Lyme Park is great for walking with dogs. We often go there, particularly because it is easily reached by public transport from Manchester, where we live. If you drive, you pay at the entrance (and as I don't I wouldn't have a clue how much, but it shouldn't be more than a couple of pounds). If you walk in it's free. You can then either follow the road to the car park and Visitors Centre, but a nice alternative is to take the road that goes behind the little entrance 'hut' up to the right. Follow that until on the left you'll find a ladder stile - dogs can pass underneath - with a sign saying 'Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail'. This will take you to the car park as well, but through the woods, where the dogs can go off their leads.
The Visitors Centre is open till 4.30 pm and it sells leaflets with walk descriptions, varying from 1 to 6 mile walks, for just 15p each - or just go round and explore. A handy reference point is The Cage, a tower set on a hill, which can be seen from quite far away. The 'hut' at the entrance also provides a free, basic map of the park, which is handy to get your bearings. The park is really big, with a variety of both woods and moors, and streams that go through it, so this is one walk where you don't have to think of bringing water for the dogs (which was very convenient during this hot summer - fresh cool water at hand more or less all the time!). You'll find it's a great place to walk with dogs, and so many people do.
Submitted by Billy
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A huge park of with a variety of both woods and moors, and streams.
There are deer in the park, but usually they stay at a safe distance. Around the woods are moors, with cattle grazing at some places, but again they're usually at a safe distance, half the time you don't even see them. So if you are aware that they might be there (there are signs to let people know) and keep an eye out, your dogs should be fine off their leads the whole time. If you carry on through the car park, past the cattle grid, there is a sign as well that they have sheep grazing there. But again, I have yet to see one sheep! There is a cafe at the car park, but dogs are not allowed inside. There is also the attraction of Lyme Hall, which you can visit, but again dogs aren't allowed inside - probably for fear of their nails scratching the wooden floors or playful dogs digging up the landscaped gardens! The whole place is walled/fenced off though, so no worries about dogs straying in!
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