Dog boarding and day care in Ipswich, area by area
Ipswich's eighteen listed dog boarders, day cares and kennels are spread across seven areas, with every area on this page having at least one listing. This guide indexes each one.
By area
- Ipswich – seven listings, the largest concentration: Dogs Squad, Suffolk Dog Town, Bourne Hill Boarding Kennels & Cattery, Barking Mad – Ipswich and Colchester, Walking Paws Ipswich, Suffolk Fairydogmother and Petstay Suffolk.
- Kesgrave – three listings: Foxhall Furballs, We Love Pets Kesgrave and Woodbridge, and Walk and Play Sit and Stay.
- Martlesham – one listing: Happi Days Dog Day Care & Kennels, in Martlesham Heath.
- Woodbridge – two listings: Happi Days Holiday Stays, at Elm Cottage, Eyke, and Dogs Holiday Home, near Melton.
- Felixstowe – two listings: Happytails Suffolk and Rossi's Doggy Day Care and Boarding.
- Needham Market – two listings: Needham Canine Adventures and Primrose Hill Farm Boarding Kennels & Catteries, near Hemingstone.
- Hadleigh – one listing: Harvest Kennels, on Hook Lane.
Martlesham and Hadleigh are the thinnest areas
Martlesham and Hadleigh each have only one confirmed business, reflecting that both are smaller areas with genuinely few licensed operators once businesses outside the postcode districts, and register entries with no confirmable phone or trading name, are set aside. That single business in each area happens to cover more than one type of care — Happi Days Dog Day Care & Kennels in Martlesham runs both day care and kennels, and Harvest Kennels in Hadleigh takes up to three dogs a day — so a lone listing does not necessarily mean a lone option. If you are in either area, it is worth calling the relevant council directly and asking for its current list of licensed boarders, since a new or small operator can take time to appear in research like this.
Ipswich, Kesgrave and Woodbridge have the most choice
Ipswich itself covers day care, kennels and home boarding between its seven listings, and Kesgrave has three home boarders covering a similar spread of services between them. Woodbridge's two listings between them cover both a kennels and a home boarder offering day care too. Felixstowe and Needham Market each have two listings covering different types of care rather than two of the same thing, so it is worth reading both entries rather than assuming they compete on the same service.
Licensing authority varies by area too
Which council licenses a business follows the same area lines: Ipswich Borough Council covers the Ipswich area itself, East Suffolk Council covers Kesgrave, Martlesham, Woodbridge and Felixstowe, Mid Suffolk District Council covers Needham Market, and Babergh District Council covers Hadleigh. Our council licences guide sets out how current each council's own register actually is, since Ipswich Borough Council's is the one that most needs a phone call to check rather than trusting the published list on its own.
Whichever area you are in, our choosing guide sets out what each business actually offers, and our prices guide covers what is published.