A635 Reservoir dog walk, Lancashire An easy walk around a reservoir, with no stiles or livestock to worry about. It gets busy here at weekends and school holidays so avoid these
M60 Junction 16 doggiestop, Greater Manchester Junction 16 This Country Park between Manchester and Bolton is a haven of calm even though it's so close to the motorway. On the day we visited the air was pungent with the scent of wild flowers.
Heaton Park dog walk, Greater Manchester Junction 17 With 600 acres of parkland, Heaton Park is a massively popular open space for Mancunians, and their dogs. You can get here easily from several M60 junctions, and also the M62.
Dog walk round a reservoir near M6 Jct 21, Greater Manchester An easy dog walk to find from the A58, and also just under 4 miles from the M62 Jct 21. You'll find so many paths here it's a place you can return to and never repeat the same route.