The Fieldhead Hotel - dog-friendly, Leicestershire
Decent pub, less than 5 minutes walk from the M1 junction 22. The manager loves dogs, and keeps water, treats and blankets on the bar. The food's not bad - nothing fancy, standard pub grub.
Decent pub, less than 5 minutes walk from the M1 junction 22. The manager loves dogs, and keeps water, treats and blankets on the bar. The food's not bad - nothing fancy, standard pub grub.
A really interesting place to take a break for a dog walk if you're on the A6 north of Market Harborough. It's a fun waterside leisure area including a staircase of locks and some very hungry swans.
As the quarry has dug deeper over the years, the displaced earth has created a nature reserve with fantastic views over the working quarry.
Ideal for drivers in need of a break outside of traditional opening hours. You'll find a combo of cafe and pub here so that you can get a coffee from 9am.
Easy-to-find and welcoming pub with an exercise field for dogs, and for steam railway enthusiasts it's a few paces away from the high Victorian archway for the station.
This is a popular pub with the food much praised by locals. The garden is exquisitely looked after, and the dog walk starts just opposite the car park.
Halfway between Leicester and Melton Mowbray, here's a dog-friendly pub that's strong on pies and with a good off-lead dog walk too.
Truly lovely wildflower meadows and arboretum, and an outdoor gym to liven up the driver. Lots of off-lead dog walking in an exceptionally well tended reserve.
Stylish traditional dining pub near Melton Mowbray, and close to the A46. Good as a friends' meeting up place, and welcoming for families and dogs.
The dog walk starts from a Georgian coaching pub in a pretty little village. On wet days you'll need wellies to walk across fields.
A short but sweet walk around a lake close to the centre of Loughborough. It was once a claypit and brickworks that supplied the bricks to build St Pancras station in London.
Country park near Leicester, with woodland trails and a windmill. It's based around a traditional farm that was bequeathed to the council to use as a sort of outdoor heritage museum