John Lewis & Partners at Home Poole

John Lewis & Partners at Home Poole is a large department store at Poole Retail Park, near Branksome, where dogs are welcome inside to browse alongside you. From homeware and furniture to electricals and nursery, it's the sort of place where a kitchen-refresh mission turns into a two-hour sniff-stop odyssey between display sofas and lighting departments.

The official dog policy is pleasingly clear: dogs are welcome throughout the shop floor, but only assistance Dogs can come in too the café and food areas. That means you can keep your dog with you while you deliberate over curtain fabric or test mattresses, then plan a post-shop coffee elsewhere.

Parking is available on site for John Lewis customers, which takes the sting out of a wet-pawed retail trip. It's a genuinely useful stop for dog owners combining errands around Poole and the sort of shop where leads get tangled round chair legs and nobody minds in the slightest.