Dog Friendly Pubs in Peterborough

Lunchtime Meals

1890s pale blue painted brick-built pub on the village green with a light, airy front bar and a comfortable lounge restaurant providing meals from an extensive home-cooked menu. Possibly the best Elgood's beer in the city. Interesting guest ales from a restricted list. Heated smoking area. Regular live entertainment. Darts, pool and cribbage played. Quiz on Sundays.

Boathouse

Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough PE3 6GA

Karaoke

Cask Marque Accredited

This large and busy Greene King pub/restaurant was built in 1989 at one end of the rowing lake. Undercover patio area and large beer garden, which is very popular in summer and overlooks a tributary of the River Nene. Small children's play area. Quiz on Thursday night. Major refurbishment in 2008. Food served 11am-10pm.

Ostrich Inn

17 North Street, Peterborough PE1 2RA

Once the Ostrich, then a home brew shop, then back to a pub with a Bogart theme and known as Bogart's. Reopened in August 2009 as the Ostrich once again, after a major refurbishment, under new ownership and new management, and reviving the original name. U-shaped bar with a small room at one end with TV and dart board. Live music Friday and Saturday. Irish acoustic set on Sunday afternoons. The walls have pictures of historical facts about the pub and bygone breweries, and some reproduced posters of famous acts that have appeared in the city. Small, enclosed patio area at rear. Off Westgate, close to bus and rail stations. Now selling craft ales from BrewDog, Beavertown and Camden. Received a CAMRA Gold Award in March 2013. Now sells a range of KeyKeg beers, a variety of LocAles, non-alcoholic beers and a large selection of gin.

Botolph Arms

465 Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 7DD

Real Fire

Originally two cottages built in 1749. Converted to a pub in 1981. Refurbished and repaired when taken over by Sam Smith. Disabled toilet. Sells fruit beers brewed in Stamford by Melbourn Brothers. Large floodlit beer garden with children's playground nearby. Darts played. Quiz on Sunday evenings.

Brewery Tap

80 Westgate, Peterborough PE1 2AA

CAMRA Discount

Converted from an employment exchange, this large spacious pub opened in 1998 and is the home of a custom-made specialist brew plant for Oakham Ales, which can be viewed through a glass wall. It serves up to twelve real ales on tap plus bottled Belgian beers. Excellent, good-value Thai food. Mix of comfortable leather sofas and low tables together with tables and chairs for diners. Function room available. Regular weekend entertainment when the pub often stays open later than midnight. Close to bus and railway stations. Winners of East Midlands Food and Drink Awards - Best Bar 2012. Two or three traditional ciders on handpump. Monthly special real ale at reduced price and always 20p off a pint of real ale to card carrying CAMRA members. It was under threat of demolition to make way for a new retail development but is now to be incorporated into the design - something that the developers originally said was impossible.

Charters

Town Bridge, Peterborough PE1 1FP

Originally named Leendert-R and built in 1907, this Dutch barge is now moored on the River Nene by Town Bridge. Opened as Charters in September 1991. Normally eight real ales available plus Belgian bottled beers and eight real ciders. Live music at the weekend from 10.30pm and regular vinyl nights. Acoustic sets on Sundays from 3.30pm. Darts. Large, popular beer garden with marquee, and landing stage for boats. Outside bar added in 2009. The upper deck houses a fine oriental restaurant called East, and food and snacks are also available in the bar. Bar menu available 12-2.30. Its twentieth year as a GBG entry. Footpath from the garden leads to the Nene Valley Railway and Railworld. Peterborough CAMRA Pub of the Year 2002. Busy on football match days. May stay open later than midnight at the weekend. Dog friendly. 20p off a pint of real ale to card carrying CAMRA members.

Coalheavers Arms

5 Park Street, Peterborough PE2 9BH

Real Fire

Small, friendly one roomed back street gem of a local, dating back to the 1850s. Eight handpumps serving a couple of Greene King beers, beers from local micros, real ciders, Belgian bottled beers and craft beers. The large garden is popular in summer and is also used for the four annual beer festivals. Also a good selection of gins. Peterborough CAMRA and Cambridgeshire CAMRA branches Pub of the Year 2004. Snacks available all week, with fresh rolls on Friday. Can be very busy on football match days. Occasional acoustic music on Sunday evenings.

Coopers

32-33 Copeland Centre, Peterborough PE3 6YJ

Karaoke

Lunchtime Meals

Modern, south Bretton estate pub in a pagoda style, opened in 1983. Refurbished and relaunched as a family pub and restaurant in March 2011. Good value food served 12-9 every day. Greene King beers. Pool and darts played. Weekend karaoke. Children and good dogs welcome.

Cross Keys

Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9QS

Lunchtime Meals

Karaoke

Live Music

Built in 1899, refurbished in 2005. Reputedly haunted by a former landlord. Large, lively bar and separate conservatory room. Dartboards and pool table. Live music on Friday evenings, disco and karaoke on Saturday evenings. Large tv screens showing football, boxing etc

Hand & Heart

12 Highbury Street, Peterborough PE1 3BE

A late Art-Deco pub built in 1938 by Warwicks, this back street community local is one of the Real Heritage Pubs of Britain. A drinking corridor connects the rear room, with a serving hatch, to the main public bar, with its war memorial and real fire. Crib, darts and dominoes are played in both rooms. Six real ales are available on hand pump or direct from the cellar, the range is eclectic and forever changing, featuring all possible styles. Beer festivals with live music are held in the large restored garden around St George's Day in April, and at the end of September, with occasional mini fests through the summer. A GBG regular for over 10 years, and a former local branch and Cambridgeshire PoTY. Cash only.

Ramblewood Inn

The Village, Peterborough PE2 7DN

Real Fire

Formerly the stables of Orton Hall, itself now a Best Western hotel. Cosy, comfortable atmosphere with well regarded conservatory restaurant and attractive gardens. L-shaped bar plus quiet booths in the corridor. The old stable room has horse tack on the wall, a vintage red telephone box and live sports on a big screen. Children welcome. Disabled toilet.

Palmerston Arms

82 Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9PA

400 year old listed stone built locals' pub. Owned by Batemans Brewery, it normally has three Batemans beers and nine or more other real ales available from a wide variety of local and other micro breweries. Traditional ciders and/or perries and bottled beers always available. Most ales are served straight from the cask in the cellar which is visible through the glass panel behind the bar. Dartboard, vinyl nights, philosophy nights, music on Sundays 3-5pm, quiz on Sundays from 7.30pm. Peterborough CAMRA Pub of the Year 2005 and Cambridgeshire CAMRA Branches Pub of the Year 2005.

Charlies AYC

2 Grove Street, Peterborough PE2 9AG

Dog Friendly

Back street local, built in the style of an alpine chalet. Small, but friendly and lively pub with two real ales from Oakham. Can be busy on football match days. Features include a pool table and live music on Friday and Saturday nights for the mixed clientele. A separate function room at the rear is used for meetings. Recipient of a CAMRA Gold Award in November 2009.

Peacock

26 London Road, Peterborough PE2 8AR

Family Friendly

Friendly family run music pub. Listed thatched building and one of the oldest pubs in Peterborough. Basic public bar with pool table and separate carpeted lounge with dartboard. Several TVs. Live music Friday and Saturday. Close to Peterborough United football ground and away supporters are welcome. Opens at 11am for BBQ and pies on match days. Was the Wag & Bone for a while. Biker friendly pub. The new tenants (June 2015) hope to have poker nights, quiz nights and a golf society in the near future. Recently (2015) renovated with new carpet, new toilets, new kitchen, new wood laminate on the floors, and the bar has been redesigned with a light oak top whilst the brick facing has been retained. The garden will be enclosed for the summer months. An extra hand pump has been added and they are negotiating with Charles Wells to provide a beer to accompany Doombar and a rotating guest.

Woolpack

29 North Street, Peterborough PE2 8HR

Cask Marque Accredited

Originally constructed in 1711. Medieval wall in garden and the old barn used to be the village mortuary (Last used in 1850s and said to be haunted). Beer garden leads to old river Nene with boat moorings available. L-shaped bar with TV and dart board. Collection of old photos. Only one guest at present. Food served in either the barn restaurant or pub. Quiz on Tuesday night; occasional live music. Children and good dogs welcome. Annual Charity Day. On the city Green Wheel Route. Local branch Pub of the Year 2016. Beer Festival at end of August.

Peterborough Town Sports Club

Bretton Gate, Peterborough PE3 9UZ

Close to Bus Routes

Parking

Holds a beer festival with 22 local real ales in June each year. Opening times (especially at weekends) can be dependent on the season and fixtures.

Bumble Inn

46 Westgate, Peterborough PE1 1RE

Dog Friendly

This micro-pub opened in June 2016 in a former chemist's shop, and was local branch PoTY in 2018. Minimalist in style, it has five hand pumps dispensing quality ales from far and wide, so expect the unusual. Taster paddles of three thirds are available, as are rare bottled and canned beers, plus two craft keg beers, Korev Cornish keg lager and two ciders. Has recently added its own Bumbling Brewery beers. Regular tap take overs and food nights add to the attraction. Tea, coffee and soft drinks available, as well as home made pies.

Frothblowers

78 Storrington Way, Peterborough PE4 6QP

This micropub is easily accessed by bus from the city centre, and is on the No.1 bus Ale Trail. It has five hand pumps, and more beers available in the cellar, with at least 25 ciders and bottled beers. Voted Peterborough and Cambridgeshire PoTY for 2019, a title it has retained with the local branch for 2020. A hub of the local community, activities include tap takeovers, acoustic music, bus tours, a summer cycling club, knitting club, monthly Grub Club and cider festivals. Cash only.

Wonky Donkey

102C High St, Fletton, Peterborough PE2 8DR