East Riding of Yorkshire

The wide flat sand below North Marine Drive, running from the North Pier up towards the cliffs at Sewerby. East Riding of Yorkshire Council's dog Public Spaces Protection Order excludes dogs from one marked stretch only, between the northern end of North Marine Promenade and the north-eastern face of the North Pier, and only from 1 May to 30 September. The sand north of the promenade end, below Limekiln Lane and on towards Sewerby steps and Danes Dyke, sits outside the order and is open with no lead requirement all year. From 1 October to 30 April the whole beach is open, and at low water it dries hard and wide enough for a proper run. Pay and display parking is on North Marine Drive and at Limekiln Lane, and both fill by mid-morning on a hot day.

The long southern sand that starts at the harbour and runs unbroken past the Spa towards Wilsthorpe and Fraisthorpe. The council's dog PSPO excludes dogs from 1 May to 30 September between the southern face of the South Pier and the eastern face of Princess Mary Promenade Sea Wall, which is the busy town end in front of the amusements and the Spa. Carry on south past the end of the sea wall and you are outside the order, with several miles of open sand and no seasonal ban at all, which is where most local dog walkers go in summer. Out of season the whole beach is unrestricted. Parking is pay and display on South Marine Drive and at the Spa, or free further south on Belvedere Road.

Hornsea's sand runs for several miles between timber groynes below a two-tier promenade, and the seasonal dog ban covers only the middle of it. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council dog Public Spaces Protection Order names the excluded stretch as Hornsea Beach between the concrete ramp at Headland View and the steps south of Sands Lane, and applies it from 1 May to 30 September only. Everything north of the Headland View ramp towards Mappleton and everything south of the Sands Lane steps towards Rolston stays open every day of the year, and from 1 October to 30 April the whole beach is open with no lead requirement anywhere on the sand. Park in the pay and display car parks off Marine Drive by the leisure centre; the upper and lower promenades are linked by ramps, so a dog that will not do steps can still get down. The exclusion zone is signposted at both ends and there are location maps along the promenade.

Withernsea's beach is sand over clay behind a long concrete sea wall, with the two mock-castle Pier Towers standing on the promenade where the pier used to be. The council's dog Public Spaces Protection Order excludes dogs from one marked section only, between the first groyne north of the access ramp opposite Seaside Road and the beach access steps at Pier Tower, and only between 1 May and 30 September. That leaves the long open sand running south towards Holmpton and north towards Tunstall outside the order all year, and the whole beach unrestricted from 1 October to 30 April. Access ramps and steps come down from the promenade at intervals, parking is on the seafront and around Seaside Road, and the beach is exposed with no shade at all on a hot day.