The South Lakes Doggy Pawsport

A guide to taking your dog on holiday in the Southern Lake page 1 District 2 THE SOUTH LAKES DOGGY PAWSPORT

Welcome to The South Lakes Doggy Pawsport

Contents page Enjoy a collar-cation!

An A-Z Selection of Dog Friendly Two million dog owners find that a holiday Accommodation by Area 3 just isn’t the same without their canine friend and are hounded by the thought of Hostelries 7 leaving them behind. Here in the South Lakes we understand this and believe Where Can You and Your Dog Go? 7 that our amazing outdoor playground is the perfect location for a holiday with your Miles Without Stiles 9 dog.

Dog-Friendly Attractions 9 Our natural environment offers you and them every opportunity to enjoy some Doggy Diary 10 quality time together and you will find that Doggy Snippets 11 you and they are welcome in a wide variety of hotels, hostelries, attractions and outdoor locations, as well as at various countryside events where you can both enjoy the fresh Lake District air.

Even if you can’t bring your dog, but are barking mad for all things canine, we’ve some memorable dog-related things-to-do and some fabulous food for you to woof down – remembering to take a doggy-bag home with you, of course!

Come and see us during 2011 and unleash your desire to spend time with your pooch. The South Lakes has plenty of room for the both of you and we’ll make sure you enjoy a great collar-cation.

page 2 SOUTHERN LAKE DISTRICT DOGGY PAWSPORT 3 An A-Z Selection of Dog Friendly Accommodation by Area

Southern Lakeland has an abundance of Ambleside (cont.) accommodation options for you and your dog, ranging from B&Bs and self-catering Low Wood Hotel and Waterhead Hotel – cottages to hotels and great campsites. fall under English Lakes Hotels pet- To make things a little easier for you, we friendly policy. Owners to mention dogs have listed a selection of dog-friendly (up to 2) when booking at a cost of £25 businesses who will give you a warm for a maximum of 4 days. Dogs are not to welcome. be left unattended in rooms or to be Prices were correct at the time of going to allowed in public rooms (except guide press. dogs). They need to be kept on a lead at all times whilst in the hotel and grounds. Ambleside www.elh.co.uk/lowwood and www.elh.co.uk/hotels/waterhead Ben’s - sleeps 4 - £495-£755 per week. (www.thegoodlifecottageco.co.uk) The Old Vicarage, Waterfalls, The Falls - you and a small, well-behaved dog can Black Fell Cottage - sleeps 8 - £440- enjoy the sight and sound of Stock Ghyll £560 per week. Beck tumbling past the cottage. www.blackfellcottage.co.uk www.heartofthelakes.co.uk

Brathay Lodge - traditional Lake District Arnside B&B with deluxe & high class rooms. Tariff £35-£64.50 per person per night Rowan Bank House - self-catering, three- for 2 nights. Dogs £5 per night. Prices bedroomed bungalow welcoming one exclude holiday periods. small, well-behaved pet, with a dog www.brathay-lodge.co.uk basket available, if needed. Price £295-£575 for a week. Elder Grove - accepts dogs, in one of the www.rowanbankhouse.co.uk standard double rooms, by prior arrangement. The pet should not be left Bowness-on-Windermere unattended or taken into public areas. Charge is £20 per stay. North Lodge - three bedroomed cottage, sleeps six. www.eldergrove.co.uk www.lakedistrictholidays.net

The Fairfield - Lake District country Whilst every effort was made to ensure that information and prices in this Pawsport were correct house which accepts doggy guests in at the time of going to press, South Lakeland certain ground floor rooms. District Council cannot accept any responsibility for www.the-fairfield.co.uk any changes, errors or ommisions, or any inconvenience arising therefrom.

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Coniston

Sunny Bank Farm - cottage with five spacious bedrooms, set in 16-acre grounds. Sleeps 12. £880-£2200 per week. www.sunnybankfarm.co.uk

The Sun - takes a refundable £50 deposit if the room is clean and undamaged and charges for dogs at £10 per night. Well-behaved dogs on a lead are welcome in the pub, as long as they stay off the furniture. Room tariff £45-£120 per night. www.thesunconiston.com Crosthwaite

Greenbank Cottages – three pet-friendly cottages costing £240-£750 per week, Virginia Cottage - medium-sized dogs (no for cottages sleeping from 2, 4 and 6. larger than a Border Collie) may stay by www.greenbank-cumbria.co.uk prior arrangement in the owner’s guest bedroom and also access all areas except Damson Dene Hotel – three star hotel the breakfast area. where dining includes vegetables from www.virginia-cottage.co.uk Victorian kitchen garden. Rooms with Jacuzzi baths and features such as four- Brigsteer poster beds. Dogs welcome as long as accompanied by well-behaved owners! Plumtree House - 3 star B&B welcoming www.damsondene.co.uk pets, walkers and cyclists. Three bedrooms and a real log fire. One-off Gilpin Valley charge of £5 per pet. www.plumtreehouse.co.uk The Famous Wild Boar Hotel - falls under English Lakes Hotels pet-friendly Cark In Cartmel policy. Owners to mention dogs (up to 2) Old Bank House – six-bedroomed, high when booking at a cost of £25 for a quality accommodation, sleeping up to maximum of 4 days. Dogs are not to be 11 people. Well-behaved pets are all left unattended in rooms or to be allowed welcome. Price of a stay is £375-£1450. in public rooms (except guide dogs). www.old-bank-house.co.uk They need to be kept on a lead at all times whilst in the hotel and grounds. www.elh.co.uk/hotels/wildboar

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Grasmere Kendal

Little Parrock Large Holiday Cottage - Riverside Hotel - luxury leisure hotel on 15 minutes’ walk from Grasmere centre. the banks of the River Kent with 47 en Sleeps 10, in 5 bedrooms. Pet & child suite rooms. Sauna, steam room, spa friendly. Contact owner for tariff. bath and gym - all in the leisure facility. www.littleparrock.co.uk Pets welcome if arranged in advance. www.riversidekendal.co.uk Knipefold Barn - luxury cottage, 5 star (VisitEngland) with fabulous panoramic The Glen Guest House, Oxenholme - set views towards the Hawkshead fells. in quiet grounds under ‘The Helm’, which Sleeps 5 - £620-£1025 per week. offers some of the best views of the Lake Well-behaved pets welcome. District and Morecambe Bay. All types of room, some with whirlpool. Hot tub Ings outside. Dogs allowed by prior arrangement in all except the Four Poster Meadowcroft Country Guesthouse - suite. Tariff £35-£85 per night. Call warm welcome for you and your pet from owners on 01539 726386 to discuss guesthouse owners and their working pooch arrangements. Cocker Spaniels! Dog beds and food www.glen-kendal.co.uk bowls are available. They should not be Cobblestone Cottage & Wallers Barn – left alone and are not permitted to go into sleeping 10 and 6 respectively in high- the dining room, when they should be quality barn conversions. Well-behaved taken to the car. They should also be kept dogs are welcome, but details need to be on a lead when walking to the room. provided on booking. A charge of £25 Charge of £10 for a doggy stay. Two- per dog per week, or £15 per dog per legged stay £35-£42 per person double part week is payable on booking. occupancy. Regrettably, no puppies allowed. www.meadowcroft-guesthouse.com www.topthorn.com Watermill Inn and Brewing Co - dogs Kirkby Lonsdale welcome in the main bar (and pampered with Lakeland water and Winalot biscuits) Hipping Hall, Cowan Bridge - 17th located by a gated, century wisteria-draped house with fine à dogs’ paradise road! la carte restaurant and excellent food. Charged at £3 per £100-£200 per person, bed and night with a £1 breakfast. Pets accepted in Room 7. donation to the Dogs www.hippinghall.com Trust. Snooty Fox Tavern - AA 4 star Jacobean www.watermillinn. inn with cask marque accreditation for co.uk/itsadogslife. ales. Eight doubles and one twin. html £30-£45 per person per night www.thesnootyfoxhotel.co.uk

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The Sun Inn - five star luxury bed and Windermere breakfast accommodation in a venue blending the contemporary with the Beckside Cottage - B&B where dogs are history of a 17th century Lake District Inn. welcome by prior arrangement and with a Four rooms are dog friendly, by prior small charge. £25-£35 pppn. arrangement, and dogs are welcome in www.becksidewindermere.co.uk the bar. www.sun-inn.co.uk Cedar Manor Hotel - small, well behaved Woodclose Park - award-winning and dogs welcome in the Coach House, but serene park with 9 acres of land. Touring not in public rooms or main hotel area, camping field and even wigwams. building. The charge is £10 per day, to a Dogs to be kept on a lead and exercised maximum of £30 per stay. The hotel is off the park, which has wildlife habitats. dog-friendly, but has rules, including not £1 charge for dogs. leaving your lovable mutt unattended in www.woodclosepark.com the room. www.cedarmanor.co.uk Lindale Elim Lodge - an attractive Lakeland Buck Crag - 16th century farmhouse house just a short walk from Lake welcoming pets for a one-off cleaning Windermere. Welcomes well-behaved charge of £15. Cost of hire £350 -£995 pets. Tariff £25-£40 per person per night, per week. based on two people sharing. www.buck-crag.co.uk www.elimlodge.co.uk

Sedbergh The Coppice - B&B with three pet-friendly superior double-bedded rooms, charging Dragon Cottage, Dent - recently £10 per night for a dog. The Coppice refurbished and sleeps up to six adults. encourages owners to bring their own Family pet welcome as long as kept at pet’s blanket and will refrigerate food on bottom floor level. the owner’s behalf. Dogs should not be www.dragoncottage.co.uk left unattended in rooms or be allowed into the public areas. Staveley www.thecoppice.co.uk

Brunt Knott Farm Cottages - four self Kays Cottage - guest house sometimes catering cottages sleeping 2-5, £227- accepting small dogs if booked in £484 per week. advance. www.bruntknottcottages.co.uk www.kays cottage.co.uk

page 6 SOUTHERN LAKE DISTRICT DOGGY PAWSPORT 7 There are 70 cottages in The Where Can You and Your Coppermines and Lakes Cottages holiday portfolio and all welcome pets. Dog Go? Visit www.coppermines.co.uk for more details. Rules to follow

Use the search option at Cumbria has 2,500 sq km of Open www.lakeslovers.co.uk to find other Access land on which dogs can be walked South Lakes properties that will in many areas. Between 1 March and 31 welcome your dog. July, dogs must be kept on a lead when on Open Access land so that breeding Visit animals and birds are not disturbed. www.golakes.co.uk/accommodation and search for properties which have Leads must always be used where there received Pets Welcome accreditation. is livestock and it is an offence to allow your dog to worry animals. If approached by a cow, particularly when protecting its Hostelries young, drop the lead and run to safety. Your dog will get away safely using its own Fancy a drink with your four-legged intelligence. friend? Here are some suggestions: You do not have to keep your dog on a Ambleside - The Water Edge Inn lead when on a public right of way, but you must keep it under close control. Ambleside - The Golden Rule Having it on a lead is safest, as your dog could find wildlife scents irresistible and Cartmel - The Cavendish Arms scamper off, possibly getting lost in unfamiliar territory. Coniston - The Ship Inn If you do take your dog out on a long Crosthwaite - The Punch Bowl walk, make sure it is fit enough to tackle Great Langdale - Old Dungeon Ghyll what you have in store. Take water with Hotel you and a water bowl, so that your pal can stay hydrated. Carry clothing for Hawkshead - Kings Arms Hotel yourself and a blanket for both of you. Always check the weather forecast prior Ings - The Watermill Inn to departure.

Kendal - Oddfellows If your dog is panting excessively, move it into the shade and then cool its whole Kirkby Lonsdale - Plato’s body with water, especially its head. Let it Sizergh - The Strickland Arms drink cool water frequently and call a vet.

Winster - Brown Horse Inn You should carry a small first aid kit for your dog and check it for ticks, which look Witherslack - Derby Arms like dark, smooth peas. Do not pull these

page 7 8 THE SOUTH LAKES DOGGY PAWSPORT out or squeeze them. If you spot any, ask Veterinary surgeries your vet for advice on how to remove them, as they are parasites that can Veterinary suregries in the South Lakes spread harmful diseases. can be contacted as follows: Also check your dog’s paws for scratches, Ambleside cuts and grass seeds between its toes. Sansom and Dodwell, Church Street If your dog is stung and the sting is still in (015394 32631) its skin, scrape it away with a fingernail or Susan P Richardson, Old Lake Road credit card. Do not squeeze or grasp it. (015394 33565) Clean the area with a wet cloth to reduce pain and swelling. If in doubt, call a vet. Grange-over-Sands Archway Veterinary Practice, Station Should your dog be bitten by an adder, Square (015395 32669) keep it still and calm. Carry your dog, rather than allowing it to walk. Do not try Kendal to tend to the wound and call a vet Highgate Veterinary Clinic, Highgate immediately. (01539 721344) Be careful with your dog around water, as Westmorland Veterinary Group, Natland currents in Lake District rivers and Road (01539 722692) streams can be strong. Kirkby Lonsdale You must clean up all dog mess and Tithe Barn Veterinary Centre, Kendal dispose of it responsibly in litter bins – Road (015242 71221) not in plastic bags hung on trees or walls, which is hazardous to wildlife. Milnthorpe Bay Veterinary Group, The Square (01524 410867) Sedbergh Preston and Bramley, Long Lane (015396 20335) Ulverston Church Walk Veterinary Centre, St Mary’s Place (01229 583675) South Lake Veterinary Centre, Victoria Road (01229 582900) Windermere Sansom and Dodwell, Lake Road (01539 488555) page 8 SOUTHERN LAKE DISTRICT DOGGY PAWSPORT 9 Miles Without Stiles Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway Well-behaved dogs are welcome, but There are 39 routes in the National Park keep them off the seats! suitable for people with limited mobility Rydal Mount and for dogwalkers with less active dogs. Dogs are allowed in the garden, if kept on These routes are graded and gradients a lead. are no more than 1:10. Sizergh Castle Visit www.lake-district.gov.uk/index/ Dogs on leads are welcome around the visiting/outdoors/mileswithoutstiles.htm estate, but not the gardens. Owners and to view the routes. dogs can enjoy a walk to Helsington Barrows and Scout Scar from the car Dog-Friendly Attractions park. Steam Yacht Gondola Brantwood Dogs are allowed in outside areas of this Dogs can be taken around Brantwood steam-powered boat, which sails on garden, but are not allowed in the house. Coniston. Owners can use the tying rail provided to secure their dog whilst they tour the Windermere Lake Cruises former home of John Ruskin. All dogs travel free on these picturesque lake cruises that can hook visitors up with Coniston Launch beautiful walks. Dogs are allowed on board the boats within the cabins, but not on the seats, at For more information on attractions is the South a charge of 50 pence (free to working Lakes, visit www.southlakeland.gov.uk/tourism guide dogs). The founders of Coniston launch owned Flatcoated Retrievers Saga, Folly and Epic and, to mark the enjoyment these dogs provided, all Flatcoated Retrievers still travel FREE of charge! Fell Foot Park Dogs are allowed on leads and owners can enjoy a cup of tea and a cake on picnic benches outside, sharing their treats with their dog - if they are feeling generous! Grizedale Forest Park and Visitor Centre Dogs are allowed in the Forest Park and can be taken on certain walks/events arranged there. Lake District National Park Visitor Centre (Brockhole), Windermere Dogs are welcome if kept on a lead at all times.

page 9 10 THE SOUTH LAKES DOGGY PAWSPORT Doggy Diary Puppy Hound Trail, Dog Dash, Open Restricted Hound Trail. Day starts at 9am. July-August www.rydalshow.co.uk Cross Bay Walks, Arnside August Dogs are welcome on these organised Hawkshead Agricultural Show walks across Morecambe Bay. Dog classes covering sheepdogs, working terriers and foxhounds July www.hawksheadshow.co.uk Cumbria Steam Gathering Cark Airfield, Flookburgh August Event celebrating steam and headlined Grasmere Sports and Show, Grasmere. by the Elaine Hill Sheepdog Display. Dog shows, hound trails, wrestling, www.steamgathering.co.uk mountain biking, races. www.grasmeresportsandshow.co.uk July Ambleside Sports, Ambleside September Hound trails, traditional sports, other Westmorland County Show entertainment. Crooklands, Kendal www.amblesidesports.co.uk Featuring dogs and hounds, many other animals, crafts, Cumberland and August Westmorland wrestling, Food Hall and Cartmel Show, Cartmel cookery demonstrations. Dogs welcome Country show encompassing a dog show with visitors to the show. and hound trail. www.westmorlandshow.co.uk/page/ www.cartmelagriculturalsociety.org.uk advance_tickets

August For more information on events throughout the Lake District Sheepdog Trials South Lakes, visit www.southlakeland.gov.uk/events Hill Farm, Ings, Near Windermere Sheepdog trials, Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, fox hound trails, Terrier Show, craft displays. Tel: 015242 71584

August Vale of Rydal Sheepdog Trials Rydal Park, north of Ambleside Featuring The Rydal Class Novice Sheepdog Trials, The Le Fleming Stakes Advanced Sheepdog Trials, Coniston Foxhounds, Beagle Show, Shepherd Crooks and Sticks Competition, Working Terrier show, Open Hound Trail, Gun Dog demonstration, Fell Foxhound show, page 10 SOUTHERN LAKE DISTRICT DOGGY PAWSPORT 11 Doggy Snippets Kep features in ‘The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck’ (1908), rescuing the naïve Whilst living at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, and silly Jemima from the clutches of Mr William Wordsworth had a Border Terrier Tod the fox. called Pepper. This pet was given to the Beatrix produced numerous sketches and Wordsworths by Sir Walter Scott – a watercolours of Kep prior to the dog’s breeder of Border Terriers, all of which he death in 1917. Dogs she owned in named after spices. subsequent years included Fleet, a black Visitors to Dove Cottage today can see a and white bobtail, Nip, a collie, and portrait of Pepper proudly displayed. various pups produced by Nip. Entrance to Dove Cottage costs £7.50 for an adult, £4.50 for a child (under 6 free) Dogs are welcome at National Trust and £17.20 for a family ticket for 1 or 2 countryside properties as long as they are adults and 1-3 children. More details are kept under control, or on leads where available at www.wordsworth.org.uk necessary. They are not allowed into mansion properties or gardens, but there Beatrix Potter grew to be a true lover of is usually a spot where they can be tied collie dogs and other working sheepdogs, up outside buildings – as long as they are but her first encounter with these dogs patient whilst waiting for their owners. was less than pleasant. Visit www.sardalakes.org.uk/dogblog.html On her first visit to the Lake District, when to follow the trials and tribulations of aged 16, she noted in her journal: ‘went Dottie, a tri-coloured Border Collie and to Hawkshead; lost continually, alarmed search dog with the Lake District by collies at every farm.’ Mountain Rescue Search Dogs team, who has had to train a human (Kaz Frith) to By 1896, when she was aged 30, she work with her. stayed at and fell in love with Sawrey. Having to return to London, she noted: SARDA – the Search and Rescue Dog ‘Perhaps my most sentimental leave- Association – performs valuable work in taking was with Don the great farm collie. the Lake District as an adjunct to the He came up and muddied me as I was Mountain Rescue Service. SARDA Lakes packing. I accompanied him to the has around 12 graded dog teams and a stable-gate where he turned ... and large number of dogs and handlers in gravely shook hands. Afterwards, putting training. On average, three dog teams his paws firmly on my shoulder, he licked grade each year, ensuring a constant my face and then went away into the rescue service for the public. farm.’ In 2009, SARDA were called out 73 times By 1905, Beatrix had developed a deep and you can read about some of these love of working dogs and had her own rescues and see photos of the team at dog, Kep, to whom she was devoted. www.sardalakes.org.uk

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A SARDA roll of honour and individual stories of handlers and dogs can be found at the SARDA Lakes website. This year’s callouts can also be seen there.

SARDA Lakes is a voluntary organisation and needs to raise funds to train members and their trainee or qualified dog. Some trainees travel from afar and need to be accommodated overnight in mountain huts or village halls, which have to be paid for. These members get no personal benefit, so SARDA strives to pay their travel expenses.

As well as once-a-month weekend training, there is a week-long training You can also donate online with a credit course held in the Scottish Highlands, card or become a Friend of SARDA Lakes. which again needs funding, as this allows Alternatively, you can buy a poloshirt or SARDA Lakes to gain experience in bad sweatshirt that will help raise funds for weather conditions. this wholly self-funded organisation that Most rescues occur at night and in receives no Government or Lottery inclement weather. Good quality, funding. waterproof clothing is essential, along Each year, an individual handler and dog with torches, high visibility dog jackets, cost the Association in excess of £500, light collars and a specialist winching as well as £400 coming from the harness for the dog, in case it needs to handler’s own be lifted out by helicopter. Warm fleece pocket. Please jackets are then needed when the dogs do what you can return home. to help. Add to this dog insurance and the need for charitable donations is very real. The If you need to team who carry out this valuable rescue call out work do so for no personal benefit and Mountain really do need your assistance. Rescue whilst in the Lake District If you wish to help, make a cheque with your dog, payable to SARDA (Lakes) and send it to dial 999 and ask SARDA Lakes, Hazelhurst Cottage, Hazel for Mountain Street, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1EL. Rescue, or send A completed Giftaid form (available at an SMS text to www.sardalakes.org.uk) will increase the the police on value of your donation. 07786 208999. page 12