Dog rescues near Peterborough, compared

This is the "Wansford dog rescue" people search for. Its dogs are mostly strays and abandoned dogs, plus some handed in by owners, and it keeps a few long-term residents. It says most new dogs go on its Facebook page before its website.

Its process starts with a phone interview, then a visit to the kennels by appointment with the whole family and any dog you have, then a home check. It wants a fully fenced garden and a dog never left over 4 hours without a break, follows up after a few months, and takes its dogs back if a home doesn't work out.

Founded in 1971 in Hampshire and later re-formed in Lincolnshire, it has rehomed more than 7,000 dogs and cats, with volunteers doing the rehoming. It has a non-destruction policy and keeps a Golden Oldies page for older dogs. It rehomes only within a 50 mile drive of Bourne.

You visit by appointment with everyone in the household and any dog you have, then go home to think before saying yes. A home check follows, then the dog lives with you for about two weeks before ownership passes over and you pay, by cheque or cash. The dog must live indoors, and it goes back to the rescue if you can't keep it.

This Lincolnshire branch of the Greyhound Trust works inside a racing kennel, where most retired hounds wait in the block they raced from. Its list had 18 greyhounds on 6 November 2026, aged from nearly two to six.

Hounds leave neutered, vaccinated, flea treated and wormed, with food and a collar and lead, and lifetime backup. It doesn't publish its fee, so ask. It warns that some greyhounds can live with cats and some cannot.

A non profit greyhound homing kennel at March, which charges no rehoming fee and leaves donations up to you. On 7 November 2026 its list had 7 hounds available and 12 reserved entries, most reserved in October or November.

You start with an enquiry form and a call about your home, then meet hounds at the kennels, ideally more than once. It tests each hound with small dogs and children, and only some with cats, then does a home check. Hounds leave neutered, with a collar, lead, muzzle, a bag of food and 4 weeks of free insurance, and it will rehome to a flat or a home without a garden.

A small independent rescue on the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk border, self financed and run by a few people. You fill in a questionnaire, then a home check, often done by another small rescue near you, and it neuters the dog before you take it where age and health allow.

Its South Lincolnshire centre near Boston has rehomed dogs since 1997. You can't walk round the kennels: visits are by appointment through its Meet&Match process, and the fee is £385 for a dog over 20 weeks.