We found eight Lancashire dog boarding centres we could verify: each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence we could see, either on a council’s own list, quoted on the centre’s own site, or both. Home boarders are included where they hold a licence, and some centres also board cats, which we judged on their dog licence. We haven’t visited any of them, so treat this as a shortlist to meet. A daycare-only licence isn’t boarding evidence, so we’ve kept the two lists apart. Several Lancashire councils publish no register we could read, so the list is shorter than it could be, and we say on each card exactly what we could see.
Boarding centres with a website, a licence we could see and a Google Maps listing
Hest Bank Kennels
★★★★ 4.5 · 267 Google reviews
Hest Bank, Lancaster (LA2)
Type: kennel
Licence: Lancaster City Council’s animal licences register (last updated 23 February 2026, read 13 November 2026) lists Hest Bank Kennels under dog boarding, licence 53880, 3 star, expiry 30 March 2027. We matched it by name and place. Its website shows 053880 and 053881 without naming the council, and 053880 matches the register number
Boards cats too, and we judged it on its dog licence
Website · View on Google Maps
Nutshaw Kennels
★★★★ 4.1 · 143 Google reviews
Burnley (BB11)
Type: kennel
Licence: its website says the premises are fully licensed by Burnley Council and shows Animal Welfare Licence AWL003. We couldn’t read Burnley’s register, so we haven’t matched the number to a council record or seen an expiry date or star rating. Ask when it expires. Its website mentions a waiting list, so ask about availability
Boards cats too, and we judged it on its dog licence
Website · View on Google Maps
Glencoe Kennels and Cattery and Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 4.9 · 112 Google reviews
Oswaldtwistle, Accrington (BB5), Hyndburn
Type: kennel
Licence: its website shows Animal Welfare Licence AWL052 and says it was awarded 5 stars by Hyndburn Borough Council. Hyndburn’s register is a spreadsheet we could not open, so we haven’t matched the number to a council record or seen an expiry date. Ask when it expires
Boards cats too, and we judged it on its dog licence
Also offers daycare: see our Lancashire dog daycare guide
Website · View on Google Maps
House O’th Hill Luxury Boarding Dog Kennels
★★★★★ 5.0 · 111 Google reviews
Whitworth, Rochdale (OL12), Rossendale
Type: kennel
Licence: Rossendale Borough Council’s animal licences register (last updated 30 June 2026, read 13 November 2026) lists House O’Th Hill Kennels Limited at an OL12 postcode under AWL047, expiry 25 April 2028. We matched it by name and postcode area. Its website says it is fully licensed but shows no number
Website · View on Google Maps
Mitton Hall Boarding Kennels
★★★★ 4.5 · 67 Google reviews
Mitton, near Whalley and Clitheroe
Type: kennel
Licence: Ribble Valley Borough Council’s animal welfare licensing page (read 13 November 2026, with no licence numbers, expiry dates or update date) lists Mitton Hall Boarding Kennels under kennels, cattery and day care, 5 star. We matched it by name and place. Its website shows no licence number or council
Boards cats too, and we judged it on its dog licence. The council’s list also shows day care for this business, which we haven’t verified
Website · View on Google Maps
Edencroft Boarding Kennels
★★★★★ 4.8 · 34 Google reviews
Chipping, near Preston (PR3)
Type: kennel
Licence: Ribble Valley Borough Council’s animal welfare licensing page (read 13 November 2026, with no licence numbers, expiry dates or update date) lists Edencroft Kennels under kennels, 5 star. We matched it by name and place. Its website says it was awarded a 5 star licence by Ribble Valley Borough Council but shows no number
Website · View on Google Maps
Ribble Valley Kennels & Cattery
★★★★ 3.7 · 26 Google reviews
Ramsgreave, near Blackburn (BB1)
Type: kennel
Licence: its website shows AW2691, calls it a 5 star rated kennels and cattery and cites Ribble Valley Borough Council. The council’s licensing page (read 13 November 2026) lists Ribble Valley Kennels under kennels and cattery, 5 star, but shows no numbers, so we couldn’t compare the number. We matched it by name and place
Boards cats too, and we judged it on its dog licence
Website · View on Google Maps
Mill House – Luxury Dog Boarding (home boarding)
★★★★ 4.3 · 22 Google reviews
Ingol, Preston (PR2)
Type: home boarding
Licence: its website shows AW28430 and says it is licensed by Preston City Council. Preston City Council’s animal activity licences page (titled 2024, with no update date, read 13 November 2026) lists Mill House – Luxury Dog Boarding & Salon under the same number as home boarding, 5 star, expiry 20 July 2027
A home boarder, so ask where your dog will sleep and who else will be in the house
Website · View on Google Maps
Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps on 13 November 2026 and come from the public. We haven’t checked them independently. Register details are as each council published them on the dates above, and a register entry or expiry date isn’t proof of today’s standards, so always ask to see the licence in date. Where a card quotes a number from a website without a register match, we have said so.
Listings we left out, and why
Westway Kennels in Blackpool (4.9 from 76) is on Blackpool’s register under AWL0067, but that licence expires on 21 November 2026, and its website says boarding bookings from new customers stop from 1 January 2027, so we left it out. Moss Hey Kennels (4.6 from 46) and Cozy Kennels & Cattery (4.5 from 106) are on Blackpool’s register, but their Google listings show a Facebook page or no website. Douglas Hall Kennels near Burnley (4.4 from 778) has a website that shows breeding and pet sale licences but doesn’t mention boarding. Burnley Pet Boarding Centre (4.7 from 40) blocks automated reading of its website, so we couldn’t check it, and we didn’t bypass that. Little Dog Barn at Rishton (4.9 from 125) has a booking page rather than a website and no licence we could see. Holly Wood Hounds in Blackpool has fewer than eight Google reviews. On Preston City Council’s list (titled 2024, with no update date), Cow Hill Kennels & Cattery and Landorn Kennels & Cattery show expiry dates of 29 June 2026 and 31 October 2025, which have passed, so we couldn’t see a current licence for either. On Lancaster’s list, Sulby Tate Kennels & Cattery (4.8 from 70) has no website on its Google listing, Moss Side Boarding Kennels has fewer than eight Google reviews, and Aughton Road Boarding, Dawg House Hotel and A&T Trained Dogs show expiry dates that have passed. On Ribble Valley’s list, Shireburn Lodge Boarding Kennels has fewer than eight Google reviews, Dean Bridge Kennels & Cattery (4.9 from 14) has no website on its Google listing, and we couldn’t find a Google listing for The Hound House Ribble Valley. Blackpool’s register also lists several home boarders and daycare businesses that we couldn’t match to a Google listing with a website and at least eight reviews, and daycare entries aren’t boarding evidence. We left out franchises such as Pet Stay, licensed catteries, and daycare-only businesses. We didn’t examine every Lancashire kennel or home boarder on Google Maps or on the Lancaster, Preston and Ribble Valley lists, and we couldn’t read a boarding list for several districts, so this list isn’t exhaustive. Rover hosts are home sitters rather than centres, and we haven’t assessed Rover for Lancashire. A centre being left out doesn’t mean it is unlicensed. It means we couldn’t see the proof, so ask it.
Other options we could not licence-verify
These Lancashire boarding businesses have their own websites and at least eight Google reviews, but we could not see a licence we could tie to them, so we do not recommend them as verified. Ratings are from Google Maps on 13 November 2026, and we have not visited them. Ask each for its licence, who issued it and its expiry date before booking.
Kirsty’s Pawfect Pet Boarding & Day Care
★★★★★ 5.0 · 41 Google reviews
Burscough, Ormskirk (L40)
Its website shows “Dog Boarding LN/000010473” without naming the council, and we couldn’t read West Lancashire’s register
Website · View on Google Maps
New Forge Pet Hotel
★★★★★ 4.8 · 50 Google reviews
Hapton, Burnley (BB11)
Its website shows no licence number or council, and we couldn’t read Burnley’s register
Website · View on Google Maps
Greenbank Boarding Kennels & Cattery
★★★★ 4.5 · 38 Google reviews
Warton, Carnforth (LA5)
Its website shows 050927 without naming the council. Lancaster’s register lists a Green Bank Farm Kennels & Cattery under 53323, 5 star, expiry 9 May 2027, but neither the name nor the number matches, so we can’t tie them. It also boards cats
Website · View on Google Maps
How to check a dog boarding licence in Lancashire
In England, dog boarding run as a business needs a licence from the local council under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, whether it’s kennels or home boarding. The licence holder’s name and number should appear on the business’s website, and a copy should be displayed at the premises. In Lancashire licensing sits with the twelve district councils plus Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen. On 13 November 2026 we read Blackpool’s public register of boarding licences, Rossendale’s animal licences register, Lancaster City Council’s animal licences register (last updated 23 February 2026, with licence numbers, star ratings and expiry dates), Preston City Council’s animal activity licences page (titled 2024, with no update date, but showing numbers, ratings and expiry dates) and Ribble Valley Borough Council’s animal welfare licensing page (business names and star ratings only, with no numbers, expiry dates or update date). Hyndburn’s register is a spreadsheet our tool couldn’t open. We couldn’t read or find a boarding list for Burnley (its page explains how to apply but names no businesses), Chorley, Fylde, Pendle, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre or Blackburn with Darwen. For a business in one of those areas, email the council’s licensing team and ask to see the licence. If the number on a website differs from the register, ask which is current.
What to ask before you book
Ask to see the licence, its number and its expiry date. Ask how many dogs are boarded at once, whether your dog will have their own kennel or room, who is on site overnight, how often dogs are walked or let out, and what happens if your dog is unwell, including which vet the centre uses. Check what vaccinations it asks for, which may include kennel cough, and read our guide to kennel cough in dogs. Ask for a visit first and whether your dog can have a trial stay. For home boarders, ask where your dog will sleep, who else lives there and whether other dogs stay at the same time.
A kennel stay can unsettle a sensitive dog. A calming bite is a complementary feed some owners use around change, and if your dog struggles with being left, speak to your vet or a qualified behaviourist first.
More for Lancashire: our Lancashire dog services hub, dog daycare in Lancashire for day visits, dog walkers in Lancashire, vets in Lancashire, dog trainers in Lancashire and secure dog fields in Lancashire.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose these Lancashire dog boarding kennels?
Each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence we could see, either on a council’s register or quoted on its own site. We checked Google Maps and the council lists on 13 November 2026. We haven’t visited any of them, so meet any centre first.
Does a dog boarding kennel need a licence in Lancashire?
In England, boarding run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations, including home boarding. In Lancashire that is the district or unitary council where the business is based. Ask to see the licence, its number and its expiry date.
What should I ask a boarding kennel before booking?
Ask for the licence, how many dogs stay at once, whether your dog has their own kennel, who is on site overnight, and what happens if a dog is unwell. Ask to visit first.
Why are some well-reviewed kennels missing?
We only list as verified the centres where we could see a licence and that have their own website. Some have no website, and several Lancashire councils publish no register we could read. Three centres with a website but no licence we could tie to them are in the ‘Other options we could not licence-verify’ section.
Written by Georgiana & Figo, who prefers his holidays to be properly licensed.
