Dog-friendly motel and country park - close to Heathrow Airport, London A Travelodge motel with a small country park literally on the doorstep, and really close for Heathrow if you need to stay over to pick someone up and have the dog with you.
Bedfont Lakes, Greater London An award winning country park very close to Heathrow, with lakes and rolling meadows. Hard to imagine it was once a waste tip.
Northala Fields, Northolt, Greater London If you've spotted some odd looking mini-pyramids from the A40 and wondered what they were - why not take the dog for a closer look? ...
M25 Jct 14 dog walk and dog-friendly pub, Berkshire Junction 14 A traditional, family and dog-friendly pub near Colnbrook village and 2 minutes from Junction 14 of the M25. Access to a lovely walk from the car park.
Hyde Park local dog walks, Greater London London's 350 acre Hyde Park has plenty of associations with dogs.
Highgate Wood local dog walk, Greater London A tree filled 70 acre park at the beginning of the A1. Once inside the trees, there's almost no trace of the surrounding traffic and there are plenty of tweeting birds instead.
Coldfall Wood local dog walk, Greater London A tiny slice of ancient woodland, a bit squeezed between Muswell Hill playing fields and St Pancras cemetery - but well worth a visit.
Acton Park local dog walk, Greater London Our local park - it's at its best early in the morning and feels like the countryside.
Hampstead Heath One of London's biggest breathing spaces, Hampstead Heath is great for dogs - especially on weekday mornings after joggers have gone to work.
M25 Junction 24 dog walk at Trent country park, Hertfordshire Junction 24 This is an orderly and well maintained country park, with hard surface paths creating accessibility routes – and all weather dog walking in clean footwear a definite possibility.
M25 Dog walk and dog-friendly pub near Barnet, Hertfordshire Junction 24 A dog-friendly dining pub and quick doggiestop close to the M25 Junctions 23 and 24, and the A1M and a handy alternative to the Services at South Mimms.
M3 Junction 1 dog walks on the heath, Greater London Junction 1 The heath was once a place where travellers needed their dogs for protection against ruthless highwaymen like Dick Turpin.