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Clay Hill Cattery

Clay Hill Cattery is licensed by Babergh District Council for cat boarding in Wattisham. The council's most recent inspection awarded it 5 stars out of 5.

That puts it in the 81% of Suffolk licensed businesses rated 4 stars or above (101 of 124).

Its licence runs to 31 March 2028. Longer licence terms are awarded to higher-rated operators, which is why a distant expiry date is usually a good sign in itself.

Its site advertises cat boarding.

We found no entry for this business on the ICO register of fee payers. That is common for sole traders and is not necessarily a failing, but a business holding your address and door key would normally be expected to be registered.

Under the star rating scheme a 5-star operator qualifies for a licence of up to 3 years and correspondingly fewer unannounced inspections, so the rating affects how often the council will look in as well as what it thought at the last visit.

Babergh District Council publishes an address for this licence, which is set out in full below.

Its website publishes 5 rates, from £14 per day to £30 per day. Prices come from the business's own site rather than from us, and each one is shown below with the sentence it appeared in.

We read 10 pages of its website on 2 August 2026, about 3,306 words in total, and extracted 20 details from them.

Licence record

From its own website

Rates published on its own website

These are prices the business publishes about itself, not prices we have been quoted or seen paid. Websites go out of date — confirm when you book.

Contact details from its website

Questions and answers

Answers marked from their website are the business's own words. Answers marked from published details are assembled from facts stated on their site. Answers marked summarised were written from their site's text and checked so that every figure appears in the original — but they are a summary, not a quotation, and the business's own site is authoritative.

How much does Clay Hill Cattery charge?

Clay Hill Cattery publishes rates of £14–£30 per day on its own website. The exact quote is “One Cat £14.00 per day”. Rates on a business's own site can be out of date — confirm when you book.
From published details — source

How do I contact Clay Hill Cattery?

Its website lists contact by phone on 01449744966 and by email at clayhillcattery@btinternet.com.
From published details — source

What vaccinations does my pet need?

According to its website: “Up-to-date vaccination certificate (unless provided on-line beforehand)”
From published details — source

Is a deposit required?

According to its website: “A non-refundable/non-transferable Deposit of £40 is required for all new customers”
From published details — source

What type of accommodation does Clay Hill Cattery offer?

Indoor purpose-built luxury suites with climate control and secure, hygienic conditions.
Summarised from their website

Can I visit the cattery before boarding my cat?

Yes, viewings are available by appointment only, and you are asked to wear a mask.
Summarised from their website

What services are included in the care of my cat?

Free grooming, nail clipping, and administration of medication.
Summarised from their website

Is the cattery open every day of the year?

No, it is closed on Sundays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day.
Summarised from their website

This page reproduces factual entries from public registers. It is not a review, a recommendation, or an endorsement, and we have no commercial relationship with the businesses listed. Council star ratings are the licensing authority's assessment of risk and compliance, not a measure of service quality. If anything here is wrong or you would like your entry removed, see our privacy page — we act on requests without argument.

Where these figures come from

Last updated

2 August 2026

• Local authority animal activity licence registers — English local authorities. Factual fields extracted from each council's published public register: trading name, licence number, licensable activity, star rating and expiry date. Where a council redacts an address — as they routinely do for home boarders operating from a residential address — the record is kept without a location and never geolocated by inference. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Refreshed 1 August 2026.
• Operators' own public websites — The licensed businesses themselves. Factual metadata — description, opening hours, contact details and advertised services — extracted from each operator's own public website. robots.txt is checked and obeyed before every fetch, requests are rate-limited to one per host per run, and every field links back to the page it came from with the date we last checked. Claims operators make about themselves are not verified by us. Licence: Summarised, not reproduced. Refreshed 1 August 2026.
• Postcode geography — Office for National Statistics / Ordnance Survey, via postcodes.io. Postcodes already published in council registers are resolved to a parish or ward and coordinates. Only postcodes the council itself published are looked up. Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Refreshed 1 August 2026.
• Licence details are republished from the Babergh District Council public register under the Open Government Licence.
• Companies House and ICO entries are matched by trading name and corroborated by location; unconfirmed matches are not published.