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We will be travelling down to Cornwall on Thursdy with our dogs for the first time. Unfortunately neither enjoy the car so we thought we would plan a couple of good breaks so that they can have a break and a walk. Could the well informed amongst you tell me where along the M5 travelling from Birmingham to south Cornwall would be good stop off points for the dogs. I think we may be forced to have two breaks so I assume that might be slightly north of Bristol and somewhere in Devon.

thanks

frankley or michael wood services south of birmingham,and the last stop on the m5 exeter.

Strensham services at worcester is a massive services with fields to the rear.

jans

You might be better off asking your question on a dog forum. Dog show people especially travel a lot with their dogs, and are likely to know of good places. Try something like the dog chat forum on petfriendlyworld.co.uk or google champdogsuk forum.

http://www.5minutesaway.co.uk

the above website may help, it lists facilities such as pubs, shops etc within 5 minutes of any motorway junction, it also lists things like attractions. Not sure if it will help you with the dog, but we have used it before to find things near the motorway so we can stop for lunch and have had a pub lunch in the beer garden with the dog.  

Quote: Originally posted by arthurdent on 01/10/2007

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Ah ....... I was wondering why a dog stopping on the M5 was news .....

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I read the title of the thread and pictured a very large dog sat on the motorway, holding up the traffic.  

All the service areas have somewhere you can give them a bit of a walk on a lead, but if you want them to have a good run you would need to leave the motorway.