The Fiveways

The Fiveways is a dog-friendly pub on Charminster Road in Bournemouth where dogs are welcome throughout the whole pub — a genuinely useful fact when the weather is doing Bournemouth things and outdoor tables have lost their appeal. It sits close enough to Bournemouth centre to be a practical stop without the seafront scrum, and the on-site car park with accessible parking means the dog, the coats and the just-in-case towel all travel together.

This is a sports-focused pub with food served daily, multiple screens including a large main screen, pool tables and a dartboard. It suits mixed plans well: a proper meal, a pint after a Charminster dog walk, or somewhere to settle in for a match without leaving the dog at home. Food runs from 11:30am Monday to Saturday and from noon on Sundays, with the pub open from 11am on weekdays and from noon at weekends.

Dogs are welcome in every part of the pub, which means no pavement-waiting and no splitting the group. The car park makes it an easy inland base for dog owners who prefer to park once and stay put rather than circling the busier parts of town.