Dog Friendly Walks in Kent

An iconic coastal walk along the White Cliffs with Channel views, linking Dover with the quieter St Margaret's Bay.

Dogs are welcome on the Warren beach all year, and this clifftop loop takes in Napoleonic Martello towers and a zig-zag descent into a tangled landslip.

An easy woodland and waterside circular linking Ham Street Woods NNR with the Royal Military Canal, dog friendly and almost flat throughout.

A longer loop through the High Weald AONB from the hilltop village of Goudhurst, with ancient woodland, orchards and rolling Kent countryside.

A waymarked loop through 588 hectares of Forestry England woodland gives dogs wide off-lead rides among beech groves, chestnut coppice and spring bluebells.

A nine mile circular through Forestry England woodland and Kent Downs villages, dog friendly, well surfaced and almost entirely off road.

Sandy Greensand woodland paths give dogs plenty of room to explore around the ramparts of Oldbury Hill, one of the largest Iron Age forts in Kent.

Easy clifftop and seawall walk to the iconic Reculver Towers, a dog friendly Kent coastal classic with sweeping sea views and plenty of off lead space.

A flat, otherworldly walk across Romney Marsh following the old railway path, with huge skies and the strange beauty of Dungeness.

A loop through the ancient deer park at Knole, one of England's grandest estates, with mature trees and resident herds throughout.

This waymarked heritage trail lets dogs roam off lead through woodland, heath and old clay pits between Gravesend and Rochester, past a buried medieval manor.

A North Downs circular linking the villages of Wye and Chilham with chalk downland views and quiet countryside lanes.

A quiet downland circular through the Alkham Valley AONB, climbing onto the North Downs for big sea views, dog friendly and largely livestock light.

A well-maintained Forestry England loop through the National Pinetum, with good all-weather paths and cafe facilities at the start.

A quiet circuit through one of England's largest areas of ancient woodland, close to Canterbury but feeling properly rural.

This short loop from Brockhill's lake gives dogs plenty of woodland sniffing through Willow Wood, ending at Saltwood village and its 12th century castle.

An eight kilometre circular linking Leeds village, the River Len and the parkland edge of Leeds Castle, dog friendly outside the castle grounds.

A classic North Downs circular from Lenham village along the Pilgrim's Way, dog friendly with chalk grassland views and on lead spells across livestock fields.

A long Darent valley circuit for dogs, taking in Lullingstone Castle, a Roman villa and a dog-welcoming pub in Shoreham village.

A gentle loop past the medieval Penshurst Place and along the River Eden, with parkland views and a quiet Kentish countryside feel.

A relaxed seven kilometre circular through hop fields and woodland to a fairytale moated National Trust ruin, dog friendly outside the formal garden.

A classic ten mile Weald circular linking Sissinghurst Castle, hop farms and quiet lanes, dog friendly on the wider estate trail.

A Kent Downs circuit for dogs from Trosley's woods down the chalk scarp to the Pilgrims' Way and the Neolithic Coldrum Stones.

An easy short circular around a National Nature Reserve of saltmarsh and chalk cliffs, dog friendly with on lead rules and grazing cattle.

A flat, stile-free loop that suits any dog, young or old, around the Channel Tunnel spoil turned nature reserve beneath the White Cliffs.