Hexham
Hexham is a market town in the Tyne Valley in Northumberland with a well-preserved medieval abbey. It sits close to Hadrian's Wall and is a useful base for exploring the Roman frontier.
Taking your dog to Hexham
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- 3
Closest: Corbridge, 3.3 miles
Derwent Reservoir Waterside Walk
Edmundbyers, County Durham
4 mi · Moderate · Off-lead
Derwent Reservoir's Waterside Park at Edmundbyers offers dog-friendly multi-user trails along the shoreline, with dogs required on leads on the main paths and a 12-acre off-lead field on site.
Hadrian's Wall: Steel Rigg to Housesteads
Once Brewed, Northumberland
6 mi · Moderate · Off-lead
Hadrian's Wall walk from Steel Rigg to Housesteads is a 6-mile route along the Whin Sill crags in Northumberland with the Roman wall throughout. Dogs are welcome on the wall path and can run off-lead across the open moorland sections. Housesteads Fort is the best-preserved Roman fort on the wall.
Chopwell Wood
Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear
5 mi · Moderate · Off-lead
Chopwell Wood is a Forestry England forest near Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, with waymarked walking trails through mixed woodland; dogs are welcome on site.
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