We found eleven Cheshire dog daycare centres we could verify: each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence we could see, either on a council register or quoted on the centre’s own site. We’ve covered the whole county, so that includes Halton and Warrington as well as Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester. We haven’t visited any of them. Daycare is a licensed activity, so ask to see the licence before you book, and treat this as a shortlist to meet.
Daycare centres with a website, a licence we could see and a Google Maps listing
Happy Feet Doggy Day Care & Boarding
★★★★★ 4.8 · 122 Google reviews
Crowley Lane, Northwich (CW9 6NX)
Licence: Cheshire West and Chester’s register lists S & D Sanson T/A Happy Feet (licence 564071, kennel and commercial dog day care, 3 star, expires 31 December 2026). We matched it by trading name and town. Its website says it is licensed and monitored by the council but gives no number
Daycare 7am to 6pm, Monday to Sunday, per its website
Also a boarding kennel
View on Google Maps
The Dog Haus
★★★★★ 4.9 · 98 Google reviews
Palatine Industrial Estate, Causeway Avenue, Warrington (WA4 6QQ)
Licence: its website states licence number DDC03 (it doesn’t name the council)
Doggy day care, with a free one-hour induction, per its website
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Doggy Day Care Wheelock
★★★★★ 4.9 · 75 Google reviews
Game Street, Wheelock, near Sandbach (CW11 3RR)
Licence: its website states Cheshire East licence number CE/C20 and describes a 5 star licensed indoor and outdoor day care facility. We couldn’t read Cheshire East’s own list or see an expiry date, so ask to see the current licence
View on Google Maps
Woodland View Boarding Kennels & Daycare
★★★★★ 4.5 · 39 Google reviews
Chester Lane, Winsford (CW7 2QW)
Licence: Cheshire West and Chester’s register lists Woodland View Boarding Kennels (licence 549553, kennel and commercial dog day care, 3 star, expires 31 March 2027). Its website quotes a different number, 20/AB/052, so ask which applies
Daycare 7.30am to 5.30pm, five days a week excluding bank holidays, per its website
Also a boarding kennel
View on Google Maps
Woof & Stay
★★★★★ 5.0 · 34 Google reviews
Widnes and Runcorn, Halton (the website gives no street address)
Licence: its website states licence numbers F32PNH51LA/1 and NA1PNH137B/1 (it doesn’t name the council, so ask which issued them)
Home-based day care, part day from £22 and full day from £27, per its website
View on Google Maps
Dora’s Doggy Day Care
★★★★★ 4.8 · 32 Google reviews
Unit 20, EBL Centre, Picow Farm Road, Runcorn (WA7 4UA)
Licence: Halton Borough Council’s register lists Dora’s Dog Daycare (providing day care for dogs, licence N198NHPICO/1, 5 star, expires 26 March 2028). The register gives only a postcode, so we matched it by name and postcode. Its website shows no licence statement
Takes small to medium breeds, per its website
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Canine Capers of Chester
★★★★★ 5.0 · 27 Google reviews
Saltney, Chester (CH4 8NU)
Licence: its website states a 5 star licence from Cheshire West and Chester, number 25/AAL/HB/549601. The HB looks like home boarding, so ask whether the licence covers daycare
Daycare Monday to Friday on its own secure fields, with van transport, per its website
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Wellie Dogs – Doggy Daycare & Dog Walking
★★★★★ 4.8 · 22 Google reviews
Barkers Hollow Road, Dutton, near Warrington (WA4 4LW)
Licence: its website states licence number NA5PNHBARK (it doesn’t name the council)
Doggy daycare, with a free meet and greet, per its website
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Roscoe’s Ranch
★★★★★ 5.0 · 17 Google reviews
At Robert Gleave & Sons Home & Garden Centre, Mill Lane, Frodsham (WA6 7JA)
Licence: Cheshire West and Chester’s register lists Roscoes Ranch (licence 564761, commercial dog day care, 5 star, expires 15 June 2029). We matched it by name and town. Its website page shows no licence statement
Indoor and outdoor play areas, per its website
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Pawsitive Retreat
★★★★★ 5.0 · 16 Google reviews
Winwick, Warrington (the website gives no street address)
Licence: its website says it is licensed by Warrington Borough Council, number HB74. The HB looks like home boarding, so ask whether the licence covers daycare
Home-based daycare that includes a countryside walk, per its website
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The Bark Cart
★★★★★ 5.0 · 6 Google reviews
Parkgate Road, Neston (CH64 9XF)
Licence: Cheshire West and Chester’s register lists The Bark Cart (licence 582839, commercial dog day care, 4 star, expires 22 June 2028). We matched it by name and town. Its website shows no licence statement
Daycare 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, £30 a day, per its website, with a maximum of six dogs
Only six reviews so far, so weigh that
View on Google Maps
Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps on 12 November 2026 and come from the public. We haven’t checked them independently.
Listings we left out, and why
Cheshire Tails Doggy Day Care in Northwich (4.7 from 35) and Reeva’s Dog Barn in Sutton Weaver (5.0 from 16) are on Cheshire West and Chester’s register for day care, but Cheshire Tails shows no website on Google Maps and Reeva’s links only a Facebook page, so both miss our website test. Newfield Farm Partnership is also on the register for day care, but we found no dog daycare listing for it on Google Maps, and its licence is due to expire on 13 November 2026. Holly’s Happy Hounds, Kate’s Doggy Digs and Premier Dog Care Ltd are on the same register, but we couldn’t find a Google Maps listing with reviews for them. Canine Clubhouse in Weaverham (4.9 from 107) shows a Cheshire West and Chester licence number, but the register lists it for kennels only and its website doesn’t mention daycare. Wags of Cranage (4.6 from 70) mentions daycare only in passing and shows two different licence numbers. Elite Canine Club in Padgate (4.9 from 55) has a website that wouldn’t load for us. Ridley Day Care For Dogs in Tarporley (4.8 from 15) uses a booking page rather than its own website. Birchwood Bark Park, Dexters Doghouse, Doggy Home Care and Passion For Pooches are listed as daycare on Google Maps but show no website, and The Pawington in Mobberley (5.0 from 11) shows no licence. Happy Paws Train & Play and Woof Woof Meadow offer play and field sessions rather than daycare on the pages we read. Centres in Merseyside, Staffordshire and Greater Manchester that came up in the same searches are outside the county, and boarding kennels that don’t mention daycare aren’t daycare. Rover hosts are home sitters rather than centres, and the only Cheshire host we saw with 50 reviews states no licence. 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 Cheshire centres offer daycare and have their own website and a Google Maps listing, but we could not see a licence number or an official record that covers daycare, so we do not recommend them as verified. Ratings are from Google Maps on 12 November 2026. We have not visited them. Ask each for its licence, who issued it and its expiry date before booking.
No More Kennels Dog Hotel & Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 4.8 · 1,018 Google reviews
Riverside Trading Estate, Penketh, Warrington (WA5 2UL). Offers daycare, per its website, which shows no licence statement
Website · View on Google Maps
Early Paws
★★★★★ 4.8 · 491 Google reviews
Sutton Weaver, near Runcorn (WA7 3EY). Its website offers daycare and quotes licence 26/AAL/K/549504 from Cheshire West and Chester, but the council’s register lists Early Paws Ltd for kennels only, so ask whether daycare is covered
Website · View on Google Maps
Cheshire School of Dogs
★★★★★ 4.8 · 96 Google reviews
Wistaston Road, Crewe (CW2 7RA). Daycare Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm, per its website. Its footer quotes Cheshire East licence CE/C3/311223, but the last six digits look like a date in December 2023, so we couldn’t tell it is current
Website · View on Google Maps
Cain9 Camp
★★★★★ 5.0 · 41 Google reviews
Cotton Lane, Wheelock, near Sandbach (CW11 4RB). Daycare Monday to Friday, per its website, which shows no licence statement
Website · View on Google Maps
Abbey Grove Day Care for Dogs
★★★★★ 4.9 · 29 Google reviews
Abbey Grove Farm, Spen Green, Smallwood, near Sandbach (CW11 2UZ). Daycare Monday to Friday, per its website, which quotes licence CE/C14/310726 without naming the council. The last six digits look like 31 July 2026, so we couldn’t tell it is current
Website · View on Google Maps
Midlock View Dog Holiday Boarding
★★★★★ 5.0 · 22 Google reviews
Brooks Lane, Middlewich (CW10 0JG). Its website has a section headed Holiday Boarding & Day Care and shows no licence statement
Website · View on Google Maps
Wilmslow Doggy House
★★★★★ 5.0 · 17 Google reviews
Benson Walk, Wilmslow. Daycare 7am to 7pm on weekdays and 8am to 6pm at weekends, per its website, which shows no licence statement
Website · View on Google Maps
How to check a daycare licence in Cheshire
In England, dog daycare run as a business needs a licence from the local council under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018. The licence holder’s name and number must appear on the business’s website, and a copy should be displayed at the premises. Cheshire here means four councils: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington, so ask the one for the centre’s postcode. Cheshire East’s own page says you need a licence from the council to run a business offering day care for dogs, and it links a list of licensed animal welfare establishments, but that is an Excel file our tools couldn’t read, so we haven’t checked it. Cheshire West and Chester and Halton both publish registers, and we read both on 12 November 2026. Warrington’s day care page says to ask the council directly on 01925 442658, and we found no public register. Ask the centre to show its licence, how many dogs it takes at once, how dogs are separated, and what happens if your dog needs a vet.
A first day at daycare can be a lot for 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 Cheshire: our Cheshire dog services hub, dog walkers in Cheshire if you only need a midday walk, vets in Cheshire, dog trainers in Cheshire and secure dog fields in Cheshire.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose these Cheshire dog daycare centres?
Each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence we could see, either on a council register or quoted on its site. We covered Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington. We haven’t visited them, so meet any centre first.
Does dog daycare need a licence in Cheshire?
In England, daycare run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations. Ask to see it and which council issued it.
What should I ask a dog daycare centre?
Ask for the licence, how many dogs attend at once, how dogs are grouped, who is on site, and what happens if a dog is unwell.
Why are some well-reviewed centres missing?
We only list as verified the centres where we could see a licence. Some say they are licensed but give no number, or have no website of their own, so we left them out. A few with daycare and a website are in the ‘Other options we could not licence-verify’ section instead.
Written by Georgiana & Figo, who prefers his playdates to be properly licensed.
