Dog care in Cheltenham

Cheltenham's dog walking culture sits at the Cotswold edge. Pittville Park (the Regency park with the Pump Room, the lake, and the lawns), Montpellier Gardens, Imperial Gardens, Hatherley Park, Sandford Park, the chain of public footpaths up Cleeve Hill (the highest point in the Cotswolds at 1,083 feet), Leckhampton Hill and the Devil's Chimney, Crickley Hill Country Park, and the open Cotswold escarpment all carry steady traffic. The Cotswold Way long-distance path runs right behind the town. Painswick Beacon and the Slad Valley are short trips for serious walks.

Cheltenham is an affluent, professional market - the GCHQ presence, the racecourse, and the festival culture drive a high-spend pet economy. Daycare and walker demand is steady through central postcodes, with strong walker, trainer, and groomer demand in the leafier suburbs of Charlton Kings, Leckhampton, Battledown, Pittville, and Prestbury. Boarding fills early for race weeks (Festival in March especially), the literary festival, and school holidays.

Cheltenham Borough Council enforces the 2018 animal-activity licensing regulations through environmental health and publishes its register. Tewkesbury Borough Council, Cotswold District Council, and Stroud District Council cover neighbouring areas - a Bishops Cleeve, Charlton Kings edge, or Cotswold-edge boarder may be licensed elsewhere. Pittville Park has lead-only requirements around the lake during waterfowl nesting, and the Cotswold escarpment has the standard open access land ground-nesting bird and livestock restrictions in force March to July.