Rescue cats for adoption and rehoming in and around Peterborough

More people search for a rescue cat around Peterborough than for a dog, but the cat rescues we can list are small. Before this update we showed no cats here at all; four rescues now add theirs, and on 6 November 2026 their own pages held about 30 cats between them, most of Peterborough Cat Rescue's already with a viewing booked. Expect a short list, and expect good cats to go fast.

Peterborough Cat Rescue is the city's own: a volunteer charity with no centre, whose cats live in foster homes around Peterborough. Three Counties Dog Rescue keeps cats at its Bourne cattery, about 15 miles north, Lincs Ark fosters cats around Holbeach, Spalding and Boston, and Ravenswood Pet Rescue near Wisbech had three kittens that day.

Peterborough Cat Rescue asks a minimum donation of £100 a cat and Three Counties Dog Rescue a minimum of £100. Lincs Ark asks at least £110 for a cat or kitten, and Ravenswood Pet Rescue charged £70 for each of its kittens on 6 November 2026.

Each rescue sets its own adoption fee. Cats Protection says you can expect to pay £80 to £120 on average for an adult cat and £100 to £120 for a kitten, varying between its branches, and Blue Cross fees start from £150 for cats aged 4 months to 7 years. The fee usually covers neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations, and each rescue confirms its own fee.

Each of the four has its own order of steps; here is how they compare:

• Peterborough Cat Rescue: apply, then meet. You send the form on the cat's profile first; if it is accepted, a homing volunteer calls and arranges for you to meet the cat at its foster carer's home, where you pay the donation in cash. Unless a cat is listed as indoor-only, it needs safe outdoor access, and renters need the landlord's written permission.
• Lincs Ark: a chat and a home visit. Its adoption page says a home visit, usually by video, follows the first chat. It won't place a cat as indoor-only, or near a busy road.
• Three Counties: by appointment. Cats go through the same steps as its dogs: a visit by appointment, a home check and a trial before you pay.

Three charities near Peterborough rehome cats that we don't list. Woodgreen Pets Charity has a cat centre at its Godmanchester rehoming centre, about 18 miles south, the RSPCA Block Fen Animal Centre rehomes cats in the Fens, and Cats Protection has a Peterborough & District branch run by volunteers. Search their sites too, starting from Cats Protection's own.

Our guide to cat rescues in Peterborough compares the four, and our rescue kittens guide is for anyone who typed "kittens for sale". Current cats are grouped on our kittens and bonded pairs pages, and the Spalding page measures from that town.

Giving up a cat? Our Peterborough rehoming page lists who can help.