Labrador Retriever rescue dogs and puppies for adoption and rehoming in the UK

As of 14 November 2026, 74 Labradors are listed for adoption in the UK on LocalPetFinder, from Doggy Dens UK Rescue, North Clwyd Animal Rescue, Three Counties Dog Rescue, Maxi's Mates, Almost Home Animal Rescue NI, Animals In Need Northamptonshire, Ashbourne Animal Welfare, Chesterfield Animal Rescue, Destitute Animals Shelter, Good Life Dog Rescue, Greenacres Rescue, Last Chance Animal Rescue, Many Tears Animal Rescue, Midlands Dog Rescue, Perthshire Abandoned Dogs Society, Rescue Remedies, Stokenchurch Dog Rescue, Animal Helpline, Animal Rescue Centre (ARC) Ottery St Mary, Animal Rescue Cumbria, Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, Cardiff Dogs Home, Cheltenham Animal Shelter, Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre, East Midlands Dog Rescue, Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home, Foal Farm Animal Rescue, Holbrook Animal Rescue, Hull Animal Welfare Trust, Jerry Green Dog Rescue, Labrador Rescue (North West Area), Margaret Green Animal Rescue (Wingletang), Phoenix Rehoming, Staffie & Stray Rescue, The Kit Wilson Trust, Thornberry Animal Sanctuary, West Wales Poundies Dog Rescue, Windyway Animal Rescue, Woodside Animal Welfare Trust, Wythall Animal Sanctuary and 2 other rescues. Each profile links to the rescue, and you apply to adopt with them directly.

As of 14 November 2026, Doggy Dens UK Rescue (at Cuckney): 5, North Clwyd Animal Rescue (at Trelogan): 5, Three Counties Dog Rescue (at Bourne): 5, Maxi's Mates (at Guisborough): 3, Almost Home Animal Rescue NI (at Moira): 2 and Animals In Need Northamptonshire (at Wellingborough): 2, and 37 more. By age, that is 12 puppies, 44 adult dogs and 15 older dogs, plus 3 with no age given. The newest was added on 13 November 2026. Each profile links to the rescue, which handles the adoption.

With the rescue that has the dog. Today the Labradors on this page are with Doggy Dens UK Rescue, North Clwyd Animal Rescue, Three Counties Dog Rescue, Maxi's Mates, Almost Home Animal Rescue NI, Animals In Need Northamptonshire and 36 other rescues. Open a profile and apply to that rescue: each one runs its own application, home check and adoption fee. We don't rehome animals ourselves.

More than two hours a day, according to The Royal Kennel Club. It lists the breed as suited to a large house with a large garden. Dogs Trust calls Labradors typically high-energy. Ask the rescue how much this dog needs, as age and health make a difference.

Yes. The Royal Kennel Club lists the Labrador as a breed that sheds, with a short coat that needs grooming about once a week, and Dogs Trust rates its shedding as heavy.

They can. PDSA lists Labradors as "prone to obesity", and The Royal Kennel Club's Breed Watch asks show judges to look out for dogs that are significantly overweight. Ask the rescue what this dog weighs and eats now, and ask your vet what a healthy weight looks like for it.

Black, yellow and liver/chocolate are the only correct colours in the breed standard. Yellow ranges from light cream to fox red, so a fox red Labrador is a shade of yellow rather than a different type. Colour tells you nothing about a rescue dog's personality: ask the rescue about that.

It is not what the breed listing suggests. The Royal Kennel Club lists a large house with a large garden, and more than two hours of exercise a day. If your home is smaller, ask the rescue honestly whether this dog could manage, as age and energy vary.

No, it is a cross. Dogs Trust describes the Labradoodle as a mix between a Labrador and a Poodle, typically large. This page includes Labradoodles because rescues often list them with Labradors, and our Poodle cross page covers them too.

The Royal Kennel Club asks breeders to have hips and elbows scored, eyes tested, and DNA tests for several inherited conditions including exercise induced collapse and progressive retinal atrophy. PDSA lists hip and elbow dysplasia, eye problems and obesity. A rescue dog's parents may not have been tested, so ask the rescue what vet checks this dog has had.

We only list dogs with rescues, so there is nothing to buy here: every Labrador on this page is adopted for the rescue's fee. If you decide to buy, The Royal Kennel Club runs a Find a Puppy service, and Dogs Trust suggests talking to your vet, and says some practices offer pre-purchase consultations covering likely health conditions, rough costs, finding a responsible breeder and testing for inheritable diseases. With an adult rescue Labrador, the rescue can tell you about its personality and vet history.

It depends on the dog, not the breed. Today the rescues mark 24 of the 74 Labradors listed in the UK as able to live with children. Where a profile says nothing, ask the rescue what age of children the dog could live with.

Each rescue sets its own adoption fee. Battersea charges £230 for a dog over six months and £275 for a puppy under six months, Dogs Trust charges £300 for a puppy or adult dog in England, Wales and Scotland, and Blue Cross fees start from £235 for dogs aged 8 or over and £335 for dogs aged 1 to 7. The fee usually covers neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations, and each rescue confirms its own fee.

No. We don't list animals for sale. Every Labrador on this page is with a rescue or rehoming centre. Rescues rehome animals rather than selling them, usually for an adoption fee: for example, Battersea charges £230 for a dog over six months and £275 for a puppy under six months, and Dogs Trust £300. The fee usually goes towards vet work already done, such as neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations. If you searched "labrador puppies for sale", the Labradors here are the rescue route: you apply to the rescue and pay its adoption fee, not a sale price.

Usually not. UK rescues normally ask for an adoption fee, which pays towards neutering, microchipping and vaccinations. Many rescue fees are under £500: Battersea charges £230 for a dog over six months, Dogs Trust £300, and Blue Cross from £235 for dogs aged 8 or over. An animal offered "free to a good home" is usually a private advert rather than a rescue. All dogs in the UK must be microchipped by 8 weeks old, and in England, Wales and Scotland a dog can't pass to a new keeper until it is chipped, so ask to see the microchip details.

Yes: 12 puppies of the 74 listed in the UK are 12 months or under by the listed age.

Yes: 15 Labradors of the 74 listed in the UK are aged 7 or over by the listed age. Some rescues charge less for older dogs: Blue Cross fees start from £235 for dogs aged 8 or over.

This page lists every Labrador with the rescues we list across the UK, each with its town. For a city, see Labradors in Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Brecon, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Carlisle, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Ipswich, Kendal, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Wales, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Perth, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea, Taunton, Truro and Worcester. You can also search by postcode with the pet finder on our home page to see what is closest to you.