Join us at Blue Cross Burford for a tour of our rehoming centre on 18 June 2025. We are offering two free tours at 10am and 2pm. Our mini open day is an opportunity to view our facilities with our animal experts and learn more about the amazing work we do here at Blue Cross.
We opened in 1990 and have facilities for 25 dogs, 21 cats, 14 rabbits and other small pets. We also have numerous paddocks and stables to care for up to 60 horses.
Our Rehoming Team is dedicated to finding the right pet for you. If you are interested in a pet on our website, complete a rehoming form in the first instance. You can find this on the pet’s profile page. So we can understand the type of pet you are looking for, please do call us first if you would like to arrange a visit.
To see which pets are available on our website please visit our rehome a pet webpage. You can see pets available at all our locations or narrow your search more locally. Our pages are updated regularly so please keep visiting.
We run a closed cattery and kennels which means they are not open for public viewing. This is to keep stress to a minimum for the pets in our care.
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Telephone: 0300 777 1849
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0300 777 1846
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0300 777 1897
You can visit between 2.00pm and 4.00pm to drop off a donation or ask for advice. We are closed to visitors without a pre-booked appointment on Wednesdays. You cannot visit to see a pet without an appointment.
Most of our dogs, cats and small pets are looked after by our fantastic team of foster carers. If we do have pets in our centres, we are unable to facilitate the public visiting them as it can be stressful and disruptive for the pets in our care.
If you visit our centre we'll be happy to talk you through the adoptions process but you will not be able to look at any pets. If you are matched to one of our pets following an application to adopt, we'll invite you to meet them by appointment.
Our team are here to help. So, whether it’s about volunteering, donating, pet advice or information on how to adopt a pet, we’ll talk you through.
You’ll need to apply to adopt a pet on our website. This is to make sure the application process is as fair as possible to everyone. If we think you’ll be a good match for one of our pets, we’ll contact you to start the process.
Our Home Direct scheme is for dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and other small pets whose owners can sadly no longer keep them but don’t need to find them a new home straight away. Pets stay in their existing home until a new owner is found for them. All pets go through our careful assessment and matching process.
Become a volunteer short term foster carer for pets at Blue Cross and help improve the welfare of the animals in our care. As a volunteer foster carer you will look after needy animals in your own home while they are recuperating from operations or illness, or young kittens or puppies until they are able to find a permanent new home. If you live within 45 minutes of the centre and are interested in this rewarding volunteer role, please email [email protected]
Buy our pets a treat or purchase something to help our centre be the best it can be.
You can also treat our horses to an item from their wishlist.
There is now a new bus stop right outside the centre. The 233 service operates between Woodstock and Burford.
We’ve partnered with the food banks below so they can give out the pet food, bedding and other items we are donated.
For details of our partner food banks’ opening times, contact details and more information, please click the links below to be taken to their own website. Please note you may need a referral from a frontline professional, Citizens Advice, or a voucher to use our partners’ food banks. Blue Cross is unable to provide a referral.
The above food banks may not have your pet’s usual food brand or type in stock when you need our help. We’ve put together some useful tips on feeding your pet in a crisis situation to help you manage this.
No one should have to choose between feeding themselves and feeding their pet. We collect food and other pet items for Blue Cross pet food banks at our rehoming centre and distribute it through our food bank partners. Each and every donation we receive goes to support pets and their families in the local area and helps keep pets in their loving homes.
We accept donations for our pet food bank here at any time during our opening hours. Please let a member of our team know when you arrive and your items will be gratefully received. You can also support us by donating funds to our pet food bank appeal.
The pets helped by our pet food banks are:
What we can accept:
Sorry, but we’re unable to accept donations of the following:
We find new, caring homes for homeless cats, dogs, small pets and horses across the UK. Find out about our rehoming process and why you should adopt a pet.
We find new, caring homes for homeless cats, dogs, small pets and horses across the UK. Find out about our rehoming process and why you should adopt a pet.
