Messy Dog Life
& Dog-Friendly Days Out

Aberystwyth has a Victorian cliff railway, medieval ruins and a promenade that takes no prisoners. Here's how to do a dog-friendly weekend in mid-Wales without anyone waiting outside.

Cardiff rewards pottering rather than planning — and the dog is welcome for most of it. A practical Friday-to-Sunday itinerary covering the city centre, the arcades and Cardiff Bay.

A hydroelectric dam with a fish ladder, independent shops that welcome dogs inside, and a gorge walk steeped in Jacobite history. Pitlochry earns a proper weekend.

Two beaches, a dramatic Causeway Coast Saturday and an unusually good indoor dining scene for a town this size. Here's how to do Portrush properly with a dog.

Llangollen packs a UNESCO World Heritage canal, a heritage railway, riverside pubs and a town centre full of genuine indoor dog welcomes into one compact Dee Valley weekend.

Oban is a working ferry town with a genuine indoor welcome for dogs. Here's a weekend built around a wildlife boat trip, a short island crossing and a handful of places where the whole group can actually sit down together.