Dog-friendly UK breaks and trips abroad
Where to stay, which beaches allow dogs and when, and which pubs let dogs in, with the dog charge, the dog limit and the small print from each place's own website.
From the place itself
Every dog charge, dog limit and beach date comes from the hotel's, council's or operator's own page.
Dated
Each page lists its sources and the day we checked them.
No guessing
If a place doesn't publish a rule, we write "Not published".
UK destinations
Dogs can go on Tate Hill Sands and the beaches at Robin Hood's Bay and Runswick Bay all year, and on most of the West Cliff sands outside the summer ban zone. They travel free on the train into town and can go round the abbey on a lead.
Dogs on the move
The guides cover the journey too: which trains take dogs, what each Channel crossing charges per pet, and which beaches dogs can use in summer.
Photos: Steve-65, CC BY-SA 3.0; John K Thorne, CC0; TedQuackenbush, CC BY-SA 3.0; mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0; Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0; Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0; Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
From the UK
A pet passport from Great Britain no longer gets a dog into the EU. You need an animal health certificate per trip, a microchip, rabies vaccine and tapeworm treatment.
Where your dog travels on each Channel, North Sea and Irish Sea crossing, what each operator charges per pet, and what is checked at the port. Eurostar takes no pet dogs.
Taking a dog to France from the UK: SNCF train rules, cafes and hotels, summer beach bans, category 1 and 2 dogs, and booking the tapeworm vet before home.
Why trust it
Every dog rule comes from the place's own website, the council or gov.uk, and every page lists its sources with the date we checked them. If a place doesn't say, we write "Not published" rather than guess.
.jpg){kind=link}
