Dog-friendly Grassington

A family-run pub and hotel on the cobbled market square in the middle of Grassington. Dogs are welcome in the pub itself and there is a doggy dinner on the menu for them; four of the eight bedrooms are dog-friendly, so ask when booking. Handy for Grass Wood and the riverside path to Linton Falls.

Traditional stone pub on Grassington's Main Street, long popular with Dales Way walkers. Well-behaved dogs are welcome in the pub and in the seven en-suite bedrooms at no extra charge. A solid, unfussy local with real ale and hearty food in the honeypot village of Upper Wharfedale.

A small independent coffee house in the middle of Grassington doing breakfasts, proper hot drinks and cakes. Listed by the regional tourist board as a dog-friendly cafe, so dogs may come in with you rather than waiting outside. A useful first stop before the walk down to the river.

Independent bookshop-cum-coffee shop in the heart of Grassington, famous for its sultana and cheese scones. The staff adore the many dogs who call in and keep three specially made dog treats behind the counter. All-day breakfasts, homemade soups and gluten-free bakes; kitchen closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

One of the largest broadleaved woodlands in the Dales, an ash wood on limestone terraces a mile up the lane from Grassington. Dogs are welcome but must be on a lead throughout this Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve, which shelters rare woodland flowers. Public footpaths and a well-surfaced access track, though steep and rocky in places and slippery when wet.

Six and a half miles and about three hours, down the Dales Way beside the Wharfe past Linton Falls and the 1885 Hebden suspension bridge to Burnsall, returning on the far bank and the lane through Hebden village. The going is easy riverside meadow with a few short pulls, though it floods in winter; start from the National Park Centre car park in Grassington, where the Dales Bus from Ilkley and Skipton stops. Sheep graze almost every field and there are stone stiles and step stiles the length of the route, most with a dog hole but a few without; the Wharfe gives shallow gravel entries near Burnsall for a swim, but Loup Scar is a rock gorge with a deep fast channel and no way out.

Three level miles in an hour and a half from Grassington down Sedber Lane to the roaring limestone steps of Linton Falls, on to Linton's green and its packhorse bridge, and back by field paths. The going is easy and mostly surfaced or grassy, though the falls footbridge steps are slippery in wet weather; park at the National Park Centre in Grassington, where the Dales Bus from Skipton and Ilkley calls. A good short outing for a stiff old dog with almost no climbing, and the Wharfe above the falls has quiet shallows for a drink, but the falls themselves are a violent chute with no exit and the field paths carry sheep and a handful of stone stiles.

A stone coaching inn on Garrs Lane, a few steps off Grassington's square, with a traditional bar and en-suite rooms above. The hotel describes itself as dog-friendly and keeps a set of designated pet-friendly bedrooms. Ring ahead to confirm which room you are given and where the dog may sit downstairs.