A dog sits patiently by his owners who are sat on a big yellow bench at the Top of the Gorge Festival 2019 at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset — Explore Liverpool and Lancashire with your dog | © National Trust Images/Paul Harris

Dog-friendly places in Liverpool and Lancashire

There are plenty of places to explore with your dog around Liverpool and Lancashire. From exploring the grounds of Speke Hall to taking in views over Morecambe Bay and the Lake District from Heysham Coast, where will you and your dog head next?

Our pawprint rating system shows what facilities we've got for your dog at our places. Three pawprints shows the very best places you can visit for a day with your dog and two pawprints places have water bowls, dog bins and dog-friendly walks. Dogs are welcome at one pawprint places, but facilities are limited.

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Holcombe Moor and Stubbins Estate

The perfect place to explore vast moorland and hillside woods with your dog. Find further information and guidance on walking with your dog.

A visitor in a green jacket walks a dog along a path

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Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall is a one pawprint rated place. Dogs on leads are more than welcome in most areas of the grounds, but there are a few things you need to know.

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Speke Hall

Dogs on leads are welcome to explore most areas of Speke Hall's grounds. Find out where you can go with your dog, what facilities are available to them and other important information at this two pawprint rated place.

Brown labrador lying down with a stick on the grass at Eaves Wood.

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Arnside and Silverdale

Find out about walking your dog at Arnside and Silverdale, from the facilities available to how you can help us to protect the local wildlife. Arnside and Silverdale is a two pawprint rated place.

A dog enjoying a winter walk in the grounds at Trelissick, Cornwall

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Heysham Coast

The Heysham Coast is a great place to explore with your four-legged friend. To help keep this place special for other people and wildlife, please follow the Canine Code.

Dogs play on the beach at Formby, Merseyside

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Formby

Dogs are welcome at Formby, which is a one pawprint rated place. Find out all you need to know about exercising your pups on the sandy beaches and acres of woodland.

Visitors walking their dogs in the garden at Sizergh, Cumbria

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Rufford Old Hall

Explore the woodland, gardens, Beech Walk Paddock, North Paddock and cobbled courtyard with your dog at Rufford Old Hall at this one pawprint rated place.