48 places · every place verified by us
Pubs where muddy paws are normal, parks and gardens that take dogs on leads, and rooms where the dog can stay. The catch is that a pub welcoming dogs in the bar may not take them upstairs.
48 places
Hotel · Bicester
A 52-room Cotswold-stone hotel in Chesterton, south-west of Bicester, set on its own par-71 golf course, with a spa, gym and outdoor swimming lake for guests who book direct, Grays Restaurant, and dog-friendly rooms.
Dog-friendly · Wedding venues
Verified Nov 2026
Historic houses and heritage · Broughton
A moated medieval manor house near Banbury, turned into an Elizabethan mansion by the Fiennes family, tied to the opposition to Charles I and seen in Shakespeare in Love and Wolf Hall. Open on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons, April to September.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Parks and gardens · Burton Dassett
A hundred acres of open hilltop in south Warwickshire with wide views, old quarry workings and a beacon, plus the medieval church of All Saints. A country park since 1971. Car parking £3.50 a day.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Historic houses and heritage
The Dryden family's Elizabethan manor house in south Northamptonshire, with painted rooms, Jacobean plasterwork and terraced gardens, beside the surviving church of a medieval priory. National Trust, north east of Banbury.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Historic houses and heritage
The Lucy family's Tudor and Victorian house beside the River Avon near Stratford, with fallow deer, Jacob sheep and a service courtyard. National Trust, about 30 minutes from Banbury. The park opens all year, and the house days change for Christmas.
Family-friendly · Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Museums and galleries
An art gallery in a Robert Adam house in a Capability Brown park, about 25 minutes north west of Banbury, with six permanent collections and changing shows. Open Wednesday to Sunday, all winter too. Adults from £22.50 in 2026, and 18 and under free.
Family-friendly · Dog-friendly · Rainy days
Verified Nov 2026
Hotel · Bicester
A Holiday Inn Express on Bicester Gateway Business Park at the southern edge of Bicester, near Bicester Village and the M40, with 149 rooms, breakfast in the rate, dinner every evening, pets welcome and electric-car chargers.
Dog-friendly · EV charging
Verified Nov 2026
Tours and experiences · Hook Norton
A family brewery in a Victorian tower at Hook Norton, with a steam engine of 1899, Shire horses that still deliver to two village pubs, and tours at £25. The climb is over 100 open steps, and there is a gentler monthly option. Shop and kitchen open daily.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Restaurants · Banbury
A canalside food hall and independent market at Castle Quay in Banbury: sushi, pizza, burgers, pasta, crepes, afternoon tea and a bar, with small shops alongside. Dogs on leads are welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Car-free
Verified Nov 2026
Camping
A small, off-grid Caravan and Motorhome Club Certificated Location on 1.8 acres near South Newington, for club members only, with hardstandings and grass pitches, dog-friendly and without hook-ups.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Self-catering · Upper and Lower Heyford
Self-drive narrowboat holidays, short breaks and day boats from Heyford Wharf on the Oxford Canal at Lower Heyford, from mid March to the end of October, for 2 to 12 people, dogs included.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Camping · Silverstone
A Grand Prix campsite on Church Street in the middle of Silverstone village, about 25 minutes' walk from Copse Corner, with a clubhouse bar and beer garden. It publishes its prices, from £250 for a small pitch, and sells only the whole week.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Camping · Silverstone
A farm campsite for Silverstone's big race weekends at New Rookery Farm, about 1km from Copse Corner, with large pitches, glamping tents, bars, food and a £2 shuttle. It sells by event, and dogs on leads are allowed.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Hotel · Great Tew
Soho House's private members' club and hotel on 100 acres near Great Tew: 115 bedrooms and cabins, with a pool, spa and restaurants. Soho House says a day visit needs membership and a stay needs membership or Soho Friends, at £135 a year.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Historic houses and heritage
Two attractions on one estate, about 30 minutes east of Banbury: Stowe House, a Grade I palace run by an independent charity and shared with a school, and the National Trust's landscape gardens around it. Separate tickets, entrances and parking.
Family-friendly · Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Banbury
Banbury's specialist craft beer bar and bottle shop on Butchers Row, run by Rob and Karen since April 2019, with twelve changing keg lines, comedy in the Atic and live music. No food.
Dog-friendly · Car-free
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Adderbury
Adderbury's traditional Hook Norton inn on the High Street, near St Mary's Church, with a suntrap garden, curry on Tuesdays, sourdough pizza on Fridays and stuffed Yorkshires on Sundays.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs
An ironstone country pub on the village green at Shenington, opened in 1700, with a log fire, flagstones, a short chalkboard menu that changes with the seasons, and dogs and muddy boots welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Chipping Norton
A Young's pub on Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton, at the heart of the town since 1641 by its own account, with flagstones, fires and oak beams, British classics from noon and food from 9am at weekends.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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A town-centre pub on Watling Street, Towcester, in what it calls a 300-year-old building, open daily from 11am, with dogs welcome in the bar. Food stops early, at 7pm most days, so it suits a late lunch or an early supper before the drive back from Silverstone.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Chipping Norton
A Grade II listed 17th-century inn on Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton, with home-cooked food under head chef Nick Pullen, real ale and a private room for up to 30.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Inn
A 30-bedroom Greene King coaching inn on Stony Stratford's High Street, on the old Watling Street, about 19 minutes by road from Silverstone, with a car park, breakfast from 7am and dogs in the rooms.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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A pub at Hinton-in-the-Hedges, just west of Brackley, that dates itself to the 15th century, with a log fire, a couple of gardens, a snug, dogs welcome and vegetarian dishes given proper room. It cites a 2022 Good Beer Guide entry. The car park is small.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs
A family-run free house at Church Enstone, between Chipping Norton and Woodstock, in a Grade II building of the late 17th century, with menus that change monthly, five rooms and a cottage and studio.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Taking a dog round Banburyshire is easy at lunchtime and harder at bedtime. More than forty places are on this list, and most are pubs. Ask about the exact room or part of the site, because "dog-friendly" here can mean the bar, the garden, one bedroom or the whole place.
The two to try first are the Falkland Arms at Great Tew and the Red Lion at Long Compton. Each takes dogs in every bedroom as well as downstairs. The Unicorn has four rooms for dogs, numbered on its listing. At The Crown, ask for the Lidstone room or the cottage by name.
Hotels are pickier. Whately Hall has only two rooms for dogs, and the Wroxton Hotel wants them booked ahead. Most of these charge, so read the listing. The Pig Place is the one to choose for a dog that likes space: dogs are free, with no limit on numbers and an off-lead area by the canal, though it takes adults only and has no showers.
Do not assume the room follows the bar. The Three Pigeons and the Red Lion at Adderbury welcome dogs in the pub, but booking sites list their rooms as no pets, and the Paisley Pear mentions only the bar and garden.
Burton Dassett Hills is the place for a dog that needs to run, followed by the Lost Pug below it, which has water bowls. At Broughton Castle, dogs on leads are welcome in the park and gardens but not the house. Charlecote Park and Canons Ashby both carry a two-pawprint National Trust rating, and Charlecote has a dog-friendly café. Stowe takes them on leads in the Trust's gardens and not in the State Rooms. At Hook Norton Brewery they are welcome in the Malthouse Kitchen.
The Bell at Shenington welcomes dogs and muddy boots, and the Blue Boar in Chipping Norton has bowls and treats. Tell the Roebuck you have a dog when you book and it will set a table aside. In Banbury, Lock29 takes well-behaved dogs on leads.
Sulgrave Manor and Silverstone Museum take assistance dogs only. Under-18s and pet dogs are barred at Heythrop Park. Several fields around Silverstone say no, so read where to stay near the circuit closely. On walks, expect stock: the Edgehill Circular crosses farmland, where the National Trust asks for dogs under close control, and has six stiles. Dogs may not be walked in the grounds of Wroxton Abbey.
We have no off-lead park on the list beyond the Pig Place's own area and the open hills.
Rooms that take dogs, a hill to run on and a canal camp.
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Pubs · Great Tew
A Grade II listed Wadworth pub on the green at Great Tew, with flagstones, an inglenook, Wadworth ales and seven dog-friendly rooms up winding stairs.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs
A Grade II listed inn on Main Street, Long Compton, under the Rollright Stones, with seven dog-friendly bedrooms, an AA Rosette and Breakfast Award for 2025, a play area and dogs welcome in bar and restaurant.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Deddington
A Grade II listed inn of the mid 17th century on Deddington Market Place, with open fires, a garden behind, British classics and seven rooms, four of which take dogs.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Camping · Adderbury
A rustic, adults-only campsite beside Nell Bridge Lock on the Oxford Canal near Adderbury, with dogs free, off-lead space, pitches from £12, and a café, bar and music in summer. No showers.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Parks and gardens · Burton Dassett
A hundred acres of open hilltop in south Warwickshire with wide views, old quarry workings and a beacon, plus the medieval church of All Saints. A country park since 1971. Car parking £3.50 a day.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Pubs · Burton Dassett
A village pub at Northend under the Burton Dassett Hills, taken over by Pug Pubs in 2024 after a couple of years shut as the Red Lion. It opens from 9am every day, with a kitchen until 9pm, a west-facing garden and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Farmland with stock, so keep to a lead through the fields.
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Walk · Starts in Edgehill and Radway · 2 hrs, 30 mins · Circular
The Edgehill Circular is a 5.4-mile (8.6km) moderate circular walk from the Upton House car park, about two and a half hours with 220m of climbing. It follows the Edge Hill ridge to the Castle pub, returns through Ratley, and has six stiles and 500m on the A422.
Walk · Starts in North Newington · 2 hrs · Circular
A 3.3-mile (5.3km) circular walk from Main Street, North Newington, taking about two hours of moderate walking. It follows field paths to the Sor Brook, climbs past the Wroxton Obelisk into Wroxton and returns over the fields.
Walk · Starts in Adderbury · 1 hr, 30 mins · Circular
A 3.1-mile (5.1km) circular walk from the Methodist church in East Adderbury, about an hour and a half of easy walking with stiles. Field paths lead to Bloxham Grove and its small windmill, down to Lower Grove Mill on the Sor Brook, and back to The Green.
New pubs and stays that take dogs, about once a month.
The Falkland Arms at Great Tew and the Red Lion at Long Compton take them in every room. The Unicorn at Deddington has four rooms for dogs, and the Sun at Hook Norton takes them for a charge.
Yes, on leads, in the park and gardens, but not in the house. The park is open to walkers most days of the year.
Yes, outside, on short leads. It has a one-pawprint National Trust rating, with limited facilities. The terraces have steep drops and unguarded ponds. The listing has more.
Burton Dassett Hills has open, free-roaming hills, though watch for sheep. The Pig Place has an off-lead area for those staying.
A few. Silverstone Farm takes them on leads and Pavillion GP Camping calls itself dog-friendly. Dadford Road, Windmill Farm and West End Paddocks do not. Our Silverstone page has the wider picture.
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