About this site & the data

Off-Leash Atlas exists because finding a genuinely off-leash area is harder than it should be: blog lists go stale, review sites guess, and council PDFs are buried. We do one thing instead — we take official council open data, normalise it, and present it with the details that matter (fencing, lighting, small-dog areas, agility equipment, off-leash times).

Current coverage: 804 designated areas across 19 council datasets. Coverage grows as more councils publish usable open data. We don't add areas by hearsay — if it's not in official data (or confirmed by the council), it's not here.

Data sources & licences

All listings derive from the following official datasets, each published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence by the relevant authority. Attribution and retrieval dates appear on every listing page.

Accuracy, corrections & removals

Councils change rules between data refreshes, and source data can contain errors. On-site signage always takes precedence. If you operate or manage a listed area and want it corrected or removed, use the corrections page — we action requests within 7 days.

How the site is funded

The directory is free to use. We may earn revenue from clearly-labelled advertising, affiliate links and sponsored placements — none of which changes how areas are listed, described or ordered. Details on the disclosure page.