Dog-friendly Wrexham

Wrexham is a good place to bring the dog. There are country estates and country parks to walk, a secure paddock to let them run, pubs with open fires that welcome dogs, and hotels, cottages and campsites where they can stay too. Every business here is a This is Wrecsam member that has told us dogs are welcome. Rules differ from place to place, so check when you book.

WALKS

• Erddig: rated two pawprints by the National Trust. Dogs are welcome on a lead in the garden and across the 1,200 acre estate, with an off lead area near Felin Puleston, and in the Parlour for tea and cake. They aren’t allowed in the house or the Hayloft Restaurant.

• Chirk Castle: also two pawprints. Dogs are welcome on a lead in the garden, Pleasure Ground Wood and three waymarked estate walks, and at the tearoom’s overflow and courtyard seating, but not inside the castle.

• Minera Lead Mines: a quiet, dog friendly country park in the Clywedog Valley, free to visit.

• Tŷ Mawr Country Park near Cefn Mawr: walks to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, with dog waste bags sold at the visitor centre. Keep dogs close on the aqueduct itself, which has no railing on the far side of the trough.

Check the National Trust’s dog pages for Erddig and Chirk Castle before you go.

A SAFE PLACE TO RUN

Rackery Farm Shop in Llay has the Rackery Run, a secure dog paddock you can book in 30 or 55 minute sessions, minutes from the farm shop and café.

CAFÉS, PUBS AND RESTAURANTS

• The Buck in Bangor-on-Dee: a historic village pub with open fires and a welcome for dogs.

• The Boat in Erbistock: a riverside pub with room for walkers, cyclists and dogs.

• Caffi Cyfle at Alyn Waters: dogs welcome inside if they’re well behaved and on a lead.

• Caffi Wylfa in Chirk: a covered terrace where dogs are welcome.

• Lot 11 Cafe and Reggie’s Artisan Kitchen & Bistro in the city centre, and Hickory’s Wrexham on Sontley Road, all welcome dogs.

• The Rescue Café at the Wrexham Miners Project is dog friendly.

DOG FRIENDLY PLACES TO STAY

• The Lemon Tree in the city centre: dogs welcome at no extra charge.

• Cae Haidd Retreat in Bwlchgwyn: an award winning converted barn with an enclosed garden and a welcome for up to three dogs.

• Hotel Wrexham in Holt and Rossett Hall Hotel in Rossett: dog friendly rooms.

• The Hand at Llanarmon: three rooms welcome dogs for a small nightly fee, with walks into the Berwyns from the door.

• Rackery Retreat: glamping where dogs are welcome too.

• Clays Touring (dogs on a short lead, with a dog walk), Acorn Commonwood (dogs on leads) and The Plassey (dogs on touring pitches and the clubhouse patio).

PLAN YOUR TRIP

For more walks, see our walks in Wrexham and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct guide. For everywhere to stay, see where to stay in Wrexham.

Checked on 8 November 2026. Dog policies can change and some areas may be seasonal, so please check with each place before you visit.