Foxwood

Foxwood Cakes and Confectionery is an independent cake shop and café at 40 Southgate in Chichester, where dogs are welcome inside for coffee, cakes and a proper sit-down pause. The display runs to pastries, confectionery and made-here bakes, with café tables for a breakfast slice or an afternoon sugar stop — and a spacious garden out back for when the sun cooperates.

It opens Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Sundays. The format is straightforward: cake-shop retail with café seating, so it's the sort of place where you can grab a flat white and a Bakewell tart while your dog supervises proceedings from the floor or the garden.

Sitting handily between the cathedral quarter and West Street, it makes a useful mid-shopping pitstop when you've both had enough of the pavements. Water bowls and dog treats are on hand, so the four-legged half of the party is well looked after too.