John Lewis

John Lewis & Partners Nottingham is a large city-centre department store on Milton Street in the Victoria Centre and dogs are welcome inside the main shopping floors.

Your dog can join you while you browse home, fashion, beauty and electricals — useful when you'd rather not split the group or leave anyone sitting outside in changeable weather. The café and food areas are assistance-dogs only, so plan your shopping round that if you're hoping to sit down with a drink. The shop itself is welcoming enough for a relaxed wander without the tangle of narrow boutique aisles and it's a practical pit-stop if you're already in town and need to pick something up without leaving your dog tied to a railing.

John Lewis sits within easy walking distance of Old Market Square, so you can fold it into a wider city-centre loop.