The most “dog friendly” places in the UK and Europe

The UK’s most popular dog friendly businesses and destinations have been recognised in the Annual DogFriendly Awards.

The DogFriendly Awards are run by DogFriendly Limited in association with The Kennel Club’s “Be Dog Friendly Campaign” and this year they have been supported by Eurotunnel Le Shuttle.

The Awards give dog owners the opportunity to recognise and reward pet and non-pet businesses and places that go the extra mile for the benefit of the UK’s 9.4 million dogs and their owners.

Winners of the DogFriendly Awards in each of the categories are chosen by public vote.

The DogFriendly Awards are split into four sections and eighteen categories.

The four sections are:

Most Dog Friendly Non-pet Businesses – in association with The Kennel Club

Most Dog Friendly Employer – in association with Pets at Work Alliance

Most Dog Friendly European Place to visit and place to stay – in association with Eurotunnel Le Shuttle

Most Dog Friendly Pet Businesses – in association with My Pet People.

And the eighteen categories are:

Hotel/Place to Stay, Pub/Bar, Day Out, Beach, Café / Restaurant, Camping / Caravanning, The Great Outdoors, High Street Shops, Town / City, Large Organisation, Employer, Europe Hotel / Place to Stay, Europe Area / Place to Visit, Pet Shops, Groomers, Kennels, Sitters and Walkers

Winners and runners up of each category are below.
This year saw more entries than ever before and tens of thousands of public votes.

Steve Bennett, co-founder of DogFriendly commented “this year’s awards ceremony was a wonderful occasion and it gave us the opportunity to say a very public thank you to the businesses that were voted as the most dog friendly in the UK”.

More details of the awards and all of the nominations can be found at DogFriendly

Issued by: DogFriendly Limited (www.dogfriendly.co.uk)

Contact: steve@dogfriendly.co.uk

Telephone: 01480 570009 or 07908 705188

The winners and runners-up

Non-pet businesses:

Beach
Winner – Perranporth Beach, Cornwall
Runners-up – Brancaster Beach, Norfolk & Holkham Nature Reserve Beach, Norfolk

Café / Restaurant
Winner – Café Country, Ballymoney
Runners-up – The Beach Café, Wells-next-the-Sea & Doggie Diner, Sunderland

Camping / Caravanning
Winner – Blue Hills Touring Park, Cornwall
Runner’s-up – Newquay View, Cornwall & The Elms, Ledbury
 
Day Out
Winner – Woofstock UK, Devon
Runner’s up - The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth & Marwood Hill Gardens, Barnstaple

Great Outdoors
Winner – South West Coastal Path National Trail, Cornwall
Runner’s-up – Wye Valley and Forest of Dean, Dartmoor National Park

Hotel / Places to Stay
Winner – Brecon Retreat, Brecon
Runner’s-up – Letheringham Water Mill Cottages, Letheringham, Woodfarm Barns, Ipswich

Large Organisation
Winner – Forest Holidays
Runner’s-up – Brighton and Hove Buses, Brighton, Go Outdoors

Pub/Bar
Winner – The Fox and Hounds, Theale
Runner’s-up – The Mill, Salisbury, The Red Lion, Cromer

Shops
Winner – Austin & Co, Great Malvern
Runner’s-up – Seasons Interiors, Stevenage, No 34, Market Harborough

Town/City
Winner – Melton Mowbray
Runner’s-up – Keswick, Edinburgh
 

Most DogFriendly Employer:
Employer
Winner – Agria Pet Insurance, Aylesbury
Runner’s-up -Base Point Business Centre, London & Prestige Holidays, Ringwood

Most DogFriendly European Place to visit and place to stay:
Europe Area / Place to visit
Winner – Chartres
Runner’s-up – Argeles sur Mer, Loire Valley Chateaux

Europe Hotel / Place to Stay
Winner – Hotel Meurice, France
Runner’s-up – Le Chateau de la Motte, France & Le Grenier, France

Most Dog Friendly Pet Businesses:

Groomers
Winner – Short Bark and Sides, Surrey
Runner’s-up – Lucky Paws Boutique and Grooming, Paddock Wood, 4 Paws Mobile Spa, Guildford

Kennels
Winner – Cloverleigh Kennels, Ely
Runner’s-up – Lower Mill Boarding Kennels, Shrewsbury, Cottage Kennels, Cullompton

Pet Shops
Winner – JP’s Pet Supplies, Sunderland
Runner’s-up – Millie’s Paws, Aberdeen, Ingleby Pet Supplies, Ingleby Barwick
 
Sitters
Winner – Barking Mad Dog Care
Runner’s-up – The Pet Joint, Conwy, Teddy’s Dog Care, Northampton

Walkers
Winner – Bona-Fido, Lighthorne
Runner’s-up – Ashford Paws,