Dog boarding and day care in Wigan and Skelmersdale, area by area
Wigan and Skelmersdale is covered here in seven areas, spanning two licensing councils and postcodes WN1 to WN8. This guide lists what is in each, and says plainly where coverage is thin, since supply is not spread evenly across a borough of this size.
Wigan centre
Two businesses in the WN1 postcode area: Talbot House Kennels & Cattery, a boarding kennels and cattery near Standish holding a 3-star Wigan Council licence, and We Love Pets Wigan, a home-boarding franchise branch holding a 3-star licence. See the Wigan centre area page.
Hindley & Platt Bridge
Three businesses in the WN2 postcode area, all home boarders: Pet Getaway (5-star licence), Barking Beauties (2-star licence) and Digs for Dogs (Wigan), a franchise branch (3-star licence). This is the area with the most listed businesses on this page. See the Hindley & Platt Bridge area page.
Pemberton & Winstanley
No dog boarder or day care with a confirmed phone number is listed for this WN3 postcode area yet. The nearest listed businesses are in Hindley & Platt Bridge or Wigan centre. See the Pemberton & Winstanley area page.
Ashton-in-Makerfield
No dog boarder or day care with a confirmed phone number is listed for this WN4 postcode area either. The nearest listed businesses are in Orrell & Billinge or Hindley & Platt Bridge. See the Ashton-in-Makerfield area page.
Orrell & Billinge
One business in the WN5 postcode area: Dukes Barn Farm Boarding Kennels & Cattery, a family-run kennels and cattery near Pemberton, staffed 24 hours a day, holding a 1-star Wigan Council licence. See the Orrell & Billinge area page.
Standish & Shevington
One business in the WN6 postcode area: Canine Companions Indoor Play Centre & Day Care for Dogs, an indoor day care for small-breed dogs on Cricket Street, holding a 1-star Wigan Council licence. See the Standish & Shevington area page.
Skelmersdale
Two businesses in the WN8 postcode area, both licensed by West Lancashire Borough Council rather than Wigan Council: Woofits Doggy Day Care at Moss House Farm, and Upholland Luxury Kennels & Cattery at Wellcross Farm in Up Holland, which also offers a cattery and grooming. Neither carries a licence panel on this site, since the council's own register file is over a year old and both recorded expiry dates on it have already passed. See the Skelmersdale area page.
An uneven spread
Five of Wigan and Skelmersdale's seven areas have at least one confirmed dog boarder or day care; Pemberton & Winstanley and Ashton-in-Makerfield currently have none. Hindley & Platt Bridge has the most, with three. Wigan Council's side of the borough runs WN1 to WN6; West Lancashire Borough Council's Skelmersdale area is WN8. See our choosing guide for how each area's licensing council affects what can be confirmed about a business here.