Food & Drink
Dog-friendly pubs in the North York Moors
By Jon Cosson · Updated 17 October 2026
35 pubs in this guide explicitly record dogs as welcome. The cards distinguish dog-friendly bars from permission to stay in bedrooms and show restrictions where held. Missing details are not treated as permission.
This guide is independent. No pub pays to be listed, and nothing is ranked. Pubs are grouped by area and ordered alphabetically by village and name. An absent detail means it is not stated in the records.
Every pub recorded as welcoming dogs
Information was checked against the pubs' own sites in September 2026. Phone numbers and postcodes appear only where held. For overnight stays, read dog-friendly places to stay.
35 of 35 pubs shown
High moors (11)
The Lion Inn
Blakey Ridge, YO62 7LQ
A 16th-century free house standing alone on the watershed at the highest point of the National Park, at 1,325 feet, with Rosedale falling away one side and Farndale the other.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Dogs are welcome in the bar areas but not the dining rooms. Food is served 12pm to 9pm without a break, which is unusual out here.
Downe Arms Country Inn
Castleton
A country inn run by a husband-and-wife team from a hotel background, pitched squarely at walkers and dog owners coming off the moor, with Sunday vegetables brought to the table in bowls.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: yes, see restrictions below.
Dog-friendly bedrooms as well as a dog-friendly bar, which is rare locally.
The Eskdale
Castleton, YO21 2EU
An 1865 village inn rebuilt around a seasonal menu of local produce, with a garden running down to the bank of the Esk.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: not stated
- View
The bar stays open to 11pm but the kitchen shuts at 8pm, and on Sunday food stops at 5pm.
Feversham Arms Inn
Church Houses, Farndale
A flagged-floor bar with open fires, two dining rooms and a beer garden, all looking down the Daffodil Valley.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Severely reduced hours: closed all day Monday; Tuesday and Wednesday from 7pm for drinks only; food Thursday to Saturday 12 to 2 and 6 to 8, and Sunday 12 to 4, so ring before setting out. It offers a pick-up and return service for walkers, including from the Coast to Coast at Blakey Ridge.
The Duke of Wellington Inn
An inn overlooking Danby's green that predates 1765, used as a recruiting post during the Napoleonic Wars; a cast-iron plaque of the Duke found during restoration hangs above the main bar fireplace.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Within walking distance of Danby station on the Esk Valley line, so one of the few moorland inns reachable without a car. The Moors National Park Centre is a short walk away.
Horseshoe Hotel
Egton Bridge
An 18th-century inn on the bank of the River Esk, doing honest seasonal local cooking, with six en-suite rooms.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: yes, see restrictions below.
A fixed weekly rhythm: curry night Mondays, fish Fridays, roasts Sunday. All dogs welcome at no extra cost, with rooms 3 and 6 suited to larger dogs.
The Arncliffe Arms
Glaisdale
An early 19th-century former coaching inn standing directly on the Coast to Coast path, a straightforward walkers' and locals' pub with six en-suite rooms.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
A proper locals' pub with pool, darts and quiz nights rather than a dining destination. Glaisdale station on the Esk Valley line is a short walk.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The Inn on the Moor Hotel
A country hotel with a proper public bar and log fires, run by a family with farming roots in the area going back over a century.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Goathland has free-roaming sheep. Keep dogs on leads.
An accessible ground-floor room is recorded.
The Blacksmiths Arms
Lastingham, YO62 6TN
A village pub opposite St Mary's and its Norman crypt, built around local game, beef and seafood with a changing specials board.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: no.
Dogs in one restaurant area only, and not in the bedrooms, which is unusually restrictive for this area.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The Coach House Inn
Rosedale Abbey, YO18 8SD
A country inn converted from stables, a garage and a petrol station in the 1970s, and by its own account the one pub in Rosedale without rooms, which makes it the village's drinking pub rather than a hotel bar.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: yes
Food Monday to Saturday 12 to 2 and 5.30 to 8; Sunday 12 to 8.
White Horse Farm Inn
Rosedale Abbey, YO18 8SE
A 16th-century inn set on the hillside above Rosedale Abbey rather than in it, so the bar, terrace and many bedrooms look down over the village and out across the moors.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Food from noon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday but only from 5pm on other days. Breakfast is not included in the room rate and must be pre-booked. They run a motorhome stopover scheme.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
Southern edge (9)
The White Swan
Ampleforth, YO62 4DA
Reopened in November 2024 under new owners after the previous landlord retired, cooking a seasonal menu of classic British food, with a large beer garden.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: yes
No food Monday or Tuesday, though the bar opens 4 to 8.
The Abbey Inn
Byland, YO61 4BD
A nineteenth-century inn facing the ruins of Byland Abbey, doing pub classics and a Sunday roast built around filled Yorkshire puddings.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: no.
Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays all year. Dogs in the pub but not in the accommodation. Breakfast is not served on site; guests go a mile to Oldstead.
The Grapes Inn
Ebberston, YO13 9PA
A straightforward village local on the A170, presenting itself as a traditional Yorkshire pub with all-day food.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: not stated
Closed Mondays. Food noon to 8 Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 6 Sunday.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The Pheasant Hotel
Harome, YO62 5JG
A converted mill and smithy beside the village pond, run as a small country hotel with a dining room built on local and seasonal sourcing, partly from the owners' own farm.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The Black Swan
Helmsley, YO62 5BJ
A large Market Place inn assembled from Elizabethan, Tudor and Georgian buildings with fifteenth-century origins, and the biggest bed-and-food operation in the town.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: yes, see restrictions below.
Dogs up to two per room at a nightly charge, with designated dog areas in the pub and restaurant. Food 7.30am to 9pm daily.
The Feathers Hotel
Helmsley, YO62 5BH
A sixteenth-century coaching inn on the Market Place, open from breakfast to late as a coffee house as well as a pub and dining room.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
The Pickwick Bar contains Mouseman oakwork by Robert Thompson of Kilburn. Open 7.30am to 11pm daily.
The Royal Oak Hotel
Helmsley, YO62 5BL
The most straightforwardly pub-like of Helmsley's Market Place trio: classic pub cooking to order, weekly specials and a takeaway service.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
A 1am licence Monday to Saturday, by some distance the latest closing time in the area.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The White Swan Inn
Pickering, YO18 7AA
A coaching inn on Pickering's Market Place, family-run since 1983, presenting itself as a place to eat and stay rather than a drinking pub.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
The Buck
Thornton-le-Dale, YO18 7RW
A village pub reopened in 2026 after a major refurbishment that kept the fireplaces and original features, with a walled beer garden and its own outdoor bar.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: not stated
Reopened during 2026; its own site gives no reopening date, so hours are worth confirming.
Coast (12)
Raven Hall Country House Hotel
A country house hotel 600 feet above the sea looking down the whole sweep of Robin Hood's Bay, with cliff-face terraced gardens and battlements built by a Victorian rector who gambled the family fortune away.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
A hotel bar rather than a pub, and essentially the only hospitality in Ravenscar, so there is no alternative if it is closed for a wedding. Built 1774 as Peak Hall, opened as a hotel in 1895.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
Hotel Victoria
Robin Hood's Bay, YO22 4RL
A Victorian clifftop hotel with sea-view balcony rooms and three separate drinking spaces, including one styled as a traditional Yorkshire pub.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
- View
Dogs in rooms: yes, see restrictions below.
Dogs in the Captain's Quarters rooms only, not the main hotel. At the top of the bank, so the Robin Hood's Bay pub you can park near and the one that spares you the climb back up.
Runswick Bay Hotel
Runswick Bay, TS13 5HR
An upper-village hotel whose own line is that every part of it is dog friendly, with a brown Labrador called Ted presented as the resident landlord.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Winter hours vary. In the upper village, so you can park and walk in. The accessible choice for anyone who cannot manage the bank.
The Royal
Runswick Bay, TS13 5HT
A traditional pub whose beer garden looks out over Runswick Bay, with changing local ales and a private dining room sharing the same view.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: yes
- View
Winter hours vary. Families welcome until 9pm. The lower village has effectively no visitor parking; the car park is at the top and the bank down is severe.
The Bridge Inn
Ruswarp, YO21 1NJ
A traditional village pub by the bridge on the Esk just upriver from Whitby, with homemade pies the speciality and its own dog account.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: not stated
Reachable on foot or by bike from Whitby along the Esk or the old railway path.
The Hart Inn
Sandsend, YO21 3SU
A friendly pub and restaurant on the sea front, yards from the beach at the Whitby end of the village.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: not stated
- Real ale: yes
- View
Sunday 11am to 5.30pm only, which is unusually early. Sandsend parking is roadside along the sea wall and fills by mid-morning in summer.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The Plough
Scalby, YO13 0PT
A food-led inn with eight en-suite rooms, cooking on local and regional Yorkshire produce.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Opens at 3pm Monday to Saturday with food from 5pm, so not a lunchtime pub except on Sundays.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The Cod and Lobster
A pub standing on the seawall itself, with windows over the bobbing boats; their own site records the 1953 storm that washed the front of the building away.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
No vehicle access. Cars go in the clifftop car park on Staithes Lane and you walk down a very steep bank. Expect it shuttered in an easterly gale.
Duke of York
Whitby, YO22 4DE
An inn at the foot of the 199 steps whose upper windows look across the harbour mouth; the pub you fall into on the way down from the Abbey.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Station Inn
Whitby, YO21 1DH
A live music and cask pub across from the harbour with five en-suite rooms, known locally for its cask ales.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: no.
This was the old Tap and Spile. Dogs throughout the bar, but not for overnight guests.
The Endeavour
Whitby, YO22 4AS
A small drinkers' pub on Church Street named for Cook's ship, with a monthly Irish folk session their own site says has run over twenty-five years.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
No real kitchen. They invite you to bring in fish and chips and buy a ploughman's or cheeseboard.
Check before travelling: the pub's own site had no recent dated information when checked in September 2026.
The Pier Inn
Whitby, YO21 3PU
A Pier Road pub whose balcony hangs directly over the harbour, one of the few places in Whitby to drink outdoors above the fishing boats, with ten en-suite rooms.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Western moors (3)
The Buck
Great Ayton, TS9 6PA
A High Street pub with recently refurbished en-suite rooms above the bar, candid on its own site about noise until closing time.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: not stated
Dogs in rooms: no.
Dogs in the pub but not the rooms; they send dog owners to their sister pub, the Royal Oak. No food between 2.15 and 5pm Monday to Thursday in winter.
The Royal Oak Hotel
Great Ayton, TS9 6BW
A 17th-century former coaching inn on High Green that opens at 10am for breakfast, which is rare locally.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
Dogs in rooms: yes, see restrictions below.
Breakfast 10 to 11.30 daily. Wheelchair accessible. Sister pub to The Buck, and the one of the pair that takes dogs in rooms.
The King's Head Inn
Newton under Roseberry, TS9 6QR
An inn at the foot of Roseberry Topping run as a walkers' and families' refuelling stop, with a hand-carved carvery on Sundays.
- Dogs: yes
- Rooms: yes
- Real ale: yes
- View
Dogs in rooms: not stated.
Breakfast from 7.30am, the earliest of any pub on the moors, and light bites 11 to 5 bridge the usual afternoon food gap. The obvious base for an early Roseberry or Cleveland Way start.
Walks and pub policies
- Levisham: the Horseshoe Inn's dog policy is not stated. Confirm directly before combining it with the Hole of Horcum walk.
- Goathland: the Inn on the Moor records dogs as welcome. Free-roaming sheep mean dogs should stay on leads in the village.
- Rosedale Abbey: the Coach House Inn records dogs as welcome, with Sunday food from 12 to 8.
- Dalby Forest: the Fox & Rabbit does not allow dogs inside, guide dogs excepted. The Horseshoe Inn at Levisham has no recorded dog policy, so neither is a confirmed dog-friendly indoor stop in these records.
Frequently asked questions
- How many dog-friendly pubs are listed in the North York Moors?
- 35 pubs in this guide explicitly record dogs as welcome. Restrictions in dining areas and bedrooms are shown where held.
- Is the Horseshoe Inn at Levisham dog friendly?
- Its dog policy is not stated in the guide's pub records. Confirm directly rather than treating it as a dog-friendly recommendation. The Horseshoe Hotel at Egton Bridge is a different pub and explicitly welcomes dogs.
- Which pubs take dogs in rooms?
- Downe Arms Country Inn, Castleton; Horseshoe Hotel, Egton Bridge; The Black Swan, Helmsley; Hotel Victoria, Robin Hood's Bay; The Royal Oak Hotel, Great Ayton. Use the Dogs in rooms filter for the recorded permissions.
- Can dogs eat with me in every dog-friendly pub?
- No. At the Lion Inn, dogs are welcome in the bar areas but not the dining rooms. At the Blacksmiths Arms in Lastingham, dogs are allowed in one restaurant area only and not in bedrooms.
- What should I check in Goathland?
- Goathland has free-roaming sheep in the village. Keep dogs on leads and check the pub's own dog restrictions before travelling.
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