Find dog friendly attractions and places to visit near you, in Colchester, Essex and the surrounding area. For you and your dog to enjoy a day together.
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Dog friendly attractions and places to visit in Colchester
♡ Favourite♥ SavedDedham Vale Vineyard
Green Lane
Boxted
Colchester
Essex
CO4 5TS
- Working vineyard
- Dogs welcome on leads
- 40 acre site & Vineyard Trail
- Walks along the Essex Way

Dedham Vale Vineyard has been producing outstanding wine from its 40 acre estate for over 25 years. Lying on the edge of the Stour Valley at Boxted, the vineyard grows and produces six styles of award-winning English wine and Carter’s Cider. At the heart of the vineyard is an… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedColne Valley Railway
Castle Hedingham
Essex
CO9 3DZ
- More Than Just A Train Ride!
- Full-size demonstration train ride
- Interactive Museum
- Interactive Indoor Model Railway
- Garden Model Railway
- Woodland Walk Educational Trail

The site opens at 10:30 with trains running regularly throughout the day. Last entry is at 3 pm. Visitors will be able to enjoy: A train ride on our demonstration railway. Large and interactive model railway. Updated museum and interpretation centre. Post Office sorting coach –… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedSt Botolph's Priory
Colchester
Essex
- Impressive of early Norman architecture
- Built in flint and reused Roman brick

The 12th-century nave of the first Augustinian priory church in England, with an impressive west front. Dogs on leads are welcome - contact site for any restrictions. Assistance dogs are… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedLexden Earthworks
Lexden
Essex
- Series of late Iron Age defences
- Many pre-Roman graves hereabouts

The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester. There are also many pre-Roman graves hereabouts, including Lexden… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedMistley Towers
Mistley
Essex
- Two porticoed classical towers
- Designed by Robert Adam in 1776

Visit Carisbrooke Castle and experience over 800 years of history! With its beautiful gardens and grounds you will be able to enjoy a relaxing stroll with your dog. Dogs on leads are welcome -… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedLandguard Fort
Felixstowe
Suffolk
- Originally built in the 18th
- The fort was disarmed and closed in 1956

Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines. The current fort was built in the 18th century, and modified in the… Read more










