Messy Dog Life
& Dog-Friendly Days Out

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.

Winchester has serious historical weight and a surprisingly good spread of indoor dog-welcoming venues. Add the Watercress Line for Saturday and the Cathedral Quarter for Sunday and the weekend practically plans itself.

A medieval castle, a canal basin and enough dog-welcoming cafés and pubs between the two to fill a proper weekend. Here's how to do Skipton with a dog.

A Norman castle above the Swale, atmospheric abbey ruins and a market place lined with dog-friendly pubs and cafés. Richmond earns two nights without trying particularly hard.

Ludlow's compact medieval streets, a castle that welcomes dogs inside the ruins, and a genuine spread of indoor-welcome venues make it one of the most effortless dog-friendly weekends in the Welsh Marches.

Cockermouth was named the UK's most dog-friendly town by public vote — and a walk through the town centre shows why. Here's a loose weekend guide with confirmed indoor welcomes, a Lake District estate and the Bassenthwaite shore.

Wide seafront, extraordinary bay views, a bronze statue that stops people in their tracks, and enough dog-friendly venues to keep the whole weekend easy. Here's how to spend it.

Broadstairs is small, independent and genuinely dog-friendly indoors. Here's how to spend a weekend well — bay walks, micropubs, seafood and a Sunday park run before the drive home.

Whitby has the abbey, the steam railway, the harbour and a remarkable number of places that will wave your dog inside without hesitation. Here's a loose framework for making the most of it.

Paignton is a proper English seaside resort — pier, beach, harbour — and dogs are welcome inside at a surprisingly good range of cafés and pubs. Here's how to make a weekend of it.

Looe is compact, historic and genuinely dog-welcoming — indoors. This guide covers a weekend in the town and the wider area, from a slate cavern near Liskeard to cream teas in Polperro.

Thetford sits in The Brecks — heathland, ancient forest and prehistoric history. Here's a loose weekend shape for dog owners, built around Grime's Graves and the arboretum at Lynford.

A medieval cathedral that welcomes dogs on weekdays, a reinvented Victorian dockyard, open wetland and a country park with a decent café. Gloucester is worth the weekend.

Most visitors drive straight past Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. That's what makes it worth stopping at — a genuine Northumberland beach, quiet promenade and dog-friendly pubs without the queues.

Porthcawl earns its dog-friendly reputation honestly — a proper seafront, a harbour loop, indoor-welcome cafés and pubs, and a gentle Sunday walk at Kenfig. Here's how to spend the weekend.

Horncastle rewards a slow pace. Here's how to spend a relaxed two-night weekend with your dog — from courtyard dinners to antiques browsing and a gentle Sunday at the Walled Garden.