We could verify twelve Surrey dog boarding centres: each has its own website, a Google Maps listing with at least eight reviews and a licence we could see, either an entry on a council register or list or a licence number on its own site with the council named. Six are kennels or pet hotels, five are licensed home boarders and one holds a combined daycare and boarding licence. Surrey has eleven licensing councils and they publish very different amounts, so every card says what we saw and how. We haven’t visited any of them, so treat this as a shortlist to meet, and ask to see the licence before you book. A daycare-only licence isn’t boarding evidence, so we’ve kept boarding and our Surrey dog daycare guide apart.
Boarding centres with a website, a licence we could see and a Google Maps listing
Royvon Dog Training & Boarding
★★★★★ 4.8 · 663 Google reviews
Esher (KT10)
Licence: Elmbridge Borough Council’s list shows Royvon Dog Hotels and Training Ltd under kennels (5 star, expiring 21 May 2029). We matched it by name. Its website footer says it is licensed by Surrey County Council, reference LN/201800796, so ask which licence is current
Kennels and dog hotel with training. Its site doesn’t say overnight in so many words, so confirm what boarding it offers
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Bruce’s Doggy Day Care (home boarding)
★★★★★ 4.5 · 327 Google reviews
Stoke D’Abernon, Cobham (KT11)
Licence: Elmbridge Borough Council’s list shows Bruce’s Doggy Day Care for day care and home boarding for dogs (5 star, expiring 31 January 2027). Its website gives licence number LN/201800830 and says it is rated 5 stars by Elmbridge Borough Council
A home boarder. Its site mentions sleepover services without detail, so ask where your dog will sleep and who else will be in the house
Also offers daycare, which is covered in our Surrey dog daycare guide
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Crossways Kennels
★★★★★ 4.8 · 182 Google reviews
Betchworth (RH3)
Licence: Mole Valley District Council’s public register, dated 13 May 2026, lists Crossways Kennels and Cattery under 045118, with kennels expiring 4 July 2027 (5 star). We matched it by name and place
Kennels. It boards dogs and cats. Its website blocks our reading tools, so we couldn’t read what it says about licensing or boarding
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Wey Farm Boarding Kennels & Cattery
★★★★☆ 4.2 · 170 Google reviews
Ottershaw (KT16)
Licence: Runnymede Borough Council’s public register lists Wey Farm Kennels under boarding dogs in kennels, with no number or dates shown. Its website says Licence No 026987 and names no council. We matched it by name
Kennels. It boards dogs and cats, gives boarding opening times on its site and also offers daycare
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Frensham Pond Kennels
★★★★★ 4.9 · 87 Google reviews
Churt (GU10)
Licence: its website footer names Waverley Borough Council and gives Licence No. L/N000006760. We only read the first 50 rows of Waverley’s register and didn’t see it there, so this rests on the site’s own statement. Ask to see the licence
Kennels. It boards dogs and cats
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Oak Ride Kennels & Cattery
★★★★★ 4.9 · 72 Google reviews
Ripley (GU23)
Licence: its website says fully licensed with AWRL097 and names no council. Guildford Borough Council’s register lists AWRL097 for Oak Ride Farm Kennels (kennels, 2 star, expiring 23 December 2026). That is about five and a half weeks away, so ask about renewal and to see the new licence
Kennels. It boards dogs and cats
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Duncan’s Dog Co (home boarding)
★★★★★ 4.7 · 54 Google reviews
Cobham (KT11)
Licence: Elmbridge Borough Council’s list shows Duncan’s Dog Co Ltd for home boarding (5 star, expiring 16 July 2027). Its website gives boarding licence LN/202400651 and says it is licensed and rated 5 stars by Elmbridge Council
A home boarder. Its site describes overnight stays in the owner’s home, so ask where your dog will sleep and who else will be in the house
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Mucky Pupz
★★★★★ 5.0 · 42 Google reviews
Burstow, near Horley (RH6)
Licence: its website names Tandridge District Council as issuing authority and gives a combined daycare and boarding licence, number AB22. We haven’t read Tandridge’s register, so this rests on the site’s own statement
Its site says overnight boarding is for dogs that already attend daycare, so ask whether your dog would qualify
Also offers daycare, which is covered in our Surrey dog daycare guide
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Pooch and Paws (home boarding)
★★★★★ 4.9 · 36 Google reviews
Addlestone (KT15)
Licence: Runnymede Borough Council’s public register lists Pooch & Paws under home boarding of dogs, with no number or dates shown. Its website says Licensed Home Boarder 030105 and names no council. We matched it by name
A home boarder. Google Maps files it as a dog walker, and its site doesn’t say overnight in so many words, so ask exactly what it offers and where your dog would sleep
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Dog Heaven Horsley Home Boarding
★★★★★ 5.0 · 36 Google reviews
East Horsley (KT24)
Licence: its website gives AWRL013 and names Guildford Borough Council. Guildford’s register lists AWRL013 for Dog Heaven Horsley Home Boarding (5 star, expiring 21 January 2027)
A home boarder. Its site says it is rarely able to accept new clients, so check it has space before you plan around it
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The Wagtail Inn
★★★★★ 4.8 · 22 Google reviews
Walliswood, near Dorking (RH5)
Licence: Mole Valley District Council’s public register, dated 13 May 2026, lists Wag Tail Inn (Kennels) under 059810 (3 star, expiring 26 April 2028). We matched it by name and place, and its website shows no licence statement, so ask to see the licence
Google Maps files it as a dog day care centre, so ask about overnight boarding and how many dogs stay
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Byers Doggy Care (home boarding)
★★★★★ 5.0 · 17 Google reviews
Farnham (GU9)
Licence: Waverley Borough Council’s register lists Byers Doggy Care for home boarding (5 star, expiring 31 December 2027). We matched it by name. Its website gives licence number 000005245 and names Waverley only as the body that rated it
A home boarder. Its site says overnight boarding is for regular daycare customers, so ask whether your dog would qualify
Also offers daycare, which is covered in our Surrey dog daycare guide
Website · View on Google Maps
Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps on 14 November 2026 and come from the public. We haven’t checked them independently. Oak Ride shows a Guildford register expiry of 23 December 2026, Dog Heaven 21 January 2027 and Bruce’s 31 January 2027, so ask each about renewal. Woking publishes only an August 2024 register, and we couldn’t read the Tandridge, Reigate and Banstead, Epsom and Ewell, Spelthorne or Surrey Heath registers, so other licensed centres may exist. For home boarders we give the town and outward postcode only.
Listings we left out, and why
Tanargo Kennels (licensed on Elmbridge’s list), Appletrees Kennels (its Google Maps website is a Facebook page), Dog’s Second Home and Marvin’s Motel for Dachshunds (7 reviews) fall short of our own-website or eight-review rules. Doggy Digs Cranleigh showed no rating. West Byfleet Dog Boarding & Daycare uses a booking-software site with no licence statement, and we couldn’t match it to a register. Mink Farm (4.8 from 127) blocks our reading tools, and the only Woking register we could read, from August 2024, shows its kennels licence expired on 28 March 2025, so we haven’t listed it. Christie’s Retreat (Longcross, KT16) has only nine Google reviews, we could match it to Runnymede’s register by name alone, and its website doesn’t say overnight in so many words, so we haven’t listed it. Star Boarding Kennels & Cattery and Green Lane Farm Boarding Kennels are in Chessington (KT9), which is in Greater London, not Surrey. Home From Home Dog Boarding Agency is an agency of carers, and carer networks and franchises are out under our rules. Several Mole Valley and Woking home-boarding entries have expired, and Tuff’s Tails Dog and Cat Hotel’s Mole Valley entry expires on 30 November 2026, so we haven’t assessed it. Cattery-only entries, Pets at Home and Natural Instinct aren’t dog boarding centres. Dogs that hold only a daycare licence don’t count as boarding evidence. Surrey Hills Luxury Dog Boarding, K9 Boots & Board, Surrey Dog Centre, Sausage Dog Hotel, Surrey Pampered Pooches, Petlodge and Burntwood Kennels appear on registers or lists we read, but we couldn’t find a matching Google Maps listing. We didn’t search Rover. 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 Surrey businesses have their own website and a Google Maps listing with at least eight reviews, but we could not see a dog boarding licence we could tie to them. Ratings are from Google Maps on 14 November 2026. We have not visited them. Ask each for its licence, what it covers, who issued it and its expiry date before booking.
Acres 4 Dogs
★★★★★ 4.8 · 378 Google reviews
Woodmansterne, Banstead (SM7). Its website quotes 24/00098/ANBOR and a five star claim but names no council, and we couldn’t read Reigate and Banstead’s register
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Birchwood Lodge Kennels & Cattery
★★★★★ 4.8 · 283 Google reviews
Woldingham (CR3). Its website has no licence wording beyond a mention of the British Catteries Register, and we couldn’t read Tandridge’s register
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Posh Dog Boarding
★★★★★ 4.8 · 217 Google reviews
Virginia Water (GU25). Its website quotes licence number 028645 and names no council. Runnymede’s register lists a Posh Babies Ltd under kennels, but we couldn’t tie it to this business
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K9 Development Centre
★★★★★ 4.9 · 129 Google reviews
Shamley Green (GU5). Its website has a boarding page but no licence statement. Waverley’s register has a home boarding entry for K9 Development Centre at GU6, while its daycare entry is at GU5, so we couldn’t be sure the boarding entry is this premises
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Freer Farm
★★★★★ 4.9 · 125 Google reviews
Godstone (RH9). Its website has no licence wording, and we couldn’t read Tandridge’s register
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BusyTails
★★★★★ 4.9 · 100 Google reviews
Cobham (KT11). Its website quotes LN/201900783 and names no council, and we didn’t find it on Elmbridge’s list
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Surrey Canine Corner
★★★★★ 5.0 · 56 Google reviews
Reigate (RH2). Mole Valley’s register lists a Surrey Canine Corner for home boarding, but this business is in Reigate and its website, which focuses on daycare and training, shows no licence, so we couldn’t tie the two together
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Coles Kennels
★★★★★ 4.9 · 37 Google reviews
Godalming (GU8). Its website has no licence wording, and we didn’t see it in the part of Waverley’s register we read
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Nestledown Boarding Kennels
★★★★★ 4.7 · 36 Google reviews
Lingfield (RH7). Its website says it is licensed by Tandridge District Council but gives no number, and we couldn’t read Tandridge’s register
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Greenacres Boarding Kennels Ltd
★★★★★ 4.9 · 28 Google reviews
Reigate (RH2). Its website says only that it is licensed to keep up to 40 dogs, with no number or council, and we couldn’t read Reigate and Banstead’s register
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Dorking Pet Care
★★★★★ 5.0 · 13 Google reviews
Brockham (RH3). Mole Valley’s register lists a Dorking Pet Care for home boarding, expiring 1 July 2027, but its website blocks our reading tools and Google Maps files it as a dog walker, so we couldn’t confirm it offers overnight boarding
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How to check a dog boarding licence in Surrey
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. Surrey has eleven licensing councils, not one county-wide licensing team, so the right council depends on where the centre is. On 14 November 2026 we read Elmbridge’s list, which shows business name, activity, star rating and expiry, and Guildford’s register, which adds licence numbers. We read the first 50 rows of Waverley’s register and Mole Valley’s public register dated 13 May 2026. Runnymede’s register gives names only, so a name match is the best we can do there. Woking’s only public register we found is from August 2024, and we didn’t read Tandridge, Reigate and Banstead, Epsom and Ewell, Spelthorne or Surrey Heath. For any centre, ask the council’s licensing team to confirm the licence, or ask the centre to show you the licence and its expiry date. If a number on a website differs from the register, go by the register and ask the centre 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 day. 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 Surrey: our Surrey dog services hub, dog daycare in Surrey for day visits, dog walkers in Surrey, secure dog fields in Surrey and dog trainers in Surrey.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose these Surrey dog boarding centres?
Each has its own website, a Google Maps listing with at least eight reviews and a licence we could see, either on a council register or list or quoted by number on its own site. We checked Google Maps and the registers on 14 November 2026. We haven’t visited any of them, so meet any centre first.
Does a dog boarding kennel need a licence in Surrey?
In England, boarding run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations, including home boarding. In Surrey the licence comes from the borough or district council where the centre is, such as Elmbridge, Guildford, Mole Valley, Runnymede, Tandridge or Waverley. 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 Surrey centres in ‘Other options’ and not the main list?
A centre with a website and plenty of reviews goes there when we couldn’t see licence evidence we could tie to it, often because its council’s register wasn’t public or readable for us. It doesn’t mean the centre is unlicensed, so ask it for its licence.
Written by Georgiana & Figo, who prefers his holidays to be properly licensed.
