Dog Friendly Holidays – Hartlepool
Jane’s Places allows good/well-behaved pets into our homes, however, for some animals such as dogs, you may not want to leave them behind. Henceforth we have compiled a brief list of places your pet can go with you –
Restaurants and Cafes
Dog Friendly Walks
Dog Friendly Beaches
Dog Friendly Eating Places
Hartlepool Marina is very popular for its bars and restaurants and many of them allow dogs into their settings, below we have listed a few to get you started.
Causeway Inn
Stranton, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 7QT
Causeway Inn in Hartlepool has disabled facilities. The pub gives a warm welcome to dogs and their owners, it is a family friendly pub. Causeway Inn has a function room that can be booked. The pub serves real ale, it has a real fire. Causeway Inn has a smoking area. The pub has live music events, it holds quiz nights.
Raby Arms
Front Street, Hart, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS27 3AJ
https://rabyarms.co.uk/
Recently refurbished Raby Arms in Hart Village offers a good selection of ales and bar drinks, as well as an extensive delicious food menu. The pub is family-friendly, and boasts a large beer garden and good facilities. The pub is under new management.
Jacksons Wharf
The Highlight, Hartlepool TS24 0XN, UK
https://www.jacksonswharfpub.co.uk/
Explore our two-for-one menu and take in the view at The Jacksons Wharf pub—a family-friendly place serving great value food. We’re right on Hartlepool Marina, with a perfect view of HMS Trincomalee: Britain’s oldest floating warship! This wooden frigate, previously called HMS Foudroyant, is the unofficial symbol of Hartlepool and a great backdrop for a fantastic meal. Eat and drink alfresco on our large patio and enjoy the sights and sounds of the sea. Or come inside for a warm, welcoming environment and a well-stocked bar featuring cask ales from Marston’s five breweries. Our two-for-one menu is served daily, and there’s a professional pub quiz every Wednesday.
Dog Friendly Parks & Walks
You can enjoy dog-friendly walks and trails throughout the Borough of Hartlepool, below we have named a few.
Ward Jackson
Elwick Road, Hartlepool. TS24 7LE
http://www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/attractions/wardjackson.asp
Ward Jackson Park, Covering 8.1 hectares, is one of the most original in the North East region. Provided by public money in 1883 to commemorate one of Hartlepool’s greatest entrepreneurs, Ralph Ward Jackson, known simply to local people as ‘The Park’.
The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Parks & Gardens because of its collection of Victorian and Edwardian features: the Lodge House (1883), the Bandstand (1901), the Fountain (1902), the Clock tower (1925), and the magnificent Lake set in its Victorian landscape.
The play area contains plenty of activity stations to occupy the most lively of children.
Burn Valley Gardens & Family Wood
King Edward VIII Terrace, Stanley DH9 0HH
https://www.destinationhartlepool.com/see-and-do/attraction/burn-valley-gardens.html
Burn Valley Gardens is a wonderful green corridor that connects the town centre with Family Wood, Summerhill, and the wider countryside to the west of the town. The eastern entrance to the park is located at York Road and the western entrances are at Catcote Road and Elwick Road. Burn Valley Gardens is within close walking distance to Ward Jackson Park and contains three bowling greens, one in the lower portions of the gardens and two in the upper, The park is home to two play areas, one for young children (5 to 8-year-olds) and a second play area space for 8 to 13-year-olds. A cycleway also runs through the gardens. In 2011 the western Burn Valley will be developed as part of the Wild Green Spaces Project to create beautiful wetland areas and winding watercourses that will benefit wildlife and provide a fabulous green space for local people and visitors to enjoy.
Hardwick Park
https://www.thisisdurham.com/things-to-do/hardwick-park-p26121
Sedgefield, County Durham, TS21 2DN
Now a VisitEngland accredited attraction, Hardwick Park is a great place to visit. Stroll through the historic parkland admiring the natural beauty of the lake, woodland, and wildlife.
Dog Friendly Beaches
You will find lots of beaches along the coast of Hartlepool, here we have named some must-visit beaches.
Crimdon Beach
Hartlepool, TS24 9QF
https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-east-england/county-durham/crimdon-park.htm
This long, pleasant stretch of sandy beach, just north of Hartlepool, is named after the caravan parks that it backs on to. These are largely out of sight from the beach, sitting on the clifftops at the northern end. Further down the beach are sand dunes that form part of the Durham Coast National Nature Reserve.
Back in the 1950s, Crimdon was one of the most popular spots on the coast with day-trippers from the working towns inland heading here in droves. Since then things have become a lot quieter. Usually quiet, there are some jaded reminders of the beach’s heyday along with talk of re-generation..
Seaton Carew Beach
Hartlepool, TS25 1AP
https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-east-england/county-durham/seaton-carew-centre.htm
Lying on the North Sea coast between Hartlepool and the mouth of the River Tees, Seaton Carew Beach provides a good stretch of sand. The beach is popular with bathers and families looking for a good beach during the summer season.
In winter the vast expanse of sand revealed at low tide is popular with walkers and anyone wanting to blow away the cobwebs in the bracing North Sea winds.
Dogs are banned from the beach between North Shelter and Seaton Carew Golf Club between May and September. Dog bins are present.
Hartlepool North Sands Beach
Hartlepool North Sands, TS24 0BZ
https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-east-england/county-durham/hartlepool-north-sands.htm
In the 1930s, industrial works alongside this part of the coastline extracted magnesia (magnesium carbonate), used in the lining of kilns and incinerators, from dolomitic lime and seawater. Today, all that remains of this industrial site are some derelict buildings, old pipes, and the dangerous, magnificent remains of Steetley Pier, a long, derelict structure, which stretches out into the sea here.
To get the most from this beach, check tidal tables and time your visit to coincide with low tide, when a vast amount of golden sand, interspersed with pipes is exposed. The beach is often deserted and has no restrictions on dog walking.
Blackhall Beach (Blackhall Colliery)
Hartlepool, TS27 4AT
https://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-east-england/county-durham/hartlepool-north-sands.htm
The beach at Blackhall is a fairly pleasant stretch of the North Sea coast. Both clean and quiet, it is a far cry from how it was 40 years ago.
Back in those days, Blackhall beach was an apocalyptic vision of industrialization. The nearby Blackhall Colliery was linked to the beach by a massive conveyor system that would dump coal spoils into the sea by the ton. Not only was the beach here black with coal spoils, but there was also evidence of damage to the ecosystem four miles off the coast.
This somewhat depressing industrial landscape shot the beach to fame in 1971 when it was used in the gritty final scene of ‘Get Carter’ starring Michael Caine. The beach was also featured in the 1992 ‘Alien 3’ film.
Since those days tens of millions of pounds have been spent cleaning the beach up and today there is barely a trace of Blackhall’s industrial past.