Dog-friendly pubs in Lyme Regis

St Austell's inn on the seafront at the bottom of Broad Street, with bedrooms over the bay. Dogs are allowed in every part of the inn except the main restaurant, and a set number of bedrooms are dog-friendly at £20 per dog per stay. Dogs must be on a lead in public areas and not left alone in the room.

Right at the foot of the Cobb and about as close to the water as a pub gets in Dorset, with a beer garden facing Monmouth Beach. Palmers list it as dog friendly, and Monmouth Beach next door is open to dogs all year, which is the whole point of drinking here. Rooms above the bar.

Rebuilt seaside pub a few steps up from Lyme's Cobb Gate, doing shellfish and Dorset beer under a nautical roof. Dogs are taken in the front pub and everywhere outside, but not in the rear restaurant, so ring ahead if you want a table with the dog rather than a spot in the bar. Rooms upstairs are let as a boutique stay.

Palmers' pub on Marine Parade with a large sun-trap garden that opens straight onto the sand, which makes it the obvious stop after a walk out to the Cobb. Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome, and there is permanent shade in the garden for hot days. Log fire inside through the winter.

Small Palmers local up the hill from the seafront, away from the holiday crush, with five ales and craft keg from the Bridport brewery. Palmers list it as a dog-friendly house, so muddy paws off the Undercliff are expected rather than tolerated. No rooms.