Dog Friendly Walks & Beaches in East Yorkshire

A wooded ravine along a prehistoric earthwork on Flamborough Headland, dropping to a pebbly beach under chalk cliffs where dogs are welcome all year.

A wide, quiet sandy beach south of Bridlington with year-round dog access and no PSPO restrictions, consistently recommended as the best dog friendly alternative to the Bridlington resort beaches.

Dogs can run off lead through most of this old chalk quarry beneath the Humber Bridge, with a climb to High View Point over the estuary.

A flat loop on a lead for dogs, on soft, sandy pine needle tracks through Allerthorpe Woods, around a rare patch of northern lowland heath.

A dog friendly clifftop circuit past England's biggest seabird city, with short lead walking and an excellent RSPB cafe at the start and finish.

Beverley's medieval common pasture gives dogs open grassland to explore on a lead, past an old windmill and the Burton Bushes copse, close to the Minster.

A wooded southern Wolds circuit for dogs on a lead, through Little Wold Plantation and three quiet dales from South Cave.

Dogs get plenty of chances to paddle along Nafferton Beck and the Driffield Canal on this flat waterside loop from Driffield past Wansford Lock.

A short, flat nature reserve walk for dogs near Howden, around old brickworks ponds and along the Hull and Barnsley railway line.

A bracing clifftop circuit around England's chalkiest headland, with wide sea views and dog friendly pubs a short walk from the car park.

An old railway path for dogs on a lead, a village with a pagan temple legend and a lakeside estate park, on a 12km loop from Market Weighton.

A high Wolds circuit for dogs on a lead, through the dry chalk valleys of Horse Dale, Holm Dale and Cow Dale from Huggate.

A quiet, dog friendly sandy beach on the Holderness coast with no seasonal restrictions, a concrete slipway for easy access and an open, uncrowded character ideal for dog walking.

A Yorkshire Wolds circuit for dogs on a lead, climbing chalk pasture from Millington Wood to Allison Nab for wide Vale of York views.

A wide, sandy beach backed by holiday parks between Bridlington and Filey with year-round dog access and good off-lead space outside the peak holiday season.

A flat Holderness coast loop from Skipsea to a huge Norman castle mound and back along the beach, dog friendly all year round.

A wild, secluded chalk cliff cove south of Flamborough Head, accessible only via a cliff descent, with no restrictions for dogs and a genuinely remote and unspoiled character.

A southern Wolds circuit for dogs on a lead, from Welton where Dick Turpin was caught, up Welton Dale past a Regency mausoleum.

A wild, remote Holderness coast beach on one of Europe's fastest-eroding coastlines, with year-round dog access and a quiet, natural character far from the resort crowds.

A flat lead walk for dogs around Yorkshire's largest natural lake, through the Snipe Ground meadows and past Wassand Hall to the Mere Cafe.

Bridlington's quieter northern resort beach with a complete seasonal ban from 1 May to 30 September between the promenade and North Pier; the beach north of the restricted zone is accessible year-round.

Hornsea's main resort beach with seasonal restrictions from 1 May to 30 September on the central section; the South Beach beyond Sands Lane offers year-round dog access.

Withernsea's sandy Holderness coast beach with seasonal dog restrictions from 1 May to 30 September on the central section, and the iconic inland lighthouse as the town's most unusual landmark.

Bridlington's busy main resort beach with a complete seasonal ban from 1 May to 30 September between South Pier and Princess Mary Promenade Sea Wall; Fraisthorpe Beach nearby is the better year-round dog option.

A spectacular three-and-a-half-mile sand and shingle spit and National Nature Reserve at the mouth of the Humber, but dogs are not permitted anywhere on the reserve.