Field of Freedom Chertsey 2024 - enclosed dog walking field

14/11/2024

20 min leg stretch , perfect timing for the sunset 🌅

13/11/2024

I make no secret of the fact that I'm not a fan of ball throwing....especially with those awful ball chuckers. This graphic concisely explains roughly why.

In addition, I see so many dogs who become obsessive about the ball and the focus of their walk is that ball. That's not healthy.

It is much more instinctive and healthy (mentally and physicallly) for dogs to sniff, explore, forage rather than run manicly back and forth after a ball.

13/11/2024

As from today, we are a tennis ball free zone!
Please do not bring them into the field, they get destroyed too easily and are a hazard to other dogs who try to eat them!

12/11/2024

The field has had its last mow of the year and is looking good!
To book please email [email protected]

10/11/2024

Remembering all service men and women and also the animals that too have worked to protect.

But also remembering those that are still serving, and those that are still with us that have served, and the effects that the service has had on their lives.

We owe so much to every single one of them.

10/11/2024

We're not mean.
We're not nasty or bad.
We’re just a little scared sometimes.
A yellow muzzle or harness isn’t a sign of aggression — it’s a gentle ask for space.
For some of us, close encounters can feel overwhelming.
When my human asks you to call your dog back, it’s not because they think your dog is naughty or unfriendly.
We just like different things, and they're just trying to help me feel safe.
So next time you see a dog wearing yellow, could you do one small thing for us?
Just give us a little extra room.
It would mean the world to us.

06/11/2024

🙈🍁🍂💩

It’s that time of the year again where our dogs provide us with enrichment.

26/10/2024

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10/09/2024

The lovely Dumsey Meadow, it almost looks like an island. It's not though, the B345 Chertsey Bridge Road runs behind it, connecting Chertsey with Shepperton. Field of Freedom is located in the very furthest top corner of the semi circle, where the river Thames meets land again in this photo. It's easy to see why it's a floodplain!

Dumsey Meadow and Chertsey Bridge from the Meads. Dumsey Meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey, England; the only piece of undeveloped water meadow unfenced by the river remaining on the River Thames below Caversham, (Oxfordshire now Berkshire) and is home to a variety of rare plants and insects.
There was formerly reference to "Dumsea Bushes", "Dumsea Corner" and "Dumsea Deep" at this point of the river, the bushes, which may have been a clump of willows, also going by the name of "Domesday Bushes".

10/09/2024

Here's blast from the past!
Not much has changed, the trees are bigger 🌳🎋🐾

Field of Freedom - Chertsey, Field entrance is from the Thames Path. Car Park is Dumsey Meadow, Chertsey Bridge Road, KT16 8LF
1 acre field/paddock, with pedestrian access from a footpath. Fenced to a minimum of 4' high.

https://www.facebook.com/fieldoffreedom/

For the purpose of exercising dogs in an enclosed area, free from the worry of them meeting other dogs/people for whatever reason. Some dogs just need some space! For fun, for training, for recall practice, for dogs who aren't sociable with other dogs, or who are nervous. For owners with new dogs, rescue dogs, young puppies.

01/09/2024

Lovely evening

06/08/2024

How to find the entrance. Using what3words it's https://w3w.co/reds.pens.send

Pic A) Park in the pay & display car park at Dumsey Meadow, Chertsey Bridge Road (the first hour is free and you can use the RINGO app) Exit on foot, using the gate next to the ticket machine and follow the path in the grass, shown here in yellow. Approx 300m walk from car park to entrance.

Pic B) Alternative (limited) parking with shorter but more confined walk, from the layby on Chertsey Road, Shepperton, along the Thames Path. Approx 160m walk from road to entrance.

06/08/2024

We are on Instagram

17/05/2024

Shade at midday 🕛

10/03/2024

Launching the new page with this, as the last post on the original page was for Mother’s Day 🐶

06/03/2024

Welcome to our new page for 2024 🐶🐕🐾
The original Field of Freedom page https://www.facebook.com/fieldoffreedom is still live and has the correct contact details but can no longer be updated, so I'm starting again, hence this new page. To book please click on the send email button, or contact us directly at [email protected]