Dog-Friendly Weekends: Cotswolds

. Lottie Gross is author of Bradt's bestselling Dog-Friendly Weekends, first published in 2022. . Focuses on one of the UK's most popular regions, which attracts 35+ million visitors per year . Dog travel is a fast-growing sector, and the Cotswolds is becoming ever more dog friendly, with new initiatives regularly being launched by hotels and pubs . Expert author is the UK's go-to writer and commentator on dog-related travel About Bradt Travel Guides ? Founded in 1974, Bradt is now the largest independent guidebook publisher in the UK with over 200 titles in print ? Authentic guides, written by expert authors who really know their destinations. ? Comprehensive, practical information with a particular focus on wildlife, culture and sustainability ? For more information, follow us on X, Instagram and Facebook, or visit bradtguides.com

Dog-friendly travel guide for the Cotswolds. Expert advice on excursions and short breaks for dog lovers in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire. Twenty-five ideas cover city breaks, campsites, hiking and rainy-day activities. Includes Bath, Bristol, Cirencester, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon and Stroud.New from Bradt is Dog-friendly Cotswolds, written by canine-travel expert Lottie Gross (author of Bradt's best-selling Dog-friendly Weekends), who proposes 25 excursions and holiday ideas for dog lovers in this popular English region just 60 miles from London - from city breaks to outdoorsy days, from characterful campsites to pubs welcoming furry friends. The Cotswolds has endless appeal for any traveller thanks to its handsome, golden-hued villages and bucolic landscapes. But for dog owners, it is especially enchanting. Rolling hills criss-crossed by well-marked footpaths, including the 102-mile-long Cotswolds Way National Trail, make this prime walking country, and with a healthy smattering of incredible dog-friendly pubs and hotels across the region, it is the perfect destination for a fresh-air-filled break with your pet. It's not all about walking here, though - the Cotswolds' beautiful towns and villages are home to as many dogs as visitors bring, so shops and restaurants cater well for the canine-accompanied. There are also myriad attractions that welcome dogs alongside people, from the Cotswold Motoring Museum, duck race and river football match in Bourton-on-the-Water to Cotswold Farm Park and steam trains. Energetic activities abound too, from canoeing on the River Thames to propelling a pedalo around the Cotswold Water Park, while cultural highlights include castles, Neolithic stone circles and Roman remains. Beyond the boundaries of this much-loved National Landscape are some of the UK's most exciting urban centres, which are perfect for rainy days, cultural enrichment or fine dining: there's Oxford, home of literary greats, to the southeast, Bristol and Bath in the south, and Gloucester, Cheltenham and Worcester in the northwest. Stratford-upon-Avon also sits on the fringes of the Cotswolds, offering excursions into Shakespeare's world to complement meanders along its river. The 25 ideas are complemented by assessments of accommodation options: to research this book, the author personally tested the dog-friendliness of hundreds of places to stay. With suggestions to help dog owners be more responsible travellers in the Cotswolds, where wildlife and ecology are fragile and livestock is precious, Bradt's Dog-friendly Cotswolds is the perfect source of advice for dog lovers seeking to explore this charming region.