Farthings Veterinary Group

Farthings Veterinary Group is a small-animal practice established in the 1970s and part of the CVS Vets group. The clinic offers routine care alongside surgery and referral pathways for orthopaedic and soft-tissue cases. It also states it has its own vets and nurses on call 24/7 for emergencies, with free telephone advice for urgent concerns and the option of an emergency consultation if needed. In recent reviews, owners most often mention friendly staff and a sense that treatment options aren’t being “upsold” unnecessarily—though there is also a recent 1‑star review with no detail to explain the issue.

Services

Services and capabilities mentioned on the clinic website include

• •Consultations (including nurse consultations)
• •Vaccinations, microchipping, parasite control
• •Neutering
• •Dentistry
• •Diagnostics (including blood pressure checks)
• •Surgery, plus referral services for orthopaedic surgery and soft tissue surgery
• •Six-month health checks
• •Grooming support such as nail clipping
• •Anal sac expression
• •Puppy parties
• •Home visits
• •Pet travel documentation (GB)

Emergency care (as stated by the clinic)

• •During normal opening hours, clients are advised to call the practice for guidance.
• •Outside opening hours, the practice states its own dedicated team of vets and nurses are on call 24 hours a day to provide an emergency service.
• •The team also offers free telephone advice for urgent care concerns, and can provide an emergency consultation at the Out of Hours clinic if needed.

Accreditations mentioned

• •RCVS General Practice
• •Cat Friendly Clinic (Silver)

People

No individual clinicians are named in the information provided. Recent reviews do, however, specifically mention

• •Reception, nurses, and vets being “lovely and helpful” over multiple years of care.
• •A client feeling the team did not try to “upsell” unnecessary treatments and that their clinical advice was trustworthy.
• •One owner commenting their dog “loves all the staff,” and describing the practice as “clean and tidy.”

Reviews

Google rating: 4.5 stars from 274 reviews. - Multiple reviewers describe the vets and staff as kind, friendly, and helpful, with one noting their dog is happy to see the team.

• •One longer review says they didn’t feel pressured into unnecessary treatments (“upsell” concern) and felt able to trust the clinical advice.
• •A contrasting 1‑star review says it was the “wor[s]e vets” they’d come across, but provides no details, so the specific problem isn’t clear.
• •One reviewer mentions the clinic has looked after their dogs and also “some chickens,” which isn’t reflected in the clinic’s website summary (which describes the practice as small-animal focused).