Cat rescues in Kendal and South Cumbria: the best ones compared

Kendal's own rescue takes in unwanted and lost cats and dogs at its shelter at Grayrigg. Its cats are on our Animal Rescue Cumbria page. Its adoption guide asks you to send an enquiry about a particular cat; if your home looks a good match it invites you to spend time with the cat in its cat rehoming room. Renters need a letter from the landlord, and it may ask your old vet for a reference.

It never lets a cat go home on the first appointment. Adult cats are always neutered, tested for FeLV and FIV, microchipped and started on their vaccinations, and you get 4 weeks of free insurance. Keep a new cat in for 4 to 6 weeks, and a kitten in until it has been neutered. Any cats you already have should be neutered and fully vaccinated. The fee is £150 for a cat and £100 for a kitten, not refundable.

About 20 miles south over the Lancashire border, Animal Care Lancaster Morecambe & District rehomes dogs, cats and small animals, and says it is always full. Its cats are on our Animal Care Lancaster page.

You apply on its form and wait to be invited to an appointment, where you can reserve a cat. A home checker then visits to make sure your house is right for that cat. Each cat goes home neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and flea treated, for a minimum donation of £75, and it must be kept as a pet, never outside. Animal Care Lancaster keeps ownership, so a cat you can't keep goes back to it by prior arrangement, or to a new home it has vetted.

Eden Animal Rescue has cared for animals since 1995 at a farm near Temple Sowerby, about 23 miles north of Kendal, and it had several kitten litters listed on 2 November 2026. It rehomes only within Cumbria. Its cats are on our Eden Animal Rescue page.

Request or download its questionnaire and send it back with photos of your home and garden, including where the cat will sleep and eat; renters need the landlord's written permission. A member of the team then contacts you about suitable matches. The minimum donation is £110 for a cat or kitten and £180 for a pair, and cats go home neutered unless too young, vaccinated and microchipped.

Working in its community since 1985, Animal Welfare (Furness) runs a cattery on Rawlinson Street in Barrow and rehomes cats and kittens. Its cats are on our Animal Welfare (Furness) page.

Fill in its adoption form for the cat you like; it asks for photos of your living area, kitchen and outside space instead of a home visit, and proof of permission if you rent. You must be 18 or over, and it does not rehome to families with children under 5. Its minimum donation is £100 for a cat and £150 for a kitten, not refundable, covering vet checks, microchipping, neutering, vaccinations and an FIV and FeLV test. On 2 November 2026 its pair listings gave £280 for a pair.

A small charity on the borders of North Yorkshire, south Cumbria and north Lancashire, Bentham & District Pet Rescue has rehomed cats since 1997 and keeps them in volunteers' foster homes, and it helps pets from Bentham and the area around it. Its cats are not on our pages yet, so look on its own site.

You send an enquiry, it carries out a home check, in person or online, and then you meet the cat at its foster home; the fosterer may arrange for you to collect it a few days later. It asks £100 per pet, and about £150 to £200 for a pedigree cat, to reduce the risk of the cat being sold on. A cat you can't keep must go back to it.