Dogging | How popular is it in the UK?

There’s nothing like the thrill of a bit of outdoor fun to get the juices flowing. Sex in the bedroom is so last century. The good news is that dogging is alive and well in the UK – indeed, beneath that outward reserve, the Brits are rampant for alfresco shenanigans. According to Swinging Heaven, there are almost 3,500 different Dogging locations in the UK – with 2,780 in England alone!

So, what does dogging mean?

The word ‘dogging’ is derived from the term “walking the dog”, referring to those innocent (or perhaps not so innocent) dog walkers stumbling across some rather fierce petting on the old nature trail.
 

Talk about being led astray

In woods, carparks, laybys, motorway services and fields, you can find couples on a dogging mission. Car parks are particularly popular. There is, after all, nothing quite like the sensation of a throbbing gear stick between your legs before playing helium heels on a hot bonnet. Or perhaps you’re eager to get your hatchback busted into, and just how many limbs can you fit into that four-wheel drive? You’ll have fun finding out!  

Sratchwood Services in Barnet (a stone’s throw from London) remains one of the most active places – and, more notoriously still, the set for the UK hit drama 'Happy Valley' and the area near a mansion used in 'The X Factor' are top spots for saucy swingers. Nowhere is sacred when it comes to the desire for a bit of light fellatio.
 

If you go down to the woods today

Dogging in the woods has always been popular. It’s no brainer really: all those ancient oaks against which to get your front and back doors banged in against and miles of bushes in which to chase the chopper. Just watch those stinging nettles and brambles – there are some pricks, believe it or not, which are best avoided.


Dogging in the woods has always been popular
 

Lustful Lancashire

A recent survey revealed that Lancashire and Yorkshire are the top counties for dogging fun. Swinging Heaven lists 277 locations in Yorkshire followed by 223 in Lancashire - ranging from country parks to a spot (most aptly named) as Clitheroe. Kent is next up with 219 locations, followed by Essex with 187.
 

Lascivious Londoners

Though mostly built up, there are still plenty of open spaces in London where you’ll find doggers in action. The parks are the main places to head to with Victoria Park and Battersea Park being particularly active. Though these spaces tend to be more popular with gay men cruising for sex, you can also find swingers with open door policies to one and all! Wanstead Flats, on the edge of Epping forest, promises untold delights “mainly young couples” who are at it day and night in the bushes, according to Swinging Heaven.
 

Thousands getting frisky

There’s something rather delightful about outraging smug middle-class families who are out for a stroll. But dogging in the UK doesn’t seem to be just the reserve of randy youngsters or outright perverts. According to a recent survey, 43% of British people have admitted to getting it on in public. Given these figures, the chances are that Mr and Mrs Respectability may well be at some real UK dogging site while the kids are with their nanny – indeed, they may well even have had the nanny too. Posh Brits are, as history has repeatedly shown, nothing if not hypocritical. The sex fiends!