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Dog Friendly Properties to Visit

Enjoy a great day out with your dog at our historic properties. With dog-friendly properties across the whole of England, there is so much history and so many stories and spectacular events to enjoy, for you and your furry friends.

From Roman forts to iconic abbeys, it'll definitely be a day out worth barking about!

English Heritage welcomes responsible dog owners to many of our properties. Please be aware that dogs must be kept on a lead when walking in fields where livestock are grazing, and please always clean up after your dog.

Great days out for you and your dog near Castle Acre Priory
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East Midlands

Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire
Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire
Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire
Kirby Muxloe Castle, Leicestershire
Peveril Castle, Derbyshire

East of England

Audley End House and Gardens, Essex
Castle Acre: Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk
Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum, Cambridgeshire
Framlingham Castle, Suffolk
Grime's Graves - Prehistoric Flint Mine, Norfolk
Hill Hall, Essex
Landguard Fort, Suffolk
Tilbury Fort, Essex
Wrest Park, Bedfordshire

Dover Castle Arthur's Hall reconstruction of interior with dogs and people at high table by Terry Ball

Dogs have enjoyed coming to Dover Castle for centuries. Dogs on leads are now welcome in the grounds only.
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London

North East

Auckland Castle Deer House, Durham
Aydon Castle, Northumberland
Barnard Castle, Durham
Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens, Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks and Main Guard, Northumberland
Black Carts Turret - Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland
Black Middens Bastle House, Northumberland
Bowes Castle, Durham
Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland
Chesters Roman Fort and Museum - Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland
Corbridge Roman Town - Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland
Derwentcote Steel Furnace, Durham
Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland
Edlingham Castle, Northumberland
Egglestone Abbey, Durham
Etal Castle, Northumberland
Finchale Priory, Durham
Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland
Hylton Castle, Tyne and Wear
Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland
Norham Castle, Northumberland
Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland
Tynemouth Priory and Castle, Tyne and Wear
Warkworth Castle and Hermitage, Northumberland

North West

Ambleside Roman Fort, Cumbria
Beeston Castle and Woodland Park, Cheshire
Birdoswald Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall, Cumbria
Bow Bridge, Cumbria
Brougham Castle, Cumbria
Brough Castle, Cumbria
Carlisle Castle, Cumbria
Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria
Chester Castle: Agricola Tower and Castle Walls, Cheshire
Chester Roman Amphitheatre, Cheshire
Clifton Hall, Cumbria
Countess Pillar, Brougham, Cumbria
Furness Abbey, Cumbria
Hardknott Roman Fort, Cumbria
King Arthur's Round Table, Cumbria
Lanercost Priory, Cumbria
Mayburgh Henge, Cumbria
Penrith Castle, Cumbria
Piel Castle, Cumbria
Ravenglass Roman Bath House, Cumbria
Shap Abbey, Cumbria
Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria
Warton Old Rectory, Lancashire
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse, Cumbria
Whalley Abbey Gatehouse, Lancashire

South East

1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield, East Sussex
Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight
Bayham Old Abbey, Kent
Dover Castle, Kent
Hurst Castle, Hampshire
Pevensey Castle, East Sussex
Portchester Castle, Hampshire
Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre, Kent
Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight

Lullingstone Roman Villa - Tile fragment with dog paw marks imprinted into it

Not all English Heritage properties are suitable for dogs. Here a Roman dog has left its paw marks on a tile at Lullingstone Roman Villa.
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