Forest Veterinary Centre

Forest Veterinary Centre is a Linnaeus-owned multi-branch veterinary practice; its website describes four branches, more than 30 years’ experience, and status as a veterinary nurse training facility. The practice offers routine preventative care alongside general treatment, end-of-life support, and referral work from other surgeries. Recent feedback is mixed overall: many owners praise gentle handling, clear explanations, and compassionate care, while a smaller number raise serious concerns about clinical judgement and costs.

Services

•General consultations and treatment: reviews describe appointments where vets explain findings clearly, take time with nervous pets, and in some cases provide fast diagnosis and treatment for cats.
•Preventative and routine care: vaccinations and microchipping are mentioned for a kitten, and reviews also reference nail clipping with guidance and treats. Routine surgery such as neutering is also mentioned in recent feedback.
•End-of-life care: owners describe calm, supportive euthanasia appointments, including for a pet rat and for a dog, with an emphasis on keeping the animal comfortable and the process peaceful.
•Referrals and wider practice setup: the website states that the practice accepts veterinary referrals from other surgeries, and it is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.

Pricing

Published prices suggest the clinic sits above average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Recent comments on cost include complaints that prices feel high, with one reviewer calling them “ridiculously expensive.”

People

•Reception team (unnamed): praised for being kind, calming, and supportive during a euthanasia appointment.
•Main veterinary nurse (unnamed): thanked for warmth and reassurance during end-of-life care.
•Vets (unnamed): several reviews describe gentle handling, clear explanations, and taking time to build a nervous dog’s trust before examination. Other feedback is more critical, with some owners unhappy about diagnosis and follow-up decisions.

Reviews

Forest Veterinary Centre has a 4.1-star Google rating from 144 reviews.

•Many positive reviews focus on kind, patient handling, especially with nervous pets, and on vets who explain procedures and options in straightforward language.
•End-of-life care is a recurring strength in written feedback, with owners describing thoughtful, compassionate support during very difficult appointments.
•Reviews also include examples of routine and ongoing care for cats and dogs, including vaccinations, microchipping, nail clipping, and treatment that owners felt helped very unwell pets recover.
•A smaller but notable group of recent reviews report serious dissatisfaction, particularly around clinical judgement, communication, and charges, including complaints about missed or underestimated conditions and high costs.

Reviews for Forest Veterinary Centre

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 144 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

EET

1 month ago

My cat was neutered here, two days after her surgery she started having trouble breathing so I took her to this surgery to see if her condition was serious. Within minutes of bringing her in, they immediately asked us to pay them £300 for a single night’s stay without even checking her condition. She just passed away in my arms. Vets denied any sort of responsibility, saying her condition was unrelated to her neutering surgery even though she was genuinely the most energetic and healthiest cat I had ever seen in my life. Even if that was the case, HOW THE HELL DID YOU MISS THIS CONDITION WHILE CHECKING HER PRIOR TO HER SURGERY? First you kill my baby, and now you have the nerve to ask me for even more money to fix your mistake? HOW CAN YOU KILL A CAT FROM A NEUTERING SURGERY? It is clear that my cat had two possible causes of death - either this clinic did not diagnose a fatal condition she had during their diagnosis, or they botched the neutering surgery. Her blood is on their hands in either case. They care about money significantly more than they care about your animals’ lives. From what I could gather, they are owned by private equity, so they WILL prioritise money over anything, including your animals, to bring the most value to whoever owns them. They even let veterinary students practice there according to a sign in the reception. Would you be willing to pay these people to save your pet’s life knowing the surgery may be performed by a student just so the veterinary can get paid by whichever third grade school is paying them to take in their students? A genuinely evil business that I hope goes bankrupt in this economy so its greedy and worthless people can feel a fraction of the suffering my baby went through.

Chlo Christina

2 months ago

AVOID!!! at all costs They do nothing but lie and contradict their storys. They dont care about animals theyre in it for money and thats it. They DONT check animals over for life threatening injuries, they dont tell owners the truth about there animals conditions either

Janice

4 months ago

Their price is ridiculously expensive

Mia Duggan

I want to say a heartfelt thank you to Forest Vets for the incredible care and compassion they showed during the euthanasia of my pet rat, Ronnie. I went in absolutely distraught, but the staff made him feel so comfortable and gave him the gentlest, most peaceful send-off I could have hoped for. A special thank you to the receptionist, who was so kind and calming from the moment I walked in, and to the main veterinary nurse, whose warmth and reassurance meant the world. Their empathy made an unbearably difficult moment so much softer. I’m truly grateful for everything they did for Ronnie and for me.

Lois Lines

The staff made me and my dog feel so welcome and the vet took the time to gain my dog’s trust before examining her. All the time the vet was explaining and informing me of the procedure and always put my dog’s welfare first. Would definitely recommend this surgery.

Niall

5 months ago

Brought my dog here after worrying for his health since he was breathing heavily while wheezing and this was the nearest veterinary clinic. After a quick diagnosis I was told that his condition wasn’t serious and he just needed to be given some medication. His situation didn’t improve afterwards so I brought him to another vet, and that vet found that my dog had lung bullas and that his condition would’ve been fatal had he not been treated. I do not know what sort of a vet you have to be to so casually misdiagnose a huge dog like mine who has a serious condition, but I would heavily recommend against taking your pets here if you care for them.

Tuesday

Both vets are lovely as well as the rest of the staff. They really care about your pets and have always gone above and beyond with my cats care. One of my cats was very poorly as a kitten and had 2 life threatening illnesses, but he is now a healthy and happy boy thanks to them. Couldn't recommend more!

Fiona B.

6 months ago

Gave my cat a new lease of life and made him feel good again. Fast diagnosis and treatment

Rob Allanach

8 months ago

The staff here are excellent and always take such good care of our cat. They also take good time to explain the complexities simply for us to understand.