Depends which side of Holmfirth you are but the Huntsman in Millhouse Green is very dog friendly and does a nice Sunday lunch. 6 hand pull real ales and nice folk. Proper old fashioned local pub.

About 10 mins drive to Millhouse, pub is on the main road A628 and backs onto the Trans Pennine Trail which is a nice walk from Dunford Bridge.

Drive over to Digley Res and walk around there (don’t leave anything on display in the car). You could walk there from Holmfirth to make it longer?

EDIT: If you want some really nice stout, next time get over to Buxton Tap House in Buxton. Some of the Buxton Brewery stouts are like a dessert in a glass.

You will be fine with the dog. Parking up a Langsett Barn or the layby or carpark nearer to the Flouch roundabout are all free. There are loads of paths in the woods and the walk can be extended up onto the moor at the far side of the woods either up and back or circular to bring you back round the reservoir and to Langsett. It’s worth it to keep going up onto the moor and turning left at the green post and coming back down into North America.
I wouldn’t worry too much about the bikes, you will be lucky to see any at this time of the year.

Wagon and Horses in Langsett village is bike, walker and dog friendly and they do a mean meat and potato pie.

I’ll be in butchers arms on Saturday.

Butchers is good, if you’ve already ticked off The Nook (my place to drink when I was younger, and still go on Christmas Eve).

Walk wise, if it’s calm and bright tomorrow I’d recommend parking off the A635 and going along Black Hill to Holme Moss. Do some googling and you might even get to find some old aircraft engines.

I know nowhere round there where you could safely let a dog off a lead (not even Langsett of Cut Gate) that’s a decent walk.

Welcome to the Holme Valley, looks like you’ve got plenty of recommendations. I’ll add Oil Can cafe in Hepworth for brekkie, and if you want the quieter side of Langsett head towards Swinden and Hordron on the map then follow the river down. Dog and Partridge pub on the A616 is good. Loads of walks up around Scholes and Hepworth. Views from Hullock Bank above/east of Jackson Bridge are fab!

Bring your bike next time!!

All the parking is between the village and the Flouch roundabout, A616, on the main Sheffield to Manchester road. Length of the walk should be OK for the dog, our Border Collie runs at the side of the bike round it . There are enough paths and trails to make it as long or short as you want it.

The Oil Can Cafe in Hepworth is worth a visit too, have a good nosey roun dthe vintage cars and bikes in there(and next door) whilst having your fill of grub.

Good choice on compos the best fish and chips by far, anyone who says hollow gate is off their head .
Change from a tenner, in one holmfirth pub I remember ordering two pints and had to chip in an extra quid that was about 5 years ago.

Try the boot and shoe, should get change ..

Click and collect at Catch FTW. Sure it’s a bit more expensive but the quality is superb the best and if you do go early you can have a decent beer. If it’s not busy it’ll take ten mins from ordering but they’ll cook to a particular time so great if you’re on your way home from a day out and want to do a drive-by on the way home.

Definitely beats standing in that queue at Compos wondering why its soooo hard to process, cook and serve orders for fish and chips whiilst maintaining maximum contempt for the punters. Who’d-a-belived it would be busy on a Friday tea time….?

http://catchseafood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Takeaway-Menu.pdf

Also available at Greetland and Ponteland.

Winner-winner-chippy-dinner!

@sadexpunk – sorry I didn’t reply on dog questions but I’m not a doggist/dogger 😉 Turns out from today’s walk though (so for next time), the woods around Holme Styes reservoir near Hade Edge up out of Scholes are great for off-the-lead walks. Loads of paths and tracks through the woods but I’m normally only there on my bike when there’s no one else around – this afternoon everyone but us had a dog off the lead (no bother).

See, I’m from Holmfirth and now live just down the road from Bakewell and don’t really see why you’d visit either as a town. Bakewell is prettier, but there’s nowhere decent to eat. Holmfirth is great to live in but if you’re just pottering around there’s not actually much to do. Neither really have particularly interesting shops.

The answer in both is to head to the hills.

Agreed – when we have people visit we don’t potter around the village and we don’t oversell it to them. Deffo head for the hills and the WY Sculpture Park or Saltaire and York if they’ve come from further afield. But I like living here.