Dog-friendly Pateley Bridge and around

Pub DOGS WELCOME

The Half Moon Inn, Fellbeck

HG3 5ET

Country inn at Fellbeck on the B6265 between Pateley Bridge and Fountains Abbey, and the nearest pub to Brimham Rocks. Proudly dog-friendly, with four-legged companions welcomed as warmly as their owners, and rooms if you want to make a weekend of it.

Pub DOGS WELCOME

The Royal Oak

HG3 5HG

In the bar In the dining room Water bowls

Proper Dales local at Bridgehouse Gate across the river from Pateley Bridge High Street, with a partly covered terrace looking over Nidderdale. Dog friendly throughout inside, with bowls of water offered generously by dog-mad staff; ideal after a stint on the Nidderdale Way.

The Bridge Inn

HG3 5HL

The Bridge Inn is a pub in Pateley Bridge. 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.

The Crown

The Crown is a pub in Pateley Bridge. 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.

The Pateley Club

The Pateley Club is a pub in Pateley Bridge. 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.

The Sportsman Arms

HG3 5PP

The Sportsman Arms is a pub in Pateley Bridge. 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.

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Restaurants & cafés · 12 All restaurants & cafés in Pateley Bridge →

Restaurant DOGS WELCOME

Cocoa Joe's

HG3 5JZ

A small High Street cafe built around an extraordinary range of hot chocolates, with cakes to match. It is dog friendly, which is worth knowing because a good number of Pateley's shops are not, and it sits halfway up the hill for a breather.

In the dining room

Restaurant DOGS WELCOME

The Old Granary

HG3 5AP

In the dining room Treats

A long-standing tea shop and restaurant on Pateley Bridge High Street doing proper home cooking in generous quantity. Dogs are welcome inside and the kitchen has been known to cook a sausage for a well-behaved one.

Restaurant DOGS WELCOME

Wildish

Charming little cafe on Pateley Bridge's steep, award-winning High Street, known for fantastic coffee, pastries and a sociable atmosphere. Named on Visit North Yorkshire's dog-friendly food trail as the go-to spot in town for you and your dog after a Nidderdale walk.

In the dining room

Chinese Japanese Restaurant

Chinese Japanese Restaurant is a place to eat on High Street, Pateley Bridge. 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.

Olley's Pizzeria

Olley's Pizzeria is a place to eat in Pateley Bridge. 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.

Tea Rooms

Tea Rooms is a place to eat in Pateley Bridge. 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.

Teacups

Teacups is a place to eat on Bridgehousegate, Pateley Bridge. 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.

The Old Granary Tea Shop

HG3 5AP

The Old Granary Tea Shop is a place to eat on High Street, Pateley Bridge. 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.

The Pancake House

The Pancake House is a place to eat in Pateley Bridge. 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.

The Willow

The Willow is a place to eat on Park Road, Pateley Bridge. 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.

Toft Gate Barn Cafe

HG3 5JE

Toft Gate Barn Cafe is a place to eat in Pateley Bridge. 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.

Wildings

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Walks · 7 All walks in Pateley Bridge →

2.4 MI · LOOP

Bewerley Grange Chapel and the Nidd

Pateley Bridge · HG3 5HW

2.4MILES

1:15TIME

60mCLIMB

80%OFF-ROAD

Two and a half miles over the river and round the hamlet of Bewerley, an hour and a quarter, flat riverside meadow and a short lane climb into the village with a handful of gates and one stile. Start from Southlands car park at the bottom of Pateley Bridge high street, pay and display but cheap, and the number 24 bus from Harrogate stops on Nidd Walk a minute away. The fifteenth-century Grange Chapel sits behind a gate in the village and is worth the two-minute detour; the meadow between the bridge and Bewerley carries sheep for most of the year, so leads on there, but the Nidd below Pateley Bridge is shallow, gravelly and perfect for a dog to lie down in on a hot day, and the riverside path stays passable through winter although it will be muddy.

6.1 MI · LOOP

Gouthwaite Reservoir Circuit

6.1MILES

2:39TIME

100mCLIMB

60%OFF-ROAD

A six-mile lap of the reservoir that fills the floor of upper Nidderdale, out along the quiet Wath Road on the west bank to Ramsgill and back down the eastern shore on the Nidderdale Way, with barely 100 metres of climbing and about two and a half hours of walking. Start from the small roadside car park above Wath, a mile north of the Sportsman's Arms; the summer Sunday DalesBus 821 also runs up the dale from Pateley Bridge. Gouthwaite is a Site of Special Scientific Interest full of wintering wildfowl and the shore fields are grazed, so dogs stay on the lead the whole way round and should not go in the water.

5.8 MI · LOOP

Guise Cliff & Yorke's Folly

5.8MILES

2:43TIME

240mCLIMB

85%OFF-ROAD

Five and a half miles and about two and three quarter hours, climbing out of Bewerley through Skrikes Wood to the two stone pillars of Yorke's Folly, then along the gritstone edge of Guise Cliff past the hidden tarn before dropping to Glasshouses and the riverside path home. Start at the stone bridge in Pateley Bridge where there is a long-stay car park and the Nidderdale bus stops; the climb is 240 metres and the edge path is rocky and slippery when wet. Sheep graze the moor edge and there are unfenced drops of 30 feet and more along Guisecliff, so keep dogs on the lead across the top and save the off-lead time for the woodland and the river.

7.5 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

Nidderdale Way: Pateley Bridge & Brimham stretch

7.5MILES

4:00TIME

300mCLIMB

85%OFF-ROAD

A classic stretch of the 53-mile Nidderdale Way circuit: roughly 7.5 miles between Brimham's gritstone outcrops and Pateley Bridge via the old lead-smelting hamlet of Smelthouses and Fell Beck. Expect moor, pasture and riverside on well-marked paths with some stiles. Sheep graze most of the route and there are ground-nesting birds on the moor, so keep dogs on a lead at all times and a short lead from March to July.

3.1 MI · LOOP

Pateley Bridge to Glasshouses Riverside

3.1MILES

1:18TIME

40mCLIMB

85%OFF-ROAD

A flat three-mile hour-and-a-quarter loop down one bank of the Nidd to the weir and old flax mill at Glasshouses and back up the other, with only 40 metres of rise and a firm, largely surfaced path that stays walkable through a Nidderdale winter. It starts at the stone bridge in the middle of Pateley Bridge, with the pay-and-display car park and the bus stands both a minute away, and the Nidderdale Museum and half a dozen cafes at the finish. This is the pick of the valley for an old dog or a buggy; the riverside fields are grazed so leads are needed through the pasture, but there are shallow gravel beaches where a dog can safely wade.

5.4 MI · OUT & BACK

Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Pateley Bridge to Wath along the old railway

Pateley Bridge · HG3 5PH

5.4MILES

2:30TIME

90mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Five and a half miles there and back up the dale on the trackbed of the old Nidd Valley Light Railway and the Nidderdale Way, two and a half hours, level and firm the whole way with no stiles and no climb. Start from Southlands car park in Pateley Bridge and follow the river upstream past the recreation ground; the 24 bus from Harrogate and Ripon reaches Pateley, but nothing runs on to Wath, so this is an out-and-back by design. Because the railway trackbed drains properly this is one of very few Nidderdale walks that stays clean through January, dogs can be off lead along most of it, and the Nidd runs alongside for a mile with several shallow places to get in; sheep graze the fields either side of the track, so recall needs to be reliable.

1.4 MI · OUT & BACK

The Coldstones Cut from Toft Gate

Pateley Bridge · HG3 5JQ

1.4MILES

45mTIME

55mCLIMB

95%OFF-ROAD

A short mile and a half there and back to the great spiral viewing sculpture above Coldstones Quarry, forty minutes, on a stone footpath that climbs about forty metres in the first five hundred and is firm underfoot in any weather. Park free at the Toft Gate Lime Kiln car park on the B6265 two miles south-west of Pateley Bridge, and note there is no bus this high up; the sculpture itself is open daylight hours and free to enter. Dogs are welcome on lead throughout, and the lead matters here because the sculpture sits on the lip of a working quarry with real drops behind the walls; the ground is exposed moor with no shade and no water, so this is a walk for a cool day rather than a July afternoon.

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Stays · 5 All stays in Pateley Bridge →

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The Sportsman's Arms, Wath-in-Nidderdale

HG3 5PP

Family-run country hotel and restaurant in the riverside hamlet of Wath, two miles up the dale from Pateley Bridge towards Gouthwaite Reservoir. Well-behaved dogs are welcome in two of the eleven rooms and in the bar, with a ten pound per night cleaning charge; the Nidderdale Way passes close by.

Bay Tree Cottage

Amongst the sophisticated surroundings of Pateley Bridge in the famed Yorkshire Dales you ll find this opulent holiday home welcoming four guests and one canine companion. Enjoying an elevated hill-top position within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty this barn conversion is in the perfect location for a quintessential Dales break with the ever-popular Harrogate 11 miles away. Inside you ll discover an exquisite interior where no expense has been spared. Lavish furnishings and a rich colour scheme combine with high ceilings and picture windows to create a calm and sophisticated atmosphere. Step down into the lounge where you ll find handsome seating and a flame-effect electric fire creating a cosy ambience while you relax in front of a DVD. Steps lead to the contemporary kitchen created with socialising in mind and complete with an oven a hob a dishwasher and all the appliances you need to rustle up a delicious meal with local Yorkshire produce. There is also fridge/freezer and washer/dryer. Gather the family around the dining table to talk about the day s adventures and make plans for tomorrow. Climb the stairs to find both bedrooms a king and a super-king both boasting en-suite bathrooms and enjoying views across the rolling countryside. There s plenty of space to relax outside too. Choose from two patio areas; one to the front and a terrace to the rear. Read a book in the sunshine or fire up the BBQ for an al fresco meal while the Yorkshire countryside stretches towards the horizon. There is ample parking for two cars to the rear. Need to know: 2 bedrooms 1 king size, 1 super king (can be set up as a twin). 2 bathrooms 2 en suite bathrooms; both with a shower over the bath, WC. Oven, gas hob, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer and fridge freezer. Wi Fi included. Underfloor heating. SMART TV, DVD player, subscription services, Bluetooth speaker. Complimentary breakfast box. Patio with BBQ. Flame effect electric fire. 1 well behaved dog welcome please note the property is set close to farms with livestock so it is very important that dogs are kept on a lead at all times.. Off road parking for two cars. Pub and shop within 0.5 miles.

Bewerley Hall Farm Holidays

Bewerley Hall Farm Holidays is a place to stay in Pateley Bridge. 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.

Roslyn House

Roslyn House is a place to stay in Pateley Bridge. 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.

Talbot House

Talbot House is a place to stay in Pateley Bridge. 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.

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Also within 10 miles · 160

2.4 MI · LOOP

Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Low Hall Wood & the Nidd at Dacre Banks

Dacre Banks

2.4MILES

1:01TIME

20mCLIMB

80%OFF-ROAD

A two-and-a-half-mile hour-long loop from the village down to the River Nidd, through Low Hall Wood and back on field paths, with only about 20 metres of climb and a couple of gates rather than awkward stiles. Park considerately on the main street in Dacre Banks near the Royal Oak; the 24 bus between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge stops in the village, which makes this an easy one without a car. The wood is a good spot to let a reliable dog stretch out, but the field sections are grazed by sheep so leads go on at the gates, and the riverbank gives a safe shallow drink.

Pub 2.5 mi DOGS WELCOME

The Olde Oak

Low Laithe · HG3 4BU

A quiet roadside pub on the main road through Nidderdale between Summerbridge and Pateley Bridge, opened out from a warren of small rooms into one. Dogs are welcome with no restrictions, and there is a real fire and a veranda at the front for fine days. A pool table sits in the front bay and the Nidderdale Way passes close by.

Pub 2.7 mi SOME LIMITS

The Half Moon Inn

Fellbeck · HG3 5ET

A roadside pub on the edge of Nidderdale serving a scattered local community, with a small public bar and darts board and a larger lounge divided by an unusual fireplace. Dogs are welcome in the bar area, and there are three en-suite chalets and a caravan park behind the pub. Close to Brimham Rocks for a proper afternoon on the moor.

Pub 3.3 mi SOME LIMITS

The Flying Dutchman

Summerbridge · HG3 4HP

Cosy Samuel Smith's village pub on the rise above the Nidd at Summerbridge, just over a mile from Brimham Rocks. Dogs are welcome in the back bar, and there is a muddy boot room for walkers; B&B rooms sit in the cottage alongside.

Attraction 3.3 mi SOME LIMITS

Brimham Rocks

Summerbridge · HG3 4DW

The National Trust's surreal 320-million-year-old gritstone tors scattered across open moorland above Summerbridge, with miles of sandy paths weaving between balancing rocks and heather. Dogs are welcome everywhere on site, including the moorland, but must stay on a short lead throughout to protect ground-nesting curlew and the cattle that graze May to October. Parking charge for non-members; kiosk refreshments near the visitor centre.

4 MI · LOOP

Brimham Rocks Boundary Walk

Summerbridge · HG3 4DW

4MILES

1:45TIME

90mCLIMB

95%OFF-ROAD

Four miles and about an hour and three quarters around the outside of the National Trust's gritstone estate, taking in the Idol Rock and the Druid's Writing Desk before swinging out through woodland, farmland and open heather moor with 90 metres of gentle climbing. Start from the Brimham Rocks visitor centre car park above Summerbridge, which is free to Trust members and pay-and-display otherwise; the south moor section becomes very wet and boggy after rain, so waterproof boots earn their keep. Dogs are welcome all over the estate but must be on a lead on the moorland and around grazing stock, and the rock formations have sudden unfenced drops that a bounding dog will not see coming.

10 MI · LOOP

Lofthouse to Scar House on the Nidderdale Way

Lofthouse

10MILES

5:00TIME

380mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Ten miles and about five hours of proper dale walking, following the infant Nidd upstream from Lofthouse past Thrope and Limley farms before three short but honest climbs lift you onto the northern flanks and the huge 1930s dam at Scar House, returning over 1,200 feet on the old enclosure track of In Moor Lane. Park at the Memorial Institute in Lofthouse village; the Nidderdale DalesBus 821 serves Lofthouse on summer Sundays and bank holidays. The route threads through half a dozen working hill farms with sheep and cattle at every gate, so dogs need to be on the lead the whole way, though there is plenty of clean beck water to drink along the valley floor.

Pub 4.6 mi SOME LIMITS

The Wellington Inn

Darley · HG3 2QQ

A stone inn on the road through Darley in lower Nidderdale, with a real fire, twelve rooms and views out over the dale from the back. Dogs are welcome anywhere except the restaurant, which leaves the bar and the outdoor seating open to them. A practical base for walks along Darley Beck and up towards Thruscross.

3.4 MI · LOOP

Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Eavestone Lake & Fishpond Wood

Sawley · HG4 3HD

3.4MILES

1:40TIME

130mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Three and a half miles and roughly an hour and a half around a monks' fishpond turned wooded lake, following the Ripon Rowel east through Fishpond Wood and back by Picking Gill nature reserve, on rooty, rocky woodland paths with a gritstone crag standing over the water. Start from the small roadside parking on the lane at Eavestone, south-west of Sawley village and signed off the B6265 Ripon to Pateley Bridge road; there are no facilities at the start, so bring what you need. It is quiet, shaded and one of the better spots in the district to let a steady dog off in the trees, but the lake sides are steep and the surrounding fields are grazed, so leads on where you leave the wood.

Attraction 5.0 mi SOME LIMITS

How Stean Gorge

Lofthouse · HG3 5SF

Dramatic 80-foot limestone ravine near Lofthouse in upper Nidderdale, carved by How Stean Beck and explored on walkways, footbridges and caves. Dogs under control are welcome on site and in the glass-floored cafe cantilevered over the drop, though they cannot join the via ferrata and gorge activities. Clear up after your dog and mind the sheer edges.

In the dining room

Pub 5.8 mi SOME LIMITS

The Sawley Arms

Sawley · HG4 3EQ

A well-kept dining pub in the village of Sawley, barely two miles from the Fountains Abbey estate and a useful stop after the deer park. Dogs are welcome in the uncarpeted parts of the pub and the garden, but the carpeted rooms are kept for assistance dogs only.

Stay 5.8 mi SOME LIMITS

Studfold Caravan, Glamping and Camping Park

Lofthouse · HG3 5SG

A family-run park at Studfold Farm above Lofthouse, with camping, caravan pitches, glamping pods and its own waymarked trails through the woods. Dogs are welcome on the camping area and in one designated dog-friendly pod, on a lead around the site and never left alone in a pod.

4.2 MI · LOOP

Darley Stepping Stones Loop

Darley

4.2MILES

1:48TIME

70mCLIMB

75%OFF-ROAD

Four and a quarter miles and about an hour and three quarters on lanes and field paths above the Nidd, taking in the old stepping stones that cross the river below Darley and about 70 metres of easy climbing back up to New York Lane. Start in Darley village where there is roadside parking near the Wellington Inn, on the 24 bus route between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge. The stones are slippery and the river runs fast after rain, so a big dog is better swimming from the gravel bank beside them; the fields either side carry sheep all year, so leads on from gate to gate.

Pub 5.9 mi DOGS WELCOME

The Crown Hotel, Lofthouse

Lofthouse · HG3 5SA

In the bar Livestock — leads on

A stone inn on Thrope Lane in the heart of upper Nidderdale, with open fires, hand-pulled ales and hearty home cooking at lunch and dinner. It is listed as dog friendly and sits directly on the Nidderdale Way, with the verandah and garden for warmer days.