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Vet prices in Swale
6 vets in Swale and within 2 miles, 3 of them with published prices. A consultation typically costs £58 here, below the UK figure of £62. The cheapest is £55 at Sittingbourne Vets for Pets.
Typical means the middle price among the vets here that publish one. Half charge less, half charge more. Dog prices are for a medium-sized dog.
Where to start in Swale
Three ways to pick. The full list is below.
Cheapest is the lowest published first consultation. Best rated needs at least 20 Google reviews, so one glowing review from a friend cannot win it. Most open publishes the most of the 36 standard prices; the typical vet publishes 11. None of these is a judgement on the care.
All 6 vets in Swale and nearby, cheapest first
Click a column heading to sort. A dash means the vet has not published that price, and always sorts last.
| Practice | Owner | Consultation | Dog booster | Cat spay | Dog castration | Rating | Prices published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD0.4 miles outside Swale | Vets4Pets | £55 | £66 | £141 | £245 | 4.7 (199) | 10 of 36 |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £58 | £72 | £170 | £412 | 4.5 (241) | 12 of 36 |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £60 | £88 | £165 | £263 | 4.7 (157) | 13 of 36 |
| Bobbing Hill Veterinary Surgerygrove dairy farm, Business Centre, Bobbing Hill, ME9 8NY1.4 miles outside SwaleNo website known | Independent | – | – | – | – | 4.9 (94) | – |
| Borden Lane Veterinary Surgery3 Borden Ln, ME10 1BT0.3 miles outside SwalePublishes prices | Independent | – | – | – | – | 4.7 (286) | – |
| SittiVets Veterinary SurgeryCastle Court, Castle Rd, ME10 3TD0.8 miles outside SwaleNo price page found | Independent | – | – | – | – | 4.6 (286) | – |
Prices are as each vet publishes them, VAT included where the vet says so. A "from" price is the starting figure and usually rises with the size of the pet. Ratings are Google's, with the number of reviews in brackets. 24h means open round the clock by its published hours and Sun open on Sunday; every emergency vet is listed by county. Open a practice for its full list, the weight bands and what each price includes.4 of these practices sit just outside Swale, marked with the distance: town boundaries put some vets in the next parish along, and a vet a mile away is still your vet.
What everything costs in Swale
Pick a treatment to jump to every vet that publishes it. 8 of the 36 have enough local prices to show.
| Treatment | Pet | Typical in Swale | Typical UK | Difference | Vets | Cheapest here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consultation and preventative care | ||||||
| Consultation | All pets | £58 | £62 | £4 below UK | 3 | £55 |
| Nurse visit | All pets | £34 | £35 | £1 below UK | 3 | £25 |
| Microchip | All pets | £26 | £30 | £4 below UK | 3 | £22 |
| First vaccinations | Cats | £100 | £100 | same as UK | 3 | £90 |
| Booster jab | Dogs | £72 | £72 | same as UK | 3 | £66 |
| Prescription, dispensing and administration | ||||||
| Prescription fee | All pets | £27 | £27 | same as UK | 3 | £16 |
| Surgeries and treatments | ||||||
| Castration | Cats | £114 | £107 | £7 above UK | 3 | £93 |
| Spay | Cats | £165 | £154 | £11 above UK | 3 | £141 |
Typical is the middle price among the vets in Swale that publish one. Cheapest here is the lowest published locally. A treatment needs three local prices to appear, because fewer than that tells you nothing.
Consultation in Swale
3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £58 here against £62 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £55 | £3 below typical | – |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £58 | same as typical | – |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £60 | £2 above typical | – |
Nurse visit in Swale
3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £34 here against £35 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £25 | £9 below typical | – |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £34 | same as typical | – |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £37 | £3 above typical | – |
Microchip in Swale
3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £26 here against £30 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £22 | £4 below typical | – |
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £26 | same as typical | – |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £38 | £12 above typical | microchip registration |
First vaccinations in Swale
3 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £100 here against £100 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £90 | £10 below typical | consultationvaccines |
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £100 | same as typical | – |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £120 | £20 above typical | – |
Other sizes of pet in Swale: Dogs typically £97 (3 vets)
Booster jab in Swale
3 vets, dogs, cheapest first. Typically £72 here against £72 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £66 | £6 below typical | – |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £72 | same as typical | consultationvaccines |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £88 | £16 above typical | – |
Other sizes of pet in Swale: Cats typically £72 (3 vets)
Prescription fee in Swale
3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £27 here against £27 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £16 | £11 below typical | – |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | from £27 | same as typical | – |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £30 | £3 above typical | – |
Castration in Swale
3 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £114 here against £107 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £93 | £21 below typical | – |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £114 | same as typical | 24 hour post-operative analgesia |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £115 | £1 above typical | – |
Spay in Swale
3 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £165 here against £154 across the UK.
| Practice | Owner | Price | Against typical | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittingbourne Vets for PetsInside Pets at Home, ME10 2XD | Vets4Pets | £141 | £24 below typical | – |
| Fern Cottage Veterinary Centre233-235 Park Road, ME10 1ER | CVS Group | £165 | same as typical | post-operative analgesia |
| Wellpets Kent, Sittingbourne3-5 Periwinkle Court, ME10 2JZ | IVC Evidensia | £170 | £5 above typical | – |
How to choose a vet in Swale
Start with the treatment you need, not the consultation price. A practice with a cheap consultation can be dear for surgery, and the other way round. The table above shows four prices side by side; each practice page shows all 36.
Then check what the price includes. Two practices can both say "cat spay £150" and one of them means with pain relief, a pre-op blood test and a follow-up check while the other means without. The practice page lists the inclusions where the vet states them. A spay that costs £30 more and includes the post-op check is not more expensive.
Look at the rating with the number of reviews beside it. A 4.9 from 12 reviews tells you less than a 4.6 from 400. And look at who owns the practice. 3 of the 6 vets here belong to a big chain, the rest are independent or small groups. The chains charge more on average across the UK, though not everywhere and not for everything.
Finally, the practical things: opening hours, whether it takes new registrations, and how far you would drive with a sick animal at 9pm. Every practice page has the hours and the out-of-hours arrangement where the vet publishes one.
On the map
Nearby towns
Sometimes the cheaper vet is one town over.
- Sittingbourne1.1 miles · £56
- Sheerness6.0 miles · £61
- Minster-on-Sea6.3 miles · £58
- Gillingham7.2 miles · £60
- Harrietsham7.3 miles
- Faversham8.1 miles · £59
- Medway8.4 miles · £62
- Bearsted8.8 miles · £58
- Chatham9.1 miles · £54
- Maidstone9.6 miles · £58
- High Halstow9.7 miles · £62
- Rochester9.8 miles · £60
Common questions
How much is a vet consultation in Swale?
Between £55 and £60, and typically £58, across the 3 practices in Swale that publish a price. The lowest is £55 at Sittingbourne Vets for Pets. A repeat visit is usually cheaper than a first one, and a nurse appointment cheaper again.
How much does neutering cost in Swale?
A cat spay typically costs £165 in Swale. Dog castration typically costs £254. Vets price surgery by the pet's weight, and the price may or may not include the anaesthetic, pain relief, a blood test beforehand and a check afterwards. Compare what is included on each practice page, not only the headline figure.
Which vets in Swale are part of a chain?
3 of the 6 practices in Swale belong to a big group: Vets4Pets, IVC Evidensia, CVS Group. The big groups are IVC Evidensia, CVS, Medivet, Vets4Pets, VetPartners and Linnaeus, and most of their practices still trade under the local name. The ownership shown here comes from the groups' own practice lists and from each practice's website; the rules now require every practice to say who owns it.
Why do some vets in Swale show no prices?
3 practices here had no price list on the website when we last looked, or one we could not read. Every vet has to publish one: the big chains by 23 December 2026 and everyone else by 23 March 2027. We check every practice at least monthly. If you work at one of them and the list is up, tell us where it is and we will read it within two working days.
How this is ordered. By price, lowest first, unless you sort it yourself by clicking a heading. Nobody pays to appear here, to appear higher, or to be left out, and no practice has any say in the order. How we collect prices.
About these prices: each figure is as published on the practice's own website on the date shown, VAT included where the practice says so, for the size of pet and the inclusions stated. Practices now have to publish a standard price list and keep it current (the rules), but the price you pay depends on your pet, so confirm with the practice before you book. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will re-check the source within two working days.