Dog-friendly pubs in the Yorkshire Dales

Britain's highest pub at 1,732 feet, a stone-flagged landmark alone on the Pennine Way above Swaledale and Arkengarthdale — and as dog-mad as pubs get. Dogs are welcome throughout, off-lead by the fire in the bar and dining areas, with a genuine dog menu (staff have been known to hand out slices of steak), water and treats. Dog-friendly rooms come with beds and bowls. Remote, characterful, and exactly the place to thaw out a wet dog after the high moor.

A Georgian coaching inn at the head of Wharfedale below Buckden Pike, on the Dales Way and Lady Anne's Way — a proper walkers' base where dogs are generally welcome throughout, breakfast and evening meals included (guests report dogs at the table, on a lead). Hearty Dales food and eleven en-suite rooms that take well-behaved dogs. The walking from the door is the draw, up the dale to Hubberholme and Cray or up the Pike itself.

A gas-lit, real-fired heritage local in Appletreewick, with a thatched cruck barn and a clientele that's largely walkers with dogs — it turned up in All Creatures Great and Small, and feels it. Dogs are generally welcome throughout, with fires to dry off beside after a day on the Wharfe. Hearty traditional food and real ale. The accommodation is three shepherd's huts rather than rooms, so check the dog policy per hut if you want to stay.

An honest, community-owned walkers' pub deep in Upper Swaledale at Muker, with a stone-flagged floor, an open fire and a sign at the door that says it all — muddy boots and dogs welcome. Dogs are generally welcome throughout. Hearty pub meals and local ales after the Keld–Muker riverside loop or a stretch of the Pennine Way and Coast to Coast. No rooms here — for an overnight nearby, Keld Lodge serves as the area's pub-with-rooms.

A 16th-century inn right on the bridge over the Wharfe at Burnsall, smarter-leaning on the food but thoroughly walker-welcoming — and dogs get their own beds in both the bar (where the fires roar) and the restaurant. To dine, book a dog-friendly table; the bar is first-come and the easiest spot with a wet one. Sixteen rooms take dogs at around twenty pounds a night. Steps from Loup Scar and the river-beach paddling, and the meadow walk to Grassington.

The handy dog stop right by Aysgarth Falls in mid-Wensleydale — dogs are welcome in the bar, lounge and on the terrace, and there's even a dog menu (the "Sir Woofchester"). Two dog-friendly rooms make it a tidy overnight by the falls. The wider Wensleydale dog-pub scene thinned recently (the village's George & Dragon has closed), which makes this the reliable choice for the falls-and-a-pint outing. Confirm the current dog policy when you book.

A boutique Thwaites gastropub overlooking Malham's village green, and the best-equipped pub for dogs in the Dales by a distance — Yorkshire's Dog Friendly Accommodation of the Year. Dogs are welcome in the bar and on the terrace (not the restaurant dining room), with a dog-wash station, a boot room, unlimited homemade treats and a welcome pack; all twenty-three rooms take up to three dogs, with a breakfast sausage thrown in. Minutes from Malham Cove and Janet's Foss.

A genuine time capsule by the green in unspoilt Arncliffe, in quiet Littondale off the Wharfe — the original Woolpack in early Emmerdale, and a pub where the beer is still poured from the cask by jug. Dogs are welcome in the back bar and snug, where the walkers gather. Pitch it as a heritage pint stop rather than a dinner plan — the home-cooked food is simple and service old-fashioned, so check ahead if you want a meal. Rooms available; confirm the dog policy direct.

A reliable town-centre dog stop in Settle, the market-town gateway to Ribblesdale, the Three Peaks and the famous Settle–Carlisle railway. Dogs are welcome in the bar areas, where the fires crackle, on request or for a nominal charge. Home-cooked pub food and real ale, and a coaching inn upstairs with rooms — confirm the dog policy on those when you book. A handy base for Stainforth Force and Pen-y-ghent country.

A classic 1734 Dales local overlooking Reeth's big green, gateway to remote Swaledale, with an inglenook fire and food a notch above the usual pub grub. Dogs are welcome in the bar — muddy boots and paws encouraged — and it's genuinely doggy, with treats, a bowl and the odd bit of ham from behind the bar. En-suite B&B rooms above. A natural finish to the Coast to Coast or the Swale Trail with a dog.