Dog boarding and day care in Shrewsbury and rural Shropshire, area by area
Shrewsbury and rural Shropshire's five areas run from the town centre out into the surrounding villages and down to Church Stretton, and this directory's nine dog boarding and day-care businesses sit unevenly across them. The two villages areas hold six of the nine between them; one area currently has none at all.
| Area | Listed businesses |
|---|---|
| Shrewsbury town centre | 1 |
| Shrewsbury south and Meole Brace | 2 |
| Shrewsbury north villages | 3 |
| Shrewsbury west villages | 3 |
| Church Stretton | 0 |
The five areas follow postcode districts: Shrewsbury town centre covers SY1, Shrewsbury south and Meole Brace covers SY2 and SY3, Shrewsbury north villages covers SY4, Shrewsbury west villages covers SY5, and Church Stretton covers SY6.
Shrewsbury north villages
The best-covered area, with three businesses: Fairfield Boarding Kennels & Cattery near Astley, which has run under the same family for more than 45 years, and two home boarders, Maggie's Mutts and AristoDogz. Between them the area covers boarding kennels, home boarding and day care, so it is worth checking which of the three you actually need before calling.
Shrewsbury west villages
Also home to three businesses: Netley Boarding Kennels & Cattery near Dorrington, Lower Mill Boarding Kennels & Cattery near Pontesford, and Whitley Crest Boarding and Doggy Daycare, close to the Welsh border. All three run boarding kennels and take cats as well as dogs, and Whitley Crest also runs day care from the same site, so this area leans towards premises-based boarding rather than home boarding.
Shrewsbury south and Meole Brace
Two businesses cover this area: House of Hounds, a home boarder running from Sutton Farm, and Wags Day Care Shrewsbury, which also offers dog grooming and private field hire.
Shrewsbury town centre
One business is listed here, Waggy Warehouse Shropshire, day care from a large indoor and outdoor unit close to the centre.
Church Stretton
No business is currently listed for this area. This is a genuine gap rather than a sign that nothing operates there: every dog-care business found while researching Church Stretton and the surrounding villages turned out to be based over the boundary in the Craven Arms or Clun postcode district, outside the SY6 area this page covers. If you are near Church Stretton, it is worth asking a business in one of Shrewsbury's other areas whether it covers your postcode, or calling Shropshire Council directly for its current register.
What this means if you live near the boundary
A business's area here reflects where it is actually based, not necessarily how far it is willing to travel; several of Shrewsbury's kennels and home boarders will collect from or cover villages outside their own postcode district, so it is always worth asking a business in a neighbouring area whether it reaches you before assuming it does not.
How these areas were worked out
An area shown here follows the postcode district a business's own site or the animal-licensing.uk register mirror places it in. Because that mirror carries no address field at all, every business shown on this page was first found through an open web search and then matched to the register by name, so the area assigned reflects the address found on the business's own site rather than anything read directly off the council's register. Every business shown also has a confirmed phone number, so the counts above only include businesses that could actually be reached, not every name found in research.