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.
Hanworth Park, Feltham, Greater London Junction 1 Popular park for local dog walkers, with plenty of space to tire out small-medium sized dogs. More energetic hounds will need chukkers and frizbees to burn the calories though.
Greenwich Park local dog walk, Greater London Really old park, stuffed full of heritage - Anglo-saxon burial mounds, the Meridian Line ... and a great place to walk the dog.
A412 Dog walk and dog-friendly country pub near Ruislip, Greater London Junction 17 An easy to find dining inn and a good off-lead dog walk within 3 miles of the M25 and also the M40.
Hyde Park local dog walks, Greater London London's 350 acre Hyde Park has plenty of associations with dogs.
Tylers Common local dog walk, Greater London One of the largest areas of common land in Greater London and a popular dog walking place.
M25 Junction 9 Leatherhead dog walk and dog-friendly pub, Surrey Junction 9 A friendly, welcoming pub next to a fabulous ancient forest where dogs can go nuts in the trees.
M4 Junction 4 London village dog walk, Greater London Junction 4 This seems to be a village that the 21st century had nearly forgotten, and it's a very relaxing spot for a walk. The village pub is dog-friendly.
Minet Country Park, Greater London Junction 3 Suburban park with easy access routes throughout. Once farmland, and then neglected wasteland Minet has been massively improved, and is now a welcome open space in the area.
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.
Wimbledon Common dog walks, Greater London One of South London's biggest open spaces. Popular with dog walkers, horse-riders and everything active.
Golders Hill Park Golders Hill Park is a kind of add-on its better known Hampstead Heath. It was created into a park after WW2 on the site of a large house and garden that had previously occupied the space.