Aberystwyth area - any dog friendly recommendations?

Cuilean

We've booked a bargain break at a caravan site near Aberystwyth, and as always, the dog is coming along for the adventure. I'm struggling a bit for affordable, dog friendly places we can all visit. There's a dog friendly light railway nearby, but it's £22 per ticket, which is a bit much. Does anyone have any recommendations? Hubby is keen to do Snowdonia National Park, but other than that, we're a bit stuck for ideas. We don't mind driving to get to somewhere good.

sheramber

http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/planningyourvisit/dogs/?lang=en

tanith

I have family living nearby and we visited here a long time ago I think its dog friendly.. its not far from Aber.

http://www.visitmidwales.co.uk/Borth-Ynyslas-National-Nature-Reserve/details/?dms=3&venue=1012220

krlyr

Another option to consider is finding a pet sitter in the area, so you can have a dog-free day out. I take my dogs on holiday with us each year and love it, but we found a kennels last year that did day boarding and dropped then in one day so we could have a day out without worrying about finding dog-friendly places. It was pretty reasonable, about £12 for the day, and that was dropping off and collecting any time between 9 and 5.

GwylimT

Clarach caravan park?

Red kite centre
Devils bridge
Bluebell wood (at entrance to uni greenhouses on penglais hill)
Constitution hill to Borth cliff walk (consitution is the one with the cliff railway, if you're staying at clarach its halfway)
Harlech castle
Ynyslas, a beautiful sand dune beach, drive straight through Borth and keep left, you park on the beach so avoid high tide!

Eating places
Morgans cafe accepts dogs (its got a traditonal tiled sign from the previous shop, opposite tesco express)
The Glengower (on the sea front near constitution hill or consti, dogs are welcome in the beer garden)
Cafe on the prom

If you want a nice snack to take out chives is a fantastic sandwich shop

Non dog friendly nice eateries
Ultracomida (near the arcade, lovely tapas restaurant)
Sophies cafe (main high street)
Theres a taverna but I can't remember what its called
The brasserie (on the pier)

Non dog friendly things to do
National library
Aber museum
King arthurs labyrinth
Boat ride to dolphin watch
Uni arts centre always has good exhibitions

Cuilean

GwylimT wrote: »

Clarach caravan park?

No, Brynowen in Borth, although looking at the reviews on TripAdvisor today, alternatives are worth knowing :rotfl:

That's a fab list, thank you. I'll Google all those tomorrow and see what I can fit into the itinerary. Sounds like you know the place well!

GwylimT

Cuilean wrote: »

No, Brynowen in Borth, although looking at the reviews on TripAdvisor today, alternatives are worth knowing :rotfl:

That's a fab list, thank you. I'll Google all those tomorrow and see what I can fit into the itinerary. Sounds like you know the place well!

I grew up in a village near by.

You can take dogs on the cliff railway if you don't fancy walking up.

Ah you're very close to Ynyslas so you'll be able to walk. It is marram grass through the dunes but there is a wooden walkway to save pooches paws. You might seen some dead spider crabs and some pretty big jelly fish in the sea.

jrtfan

GwylimT wrote: »

...Devils bridge...

Ah, that brings back memories! Great place for toning the leg muscles too, on the way back up! :rotfl:


OP, it's a good few years since we last visited that particular part of Wales but if memory serves, Aberdyfi had a nice, sandy, dog-friendly beach and at least one pub serving very good food.

Also, a bit further afield but I think it's definitely worth the visit, is the Elan Valley.

I hope you have a wonderful week away and that doggy enjoys it too!

flutterbyuk25

Cuilean wrote: »

No, Brynowen in Borth, although looking at the reviews on TripAdvisor today, alternatives are worth knowing :rotfl:

That's a fab list, thank you. I'll Google all those tomorrow and see what I can fit into the itinerary. Sounds like you know the place well!

We stayed there in Oct last year and it was a lovely place, not sure what the most recent reviews say, but we couldn't fault it! There were dogs on site, the local beach is minutes away (not sure on dogs/beach rules but you can walk along the prom).

jrtfan

Cuilean wrote: »

... Does anyone have any recommendations? Hubby is keen to do Snowdonia National Park, but other than that, we're a bit stuck for ideas. We don't mind driving to get to somewhere good.

Just had another thought, although the place I have in mind will be around 100 miles from where you're staying so it might be a bit too far to go.

http://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/Towns_in_Wales/Aberffraw_Town.htm
http://www.thebeachguide.co.uk/north-wales/anglesey/aberffraw-bay-traeth-mawr-photos.htm

The bay itself is large and the beach continues all the way along one side of the estuary, almost up to the stone bridge in the pictures. It never gets busy and dogs may run loose there. (Strong rip tides at the estuary mouth though, so best to avoid letting dogs into that particular area of the river/sea.)

If you're thinking of visiting Snowdonia National Park anyway, it isn't all that much further to cross over to Anglesey.