Stable Close Veterinary Clinic

Stable Close Veterinary Clinic is a family-run, independent small-animal practice in Winchester, established in 1955 and listed as an RCVS-accredited practice. The clinic offers routine and emergency veterinary care, and feedback often highlights quick triage for urgent cases, clear explanations and a pragmatic approach to treatment. Recent reviews also describe a warm, supportive manner with older pets, nervous dogs and difficult end-of-life visits.

Services

• •Small-animal veterinary care for routine appointments and common illnesses, with reviews mentioning care for cats, puppies, rescue dogs and older dogs.
• •Emergency and urgent care, with the clinic’s emergency service reflected in owner reports of pets being prioritised quickly, including a suspected seizure, a serious bloat/twisted bowel case, and a dog taken straight in for surgery after an accident.
• •Surgical treatment, with reviews mentioning urgent surgery and a cyst removal, along with a full check-up at the same time.
• •Support for nervous or reactive dogs, including allowing owners to wait outside and managing distance from other dogs to reduce stress.
• •End-of-life support, with one owner specifically praising the team’s caring approach when their elderly dog was put to sleep.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

• •Becky (vet): praised for being supportive and caring during an end-of-life visit, and elsewhere described as super professional and good at adapting to a dog’s character.
• •Charlotte (vet): described as knowledgeable, thorough and pragmatic, with clear explanations and no pressure toward unnecessary expensive tests.
• •Colin: credited by one owner with spotting bloat/twisted bowel quickly and helping save their dog.
• •Female practice owner (unnamed): mentioned positively alongside Charlotte as knowledgeable and pragmatic.
• •Reception team: repeatedly described as friendly, polite, helpful and supportive, especially when appointments were needed quickly.

Reviews

Google reviews show 4.7/5 from 130 reviews.

• •Recent feedback is strongly positive about the team’s manner, with repeated mentions of a warm welcome, kindness and attentive care.
• •Owners describe the clinic as professional and supportive in both routine visits and more difficult moments, including urgent illness and euthanasia.
• •Becky is named especially warmly in recent reviews, and the reception team is also praised for being polite, helpful and quick to arrange appointments when pets were unwell.
• •A small amount of negative feedback relates to not being given a rough surgery estimate without an appointment, although most recent comments are favourable and some describe the clinic as good value.