravel Hill entrances, where parking is free on-street at the edge of the estate: there is no formal car park, so park considerately and expect a five-minute walk in. This is a European-protected reserve, so BCP runs a dogs-on-lead season from March to August with leads of no more than two metres to protect nightjar, Dartford warbler and woodlark nesting on the ground. Outside those months it is superb off-lead country, but there is no water anywhere on the heath and adders are common.

Beach 8.6 mi SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

Avon Beach

Sand and shingle at Mudeford with a beach shop, cafe and the lifeboat station, sheltered by the Head and popular with families. A Seaside Award beach, so dogs are excluded from 1 May to 30 September and welcome from 1 October to 30 April. Highcliffe Castle's own visitor information sets out the same dates.

5.2 MI · LOOP

Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Hengistbury Head and Mudeford Spit

Bournemouth · BH6 4EN

5.2MILES

2:45TIME

90mCLIMB

95%OFF-ROAD

A 5.2-mile circuit in two and three quarter hours, over Warren Hill to the head, out along the sand spit past the beach huts to the harbour mouth and back on the sheltered Christchurch Harbour side. Surfaced track, sand and grass, with one climb of 90 metres and no shelter on the top. Start at the Hengistbury Head car park off Broadway, pay and display, large, and served by the land train to the spit from April to October, though the train does not take dogs. This is one of the few BCP frontages where dogs are allowed on the beach all year, and Mudeford Sandbank too, but the head is a nature reserve with a March-to-August lead season and grazing cattle, so leads on the top and freedom on the sand.

4 MI · OUT & BACK

The Bournemouth Gardens to Coy Pond

Bournemouth

4MILES

2:00TIME

45mCLIMB

75%OFF-ROAD

Water bowls

Four miles of continuous parkland in two hours, following the Bourne stream inland from the pier through the Lower, Central and Upper Gardens to the water lilies of Coy Pond, and back the same way. Level, surfaced, lit through the Lower Gardens and sheltered by trees, which makes it the obvious choice in bad weather or when the beaches are closed to dogs. Park in one of the town centre multi-storeys, cheapest at the Bath Road South or Richmond Hill decks, or come in by train to Bournemouth station, fifteen minutes on foot from the Central Gardens. Dogs must be on leads through the formal gardens and along the seafront promenade, the stream is shallow with easy access for a drink, and there are water bowls outside several of the garden kiosks.

Beach 8.9 mi SOME LIMITS No dogs today · back OCT

Highcliffe Beach

Highcliffe

Sand and shingle below the cliffs at Highcliffe, reached by the zig zag from the castle grounds, with the Isle of Wight filling the horizon. BCP Council names Highcliffe Beach as open to dogs all year with one exception: no dogs between groynes H4 and H8 from 1 May to 30 September. Friars Cliff, between the wave wall and groyne H4, is open all year.

Restaurant 9.0 mi DOGS WELCOME

Beach House Cafe

Water bowls Treats In the dining room

Cafe and restaurant on the sand at Mudeford, with a beach bar and tables facing Christchurch Bay. Dogs are very welcome, water bowls are ready for them and the beach bar sells doggie donuts. A natural stop on a walk out to the Head or the sandbank.