Messy Dog Life
& Dog-Friendly Days Out

Salisbury has a proper main event for dog owners — Iron Age earthworks, Norman ruins and off-lead space — plus a walkable city centre where dogs are confirmed welcome inside pubs, cafés and independent shops.

Caves underfoot, Robin Hood overhead and a surprisingly strong set of genuine indoor dog welcomes. Here's how to spend a weekend in Nottingham with your dog.

Ely announces itself long before you arrive — Cathedral first, then the rest. Here's a weekend shaped around Wicken Fen, the cathedral quarter and some genuinely good indoor welcomes.

Stamford's stone streets, Burghley's deer park and a heritage steam railway make a genuinely workable dog-friendly weekend — with indoor welcome at the cafés, pubs and independent shops throughout.

From a full day at Cotswold Wildlife Park to a relaxed Sunday wander round Black Jack Street, Cirencester has enough confirmed indoor dog welcomes to make even a grey weekend worth it.

Warwick has a river, a medieval castle on the skyline and a compact historic centre with confirmed dog-friendly interiors. Here's how to shape a weekend that actually works with a dog in tow.