The Highway

At 130 acres this is Hull's largest park and the city's default dog walk, an 1887 Victorian layout off Holderness Road with the Ferens boating lake at its heart, a model yacht pond, the Khyber Pass rock folly and its waterfall, and long tarmac carriage drives that stay walkable in winter. This is Hull City Council land, a unitary authority entirely separate from East Riding, and Hull's rules are its own. The whole park is open to dogs except the enclosed children's play area and splash pad, where the council's page says only assistance dogs are allowed; the free Animal Education Centre with its farm and exotic stock is a further reason to have a lead to hand. The park is unfenced from the surrounding streets, gates open at 8am and it closes at dusk on a sliding seasonal timetable.

A big brick roadhouse on Cottingham Road opposite the university campus, and one of the few Hull pubs that puts its dog policy in writing rather than leaving it to the doorman. Dogs are welcome in every room, not just a corner of the bar, and the pub keeps water bowls and treats behind the counter. There is a beer garden at the back for warm afternoons. It sits within a few minutes of Pearson Park and the Cottingham Road end of the Hull to Hornsea rail trail, so it works as a stop rather than a destination.