Top Ten Days Out with your Dog
Take a look at our top ten days out with your dog. Why not include a trip to one of these wonderful attractions on your pet friendly holidays.
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Top Ten Days Out with your Dog
1. Longleat House & Safari Park
A previous winner of ‘UK Family Attraction of the Year’, Longleat has something for everyone. Get up close and personal to animals from around the world, including: tigers, lions, rhino and giraffe.
Work your way around ‘Longleat Hedge Maze’, take a trip on the Safari Boats, ride on the Longleat Railway, or explore Longleat House with it’s collection of treasures and heirlooms.
Dogs are allowed on the grounds and there is free kenneling at the entrance to the Safari park.
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Come to The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, Devon. Set in glorious unspoiled countryside and farmland, it is home to around five hundred donkeys. Learn about our international donkey welfare projects and the Sanctuary’s work in the area of animal therapy. Training course are available.
The Sanctuary is only a mile away from England’s first world heritage site, The Jurassic Coast.
Visitors return time and again to absorb the peaceful and relaxing surroundings.
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A jewel of the Cotswolds, Batsford Arboretum is one of England’s leading collections of trees and shrubs.
A quarter mile west of Moreton-in Marsh in Gloucestershire you will find the arboretum tucked away in a wondrous setting, south facing, in the Cotswold Hills.
At the garden centre you can take expert advice from specialist plantsmen and you will find many unusual and rare shrubs, trees, herbaceous, alpine plants and perennials.
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Visit England’s highest waterfall. Canonteign Falls is a must see on your Devon holiday.
Set in the delightful Teign Valley, the falls run through ancient woodlands and rock formations for two hundred and twenty feet. Their decent is almost vertical before crashing into the restful lakes below.
A wonderful day out for all the family.
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Rainton Farm produces the famous Cream o’ Galloway ice creams.
The farm provides a unique day out with farm and factory tours, nature trails and dog walking areas where dogs can run free. Kids can make their own ice-cream! There is also a play ground and play barn.
You can learn at the Visitor Centre how the farm utilises the land with sensitivity and encourages a greater understanding of environmental issues.
Spread along the valley beside the River Severn – you will find ten award winning museums. This beautiful Valley has been designated as a World Heritage Site due to its significant contribution to the birth of the industrial revolution of the eighteenth century.
They feature the products that set the industrial age on its path and the machinery that made them.
Craftsmen and fully costumed decorators bring alive the story of the people that lived here and the work they did. You will see them working on iron, fashioning china and glass.
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Amongst Scotland's best loved Castles, Culzean offers something for all and everyone to enjoy. Just off the South Ayrshire coast, it is wonderful place to visit on your holiday to the area.
There is a long tradition of welcoming holiday makers from all around the world. The Castle, visitor centre, gardens, shops and restaurants are open daily between from Spring to Autumn.
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Leisurely meander through over two hundred mile of waterways. Norfolk is a county with surprising variety.
Known for it’s wildlife, the broads, rivers and their flood plains form a unique habitat unlike anything else in the UK As you cruise past thatched cottages, windmills and church towers the scenery transforms from open meadowland to reed lined river-banks to woodlands. You can even cruise to Norwich, the region’s exciting main city, or Great Yarmouth a seaside resort that’s full of fun.
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Pass through the delightful scenery of the Brecon Beacons National Park on a vintage steam locomotive.
Travel the entire length of the Taf Fechan Reservoir to Dol-y-Gaer. This is one of Wales’s most popular railways. The lines are steeped in historical importance. The railways once provided a vital link between the quarries, supplying limestone to the iron works in the area.
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Above ground or below, there is plenty to do at this area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The caves have been described as Cathedral-like. You can explore the biggest gorge in Britain. The world famous Cheddar Man is the country’s oldest complete skeleton.
Thrill seekers will enjoy the Rocksport Adventure Activities. Alternatively, you may just want to enjoy a relaxing cream tea at the Explorers Café Bar.
