Cherry Lane Bradmore

Cherry Lane Bradmore is a large garden centre in Nottingham where dogs are welcome inside the store. Browse plants, homewares and gifts with your dog on lead, pop into Scallywags Pet Shop for supplies, then stop at the café where designated dog-friendly areas let the whole group take a break together. There's free on-site parking, so you can load up without the usual car-park shuffle.

Well-behaved dogs are asked to stay on lead throughout. The café has pet drinking stations in the dog-friendly zones and staff are used to wet noses at browsing height.

It's a useful stop when you need plants, a pot of tea and a place that doesn't make you choose between the dog and getting things done. The kind of garden centre where the lead stays clipped and everyone's included.