Dog Friendly — Pubs in Southport

Crown Hotel

304 Liverpool Road, Southport PR8 3BZ

An Ember Inn pub, the Crown is at a busy junction at gets lots of passing trade, being on the main road from Liverpool. Although very much an eating place, there is a pleasant atmosphere with no music, televisions or fruit machines, so drinkers are welcome. Monday and Thursday are cask ale nights, with the real ales just £2.79 a pint, with discounts also for Cask Club members. Food very reasonably priced.

Blue Anchor

Tithebarn Road, Southport PR8 6AB

The pub is a conspicuous landmark in a residential area of Southport with an attractive frontage; it has two rooms, a comfortable lounge and a bar, and was pleasantly refurbished early in 2017. There are interesting old stained glass windows with sailing scenes and blue anchors in the lounge. Free pool Sundays and Thursdays.

Bold Arms

59-61 Botanic Road, Southport PR9 7NE

The Bold Arms is situated in the the tranquil village of Churchtown on the northern fringes of Southport which is mentioned in the Doomsday book. The pub dates back to at least the 1600’s and a former landlord William Sutton was the founder of the present day town of Southport. There are many rooms inside the pub with many nooks & crannies.

Masons Arms

4 Anchor Street, Southport PR9 0UT

small pub tucked away behind the town's former main Post Office and close to the railway station. The Mason's Arms has a roaring fire fuelled by wooden logs, making it an ideal winter haunt. The only Robinson's pub in Southport, it has new tenants, recently replacing one of the longest-serving licensees in the town. The interior has been re vamped with wood panelled walls

Hickory's Smokehouse

70 Folkestone Road, Southport PR8 5PH

Located in Kew on the site of the former Pageant pub and opened 19th January 2018, focussing on a mix of Southern style hospitality and great BBQ dishes 7 days a week, it says.

Phoenix

4-6 Coronation Walk, Southport PR8 1RF

This is a popular sports pub at the top end of Lord Street making it an ideal first stop for drinks before town. It serves good food at reasonable prices. A family run pub not tied to any breweries makes it popular with real ale drinkers. The pub has plenty of traditional games, a Poker night on Monday and Wednesday, Darts team Tuesday, and also live music on Friday's. All top football games are shown on various plasma TV screens scattered about the pub, also a large screen for special matches.A great Family pub.

Cock & Rabbit

69 Manchester Road, Southport PR9 9BN

A traditional community pub just aquired by Villa Leisure Central. Free juke box and WiFi. Does not sell food at present This pub is just out of the town centre on the bus route making it easy to get to. Sports TV / dog friendly.

Windmill Inn

12-16 Seabank Road, Southport PR9 0EL

Situated just off the historic promenade in the Coastal Town of Southport, The Windmill is a traditional pub serving real ale, homemade meals, and friendly welcoming service. Dog friendly and free wifi, the pub has a large games area, large beer garden and a mouthwatering selection of gins, spirits and wines to suit all tastes. Parties can be catered for. Come in and relax at The Windmill.

Zetland

53 Zetland Street, Southport PR9 0RH

Situated in a residential area just ten minutes away from the famous Lord Street, the Zetland is a local community pub offering amazingly low-priced home-cooked food in a friendly atmosphere. The pub shows live sports and supports many bowling competitions with one of the finest crown green facilities in the North West. A large pub with several side rooms,this pub does excellent buffets and can cater for parties of up to 100.

Barons Bar

239 Lord Street, Southport PR8 1NZ

An ornate Baronial style bar situated within the Scarisbrick Hotel complex but now also includes a front lounge with chairs, tables and comfy settees overlooking the Towns famous Lord Street. The bar has been a champion for real ale in Southport now for many years and has a varied selection of real ale both local and national. It has one real cider.

Barrel House

42 Liverpool Road, Southport PR8 4AY

The Barrel House is a brand new micro pub opened in May 2014. A former newsagents which still sells the daily paper. It owes its existence to the new Sainsbury's Supermarket which gave the owner the idea to change his business. It is now an Aladdin's cave of wonderful bottled beers, wines, loose leaf teas and speciality coffees. It also sells two real ales on handpumps usually featuring local breweries such as Southport Parker. Loyalty card offers free pint after buying 10.

Tap & Bottles

19a Cambridge Walk, Southport PR8 1EN

The Tap and Bottle is a Micro Pub situated in the arcade between Chapel Street and Lord Street next to the Atkinson Centre. It has a huge bottle selection not all Real Ale in a Bottle though. It has a choice of four real ales from virtually any brewery, with a slant to North West England. It has a small beer tapas menu served all day.

Peaky Blinders (Lord St)

589 Lord Street, Southport PR9 0AN

Peaky Blinders is a bar opened in 2015 on the north end of Lord Street in what is now often being called the Northern Quarter of Southport. It is in an old corner shop just up Seabank road from the promenade. It is named after the popular television programme of the same name. It is very dog friendly including giving out doggy treats and use of a dog bowl for our four legged friends.

Corridor

573 Lord St, Southport PR9 0BB

A long slim bar on the main street of Southport serving breakfast and Tapas style food. It is decorated with an industrial sheek feel to it. With outside seating and live music.

Skies

459 Lord st, Southport PR9 0AQ

Taylor's Continental Beer & Wine Bar

1 Crown Buildings Liverpool Road, Southport PR8 3BY

: Trendy continental-style beer and wine bar which always has one real ale available. On a main road, it is handy for public transport with some local shops and take-aways nearby. It also has ample outdoor seating and tables making it a pleasant venue when the weather is good.

Peaky Blinders (Churchtown)

145 Cambridge Road, Southport PR9 7LN

This branch of the Peaky Blinders chain opened in March 2018 in a former bank in Churchtown. It is an L-shaped bar with modern furnishings, including some tall tables and stools, large windows overlooking the road and a good-sized drinking area to the front. The walls are decorated with a reproduction of old newspaper adverts and cuttings. There is a cash machine on the side of the building.

Potting Shed

137-141 Lord Street, Southport PR8 1PU

Formerly the Sandgrounder Sports Bar it reopened as the Potting Shed and now appears to attract a completely different clientele, mainly people using it as a stop-off to have something to eat and drink whilst out shopping during the day. Upstairs is the Firepit a trendy bar for youngsters who are out for the night.

Beer Den 2

125 Rufford Road, Southport PR9 8HT

A Micro Pub opened in May 2021. Opening delayed due to the pandemic of 2020/1 by The Parker Brewery of Banks to join its sister pub in the Birkdale area of the town. The shop was previously a computer repair shop. Furnished with a mix of high chairs and tables and normal height chairs and tables and a bench outside with local pictures of the Crossens area on the walls. A welcome addition to the area with no pubs in for many years since the closure of the nearby Plough.

Golden Monkey

104 Station Road, Southport PR8 3HL

Ainsdale’s first Micropub selling real ale in what has become in recent years, a real ale desert opened up in what used to be a former Dental Laboratory. The sister shop next door Grayson’s will be supplying food in a range of pies, baguettes and cheese boards. The pub has two outside areas one in front of the pub and one by the side accessed through the back room. The back room is availed for meetings and functions etc. There are some old photographs on the walls of when the shop used to be an electrical appliance shop back in the last century.

Woollen Pig Tap & Bakehouse

160 Duke St, Southport PR8 5DH

New micropub and bake house which opened in July 2021. The pub has a main bar with limited tables and chairs and at the back an additional little room which is available for hire. There is also plenty of tables and chairs outside. The Woollen Pig is quite unusual in its choice of food and service. The pub sells hot food in the Deli grab and go style which is open 0800 – 1500 Monday to Friday, however the Brass Pig attached to the pub and sells food such as topped grilled burghers and smoked hot dogs from 1500 to 2000 Thursday to Sunday. There is also a counter for tea coffee and cakes and pies with a takeaway service also available, although cakes and butter pies are only available at weekends.

Southport Market

King St, Southport PR8 1LA

A new bar opened in 2021 in what was Southport’s old market hall. The hall has a large central bar with plenty of tables and benches around it, and some small tables and chairs outside. On the sides there are food kiosks preparing food on site with Mexican, Italian Greek British and Canadian style food available.