Family Dog Camping

Dog-Friendly Camping in the UK: Best Regions, Campsite Etiquette & Essential Gear

Over 75% of UK campsites welcome well-behaved dogs—here is how to make their trip as relaxing as yours.

Editorial Team · 27 October 2026 · 5 min read

Camping is one of the best holidays you can take with a dog—spending all day on coastal paths, moorland trails, and pub beer gardens before curling up under canvas. To ensure a stress-free stay for your dog and neighbouring pitches:

  • Pack a Corkscrew Ground Stake & 5m PVC Coated Tether: Allows your dog to relax outside the tent porch while you cook breakfast without tangling around table legs.
  • Insulate Your Dog From the Cold Ground: Just like humans, dogs lose body heat rapidly into cold earth at night. Pack a closed-cell foam pad underneath their fleece bed inside the inner tent.
  • Check Seasonal Beach Restrictions (1 May – 30 September): While hundreds of beaches in Northumberland, Scotland, North Norfolk, and Gwynedd welcome dogs 365 days a year, main resort beaches in Cornwall and Pembrokeshire often enforce daytime summer restrictions between 10am and 6pm.

Frequently asked questions

Why do working farm campsites require dogs to be kept on a lead at all times?
Even the friendliest family dog can stress ewes, lambs, or ground-nesting birds on a working farm or National Park site—and under UK countryside law, livestock worrying is a serious offence.

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