Visiting Cliveden with your dog

Pooch Passport

If you’re planning a visit with your dog or dogs, why not pick up a Pooch Passport on your next walk? Collect stamps from Cliveden and participating places on your days out and each full passport gains a special treat from our partners at Forthglade. Find out more about the Pooch Passport scheme and discover dog-friendly places to explore together. 

The Pooch Passport runs from 1 September 2025 - 28 February 2026. If you're visiting places in England and Wales, once you’ve collected six stamps, your dog(s) can get a free packet of natural dog treats. When you collect twelve stamps from your visits together, they can get a free loyal explorer dog tag.  

Assistance dogs and facilities available

Assistance dogs are welcome across the whole site. Dogs are welcome outside the Conservatory Café in the outdoor seating areas, however only Assistance Dogs are allowed inside the café. We have listened to visitor feedback and we now have a new indoor seating area that is dog friendly. This is located at the Woodland Lounge which is on Green Drive in the Woodlands (directional signage is in place). Open Daily.

There are several dog poo bins installed across the Cliveden estate, including near the Walled Garden car park, overflow car park, by the river and near the Woodland Lounge. Please see the map for further details.

We also provide bowls for thirsty dogs to drink from at the refreshment kiosk outside the Conservatory Café, and in the Woodland car park. We have lots of doggy treats available at the Cliveden shop so be sure to stop by and pamper your pooch.

Where can my dog go?

Download or print the handy Cliveden dog walking guide to see a map of the areas you can go with your pooch. We ask you to observe the traffic light system in place.

Green zone – dogs allowed off leads, under close control

Across the 300 acres of woodland and river paths, well behaved dogs are free to roam. Use the map here to find waste disposal bins and drinking stations. When in this zone, please keep your dog under close control (within site and able to recall in any situation), this helps to protect our wildlife and gardens, and for the safety of other visitors and dogs.

Keeping control of your dog

Our definition of close or effective control is:

• Being able to recall your dogs in any situation at the first call
• Being able to clearly see your dog at all times (not just knowing they have gone into the undergrowth or over the crest of the hill). In practice, this means keeping them on a footpath if the surrounding vegetation is too dense for your dog to be visible
• Not allowing them to approach other visitors without their consent
• Having a lead with you to use if you encounter livestock or wildlife, or if you are asked to use on.

Amber zone – dogs allowed, on short leads

Dogs welcome in this area on a short lead (under 2m). This is for the safety of your dog and other visitors. Please be mindful of the formal gardens by keeping your dog to the paths. This also helps to protect our wildlife across the site. We have an indoor seating area that is dog friendly. This is located at the Woodland Lounge (no 32 on the map). Assistance dogs only in the Conservatory Café but all dogs are allowed outside the Café and the Kiosk in the Walled Garden. We even allow dogs on most of our boats, but please check our website: boatingatcliveden.co.uk for full details.

Red striped zone – Dogs not allowed, Assistance dogs only

There are a few areas where we only welcome assistance dogs. This is because not everyone loves dogs and we want to still have space for them. These places are striped out on the map and include inside space, the Parterre and the Water Garden – although access to Green Drive is provided along the waymarked path on the southern edge.