Vets in Colchester, England
🚨 Emergency care7 vet clinics in Colchester. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
14 Church Lane, Colchester, England CO3 4AF
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-12:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Colne Valley Vetenary Practice
Colchester, England
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa 08:30-13:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
81 Bergholt Road, Colchester, England CO4 5AF
Hours: Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr 08:30-18:30 Sa 08:30-12:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Paws Colchester
10 The Willows, Colchester, England CO2 8PZ
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Penrose Vets
70 Brinkley Lane, Colchester, England CO4 9XE
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-12:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
RSPCA Essex North East Branch
Colchester, England
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-16:00 (welfare advice)
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
St Runwald's Veterinary Surgery
94a Maldon Road, Colchester, England CO3 3AP
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Colchester
None of the 7 practices we list in Colchester advertise emergency services — at 2am you are driving, so know where before you need to. Why most towns have no emergency hospital.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Colchester
- Vets Now Manningtree — Manningtree, ~10 miles away, roughly a 18 min drive
- Vets Now Witham — Witham, ~11 miles away, roughly a 20 min drive
- Medivet 24 Hour Southend — Southend-on-Sea, ~23 miles away, roughly a 31 min drive, open 24h
- Southfields Veterinary Specialists — Basildon, ~28 miles away, roughly a 37 min drive
Distances are straight-line from Colchester; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, Animal PoisonLine on 01202 509000 (24/7, call charge applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in Colchester say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 5 of the 7 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Ultrasound (1)
- Penrose Vets
- Cardiology (2)
- Paws Colchester, Penrose Vets
- Oncology (1)
- Paws Colchester
- Dermatology (1)
- Paws Colchester
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. We have verified phone numbers for 6 of the 7 practices; the rest show addresses only. One practice is flagged low-cost or nonprofit, which usually means income-qualified pricing. Across United Kingdom, an emergency exam typically runs £100–£250 and an overnight emergency £600–£2,500 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.