Dog Friendly Walks in London

An extended six and a half mile circuit of London's wildest park, dog friendly with off lead heath, swimming ponds and Highgate views.

An ancient woodland and meadow circular up to Severndroog Castle on Shooters Hill, dog friendly with off lead meadow and big south London views.

The full Tamsin Trail perimeter loop of the largest royal park, dog friendly with off lead access where deer aren't close.

This flat Victorian riverside park gives dogs plenty of room around the boating lake, with a Peace Pagoda and a Dog Walk of Fame.

Dogs can paddle in the River Ravensbourne on this loop of Lewisham's largest park, through ancient bluebell woods to a Palladian mansion and cafe.

A south London circular linking Crystal Palace Park's dinosaurs with the ancient woodland of Sydenham Hill Wood, dog friendly with off lead opportunities.

An extended eleven kilometre Epping Forest circuit from Chingford with grazed plain, ancient pollards and Connaught Water, dog friendly with seasonal cattle.

Old Middlesex hay meadows and ancient hedgerows give dogs plenty of ground to cover, climbing to Barn Hill's wooded summit and its pond.

This North Downs estate gives dogs plenty of woodland to explore off lead, once home to Charles Darwin's friend and neighbour John Lubbock.

These two ancient woods either side of Muswell Hill Road give dogs shady oak and hornbeam trails to explore off lead, with cafes at both ends.

A linear waterside route between Waltham Abbey and Broxbourne through River Lee Country Park lakes and meadows, dog friendly and almost entirely flat.

This long woodland loop gives dogs plenty of ground to cover past a ruined 12th century abbey, a fossil bed and spring daffodils and bluebells.

A long National Trust estate circuit for dogs on a lead, past two ornamental lakes and sweeping parkland at Osterley House.

Miles of oak and hornbeam woodland at London's first National Nature Reserve give dogs room to roam beside Ruislip Lido's sandy beach and miniature railway.

Ancient oak woodland gives dogs plenty of room to roam at this moated medieval manor site, once home to Elizabeth I's spymaster Francis Walsingham.

This wide south London common gives dogs plenty of acid grassland to roam, past an outdoor lido and an avenue of ancient oaks.

Wide open grassland and lakeside woodland give dogs plenty of room to run at Trent Country Park, down the 1840s lime avenue to Camlet Moat.

This easy loop of Wanstead Park gives dogs plenty of room beside the Ornamental Water, past the 18th century Temple, the Grotto and Chalet Wood's bluebells.

Over 1,000 acres of heath and woodland give dogs room to roam at Wimbledon Common, where a loop from the 1817 windmill takes in Queensmere pond and Beverley Brook.

A varied loop around Ally Pally for dogs, past the boating lake and up to the terrace for one of London's best skyline views.

A reclaimed gravel pit turned wildlife-rich country park for dogs, with lakes, meadow and woodland trails and over 350 plant species close to Heathrow.

A walk for dogs around this SSSI reservoir, built in 1835, where sailing and canoe clubs share the water with 253 recorded bird species.

A flat loop through Bushy Park for dogs, past herds of red and fallow deer, the Diana Fountain and Heron Pond.

A walk through ancient woodland in Epping Forest with veteran oaks, surprisingly wild for its proximity to London.

A walk for dogs on a lead across London's largest surviving chalk downland, past Anglo-Saxon burial mounds and into the steep Happy Valley.

A loop of London's oldest Royal Park for dogs on a lead, climbing to the Observatory and one of the best river views in London.

A former Rothschild estate walk for dogs on a lead, past an 18th century temple, a Gothic boathouse folly and a small herd of Kunekune pigs.

A short climb dogs will enjoy to the 85 metre summit of Horsenden Hill, returning through ancient woodland and along the Grand Union Canal.

This flat National Trust loop lets dogs pad beside the River Wandle past old snuff mills and wetland boardwalks, with a dog friendly cafe at the start.

A flat towpath walk for dogs on a lead, from Little Venice's houseboats past London Zoo to the markets of Camden Lock.

A long loop linking three nature reserves above Stanmore for dogs, past Bentley Priory's lake and woods, ending at a viewpoint over the city.

A flat Thames Path linear from Cutty Sark to Woolwich past the O2 and Thames Barrier, dog friendly on a strict short lead.

A long loop of both Thames banks for dogs, past Ham House, Petersham Meadows and Teddington Lock, one of the greenest stretches of river in London.

London's first public park gives dogs a wide, flat perimeter path to run, past two lakes, a Chinese pagoda and the Hertford Union Canal.

A flat circuit for dogs across ancient Lammas marsh beside the River Lea, rich in aviation history and open floodplain views.

A compact loop for dogs on a lead through ancient woodland, past free-roaming peacocks to the ruins of Holland House and the Kyoto Garden.