Gemeente Wassenaar - Run free areas

Run free areas

Dogs must be on the lead in the whole of the municipality. There are however sufficient areas exempt from the this restriction, where a dog may roam unleashed:

  • 1. “de Paauw” estate;
  • 2. the wooded stretch at Sparrenlaantje;
  • 3. the field at Parklaan (near alderman Huibregtseschool), enclosed by Burmanlaan/Clematislaan /Violierenweg/Parklaan;
  • 4. the part of the Berkhei field enclosed by Storm van ’s-Gravesandeweg/Kerkhoflaan/Sophieke-huis/Luciefof/Berkheistraat, next to the market square;
  • 5. the wooded stretch between Katwijkseweg and the Duinrell gounds;
  • 6. the paths and/or dikes around the woods Weteringbos I and II. For Weteringbos II up to the dam because of the proximity of the kid’s farm and the children’s playground;
  • 7. the footpath along the Zijlwatering canal between Hofcampweg and Zuidwijklaan;
  • 8. the footpath along the Zijlwatering canal behind the houses at van Duivenvoordelaan, between Groeneveltlaan and Bellesteijnlaan;
  • 9. part of the Hartenkamp grounds, behind the wood barn, bordered by the parking lot, the driveway of Backershagenlaan and the (former) skating rink;
  • 10. part of the promenade route in the Kerkehout quarter, starting from the bridge at the allotments up to Verlengde Wittelaan;
  • 11. The fair grounds at Dr. Mansveltkade (barring the play field) except during the fair or other events.
  • 12. The part of the beach north of the exit halfway between beach markers HP 91 and HP92.

Outside the breeding season, yearly lasting from March 1 to August 1, dogs are also allowed to be without a lead in:

1. grounds of “de Wittenburg”
2. grounds of “Wiltzanck”
3. grounds of “Hartenkamp”
4. estate “Backershagen”