Bournemouth Walks for you and your dog

Kindly supported by Dogs is a non-profit project for everyone who owns, or is thinking about owning, a dog in Bournemouth. It aims to work with dog owners to solve issues with land mangers and in turn promote responsible ownership. This project works in partnership with Dogs. They champion positive management for dogs in town, coast and countryside and promote responsible dog ownership. More information can be found at: www.dorsetdogs.org.uk [email protected] 01202 451548 Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve, Meyrick Park,Central Drive, Bournemouth, Redhill Park, 1 Granby Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 3NZ Dorset BH2 6LH, 3 5 Redhill Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH10 6AZ Meyrick Park Crescent, Bournemouth, Dorset BH3 7AQ

Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve is a riverside walk along gravel Meyrick Park has a large grassy field that adjoins Meyrick Park Redhill Park has a large open grassy field, with a small wooded hard standing paths. There are three different trails you can golf course. Dogs need to be kept to the paths when crossing the area at the far end. There is a tarmac car park off of Redhill follow through areas of open grassland, meadows and woodland, golf course. The large field is also a rugby training ground which Drive and there are residential roads nearby that can be used or alternatively you can wander along the river pathway. Cattle is used early evening most nights of the week; games are usually for parking too. Fox café is dog friendly and situated by the graze different compartments throughout the year so leads may held on a Sunday. There is a small car park and on-road parking children’s play area. be necessary through certain areas. Stour Valley also has two when accessed from the north via Meyrick Park Crescent and on dog beaches that provide priority access to pedestrians and dog road parking when accessed from the south via Central Drive. owners alike to enjoy the river. The Visitor Centre sits between A tarmac path runs around the outside of the large field, which is the car park and the river and provides information on the area, divided for use by pedestrians and cyclists. refreshments and toilet facilities; with the wildlife-friendly garden allowing dogs to enter on a lead.

y Queens Park, 6 Queens Park West Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9BY David Lall © Queens Park is a multi-use area for dog walkers and golfers alike. All , Millhams Mead, users should take precaution when using certain areas and notice the 2 Slades Farm Road, Bouremouth, Dorset, BH10 4EU 4 Millhams Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH10 7LN. safety signs on site - these may advise on the direction of travel a golf ball may come from. Golf balls can be travelling in excess of 100 mph. There are many hidden dips and copses within the park that cause blind spots, where golfers are unable to see walkers and walkers Slades Farm consists of large open fields and a smaller wooded Millhams Mead Local Nature Reserve has free car parks at can’t see golfers. There are suggested trail routes, to help you use the area. There are tarmac paths that border these fields which is either end of the reserve. There are various habitats to explore park safely. Please remember that your dog should be under close suitable for mobility scooters and pushchairs. Slades Farm has including meadows, woodland and scrubby areas. There is a control in any park, whether it’s on a lead or not. If your dog will not an enclosed dog playground which has various pieces of agility small shallow river that runs across the reserve and meets respond to a call to heel, it should be on a lead. If you are concerned equipment, alongside a grassy area and a couple of picnic benches. the main River Stour that borders one side. There are horses’ about sharig a space with golfers, there is a large field next to the car There is a car park on site which is free to use for 3 hours. which graze the meadow adjacent to the River Stour. An old park separate to the golf course. Free dog mess bags are available tarmac road runs from one side of the reserve to the other and from the golf shop. There is a large car park on site, Woodpecker there are a few gravel paths that take you around the reserve. Café (seating available outside for dog walkers), and toilets Iford Meadows, Kings Park, Tea Gardens and Riverlands 7 Iford Lane, Bournemouth, BH6 5NF 9 Kings Park Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7AF 11 Wick Lane, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 4JX

Iford Meadows is a small area of grassland and scrub that Kings Park consists of large grassy fields with lots of space for Tuckton Tea Gardens and Riverlands is a large open green space borders part of the River Stour. Grazing animals can usually be dogs to run around. There is a small café between the two main which is opposite the River Stour. It is made up of meadowland and found on site between September and April. It is connected to the fields for the public to use with toilets inside. There are several car smaller wooded areas. There is a pay and display car park just past back of Iford Playing Fields which is a big green grassy open space. parks on site for the Football Stadium and Athletics Centre, which Tuckton Library and you can also gain access via Wick Lane and It does have car parking facilities or there is on road parking next to are pay and display. A relatively quiet road runs alongside the Tuckton Road. Tuckton Tea Gardens is adjacent to Riverlands and Iford Meadows. Dogs will need to be on a lead across Iford Playing edge of the fields, note that this will be busy during Bournemouth the café is open all year-round excluding January and Christmas Fields whilst sporting games are in play. Football club home games. To the north-west of the park there is Day. Dogs are required to be on a lead in the Tuckton Tea Gardens. a conservation area primarily made up of meadow and heathland Hard surfaced paths run across the site making it suitable for but there is also a small wooded area. wheelchair and pushchair users.

Sheepwash, Strouden Woods, Common, 8 Riverside Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7DY 10 Bradpole Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9NY 12 Chaseside, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7DX

Sheepwash runs parallel to the River Stour and is a little area of Strouden Woods is, as the name suggests, a wood-land area which Littledown Common is a strip of grass and woodland that extends woodland and meadow. It has a cycle path that runs across the adjoins to an open grassy field. It has on road parking in residential from Chaseside by Littledown Leisure Centre and joins up to Kings length of the open space which is also suitable for pushchairs and streets or is a short walk from Castlepoint Shopping Centre. There Park on the other side. There are playgrounds at either end with wheelchair users alike. Although there isn’t a car park, there is on is a cycle path and hard standing path that runs through the site, a hard-standing path that runs the length of the common making road parking on Riverside Avenue, the turning that goes towards which is suitable for wheelchair users. it suitable for both pushchairs and wheelchairs. There is also a the Tesco Superstore car park. separate cycle path. There is pay and display parking at Kings Park, along with numerous residential roads surrounding the site. Please be aware that the common is split in half by a road so dogs may need to be put on a lead to cross.

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