National park
Dog walks in the Peak District, and lead rules
Trekosa finds dog walks in the Peak District to suit your dog and you. Tell us once what your dog finds hard, and we show you walks with the roads, stiles, livestock and council dog rules already marked.
This national park lies in Derbyshire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, Cheshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.
Do dogs have to be on a lead in the Peak District?
The park authority asks for a short lead at all times. The law asks for one on open access land from 1 March to 31 July and near farm animals, and many grouse moors keep dogs to the public footpaths and bridleways.
- The park authority asks you to keep your dog on a short lead at all times, anywhere in the park.Asked of visitors. Peak District National Park Authority.
- On open access land your dog must be on a lead no longer than 2 metres from 1 March to 31 July, and at any time near farm animals.The law. Peak District National Park Authority.
- Dogs are not allowed on many grouse moors, and may be kept off land where there is lambing. Public footpaths and bridleways stay open to dogs, and guide and hearing dogs are allowed.The law. Peak District National Park Authority.
- At Stanage and Burbage, from the start of March to the end of July, it asks for a lead and for you to follow the signs around ring ouzel nests.Asked of visitors. Peak District National Park Authority.
- On the Monsal, Tissington, High Peak and Manifold trails, dogs are welcome under close control.Asked of visitors. Peak District National Park Authority.
- Since 18 March 2026, a dog that attacks or chases farm animals can bring its owner an unlimited fine, on roads and paths as well as in fields.The law. GOV.UK.
Each read on the page named beside it on 29 September 2026. Rules change, so check the page before you go.
Before you go, check:
What the walks in the Peak District are like
We have measured 35,900 walks in the Peak District so far, each against the same public map data as everywhere else: where the path runs, what is beside it, the roads it meets and what is on the way. Each bar is the share of those walks the sentence is true of, and the mark beside it is Derbyshire as a whole.
What is beside the path
On open access land for a third or more: 52% of the walks in the Peak District, against 21% across Derbyshire.
Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured |
|---|---|
| Under trees for a third or more of the way | 30% |
| Beside water for a tenth or more | 64% |
| On open access land for a third or more | 52% |
| Through a park or green space for a third or more | 7% |
| Beside crop fields for a third or more | 69% |
| Beside farm grassland for half or more | 97% |
| No farm grassland at all | <1% |
| Off road for four fifths or more | 36% |
| On roads or lanes for half or more | 27% |
| Through built-up streets for half or more | <1% |
What might stop you
Never beside a busy road: 80% of the walks in the Peak District, against 63% across Derbyshire.
Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured |
|---|---|
| Never beside a fast road | 88% |
| Never beside a busy road | 80% |
| No busy road to cross | 80% |
| No stile, gate or cattle grid | 22% |
| No steps | 75% |
What is on the way
Pass a busy beauty spot: 54% of the walks in the Peak District, against 34% across Derbyshire.
Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.
| Walks that | Share of walks measured |
|---|---|
| Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road | 60% |
| Pass a pub | 19% |
| Pass a dog-waste bin | 12% |
| Pass a public toilet | 17% |
| Pass a drinking-water tap | 3% |
| Pass a busy beauty spot | 54% |
The walks in the Peak District are much like Derbyshire's in how far they go and their shape: no row differs by 5 points or more.
Measured on 10 October 2026 from the map. A walk counts as in the Peak District when its middle lies inside the boundary. How these figures are made
Walks in the Peak District, for your dog
If you live in Derbyshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.
Anywhere in Great Britain, even with no signal.
Further is the Trekosa subscription: walks beyond your home county, and help on the walk itself. The OS Explorer map, 1:25,000, on any walk while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal goes. Drift off the path and you get a quiet buzz.
The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.
Towns and villages
In the Peak District: Simmondley, Bakewell, Tideswell, Hathersage, Bradwell, Rainow, Bamford, Youlgrave, Baslow, Waterhouses, Wormhill, Eyam, Grindleford, Hope, Great Longstone and Calver.
On its edge: Buxton, Glossop, Matlock, Stocksbridge, New Mills, Mossley, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Meltham, Ashbourne and Bollington.
Where you may walk in the Peak District
Every walk we show in the Peak District keeps to public rights of way, open access land or woodland open to the public, and one that leaves them is refused before you see it.
There is military live-firing ground in the Peak District: Leek and Upper Hulme Training Area. We hold its edges, and a walk is checked against it before we show it.
Councils can also make orders about dogs, and each council's are on its county's page: Derbyshire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, Cheshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.
Other parks nearby
Every walk in the Peak District is checked against the same data as everywhere else we cover. See what we check and where it comes from.
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