Embark on a pawfect three-day pet adventure through Angus, exploring scenic parks, beaches, and lochs, alongside dog-friendly attractions and trails.
Explore one of Scotland’s most welcoming destinations along with your four-legged friend.
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Dog parks are a fantastic choice of venue for your four-legged friends, providing a secure area for them to enjoy agility and enrichment activities, and just let off some steam!
There are two awesome dog parks around the Forfar area to choose from.
Paws n Run provides a fully fenced secure exercise field overlooking the stunning Angus hills. Enjoy comfy seating while your pup explores a splash pool, sandpit, climbing apparatus, tunnel, tyres, and plenty of secure space to run. With fresh water and endless fun, it’s the perfect spot for both of you!
Drumgley Dog Park has over 2 acres of land, with 6ft secure fencing available for exclusive use. Various agility and enrichment activities are available for your four-legged friends, and a shed is onsite for shelter and a seat.
Dunnichen Stone is where friends gather and tails wag. Whether you’re looking for a spot to socialise with fellow dog lovers, or just a quiet corner to relax with your pooch, this dog-friendly pub and restaurant is the perfect destination.
Enjoy a selection of pub classics and midweek specials on pizza, burgers and curries.
Once refuelled, head to the Meffan Museum and Art Gallery on West High Street, where you will learn more about the town, including the history of the Forfar bridie and the story of the Forfar witches.
Enjoy a stroll down the museum’s recreation of an old, narrow cobbled street called The Vennel. Peer inside several traditional shops, including Peter Reid’s sweet shop, a clock maker’s workshop, a baker’s shop with bread and bridies on display, and a shoemaker’s where you can watch shoes being made and mended.
Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome in the museum.
Forfar Loch Country Park offers fantastic dog walking opportunities in a relaxed, scenic setting. There is a beautiful walk around the loch that takes around an hour.
Keep your eyes open for kingfishers, otters, beavers, foxes, roe deer, as well as the osprey that plunge into the loch, helping themselves to fish. You can take part in nature events run by the Countryside Rangers to learn more about the fascinating flora and fauna here.
The Stag, a popular place to eat in Forfar, offers an excellent and regularly updated international menu, including traditional Scottish favourites. Steak Night takes place on Thursdays and the very popular roasts are available on Sundays.
Dogs are very welcome in the bar area where meals are also served. Water bowls are available.
Pathhead Farm Dog Park is a central secure dog park with 6ft fences, onsite café and amenities, set in a picturesque yard with views over Kirriemuir and the surrounding Angus countryside.
Allow your dogs to run free in the safety and privacy of having the park to yourself. There are giant tyres, a tunnel and a sandpit. And for the humans, there’s a picnic bench so you can have a seat & take in the views. There is also a shelter with dog friendly seating provided.
The Garden Cafe at Pathhead offers breakfast, lunches, teas, coffees and home baking, as well as a farm shop.
The café is open 7 days a week and is family & dog friendly.
Surrounded by a working equestrian centre, there is always something going on and things to see whilst visiting.
Kirrie Den, or ‘The Den’ (as it’s known locally), is a public park close to the centre of the town. Opened in 1867, Kirrie Den is a peaceful valley where the Gairie Burn flows. Enter via Tannage Brae, with parking just across the street, and explore scenic trails, a stunning waterfall, and spectacular burn views from the High Bridge near Lochmill. Perfect for you and your pup!
The Airlie Arms Hotel is a traditional, family-run hotel in the heart of Kirriemuir that offers a relaxed, dog-friendly and convenient place for dinner.
Enjoy a range of freshly prepared food from the bar menu, including delicious starters like haggis bites, black pudding or salt and pepper squid, and main courses like Arbroath haddock, scampi, or homemade steak pie.
Dogs are welcome in the bar area at the hotel. They are also welcome in bedrooms if you are staying overnight (subject to an additional £10 cleaning fee).
Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre sits on the site of Britain’s first operational military airfield established by the Royal Flying Corps in 1913.
Dogs are very welcome here. They are allowed throughout the site and inside the various buildings. A water bowl is available outside the reception area too.
The centre is an independent and fully accredited museum run entirely by volunteers. They recently received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award for volunteer groups in the UK.
Chic Rustic Bistro & Gift Emporium is a homely bistro and artisan shop, a popular eatery for locals and tourists, offering a selection of breakfast rolls, toast, soup and sandwiches, paninis, toasties, baked potatoes, cheesecakes, cakes and tray bakes, including gluten free options. Takeaway food and drinks are available.
The friendly gift emporium offers a variety of artisan gifts including jewellery, tablet, local honey, local eggs and bespoke furniture.
With a welcoming atmosphere and comfy furniture, this is a great spot for lunch with your dog.
Montrose Museum tells the story of Montrose and its people, from the earliest archaeological finds to the Marquis of Montrose and the Jacobite uprisings, the harbour and maritime trade.
The art gallery within Montrose Museum hosts changing exhibitions from the community and from Angus Council’s collections of paintings and sculptures.
Well behaved dogs on lead are welcome in the museum.
Montrose Beach is one of Scotland’s longest beaches and stretches for three miles from Montrose to the North Esk River, with impressive views south to Scurdie Ness Lighthouse.
This spacious golden beach is the perfect location for a memorable walk with your dog. The beach is easily accessible from the town centre on foot.
Enjoy the circular walk that heads along the length of this vast beach before returning via an inland route. Starting at the car park near the play area, the walk follows the beach northwards for over 4km until it reaches the River North Esk estuary with St Cyrus beach and National Nature Reserve sitting to the North.
The walk then takes you inland alongside the banks of the River North Esk, past a traditional fishing bothy and houses, through impressive beech woodland, and underneath the magnificent North Water viaduct.
After an enjoyable day of activities, it’s time for a well-earned dinner at The George Hotel in Montrose. Located close to the town centre, The George Hotel is a dog-friendly, family-run hotel that has built a reputation over the last 25 years for offering generous portions of excellent food at reasonable prices.
You and your four-legged friend are sure to enjoy a warm welcome and an enjoyable time here, whether you’re just staying for dinner or staying overnight.
Angus offers a broad choice of places to stay during your visit, from traditional cottages and coach houses to comfortable hotels in convenient locations. Come and try them out for yourself.
Making your way around once you arrive is straightforward too. Find out more about how to get here, and around all the Angus towns.
