About us

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.

Our Practices:

We're a gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic

We make an extra special effort with all our feline patients, as we know how upsetting a trip to the vets can be for them. We're proud to have attained the Gold Standard Cat Friendly Clinic award, which means your cat is in safe hands.

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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 good vets, gave thorough examination of my vizsla and put us at ease, thank you

Dawn Pollard Dickinson

Still an independent practice with real affordable prices

Lollie Lou

Wonderful vets and staff, kind and professional.

Bill Laxton

1st consultation appointment with Eva this evening and can not thank her enough , she was so welcoming to us as a family had already read through missys notes which the past vets hadn't, and gave us more advise and information on an eye issue missy is currently going through than the last 4 vets we have seen. The receptionist were all lively and welcoming and had bloods taken expecting them to be back tomo and recieved a call 15 mins after leaving with the results, can not fault any part of our appointment. Thank you so much 💓

Zoe Greening

Anyone who looks after my kittens needs to be knighted

Steven Barsky

Just started taking our kitten Nimbus to this vets recently, vet instantly told us hes actually a boy 😂 Extremely friendly vet and reception staff so thankful we chose such a friendly vet. Only thing to mention is theyve got his name on file wrong as Nimba we learnt when i got an email for the cat plan 😂!

Apollo M

Covid safe procedures in place and all clean and bright.

Chris Knight

My dog mojo had to have some teeth taken out yesterday. The staff and vets are an incredible caring dedicated animal lovingteam .. with all animals whole health being the whole heart of all their work and passion . Thankyou for making mojo pain free and happy again . And putting his worried mums mind at rest when I had to leave him . He is doing incredibly well the morning after . Thankyou so much .

Wendy Mills

Very friendly. Great vets and nurses.

Ruth Goddard

As a new client bringing one dog and 2 cats for their initial appointments I have so far had only positive experiences, and have found it easy to get an appointment, easy to park, and so far have even seen the same vet each time which is nice for continuity. Reception staff are lovely, too!

sue wingett

Friendly knowledgeable staff, very caring and efficient. Highly recommend

Pauline Daw

Amazing vets always been there for my animals especially Gill always try to have her for my fury friends she was excellent when i had to say good bye to my Joe Joe dog and now she takes care of my two I have now. All the vets i have seen have been brilliant keep up the good work team

Diana Legg

We couldn't have asked for a more professional and caring service from castle vets staff over the last 6 years, looking after our beloved paddy until the very end x thankyou x

Sam Taylor

Thank you Castle Vets. My dog had a half-yearly checkup today. The vet has just called me with the results of a blood test for a potential issue identified in the routine assessment. I'm impressed at the scrutiny, turnaround in the labwork, and the follow-up.

Christine Pierce

Great friendly Vet Practise. Staff are always knowledgeable, caring and always seem to go the extra mile for our furry friends.

Matt Seymour

Only used the vets once, it was very well organised for corona restrictions.

fiona s

Highly recommend Castle Vets . Had to call them out sadly to put my 13 yr old dog to sleep, it was done with the most loving care & respect for Bracken . They never fail in there treatment of my animals ,

Pat Goddard

Kind friendly staff. Clean and well equipped. Good vets who care for their patients!

Jenny Webster

Good care of our animals

Kim Pugh

Honest friendly great service and no pressuring sales techniques like some chains locally 👌

Adam Lapworth

Been going there for more than 20 years with various cats. Wouldn't go anywhere else. They are brilliant

Anthea Anderson

Helped us recapture cat when basket broke open outside!

Jon Riley

Such wonderful professional service.Very sympathetic towards me and my dog when I had to let her go.All staff included especially when I had ring and book my dog on, thank you.

Lorna Adams

Top quality vets with top-notch staff. They really care about running a good and ethical business. I trust them.

Henry Dodds

I have been using Castle Vets for many years. I've always had excellent service from kind, thoughtful and highly trained staff. My dogs love trips to the vets.

Carol Osborne

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About us

Your local independent and trusted vet

Our Practices:

We're a gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic

We're a gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic

Reviews

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