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Vet prices in Watford

8 vets in Watford and within 2 miles, 7 of them with published prices. A consultation typically costs £64 here, about the same as the UK figure of £62. The cheapest is £60.50 at Watford Century Vets4Pets.

£64Consultationtypical of 6 vets£2 above UK
£82Dog boostertypical of 7 vets£10 above UK
£161Cat spaytypical of 7 vets£7 above UK
£278Dog castrationtypical of 5 vets£25 above UK

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 Watford

Three ways to pick. The full list is below.

Cheapest consultation Watford Century Vets4Pets £60.50 · rated 4.2 · Vets4Pets Best rated by owners Avenues Veterinary Clinic 4.9 from 243 reviews Most open about prices Hello Vet Garston 13 of 36 prices · consultation £65

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 8 vets in Watford and nearby, cheapest first

Click a column heading to sort. A dash means the vet has not published that price, and always sorts last.

PracticeOwnerConsultationDog boosterCat spayDog castrationRatingPrices published
Watford Century Vets4PetsInside Pets at Home, WD17 2SF Vets4Pets £60.50 £86.50 £158 £276.50 4.2 (196) 10 of 36
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ0.9 miles outside Watford Medivet £64 £82 £161 £278 3.3 (38) 7 of 36
Medivet Watford 24H 24h237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £64 £82 £161 £278 4.3 (633) 7 of 36
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £64 £82 £161 £278 4.3 (6) 7 of 36
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £65 £75 £190 £353 5.0 (3) 13 of 36
Park Veterinary Centre256 Cassiobury Dr, WD17 3PA Independent £65.50 £79.50 £166 £377 4.6 (518) 7 of 36
Park Vetertinary Clinic9 Katherine Place, WD5 0BT2.0 miles outside Watford Independent £65.50 £79.50 £166 £377 4.8 (161) 7 of 36
Avenues Veterinary Clinic22 Garston Ln, WD25 9QJWebsite unreachable Independent – – – – 4.9 (243) –

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.2 of these practices sit just outside Watford, 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 Watford

Pick a treatment to jump to every vet that publishes it. 8 of the 36 have enough local prices to show.

TreatmentPetTypical in WatfordTypical UKDifferenceVetsCheapest here
Consultation and preventative care
Consultation All pets £64 £62 £2 above UK 6 £64
Out-of-hours visit All pets £130 £188 £58 below UK 4 £130
Nurse visit All pets £38 £35 £4 above UK 3 £33
First vaccinations Dogs £110 £99 £11 above UK 7 £110
Booster jab Dogs £82 £72 £10 above UK 7 £75
Kennel cough jab Dogs £128 £64 £64 above UK 5 £40
Surgeries and treatments
Castration Cats £107 £107 same as UK 7 £107
Spay Cats £161 £154 £7 above UK 7 £158

Typical is the middle price among the vets in Watford 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 Watford

6 vets, cheapest first. Typically £64 here against £62 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ Medivet £6415 min same as typical –
Medivet Watford 24H237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £6415 min same as typical –
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £6415 min same as typical –
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £65 same as typical –
Park Veterinary Centre256 Cassiobury Dr, WD17 3PA Independent £66 £1 above typical –
Park Vetertinary Clinic9 Katherine Place, WD5 0BT Independent £66 £1 above typical –

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Out-of-hours visit in Watford

4 vets, cheapest first. Typically £130 here against £188 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ Medivet £130 same as typical –
Medivet Watford 24H237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £130 same as typical –
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £130 same as typical –
Watford Century Vets4PetsInside Pets at Home, WD17 2SF Vets4Pets from £347 £217 above typical –

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Nurse visit in Watford

3 vets, cheapest first. Typically £38 here against £35 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £33 £6 below typical –
Park Veterinary Centre256 Cassiobury Dr, WD17 3PA Independent £38 same as typical –
Park Vetertinary Clinic9 Katherine Place, WD5 0BT Independent £38 same as typical –

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First vaccinations in Watford

7 vets, dogs, cheapest first. Typically £110 here against £99 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £110 same as typical –
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ Medivet £110 same as typical –
Medivet Watford 24H237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £110 same as typical consultationvaccines
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £110 same as typical consultationvaccines
Park Veterinary Centre256 Cassiobury Dr, WD17 3PA Independent £130 £20 above typical consultationvaccines
Park Vetertinary Clinic9 Katherine Place, WD5 0BT Independent £130 £20 above typical consultationvaccines
Watford Century Vets4PetsInside Pets at Home, WD17 2SF Vets4Pets £136 £26 above typical –

Other sizes of pet in Watford: Cats typically £115 (7 vets)

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Booster jab in Watford

7 vets, dogs, cheapest first. Typically £82 here against £72 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £75 £7 below typical –
Park Veterinary Centre256 Cassiobury Dr, WD17 3PA Independent £80 £2 below typical consultationvaccines
Park Vetertinary Clinic9 Katherine Place, WD5 0BT Independent £80 £2 below typical consultationvaccines
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ Medivet £82 same as typical –
Medivet Watford 24H237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £82 same as typical consultationvaccines
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £82 same as typical consultationvaccines
Watford Century Vets4PetsInside Pets at Home, WD17 2SF Vets4Pets £86 £4 above typical –

Other sizes of pet in Watford: Cats typically £79 (7 vets)

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Kennel cough jab in Watford

5 vets, dogs, cheapest first. Typically £128 here against £64 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £40–£75 £88 below typical –
Watford Century Vets4PetsInside Pets at Home, WD17 2SF Vets4Pets from £52 £76 below typical –
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ Medivet £128 same as typical –
Medivet Watford 24H237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £128 same as typical consultationvaccines
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £128 same as typical consultationvaccines

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Castration in Watford

7 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £107 here against £107 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ Medivet £107 same as typical –
Medivet Watford 24H237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £107 same as typical –
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £107 same as typical –
Watford Century Vets4PetsInside Pets at Home, WD17 2SF Vets4Pets from £107 same as typical –
Park Veterinary Centre256 Cassiobury Dr, WD17 3PA Independent £126 £19 above typical –
Park Vetertinary Clinic9 Katherine Place, WD5 0BT Independent £126 £19 above typical –
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £143 £36 above typical –

Other sizes of pet in Watford: Dogs typically £278 (5 vets)

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Spay in Watford

7 vets, cats, cheapest first. Typically £161 here against £154 across the UK.

PracticeOwnerPriceAgainst typicalWhat is included
Watford Century Vets4PetsInside Pets at Home, WD17 2SF Vets4Pets from £158 £3 below typical –
Medivet Support CentreHyde, 38 Clarendon Rd, WD17 1HZ Medivet £161 same as typical –
Medivet Watford 24H237 St Albans Road, WD24 5BP Medivet £161 same as typical –
MediVet Watford parking235 St Albans Rd, WD24 5BQ Medivet £161 same as typical –
Park Veterinary Centre256 Cassiobury Dr, WD17 3PA Independent £166 £5 above typical –
Park Vetertinary Clinic9 Katherine Place, WD5 0BT Independent £166 £5 above typical –
Hello Vet Garston6b Garston Park Parade, WD25 9LQ Independent £190 £29 above typical –

Other sizes of pet in Watford: Dogs typically £349 (5 vets)

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How to choose a vet in Watford

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. 4 of the 8 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.

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Nearby towns

Sometimes the cheaper vet is one town over.

Common questions

How much is a vet consultation in Watford?

Between £64 and £65.50, and typically £64.50, across the 6 practices in Watford that publish a price. The lowest is £60.50 at Watford Century Vets4Pets. A repeat visit is usually cheaper than a first one, and a nurse appointment cheaper again.

How much does neutering cost in Watford?

A cat spay typically costs £161 in Watford. Dog castration typically costs £278. 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 Watford are part of a chain?

4 of the 8 practices in Watford belong to a big group: Vets4Pets, Medivet. 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 Watford show no prices?

1 practice 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.