Dog Friendly Walks in Cheshire

A substantial climb to the highest point in the Clwydian Range with panoramic views from the ruined Jubilee Tower at the summit.

A woodland walk along the dramatic sandstone escarpment at Alderley Edge, with wide views over the Cheshire Plain.

No livestock means a dog can range freely across this Wilmslow common of heathland, birch woodland and a small lake, with paths on to the River Bollin.

A former railway trail along the Longdendale valley with reservoir views and wide, well-surfaced paths throughout.

No livestock means a dog can enjoy this easy, level loop through old estate woodland and lime avenues largely off lead, ending at Budworth Mere.

A loop around the outer estate at Tatton Park with deer, parkland views and the grand house as a backdrop.

A section of the Sandstone Trail following the Cheshire Ridge with long views across the Mersey and Dee estuaries.

No livestock on this flat, traffic-free former railway line lets a dog range freely through wooded cuttings and open embankments between Winsford and Cuddington.

No livestock along the way lets a dog enjoy this flat towpath and woodland loop past the Anderton Boat Lift, the Victorian structure that raises boats between canal and river.

No livestock makes this flat, level loop round a former sand quarry turned lake easy for any dog, with views to Congleton Edge and Mow Cop.

Heath and woodland scented with gorse give dogs plenty to explore on this climb through Bickerton Hill to Raw Head and the Iron Age ramparts of Maiden Castle.

No livestock along this 8 kilometre loop from Congleton's Victorian park lets a dog enjoy the River Dane and Macclesfield Canal towpath before a stroll back through town.

A gentle riverside and valley walk following the Dane through quiet Cheshire countryside between market towns.

A forestry walk through Delamere, Cheshire's largest forest, with well-marked trails and good facilities at the visitor centre.

A short woodland and reservoir circuit near the pretty village of Lymm, with waterside paths and good year-round conditions.

A good off-lead forest walk through conifer plantation above the Macclesfield valley with reservoir views and solid tracks.

A folly castle and the wind-carved Old Man o' Mow reward dogs on a lead through farmland and Hanging Wood on the Cheshire and Staffordshire border.

Ancient woodland with huge redwoods and rhododendrons lines this lead-only loop for dogs along the River Bollin below Quarry Bank Mill, an 18th century cotton mill at Styal.

A fit dog on a lead can handle this short, steep climb from Wildboarclough to the pointed summit of Shutlingsloe, the Cheshire Matterhorn, with a pub to finish at.

Old quarry machinery and viewpoints across the whole Cheshire Plain reward this short waymarked loop for a dog on a lead near Macclesfield.

A short, sharply steep pull on a lead takes dogs up this gritstone hill on the Cheshire and Staffordshire border, with long views from the summit toposcope.

Bollington's favourite circuit takes a dog on a lead up to the white Waterloo monument on Kerridge Hill, back by the Macclesfield Canal past old cotton mills.

Red and fallow deer graze close to the path on this lead-only loop for dogs through Lyme's medieval deer park, climbing to the Cage hunting lodge and the Lantern folly.