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Dog-friendly beaches in North West England
The dog rules for 53 beaches from Silloth down to West Kirby, beach by beach. 41 allow dogs all year. The resort beaches at Morecambe, Fleetwood, Cleveleys, Blackpool, St Annes, Southport and Ainsdale close all or part of the beach to dogs from 1 May to 30 September. Cumbria's open coast and the Wirral have no council beach bans.
- Dogs allowed today
- Allowed with limits today
- No dogs today
Silloth
- Silloth Beach Dogs allowed all year
Allonby
- Allonby Beach Dogs allowed all year
Maryport
- Maryport Beach Dogs allowed all year
Parton
- Parton Beach Dogs allowed all year
St Bees
- St Bees Beach Dogs allowed all year
Seascale
- Seascale Beach Dogs allowed all year
Drigg
- Drigg Beach Dogs allowed all year
Silecroft
- Silecroft Beach Dogs allowed all year
Haverigg
- Haverigg Beach Dogs allowed all year
Walney Island (Barrow-in-Furness)
- Earnse Bay Dogs allowed all year
- Biggar Bank Dogs allowed all year
- Sandy Gap Beach Dogs allowed all year
- South Walney Nature Reserve No dogs all year
Askam-in-Furness
- Askam Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Sandscale Haws (Roanhead Beach) Leads all year
Kents Bank (Grange-over-Sands)
- Kents Bank Shore Dogs allowed all year
Grange-over-Sands
- Grange-over-Sands Shore Dogs allowed all year
Arnside
- Arnside Shore Dogs allowed all year
Morecambe
- Morecambe North Beach Summer ban
- Morecambe South Beach Summer ban
- Morecambe Beach at Bare Dogs allowed all year
Hest Bank
- Hest Bank Shore Dogs allowed all year
Heysham
- Half Moon Bay Dogs allowed all year
Sunderland Point
- Sunderland Point Dogs allowed all year
Silverdale
- Jenny Brown's Point and Silverdale Shore Dogs allowed all year
Cleveleys
- Cleveleys Beach Part closed in summer
Fleetwood
- Rossall Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Fleetwood Marine Beach Part closed in summer
- Ferry Beach Dogs allowed all year
Knott End-on-Sea
- Knott End Beach Dogs allowed all year
Blackpool
- Blackpool North Shore and Bispham Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Blackpool Central Beach (North Pier to South Pier) Summer ban
- Blackpool South Beach (South Pier to Solaris Centre) Summer ban
- Blackpool South Shore Beach (Solaris Centre to Starr Gate) Dogs allowed all year
St Annes
- St Annes Beach Summer ban
- St Annes North Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Fairhaven Beach Dogs allowed all year
Lytham
- Lytham Foreshore Dogs allowed all year
Southport
- Southport Beach Part closed in summer
Southport (Birkdale)
- Birkdale Sands Dogs allowed all year
Ainsdale
- Ainsdale Beach Part closed in summer
Formby
- Formby Beach (Victoria Road) Dogs allowed all year
- Formby Point (Lifeboat Road) Dogs allowed all year
Hightown
- Hightown Beach Dogs allowed all year
Crosby
- Crosby Beach (Another Place) Dogs allowed all year
New Brighton (Wallasey)
- New Brighton Beach Dogs allowed all year
Wallasey
- Harrison Drive Beach Dogs allowed all year
Leasowe
- Leasowe Bay Dogs allowed all year
Meols
- Meols Beach Dogs allowed all year
Hoylake
- Hoylake Beach Dogs allowed all year
West Kirby
- West Kirby Beach Dogs allowed all year
- Hilbre Island Leads all year
Thurstaston
- Thurstaston Beach (Wirral Country Park) Dogs allowed all year