We found eighteen Greater Manchester 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’s published list or quoted by number on the centre’s own site. 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
Rachel’s Dog Club
★★★★★ 5.0 · 213 Google reviews
Broughton Lane, Salford (M7)
Licence: its website says it is “fully licensed by Salford City Council” and shows “Licensing Number: 155480”. Salford City Council’s register of premises with an animal activity licence (refreshed 12 November 2026) lists Rachel’s Dog Club at Broughton Lane under 155480, 3 star, expiring 5 November 2027. Our reader couldn’t tell which activity column the entry sits under, so ask the council to confirm it covers daycare
No hours or prices on the page we read
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Doggy Daycare Trafford Park
★★★★★ 4.9 · 196 Google reviews
Trafford Park (M41)
Licence: its website shows “5★ Council Licence (No. 091471)” without naming the council. Trafford Council’s licensed establishments page for Doggy Day Care Trafford Park, at The Bridgewater Centre, Robson Avenue, shows five stars and an expiry in April 2028, but states no activity and no licence number, so we matched it by name and address
No hours or prices on the page we read
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PAWS Doggy Day Care Ltd
★★★★★ 4.8 · 176 Google reviews
Leigh (WN7)
Licence: its website shows no licence number. Wigan Council’s Animal Public Register (updated 30 October 2026) lists Paws Doggy Day Care under AAL0105 as Day Care for Dogs, WN7 Leigh South, 5 star, expiring 29 May 2029. We matched it by name and postcode area
Daycare Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, per its website, which also has a shop and grooming. No daycare prices shown
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The Doggy House Dog Daycare
★★★★★ 4.9 · 158 Google reviews
Craven Road, Altrincham (WA14)
Licence: its website shows “Licence No: 071735” and describes itself as 5-star rated, without naming the council. Trafford Council’s licensed establishments search lists The Doggy House (names only), and Trafford’s older boarding and day care list shows it at Dale House, Craven Road, 5 star. Neither shows the activity or the number
Daycare Monday to Friday 7.30am to 6.30pm, per its website, from a 9,000 sq ft indoor centre. Pay-as-you-go prices not shown
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Daycare 4 Dogs
★★★★★ 4.8 · 126 Google reviews
Wythenshawe, Manchester (M22)
Licence: its website says “Licensed by Manchester City Council”, “License number 301642” and a 5 star rating. Manchester doesn’t publish its animal boarding register online (it is available on request), so we couldn’t cross-check it
Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, plus Saturday and Sunday 8am to 6pm by pre-booking only, per its website. No prices shown
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The Bark Yard
★★★★★ 4.7 · 119 Google reviews
Stockport (SK4). Google Maps also lists The Bark Yard Warehouse at Vernon Mill, Stockport (SK1), 4.9 from 37 reviews
Licence: its website shows “Licence No: 25/01386/ANWELF” but doesn’t name the council. Stockport’s public register is blocked to automated readers, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask who issued it and when it expires
Daycare and grooming, per its website. No hours or prices shown
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Waggy Warehouse
★★★★★ 4.8 · 119 Google reviews
Shaw, Oldham (OL2)
Licence: its website lists a “Day School” and shows “AWL002”, without naming the council. Oldham Council’s register (as at 12 November 2026) lists Noahs Ark UK Ltd trading as Waggy Warehouse under AWL0002, expiring 25 May 2028. The register states no activity and the website’s number is one digit short, so ask the council to confirm it covers daycare
No hours or prices shown
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The Dawg House Daycare & Boarding
★★★★★ 4.8 · 112 Google reviews
Horwich, Bolton (BL6)
Licence: its website shows “Daycare Licence: 132874” and a separate boarding licence, without naming the council. Bolton Council’s pet day care list lists The Dawg House Day Care under 132874, 5 star, expiring 8 April 2027, and a second unit under 145174, expiring 5 January 2028. The list is undated
Full-day daycare Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 4pm, from £27 a day per its website (prices for bookings after 1 August 2025). Boarding is home-based
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Paws & Play Doggy Day Care & Fun House
★★★★★ 4.8 · 90 Google reviews
Bolton (BL1)
Licence: its website shows no licence number. Bolton Council’s pet day care list shows Paws & Play Doggie Day Care Ltd under 140092, 2 star, expiring 28 March 2027. The list gives no address, so we matched it by name only
Day care, a fun house activity park and dog parties, per its website. No hours or prices shown
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Pawprints Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 4.8 · 73 Google reviews
Manchester (M11)
Licence: its website shows “Animal License Number: LC202411-538374” but names no council. Manchester doesn’t publish its animal boarding register online, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask who issued it and when it expires
Hours and prices are on a separate page we didn’t read
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Happy Dogs Daycare
★★★★★ 4.9 · 65 Google reviews
Dukinfield (SK16)
Licence: its website shows “ANBOAR021” and “5-Star Animal Welfare Rated” without naming the council. Tameside Council’s registered establishments list shows Happy Dogs Daycare, Dukinfield, under ANBOAR021, 5 star. The list shows no expiry date and doesn’t state the activity
Daycare Monday to Friday 7.30am to 6pm, from £28 a full day (£20 half day) per its website
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Olivia’s Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 5.0 · 54 Google reviews
Portwood, Stockport (SK1)
Licence: its website says “Licensed by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 23/02136 – 5 Star rated premises”. Stockport’s public register is blocked to automated readers, so we couldn’t cross-check it
Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, per its website. Prices are on a separate page we didn’t read
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Muttley Crew Club
★★★★★ 4.6 · 44 Google reviews
Stockport (SK3)
Licence: its website shows “License No. 21/02140” but names no council. Stockport’s public register is blocked to automated readers, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask who issued it and when it expires
Flexible daycare for a few hours or a full day, per its website. No hours or prices shown
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Canine Companions
★★★★★ 4.7 · 43 Google reviews
Wigan (WN6)
Licence: its website says “Fully Licenced by Wigan Council – AAL0131”. Wigan Council’s Animal Public Register (updated 30 October 2026) lists Canine Companions Day Care for Dogs under AAL0131 as Day Care for Dogs, WN6 Douglas, 1 star, expiring 9 September 2027. The website page we read doesn’t describe the daycare, so ask what it offers
No hours or prices shown
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Walkeze Pet Services
★★★★★ 4.7 · 39 Google reviews
Hazel Grove, Stockport (SK7)
Licence: its website shows “Licensed by SMBC 21/02126” without spelling out the council, which we take to be Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. Stockport’s public register is blocked to automated readers, so we couldn’t cross-check it
Indoor daycare centre plus a private fenced field, per its website. No hours or prices shown
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Woof Club
★★★★★ 4.9 · 38 Google reviews
High Lane, Stockport (SK6)
Licence: its website shows “21/01067” and “5* Star licensed & Insured”, and says it completed licensing with “the Council” without naming it. Stockport’s public register is blocked to automated readers, so we couldn’t cross-check it
Monday to Friday 7.30am to 6pm, from £31.50 for a full day (£24 half day), per its website
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Rochdale Canine Country Club
★★★★★ 4.8 · 22 Google reviews
Rochdale (OL16)
Licence: its website shows “Licence No: Roch/230” but names no council. We found no public register for Rochdale, so we couldn’t cross-check it. Ask who issued it and when it expires
Monday to Friday 7.30am to 5.45pm, closed on bank holidays, per its website. No prices shown
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Planet Paws Daycare
★★★★★ 5.0 · 12 Google reviews
Bury (BL8)
Licence: its website says “Bury Council Authorised Doggy Daycare”, shows “AWL0023” and a 5 star rating. Bury Council’s register (as at 12 November 2026) lists Planet Paws (Bury) Ltd under AWL0023, expiring 3 April 2028, without stating the activity
Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, per its website. No prices shown
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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 town or area only.
Listings we left out, and why
Several centres with strong reviews are on a council list but have no website on Google Maps, so they don’t meet our own-website rule: Doggy’s Dolittle in Swinton (4.8 from 161, on Salford’s list), Stay N Play Doggy Daycare in Radcliffe (4.9 from 130, on Bury’s), Vanity Fur Dog Daycare & Spa in Horwich (4.8 from 81, on Bolton’s), The Pooches Playhouse in Failsworth (4.7 from 90, on Oldham’s), Growling Groomers in Bury (4.8 from 60, on Bury’s) and Pooches Play House in Atherton (4.4 from 59, on Wigan’s). Happy Houndz Denton (5.0 from 44) is on Tameside’s list, but the link on Google Maps is a booking-platform page rather than its own site. Little Tinkers in Tyldesley (5.0 from 27) has only a Facebook page. Bowsers Doggy Play Skool in Little Hulton (4.8 from 12) is on Salford’s list, issued in October 2026, but the website on Google Maps isn’t its own. Blundell’s Daycare for Dogs (5.0 from 4), Doolittle Doggy Daycare in Salford (5.0 from 3), Fun Dayz Doggy Daycare in Hyde (5.0 from 7), K9-Retreat in Bury (5.0 from 4, licence AWL0058 expiring 16 December 2026) and Dotty Doolittles in Bury (no rating) have too few reviews or no website. Stay Furever in Urmston is on Trafford’s list, but its website wouldn’t load for our tools. Manchester Boarding Kennels is a boarding kennel rather than daycare. We couldn’t read Stockport’s register (blocked to automated readers) or Manchester’s (on request only), and we found no Rochdale register, so centres in those areas appear above only where their own site shows a number. Many home boarders, walkers and smaller daycares came up in the same searches and we didn’t check every one, so this list is not exhaustive. Rover hosts are home sitters rather than centres, and the Rover page we tried returned a 404, so we haven’t listed 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 Greater Manchester 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.
The Barkside Manchester City Centre
★★★★★ 4.9 · 134 Google reviews
Manchester city centre (M1). Its website lists doggy day care at its Travis Street site, but shows no licence number or council, and Manchester’s register isn’t online
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K-9 Cabin
★★★★★ 4.8 · 73 Google reviews
Newton Heath, Manchester (M40). Its website describes a doggy day care centre open Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, but shows no licence number or council, and Manchester’s register isn’t online
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All Inclusive Pooches
★★★★★ 5.0 · 62 Google reviews
Levenshulme area, Manchester (M19). Its website offers day care from £30 for puppies and £35 for dogs over a year and calls itself a dog boarding home, but shows no licence number or council
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The Doodle House
★★★★★ 4.9 · 39 Google reviews
Wythenshawe, Manchester (M22). Home-based. Its website shows “LC202405-482858” from Manchester City Council but calls it a “5 Star Licenced Home Boarder” licence, which is not daycare evidence, and says day care spaces were full when we looked
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ALM Pet Services
★★★★★ 4.8 · 37 Google reviews
Bolton. Its website shows licence 145621 from Bolton Council and offers daycare through host homes only. Bolton’s lists show 145621 under home boarding arrangers (3 star, expiring 17 March 2027) and an ALM Bolton Doggie Daycare entry, 142577, under home boarders (3 star) that expires on 3 December 2026, so check that it has been renewed
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Day 2 Day Doggy Day Care
★★★★★ 5.0 · 34 Google reviews
Ashton-under-Lyne (OL7). Tameside’s list shows “Day 2 Day Doggy Day Care And Luxury Hotel” under ANBOAK221760, 5 star, in its animal boarding list with no activity or expiry date, and its website blocks automated readers, so we couldn’t confirm a daycare licence
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Barkers of Brook House
★★★★★ 5.0 · 23 Google reviews
Stockport (SK7). Its website blocks automated readers and Stockport’s register is blocked too, so we saw no licence evidence either way
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Sully’s Doggy Daycare
★★★★★ 4.9 · 19 Google reviews
Oldham (OL4). Oldham’s register lists Sully’s Daycare Ltd under AWL0008, expiring 30 September 2027, but doesn’t state the activity, and its website returned an error to our tools
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How to check a daycare licence in Greater Manchester
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 Greater Manchester licensing sits with the ten borough councils: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. On 12 November 2026 we read Wigan’s register (updated 30 October 2026), Salford’s register, Bolton’s licence holder pages, Bury’s and Oldham’s registers, Tameside’s list and Trafford’s licensed establishments pages. Bury’s and Oldham’s registers don’t say which activity each licence covers, Tameside’s list shows no expiry dates and Bolton’s pages are undated. We could not read Stockport’s register (it blocks automated readers), Manchester publishes its animal boarding register only on request, and we found no public register for Rochdale. For those, ask the council’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 Greater Manchester: our Greater Manchester dog services hub, dog walkers in Manchester if you only need a midday walk, vets in Greater Manchester, dog trainers in Greater Manchester and secure dog fields in Manchester.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did you choose these Greater Manchester dog daycare centres?
Each has its own website, a Google Maps listing and a licence we could see, either on a council’s published list or quoted by number on its own site. We checked Google Maps and the council lists on 12 November 2026. We haven’t visited any of them, so meet any centre first.
Does dog daycare need a licence in Greater Manchester?
In England, daycare run as a business needs a council licence under the 2018 regulations. In Greater Manchester that is the borough council: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford or Wigan. 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. Some have no website of their own, some websites wouldn’t open for our tools, some council registers couldn’t be read, and some centres show no licence number. 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.
