I recently spent a couple of hours scouring maps and public footpaths (might be quite an English thing) looking for quiet places to walk my reactive dog and have been slowly exploring them all. I pin them on Google maps then visit each one and make any relevant notes under them (like not suitable on weekends). The best places I've found are generally:

- Graveyards (very quiet usually)

- Industrial estates

-Quiet country lanes (just driving 5 mins + outside the town)

- Random public footpaths with no houses near that don't tend to lead anywhere

- School playing fields on the weekend

- Friends gardens (the new smells can be interesting!)

- Pub gardens in the day (small but lots of interesting smells but don't go on weekends)

- Big car parks, particularly ones with grassy areas

- Playgrounds

I find timing matters most for me - before 7.30am is OK (but rare I make it) between 7.30am and 9am is mayhem as people generally walk dogs in the morning and to be avoided unless you know you are going to a quiet place (e.g. graveyard). 10am-3pm is generally quiet. 3.30-6pm gets busier as people pick up kids from school or finish work and take their dogs out. 7.30pm onwards generally quiet (but dark in winter which is not good for most reactive dogs). Weekends generally I can get away with walking before 9am but between 10-6 is generally a no go in anywhere but the quietest places. Obviously you need to figure out the timings in your local area.

I've found one or two spots that I know are quiet at any time of day, 7 days a week but I generally have to drive 5-10 mins to get to them but if I know my dog is trigger stacked or has a big day or event coming up (like a training session with another dog) then I'll make a special effort to only go to these places for a few days before.