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.

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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!

Excellent service. Vets obviously love the animals and deliver the best care.

Ian Springer

Good cat friendly service. Able to go in with my cats. Would recommend on my experience so far.

Louisa Bavington

Great Veterinary Practice. Staff all very welcoming. Would definitely recommend anyone to take their Loved Pets here 🐾💖🐾

Gracie-Lou Simmonds

Castle Vet's lovely. Welcoming! Organized! Knowledgable! And friendly!

Lainey Ross

So good. So professional. Lovely service. Very happy.

Sarah Rowe

We have had 2 late night accidents resulting in an off duty call and requiring subsequent surgical procedures each time. All of the staff were so reassuring and looked after our dogs with such care. One of our dogs, Izzy had to return for dressing changes once every few days. The care she received was in my opinion better than in any human hospital, using a mixture of modern and natural techniques. The bill was amazingly reasonable too. Thank you all so much

Tina Lancaster

Good vets, they were really caring when we had to put down my muns dog. Sad times

fiona s

Always amazing service. Quick & swift action removed a 2.5 cm piece of hawthorn from my dogs foot! 😬😬😬 Great vets, highly recommend. 🐕😻🐕😻

Claire Fowler

Absolutely lovely people. So caring, update you. My Pup loves them all. Have complete confidence leaving my pets with them.

Lue Wellman

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

Dawn Pollard Dickinson

Very friendly team who always make sure that your furry bestie is happy and healthy

Steph Thommen

Very friendly. Great vets and nurses.

Ruth Goddard

Would not take my pets anywhere else. They really care for the animals and are extremely knowledgeable.

Cheryl Archer

Always friendly and try to ensure you and your pet are looked after.

Ian Barrow

Every time we've had to use Castle everyone you come in contact with is helpful and friendly. Thank you

Jo Leggett

As usual, excellent service. Little waiting around and dog untraumatised. Best vet I've ever had.

Mandie Fletcher

Absolutely outstanding service. All staff wonderful and the vets are incredible. Highly recommend

vanessa turner

Great service

Rose Donnelly

Always has the pets' best interest at heart, rather than the profit driven experience I've had at other multi national owned vetinary surgeries. Good common sense approach, kind and caring.

GILL MARSH

I have recently changed vets and I'm happy to recommend the excellent compassionate and thoughtful service my pets have received. From the lovely caring receptionists to equally caring and competent vets I am most impressed. I initially thought that this particular veterinary practice would be expensive but have discovered that the prices have been very reasonable and compare favourably. Thank you Ellie, Lucy and Kelly, you are doing a great job!

Moira V Crane

Very professional vets. Treated my dog with great kindness and compassion on his final visit. Thank you

Clare rutland

Such a good vet. Been with them for years for both my dogs. Trust them implicitly.

Linsey Binks

Very friendly and helpful.

Justin Obeirne

Friendly staff and very helpful.

Lucie Stretton

We are new to the area and have had nothing but kindness and professionalism from the vets

Sue Glover