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.

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!

A good professional service
Very friendly and helpful.
Very friendly. Great vets and nurses.
Very friendly team who always make sure that your furry bestie is happy and healthy
Good cat friendly service. Able to go in with my cats. Would recommend on my experience so far.
Very professional vets. Treated my dog with great kindness and compassion on his final visit. Thank you
Friendly staff and very helpful.
Lovely people friendly service
Castle Vet's lovely. Welcoming! Organized! Knowledgable! And friendly!
Very good vets and brilliant staff
Always amazing service. Quick & swift action removed a 2.5 cm piece of hawthorn from my dogs foot! 😬😬😬 Great vets, highly recommend. 🐕😻🐕😻
Good vets, they were really caring when we had to put down my mums dog. Sad times
Good care of our animals
Covid safe procedures in place and all clean and bright.
Still an independent practice with real affordable prices
Been going there for more than 20 years with various cats. Wouldn't go anywhere else. They are brilliant
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 💓
Top Vet - very caring very friendly very helpful. Wouldn't go anywhere else
Always pleasant. No trouble getting an appointment.
Very good place. They seem to be good value.
Good vets, they were really caring when we had to put down my muns dog. Sad times
Very good, kind service both to me and my pets over the years.
Most caring vets I have ever known...my boy was seriously ill and I couldnt have asked for better care for him...unfortunately he lost the fight but not without vets pulling out all the stops to save him....they let me visit and stay with him for hours while he was still here and after
Great service for our fur babies. Only charged for necessary treatments. Recommended
Fantastic vets, caring, welcoming, knowledgeable and friendly. Take both my cats here and would highly recommend.