Tales for tails: A dog lover’s guide to London’s best walkies

 
p38 Dog walker Jane Common with her dog Attlee in Luca Gardens, Camberwell, south London. PHOTO MATT WRITTLE
MATT WRITTLE
Jaymi McCann23 November 2012

A pet owner has written a book about her and her Battersea rescue dog Attlee’s favourite walks.

Jane Common, 41, from Camberwell, said: “It is really important for London dog owners to know where the green spaces are and where you can take your dogs safely, where you can take the dog off the lead or where there are poo bins. It is so easy here to only stick to your own area. There is a whole city to explore.”

Dog Friendly Walks In And Around London features 12 routes including The Battersea Dog’s Lunchtime Stroll, in which Ms Common and four-year-old Attlee walk with the Battersea rescue dogs. She said: “Attlee’s favourite walks are in Peckham Rye and Peckham Common, he loves all the squirrels there.” Attlee has his own website where he and his owner document their travels in Britain, listing dog-friendly places.

The book, which is available from Amazon and The Review bookshop in Peckham, was written in collaboration with author Karen Lloyd.

Pet-friendly pubs and a sausage shop

Rails and Tails

Along a disused railway line from Finsbury Park to Highgate. Three and a half miles through shaded wooded woodland that, in its days as a railway track, transported 60,000 passengers one Whit Monday from Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace.

Canals and Camden

Strolling along Regent’s Canal from Little Venice, through Regent’s Park and then on to King’s Cross. A relaxing and peaceful walk offering a different perspective on the city. Real extremes — the calm of the canal towpaths and then bustling Camden. Four and a half miles and two hours.

The Only Way is Essex

A day-trip from London to Manningtree (55 minutes on the train) to visit where Constable painted The Hay Wain in Flatford and then on to pretty Dedham with its dog friendly pub The Sun. Six miles and three hours.

Going to The Dogs in Greenwich

Two hours and two and a half miles, walking through the antiques markets of Greenwich, ambling in the park, taking a look at the Cutty Sark and strolling through the foot tunnel to the Isle of Dogs. There’s a sausage shop on this route.

Fenton’s Folly

Two and a half hours and four miles through Richmond and on to Richmond Park. Just be careful to keep your dog on a lead around the deer so he doesn’t end up a YouTube sensation like Fenton.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT