Find Dog Walks

Privacy

We don't ask you to sign up, and we only use cookies if you say yes: Google Analytics, to count visits. Apart from that, the only things that leave your device are the reports you choose to share and a rough location for the weather.

Who we are

Find Dog Walks is run by Lime Creations Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 08816195), registered office 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ. We are the data controller for the information described on this page, and we are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (registration number ZA864594). You can contact us at [email protected] or by post at that address.

Cookies and Google Analytics

When you first visit, we ask whether we can use Google Analytics. If you reject, or don't answer, no analytics cookies are set and nothing from Google loads. If you accept, Google Tag Manager loads Google Analytics, which sets these cookies on your device:

Google Analytics then tells us which pages people view, roughly where visitors are (city or region), what device and browser they use, and how they found the site. We use it only to see which walks and areas people use, so we can improve the guide. We don't use it for advertising: advertising features are switched off, and we don't combine it with anything else we hold. Google LLC provides the service and processes this data for us, which may include processing in the United States under Google's data protection terms. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Our legal basis is your consent. Your choice is remembered in your browser's storage for 12 months, and then we ask again. You can change your mind at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw consent, we delete the Google Analytics cookies from your device straight away.

No other cookies are set. The site's own pages don't use cookies at all, and photos are served from our own site rather than loaded from Wikimedia, so Wikimedia can't set cookies either. The spam check on the report forms (Cloudflare Turnstile, below) doesn't use cookies to track you.

What stays on your device

Places you save, mark as "been" or hide, your notes, your starting point, your cookie choice and the fact that you've read the safety notice are kept in your browser's storage on your own device. They are never sent to us. Clearing your browser data deletes them. "Export your notes" saves a copy as a file on your device.

Your location

If you tap "Use my location", your browser asks your permission and then tells the page where you are. The page uses it on your device to work out distances. It isn't sent to us or stored anywhere else.

Walker reports

If you tick "Share with other walkers" and save a report, we receive your answers, your optional note, the time, a random code stored on your device, and scrambled (salted hash) versions of your IP address and browser name. We never store your IP address itself. The scrambled values let us limit spam and count each walker once.

Each shared report is checked by an AI model (Claude, made by Anthropic) before it counts, so Anthropic processes the report for that purpose. Notes are read by us and are never published. Only totals appear on the site, such as "3 of 4 walkers said it's good off the lead". We keep reports for up to two years. To have yours removed, email us with the place and the date.

Problem reports

If you report a problem, we receive the place, the category, what you wrote, your email address if you choose to give one, and a scrambled (salted hash) version of your IP address for spam limits. An AI model (Claude, made by Anthropic) reads each report first. It may add a short, neutral update to the page in its own words, hide a photo, ask our research to re-check the place, or pass the report to a person. Your words are never published as written. We use your email only to reply about your report, and delete reports after two years.

Weather

To put firm or shady walks first, the page asks Open-Meteo for the weather at your starting point, rounded to about 1 km. Nothing else is sent.

Other services the page uses

To show the map, fonts and photos, your browser loads files from these services, which will see your IP address as part of the request:

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons, but we keep copies and serve them from our own site, so your browser doesn't contact Wikimedia. The credit and licence links under each photo go to Wikimedia Commons, whose privacy policy applies if you follow them. When you tap "Directions", Google Maps opens and its own privacy policy applies.

If you email us

We use your email and what you tell us only to reply, and we delete it when it's no longer needed.

Advertising

There's no advertising tracking on the site, and Google's advertising features are switched off. If that ever changes, we'll update this page first and ask for your consent where the law requires it.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask what we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it, by emailing [email protected]. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Last updated 11 November 2026.