About us

Your local Coalville vet in Leicestershire

Cockburn Vets was established by Bob Cockburn in the 1930s. Since then, the practice has been an integral part of the community, caring for animals in the Coalville, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Shepshed, Market Bosworth and Markfield areas. Today Cockburn Vets remains a small family-run business committed to providing the best comprehensive care for your pet. We aim to deliver the highest standard of medicine and treatment techniques backed by exceptional service. Our team has a high level of expertise, and we invest heavily to keep our equipment and our team knowledge base up-to-date.

In 2021 we won the Best UK Vet Awards. This prestigious national award recognises those vet practices delivering the highest levels of service to customers. The awards, organised by VetHelpDirect.com, are based on genuine pet owner reviews of veterinary practices around the United Kingdom. Despite being such a challenging year for vets and pet owners because of the coronavirus pandemic, there were 14,299 vet reviews received, increasing 22% on the previous year – and the highest ever! Thanks to the lovely reviews left by our valued customers, we were delighted to be voted Best Vets in Leicestershire and Best UK Vets 2021.

That’s why at our Coalville vet surgery, you’ll find a traditional and friendly welcome for you and your pets alike – backed by attentive, empathetic care and the latest equipment for swift diagnosis and treatment in even the most complex cases.

Friendly vet services

From pet vaccinations to keyhole surgery, our independent vet services provide total peace of mind. We are regulated by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), achieving accreditation through the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme.

Professional staff

Pet care is a very personal business, and client relationships are hugely important to us. Our talented vets, vet nurses and reception team strive to provide the best care for your pets.

Current Vacancies

Interested in working with us? Check out our current vacancies here. We're always on the lookout for talented, compassionate people to join our team.

We're Cat Friendly

Cat-Friendly Vet in Coalville

Whilst all our furry visitors (and their owners) are important to us we’re especially proud to have been accredited as a Gold Level ISFM Cat Friendly Clinic. This means that we have taken steps to try to make your cat’s visit to our surgery less stressful. If you’d like to find out more about the ISFM award please visit www.catfriendlyclinic.org/. When you bring your cat along to meet us you will be able to wait in our dedicated cat waiting area, where we’re happy for the baskets to be placed on the seat next to you. If your cat would prefer some added privacy please just ask our receptionists to borrow a freshly laundered towels to cover their carrier!

To allow our vets to get to know your pet in a calm environment we allocate a 15 minute appointment time for all our patients. And because we believe it’s important for you to be able to rely on us no matter what time of day or night you need us our in-house 24/7 service is manned at all times by our own vets and nurses who still do ‘on call’

Compassion. Skill. Communication. These are the watchwords for our practice: we know how important your companion animals are to you and that understanding is reflected in the way we work.

Client reviews

Cockburn Vets
Excellent
4.7
Based on 699 reviews
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Had such a short visit with the vets as my smudge was poorly and had to go sleep and the sort experience I had with them was fantastic they are all so kind and helpful I even got a card from them just amazing vets they go that extra mile thankyou
Fantastic and very helpful and knowledgeable
Response from the owner: Thank you so much for choosing us as your vets Darryl and Sally, and for taking the time to leave us this lovely review. We really appreciate it.
Response from the owner: Hi Lyn, thank you so much for leaving us 5 stars. We really appreciate it.
Response from the owner: Hi Ireti, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a 5⭐️ review. We really appreciate it.
Response from the owner: Thank you for leaving us 5 stars - much appreciated.
Excellent treatment by Nadine and always a cheery welcome from the reception.
Response from the owner: Hi Sharon, thank you so much for leaving us this lovely review and for choosing us as your vets. ❤️
Had to have my beloved dog Milly put down. The whole of the Cockburns team could not have been more lovely or understanding. They looked after us beautifully in our time of great sadness and turned an awful experience into if not a good one, an experience we could look back on of our last moments with Milly as very special. After the event they sent us a handwritten sympathy card and today we picked up her paw print done just before she passed. It set us all off again but in a loving way remembering Milly.Thank you so much Cockburns, you really understood us in our hour of need xxx
Response from the owner: Dear Christina, we’re sorry you had to take the decision to say goodbye to Milly. It’s so sad to lose a such a special friend. We’re thinking of you and all who loved her at this very difficult time xx
Response from the owner: Thank you so much for leaving us 5 stars Kristine.
Lovely vets, friendly and caring
Response from the owner: Thank you so much for this lovely review. We love looking after your little ones xx
We have just joined your practice with our golden oldie Ron and old puss Samwell, a lovely welcome. Reception staff and vets are so lovely. Kind, compassionate and very friendly. Thank you 🥰
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