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Your local independent and trusted vet

Our practice was founded by Rip Kirby in 1992 with the ethos of being a friendly and approachable place to bring your pet. We are still committed to this, whilst providing the best possible care and treatment for all your pets. The practice remains independently owned by the vets who work in it, the only one in the area now. Being independent ensures the practice employees are motivated only by making pets better, not by keeping shareholders happy.

We have highly trained and experienced staff who will work with you to keep your pet in the best of health. We offer a full range of veterinary services, preventative health care, consultations, in-house diagnostic testing, imaging, and surgery. We have also partnered with Virtual Veterinary Specialists to ensure almost every problem imaginable can be dealt with right here at Castle Vets. We also offer a monthly budgeting plan and provide our own out of hours care to all our registered patients.

Many clients have been with us years and we consider them old friends, but we are always happy to welcome new faces, paws, tails and whiskers! Please do not hesitate to contact us about any matter big or small.

Reviews

Meet just a few of our happy owners and their pets!

Really caring and honest vets. Feel really confident taking our animals there.
Still an independent practice with real affordable prices
Very pleased with treatment our cat received very kind would recommend this practice to anybody
Very friendly and helpful.
Brilliant quick service
A good professional service
I cannot possibly explain with words how amazing this veterinary clinic is, it was our first time going there and its also the first time I've ever felt just purly listened too and not pushed to do anything I wouldnt be comfortable with for my dog. I feel they genuinely want the best your your animals, to the point where they want to make sure there is an infection before just giving antibiotics, which other vets I've been too would have just prescribed them regardless. I cant express how much this helped me relax, and my dog also enjoyed the experience and got lots of lovely hellos and treats.Truly I feel over the moon that this is our vets!I am feeling so indescribably happy with my experience and I couldnt recommend them enough.
They are amazing and really care about our pets!
Wonderful vets and staff, kind and professional.
Would not take my pets anywhere else. They really care for the animals and are extremely knowledgeable.
I've got a puppy who needed his vaccination, they responded very quickly
Thank you Giles and staff for your compassion and care of my baby girl Rosie such a sad time with such a hard decision to make but Giles gave me time to say goodbye to my bestest girl for the last 15 years. Thank you so much
Friendly and attentive staff! I know that they have my cat's best interest at heart as much as we do!
Very friendly team who always make sure that your furry bestie is happy and healthy
Empathetic service from all staff members, especially date Suzanna
Still an independent practice with real affordable prices
Only used the vets once, it was very well organised for corona restrictions.
Would be nice if a bench was provided in the car park to sit on. As our appointment was running late and we weren't in a car because Maisie Pearce doesn't like getting in cars. Staff were excellent though.
Excellent vets, frendly and helpful staff, highly recommended for all your pets needs.
Lovely people friendly service
Good cat friendly service. Able to go in with my cats. Would recommend on my experience so far.
They are really good vets! They look after my dog and he even likes going to see them
Very satisfied with the service i recieved from castle vets.Would recommend to any one to take there.
Always there when you need them and all the staff are wonderful with the animals and their people , I couldn't ask for a better vet practice. P. S. Please include Broadway practice with this comment x
Had to say goodbye to our friend and the service we received from all staff , from reception to Giles was amazing.Thank you