Dog Friendly Walks & Beaches in Merseyside

A National Trust beach with ancient sand dunes, squirrel trails through the pines and year-round dog access along a beautiful stretch of coast.

A wide sandy beach at the edge of a National Nature Reserve with year-round access on the outer sections and good dune walking.

No livestock on this Wirral parkland lets a dog range freely past a small waterfall on Arrowe Brook and a fishing lake, with a cafe to finish.

The beach where Antony Gormley's 100 iron men stand facing the sea, a genuinely moving and unusual coastal experience with year-round access.

A dedicated dog play area and no livestock make Eastham's ancient woodland an easy off lead ramble, with Mersey estuary views across to Liverpool.

Shaded, sandy pinewood paths make an easy loop for a dog at Formby, on a lead through the signed red squirrel reserve.

No livestock means a dog can run the open meadows of Liverpool's grand Victorian Sefton Park, around a boating lake and the restored Palm House.

No livestock means a dog has big grassy paths to run on at this reclaimed St Helens colliery site, leading to the 20 metre Dream sculpture.

A broad sandy beach on the Dee Estuary with Hilbre Island views and year-round dog access, popular with families and dog walkers.

The old Wirral Way railway path and Thurstaston Hill's heathland let a dog range freely, with views to the hills of North Wales across the Dee estuary.

No livestock on Bidston Hill's sandstone heath lets a dog range freely past a windmill, Victorian observatory and ancient rock carvings on the Wirral's highest ground.

No livestock at Court Hey Park lets a dog wander mature woodland and wildflower meadows freely, past the old rose garden in Huyton.

A lake and Victorian walled garden reward dogs on a lead at Liverpool's largest country park, home to Croxteth Hall and a resident deer herd.

A regenerated resort beach on the Wirral with Fort Perch Rock lighthouse and year-round access on much of the beach.

A wide flat beach at the elegant Victorian resort of Southport, with seasonal restrictions but extensive sands for off-season walking.