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Dog Friendly Walks & Beaches in Lincolnshire

Everything we've reviewed in Lincolnshire. Walks, beaches, and everything in between, built for dog owners who don't leave their dogs behind.

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Anderby Creek beach

Anderby Creek

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A quiet Lincolnshire coast beach with a cloud bar observation shelter and year-round access along a barely-developed stretch of coast.

Bardney Limewoods Nature Reserve Walk walk

Bardney Limewoods Nature Reserve Walk

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A gentle woodland walk through the ancient small-leaved lime forest of the Bardney Limewoods, easy underfoot and good in any season.

Belton House Estate Circular Walk walk

Belton House Estate Circular Walk

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

An easy estate circular through ancient deer park, riverside woodland and 1,300 acres of open grassland on the Belton House estate near Grantham.

Burghley House and the River Welland Walk walk

Burghley House and the River Welland Walk

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

An easy circuit around the Capability Brown parkland of Burghley House, looping back into Stamford along the River Welland.

Donna Nook beach

Donna Nook

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A Lincolnshire coast beach famous for its grey seal colony from November to January, with year-round access and wide flat sands.

Donna Nook Coastal Trail walk

Donna Nook Coastal Trail

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A Lincolnshire coast walk past dunes and saltmarsh, famous in winter for its grey seal colonies on the beach.

Gibraltar Point beach

Gibraltar Point

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A National Nature Reserve at the southern tip of the Lincolnshire coast with dunes, saltmarsh and year-round access in a wildlife-rich setting.

Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve Walk walk

Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve Walk

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A Lincolnshire coastal nature reserve walk through dunes and saltmarsh at the southern tip of The Wash.

Grafham Water walk

Grafham Water

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A full reservoir circuit at one of Anglia Water's largest sites with birdwatching and changing waterside views.

Great Fen and the Last of the Meres Trail walk

Great Fen and the Last of the Meres Trail

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A Fenland restoration walk through one of England's largest conservation projects, with cranes, bitterns and big skies.

Huttoft Beach beach

Huttoft Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A quiet stretch of Lincolnshire coast accessible via a unique 'car park on the beach' with driveable foreshore and year-round dog access.

Paxton Pits Nature Reserve walk

Paxton Pits Nature Reserve

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A Huntingdonshire gravel pit nature reserve walk with ospreys in summer and good waterbird populations year round.

Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes beach

Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A National Nature Reserve with extensive dune systems and year-round dog access along an undeveloped stretch of the Lincolnshire coast.

Sandilands Beach beach

Sandilands Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A clean, dog friendly sandy beach with colourful beach huts, year-round dog access and no PSPO restrictions, backed by National Trust land within the Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park.

Tealby Lincolnshire Wolds Circular walk

Tealby Lincolnshire Wolds Circular

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 8/10

A rolling Lincolnshire Wolds walk from one of its prettiest villages, with wide views across the undulating chalk hills.

Bawsey Country Park Woodland & Lake Walk walk

Bawsey Country Park Woodland & Lake Walk

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A compact but varied loop through woodland trails and former gravel pit lakes, tucked away near King's Lynn with shaded sections throughout.

Chapel St Leonards Beach beach

Chapel St Leonards Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A wide, sandy beach backed by dunes and part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park, with a seasonal dog-free zone of 400m either side of the central pullover from 1 May to 30 September.

Cleethorpes Beach beach

Cleethorpes Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A traditional East Midlands seaside resort beach with wide sands and resort facilities, restricted in summer but good for dogs out of season.

Covenham Reservoir Circular walk

Covenham Reservoir Circular

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A flat Lincolnshire reservoir circuit with birdwatching and wide skies, peaceful and good for spotting waders.

Ferry Meadows Country Park, Nene Valley walk

Ferry Meadows Country Park, Nene Valley

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A Nene Valley lake and meadow walk with easy flat paths, good facilities and the heritage steam railway alongside.

Hartsholme Country Park Lake Loop walk

Hartsholme Country Park Lake Loop

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A lakeside loop through Hartsholme Country Park on the edge of Lincoln, with waterside paths and good facilities.

Lincoln Cathedral and the River Witham Walk walk

Lincoln Cathedral and the River Witham Walk

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A city-to-river circular from Lincoln Cathedral down to the Brayford Pool and along the River Witham, easy underfoot and visually spectacular.

Mablethorpe North End beach

Mablethorpe North End

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

The northern, quieter end of Mablethorpe's long sandy beach with year-round access and more space away from the resort centre.

Slea Valley Walk, Sleaford walk

Slea Valley Walk, Sleaford

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A gentle riverside walk from Sleaford out along the River Slea, combining town paths, working watermill and quiet Lincolnshire countryside.

Snipe Dales Country Park Circular walk

Snipe Dales Country Park Circular

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A Lincolnshire Wolds valley walk through the undulating Snipe Dales, with wetland habitats and good birdwatching.

Trusthorpe Beach beach

Trusthorpe Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A quiet, wide sandy beach between Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea with year-round dog access and no seasonal restrictions, offering a peaceful alternative to the busier resort beaches nearby.

Willingham Woods Woodland Loop walk

Willingham Woods Woodland Loop

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A Lincolnshire Wolds plantation forest walk with good year-round conditions and a quiet feel near Market Rasen.

Woodhall Spa and Ostler’s Plantation Loop walk

Woodhall Spa and Ostler’s Plantation Loop

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 7/10

A Lincolnshire woodland and spa town walk through the atmospheric Ostler's Plantation to the Kinema in the Woods.

Ingoldmells Beach beach

Ingoldmells Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 6/10

A Blue Flag sandy beach next to Fantasy Island with year-round dog access on the southern section, one of the few Lincolnshire resort beaches free of seasonal dog restrictions.

Mablethorpe South Beach beach

Mablethorpe South Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 6/10

The quieter southern section of Mablethorpe's Blue Flag beach, offering dog friendly access away from the seasonal ban zone (1 May to 30 September) that covers the central promenade area.

Sutton on Sea Beach beach

Sutton on Sea Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 6/10

A quiet, sandy beach with grassy dunes north of Mablethorpe, with seasonal central restrictions from 1 May to 30 September and dog friendly sections available year-round at each end.

Skegness Beach beach

Skegness Beach

Lincolnshire
Dog Friendly: 5/10

Skegness's famous Blue Flag resort beach with a central seasonal ban from 1 May to 30 September; the South Bracing section is dog friendly year-round and the quieter stretches south toward Gibraltar Point are excellent.