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Local dog walks in Buxton
♡ Favourite♥ SavedSolomons Temple Buxton
Buxton
Derbyshire
- Just outside of town
- Woodland and hills
- Free parking
- Great views

Great walk, just outside of Buxton. Very scenic, bit of a climb to the top but the dogs seem to love it up hear lots of happy rolling. Either parking on Leek Road and heading up through the woods to the brow of the hill and the temple at the top or the Grin Low caravan park off… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedErrwood Hall, Goyt Valley
Buxton
Derbyshire
- Sheep Free.
- Free Parking.
- Not Far from Buxton or Whaley Bridge.
- Rural Setting

Part of the Goyt Valley and very near to Fernilee Reservoir is the upper Reservoir Errwood. Once a stately home with a huge expense of land, demolished in 1934 the hall stood for over 100 years. Errwood Hall is part of the scenic upper Goyt Valley a great place to walk your… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedTaxal Edge
Whaley Bridge
Derbyshire
- Rural Setting
- Goyt Valley
- Close to Whaley Bridge
- Sheep Free

Not far from Whaley Bridge is the hamlet of Taxal which consists of a church and a few farm houses, and huge massive hilly moorland, taxal edge moor off Taxal Moor Lane. Depending on the size of the walk you want to do you could park in Taxal Layby off Long Hill and walk up to… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedFernilee Reservoir
Fernilee
Derbyshire
- Wooded amazing terrain
- Scenic beauty spot
- Very dog friendly
- Various walks

Explore Fernilee reservoir, just passed Fernilee Village and as you enter the peak district national park there is a right turning its not sign posted, you drop down a road with speed bumps and eventually you come to Fernilee Reservoir and you can park for free. Alternatively… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedSaltline
Alsager
Cheshire
- Woodland
- Disused railway
- Popular
- Scenic

The Saltline is a disused railway that is 3k long. It can easily be linked to walks along the Trent & Mersey Canal and Wheelock Rail Trail. The Saltline can be popular at time with cyclist, walkers and horse riders but you can often find it quiet of other walkers. The Saltline… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedSett Valley Trail
New Mills
Derbyshire
- Dog walk New mills to Hayfield
- Scenic walk
- Dog friendly
- Happy walks happy hound

Fancy a day out in semi rural New Mills? People are very friendly here and its is very dog friendly place to walk your dogs, with nature reserves, lots of footpaths, parks, woodland in abundance, plus the canal tow path, which can lead you to Marple one way and to Buxworth in… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedBuxworth and Chinley
Chinley
Derbyshire
- Rural Walk.
- Free Parking.
- Village Location.
- Low Level Walk.

Dog friendly Buxworth is a lovely place for dog walking, especially Bugsworth Basin a terminus for the Peak Forest canal. Even the slight noise of Bypass does not ruin the tranquility of this dog friendly place. Grassy banks, locks, and even a dog friendly pub the Navigation… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHappy Valley Bramhall
Stockport
Cheshire
- Woodland and nice clean river
- Free parking
- Scenic countryside
- King fishers

A brilliant place for dog walkers and dog’s, every dog we met was friendly there is a nice clean shallow river, very important when you’re walking a black lab, lots of trees and open grassy spaces. I was able to have my dogs off the lead, we spotted a king fisher in the trees, a… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedMarple two park walk
Marple
Cheshire
- Marples Parks
- Dog Nature Walks
- Clean River
- Woods

With our Marple clients our favourite dog walk is what we like to call the two park walk. Parking in the library car park, a mere 30 p for two hours you can go straight into Memorial Park, in the morning its quiet enough to let your doggy off the lead, one side of it has a… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedAlderley Edge
Alderley Edge
Cheshire
- National Trust
- Dramatic red sandstone escarpment
- with impressive views

Dramatic red sandstone escarpment with impressive views and ancient history of copper mining Don't miss Easy access woodland walks for all Dramatic views of the Cheshire countryside Wonderful history of ancient copper mines Myths and legend Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedMarple Middlewood way
Stockport
Cheshire
- Marple to Poynton
- Great for dog walking
- Scenic countryside

A nice dog walk for a dog walker in Marple along The Middlewood Way in Stockport. Instead of our usual haunt Lyme Park Disley, I decided to take Lucy and Scrappy for their morning dog walk to the Middlewood Way starting at Rose Hill Marple. On Google maps I had seen some… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedConsall Hall Landscape Gardens
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
- Plenty to see and endless walks
- Only open on certain days of the week

We loved this place Dog Friendly, plenty to see and endless walks. Its is only open on certain days of the week and times of the year so please check the web site for full details You can see what I got up to on my blog… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHayfield to Kinder Scout
Hayfield
Derbyshire
- Full on hike
- Great for high energy dogs
- Views
- Great Pub at the end

One of my favourite walks, a stone throw from home in New Mills is Kinder Scout in Hayfield Derbsyhire, there are a number of walks you can do from this village including Mount Famine and Shining Torr, Kinder is the popular one. As dog walker I tend to shy away from taking the… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedLyme Park
Disley
Cheshire
- Beautiful massive dog friendly estate
- Woodland
- Moorland

Amazing place, very popular in the summer months but you can still get away from the crowd. You can park around the outside of the estate in Higher Disley and walk into the park if you wish to park for free. Some of the better walks begin of Mudhurst Lane Higher Disley and into… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedToddbrook Reservoir
Whaley Bridge
Derbyshire
- Close to town
- Free parking
- Scenic countryside
- Great place for sunny days

Just off Buxton Road in the centre of Whaley Bridge High Peak, onto Reservoir Road. Free parking on reservoir road. There is a path that follows the right side of Toddbrook its wooded with nice small sandy beaches along the rout with opportunities for your doggie to go paddling.… Read more

























