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With miles of paths around Saltram estate and unique views into the city, there's plenty for your four-legged friends to enjoy. Discover the best dog-friendly walking routes and areas they can enjoy off the lead.
We are now trialling Dogs Welcome days in the garden at Saltram. Dogs will be allowed in certain areas of the garden on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, on short leads. This forms part of a wider Dogs Welcome initiative being rolled out across National Trust places to ensure the charity offers a warm, consistent welcome for all visitors, including those bringing four-legged companions. More information is available further down the page.
We’ve been working on making it easier for you to find out how dog-friendly your visit will be before you and your four-legged friend arrive. To help with this, we've created a new pawprint rating system and given all the places in our care a rating. You can find this information in the National Trust members’ handbook.
Saltram is a two pawprint rated place.
These places have water bowls, dog bins and dog-friendly walks. You’ll be able to take your dog into some areas, but not everywhere. If there’s a food and beverage outlet, you can have a cup of tea with them, probably outside. Read on to discover exactly where you can take your dog at Saltram.
There are acres of parkland and woods where they can exercise off the lead whilst under close control, and some lead only spaces where dogs can enjoy all the smells, sights and sounds of the countryside just outside the city. Dogs in doggy strollers and backpacks are permitted only in the dog walking areas. Dogs are very welcome to join you in the Fennimore room in the cafe, a designated dog friendly space inside the cafe. You can even pick up a doggy ice cream for them to tuck into whilst you're there. We are also now welcoming dogs on short leads into certain areas of the garden on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.
We’re welcoming dogs on short leads into parts of Saltram’s garden on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. To help everyone enjoy their visit, dogs must be kept on short leads and stick to the paths (‘paws on paths’). Some areas of the garden – including the Serpentine, The Orange Grove and The Great Terrace/Northern Slopes – will remain dog-free, offering quieter spaces for those who prefer them.
Signage and friendly guidance from our team will help you navigate these routes. While there are no dog waste bins inside the garden, free bags are available from the Welcome Centre and bins are located just outside. If you don’t have a short lead, please borrow one from the Welcome Centre and return it via the second-hand bookshop.
This is a phased approach and we’ll be carefully monitoring and reviewing the offer to ensure it works for everyone.
Where your dog can go
On a short lead: Welcome Centre, garden (excluding the Serpentine, The Orange Grove, The Great Terrace and Northern Slopes), outside the Chapel Café, shop, Park Café (Fennimore Room or walking through).
Off lead: Wider parkland.
Assistance dogs: Welcome throughout, including the house.
At Saltram we have a loyalty scheme for walking your pooch. Head to the welcome centre and our team will be able to give you a 'Saltram Dog Passport' where you can collect stamps and rewards for your four-legged friend each time you walk around the parkland. It's a free booklet, if you have a membership card with you, you can bring it along to get scanned as each scan contributes to help look after Saltram forever, for everyone.
Dogs must be kept on a lead in the stables area, which comprises the café, Welcome Centre and around the duck pond and play park. Dogs should also be kept on a short lead during our Dogs Welcome days in the garden.
Please also keep dogs on a leads in the car park, as it can be a very busy area. Once you are in the park they can be off the lead, but please ensure your dog is under close control at all times and look out for seasonal signs advising you where livestock is present.
We also ask that you are always respectful of other dog walkers, pedestrains and cyclists. Much of Saltram's paths are shared use and are there for everyone to enjoy.
If you spot a dog with a yellow lead, ribbon, or bandana at Saltram, it's a gentle signal that the dog needs a little extra space. Please help by keeping your dog at a distance and respecting their need for a calm environment.
Dogs are not allowed in the house. Registered assistance dogs are permitted in these areas.
There are 15 dog waste bins around the Saltram estate. Please clear up after your pet and use the bins provided. If you can't find a bin, please take your waste home. Leaving bagged waste in the countryside is a hazard to wildlife and livestock.
These rules are in place to make sure everyone can enjoy their visit to Saltram, to help look after the historic garden and house, and to ensure the wellbeing of livestock and wildlife.
Our definition of close or effective control is:
We’ve worked with our partner Forthglade to come up with this Canine Code, which helps to make sure everyone can enjoy their day:
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