We found thirteen Greater London dog daycare centres we could verify: each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence number we could see, on the centre’s own site or on a council list. London is huge and its councils publish very differently, so this is a shortlist rather than a full list. 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
Urban Mutts Hotels
★★★★★ 4.6 · 198 Google reviews
Westfield London car park, Shepherds Bush (W12 7GB)
Licence: its website shows “Animal Welfare 2025/01309/ANIMBD” and says it is licensed and regulated by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. The council’s public register of licensed animal activities establishments lists Urban Mutts Hotel at Westfield under dog boarding and day care, 3 star. The register shows no number, expiry date or document date
Daycare and a dog hotel, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Doug’s Dogs
★★★★★ 4.9 · 153 Google reviews
1-3 Wager Street, Bow (E3 4JD)
Licence: its website shows “Doug’s Dogs’ 5 Star License number is: 161443” and names no council. We found no Tower Hamlets register to cross-check it, so ask who issued it and when it expires
Dog walking, daycare and grooming, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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DogDaddies
★★★★★ 4.8 · 100 Google reviews
Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill (W11 2QF)
Licence: its website shows “Licence No: LC202203-75319” and says it complies with DEFRA’s animal activity licensing regulations, but names no council. We found no register to cross-check it, so ask who issued it and when it expires
Doggy daycare, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Bruce’s Doggy Day Care, Woodcote Green
★★★★★ 4.6 · 86 Google reviews
Woodcote Green, at Dobbies Garden Centre, Wallington (SM6)
Licence: its Woodcote Green page shows “License: 25/01983” and says “Licensed & Regulated”, with no council named. Sutton Council’s animal welfare page shows no register, so we couldn’t cross-check it
Award-winning doggy day care with a free taster day, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Dog Squad London
★★★★★ 5.0 · 61 Google reviews
12a Osiers Road, Wandsworth (SW18 1NL)
Licence: its website footer shows “Wandsworth Licence Numbers: 326197 & LN/000060172”. It doesn’t say which number covers daycare, and Wandsworth’s licensing page lists no register, so ask the centre which one does
Boutique daycare, grooming and boarding, plus a daycare membership, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Doggies Daycare
★★★★★ 5.0 · 54 Google reviews
Keston, Bromley (BR2)
Licence: its website shows “Licence No. 23/00479/AWDCD” and names no council. We didn’t read a Bromley register, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask who issued it and when it expires
Doggy daycare, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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WagWorks Fulham
★★★★★ 4.9 · 48 Google reviews
86-92 Fulham High Street (SW6 3LF)
Licence: its website shows “5★ dog daycare license awarded by Hammersmith & Fulham Council: 2024/00976/ANIMBD”. The council’s public register lists Wag Works at 82 Fulham High Street under dog day care, 4 star, with no number or expiry date. The register’s star rating and street number differ from the website and Google Maps, so ask which is current
Daycare members club for dogs, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Dogs’ Choice Day Care
★★★★★ 4.9 · 40 Google reviews
Unit 5, Titan Business Estate, Deptford (SE8 5QA)
Licence: its website footer shows “Dogs’ Choice Day Care Ltd – Licence Number LEW/AAL/016”. Lewisham Council’s list of current licensed premises shows Dogs Choice under Day Care – Dogs, LEW/AAL/016, 5 star, expiring 28 December 2027. The list shows no address or document date
No fixed contract and pay-as-you-go days, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Pets in the City
★★★★★ 4.7 · 38 Google reviews
North Kensington (W10)
Licence: its website shows “Pets in the City Day Care Licence No 19/235420/3” with no council and no expiry date. The reference looks like an older one, so ask to see the current licence
Dog walking, day care, boarding and grooming, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Top Dogs
★★★★★ 4.6 · 37 Google reviews
9 Crescent Road, Wood Green (N22 7RP)
Licence: its website says “Our licence number, issued by Haringey Council is LN000019190”. We didn’t find a Haringey register, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask when it expires
Daycare with exercise, socialising and grooming, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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The Wag Club, Muswell Hill
★★★★★ 4.7 · 30 Google reviews
The Viaduct, 1 & 2 St James’s Lane, Muswell Hill (N10 3QX)
Licence: its website lists “Licence number: LN000015510” for the Muswell Hill branch and names no council. We didn’t find a Haringey register, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask when it expires
Doggy day care, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Tails of the Thames
★★★★★ 5.0 · 20 Google reviews
Elm Works, Brixton Hill (SW2 1AF)
Licence: its website footer shows “Animal Welfare License 26/004” and names no council. Lambeth’s public register copy (undated) lists a business of the same name under 24/005, 4 star, expiring 15 August 2026, but it doesn’t show which activity, so ask for the current licence and what it covers
Dog daycare for everyday workers, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Fiona’s Diggidy Daycare
★★★★★ 5.0 · 10 Google reviews (a small number, so take the rating with care)
Camberwell (SE5)
Licence: its website shows “5* rated by Animal Welfare Lambeth Licence No. 19/007”. Lambeth’s public register copy (undated) lists Fiona’s Diggidy Day Care under 21/007, 5 star, expiring 31 July 2027. The numbers differ, and our reader couldn’t see which activity the register entry covers, so ask which licence is current
Daycare, per its website. No hours or prices recorded
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Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps on 12 November 2026 and come from the public. We haven’t checked them independently. For home-based businesses we give the area only. None of the licences above was due to expire within 30 days on the dates we could see, but several sites show no expiry date at all.
Listings we left out, and why
Plenty of well-reviewed London daycares have a website and a Google Maps listing but show no licence statement at all on the pages we read, so we couldn’t verify them: Hounds of Hackney (5.0 from 176), Waggy Den (4.8 from 114, which says only that its pet sitters are licensed), Aurora’s Pets Best Care (4.9 from 106), Muddy Boots (5.0 from 104), Hairy Hounds in Hackney (4.8 from 79), Inu and Nini (4.8 from 75), Littlest Paws Club (5.0 from 54, which mentions a licensed home for boarding only), Canine House (5.0 from 50), Pawfect Tails (5.0 from 46), Canis in the City (5.0 from 37) and a few smaller ones. Hackney, Camden, Southwark, Newham and several other councils publish no register we could read, so we had nothing to check them against. The Wag Club’s Alexandra Palace branch shows a licence number on its website but has only 4 Google reviews. Lewisham’s list shows Pet Pack and Go Houndz as home boarding, not day care. Hammersmith & Fulham’s register also lists Urban Dog Tail Ltd and Bird Dog Grooming under day care, Redbridge’s lists a number of home day care businesses, and Lambeth’s older register lists several more, but we didn’t match those to a website and Google Maps listing, so they aren’t included. The Woofy Doggy Daycare and The Paw Inn sites wouldn’t load. Centres in Harrow, Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon are left for our Middlesex guide, and Acres4Dogs, which appears in London searches, is in Banstead, Surrey. Rover hosts are home sitters rather than centres. London’s Rover search worked, but we didn’t open profiles, so we haven’t named any. 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 London centres offer daycare and have their own website and a Google Maps listing, but we could not see a daycare licence number or an official record that clearly 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, what it covers, who issued it and its expiry date before booking.
King’s Dog Daycare
★★★★★ 4.8 · 354 Google reviews
Chelsea (SW3). Its website says “Fully Licensed to care for up to 27 dogs” but shows no licence number or council, and we found no Kensington and Chelsea register
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Waggingtons
★★★★★ 4.8 · 139 Google reviews
Mill Hill (NW7). Its website shows “License No. AWBORD/22/67203”, a boarding-style reference with no council named, and we couldn’t read a Barnet register to see what it covers
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The Wag Club, West Hampstead (Finchley Road)
★★★★★ 4.9 · 91 Google reviews
384 Finchley Road (NW2 2HP). Its website lists “AWBORD/21/64191” for West Hampstead, a boarding-style reference with no council named, and we found no register to check what it covers
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Paws & Pause, Brixton and Herne Hill
★★★★★ 4.9 · 86 Google reviews
Ridgway Road, SW9. Its website shows no licence number. Lambeth’s register copy lists Paws & Pause under 22/005, but that entry expired on 31 March 2025 and our reader couldn’t tell the activity
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Paws & Pause, Peckham
★★★★★ 4.8 · 61 Google reviews
Melon Road, Peckham (SE15). Its website shows no licence number, and Southwark publishes no register we could read
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The Wag Club, Golders Green
★★★★★ 4.7 · 60 Google reviews
26B St Albans Lane (NW11 7QE). Its website lists “AWBORD/21/65139”, a boarding-style reference with no council named, and we couldn’t read a register to see what it covers
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Great and Small Dog Care
★★★★★ 4.9 · 57 Google reviews
288 Caledonian Road, Islington (N1 1BA). Its website footer shows “Islington Council Dog Day Care Licence Number: 010/2022-2024”, which reads as a licence for 2022 to 2024, and we found no Islington register showing a current one
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Dog Tales Club
★★★★★ 5.0 · 55 Google reviews
Clapham Road, SW9. Its website shows no licence number. Lambeth’s register copy lists Dog Tales Club under 23/004, but that entry expired on 24 July 2025
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WagWorks Islington
★★★★★ 5.0 · 31 Google reviews
Upper Street (N1). The WagWorks website shows only the Hammersmith & Fulham licence for its Fulham branch, and we found no evidence for the Islington branch
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Holland Bark Club
★★★★★ 4.8 · 29 Google reviews
262 Kensington High Street (W8 6ND). Its website says “Fully licensed by RBKC” but shows no licence number, and we found no register to check it against
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Zoe’s Doggie Daycare & Home Boarding
★★★★★ 4.5 · 24 Google reviews
Sanderstead area, Croydon (CR2). Its website says it has a 5 star rating from Croydon Council for the provision of home boarding for dogs. That is a home boarding licence, which isn’t daycare evidence
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Luna’s Doggie Den
★★★★★ 5.0 · 12 Google reviews
Sanderstead area, Croydon (CR2). Its website offers daycare and home boarding and shows “Animal Welfare Licence Number: 26/00169/ABD”. We couldn’t match that reference to a daycare activity and found no Croydon register
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Hound Dog Day Care
★★★★★ 4.6 · 11 Google reviews (a small number, so take the rating with care)
Wanstead area, Redbridge (E12). The licence certificate on its website is a Redbridge licence for home boarding for cats or dogs, valid to 17 February 2024. Redbridge’s register lists Hound Dog Day Care as home dog boarding and daycare, 5 star, expiring 28 April 2027, but that is a home boarding licence class, which isn’t daycare evidence
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How to check a daycare licence in Greater London
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 must be displayed at the premises. In London the licensing council is the borough, so it depends where the centre is: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, the City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth or Westminster. On 12 November 2026 we read the public registers of Hammersmith and Fulham, Lewisham, Lambeth (older copies, some entries expired) and Redbridge. Hackney, Camden, Southwark, Kingston, Newham, Wandsworth, Sutton and Waltham Forest have licensing pages but no public register that we could find, and Barnet’s open data file is from 2016 to 2017. We did not look for registers in the other boroughs, so for those, and for anything we couldn’t settle, ask the borough’s licensing team. Then 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 London: our Greater London dog services hub, dog walkers in London if you only need a midday walk, London vets, dog trainers in London and secure dog fields in London.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose these Greater London dog daycare centres?
Each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence number we could see, either on its own site or on a borough council’s list. We checked Google Maps, the websites and the registers we could read on 12 November 2026. London is too big for this to be a full list, and we haven’t visited any of them, so meet any centre first.
Does dog daycare need a licence in London?
In England, daycare run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations. In London that is the borough council where the centre is. Ask to see the licence, its number and its expiry date.
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 and that clearly offer daycare. Many London boroughs publish no register, some websites show no licence number, and some licences were out of date or looked like boarding licences. 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.
