The UK has 59 cat cafés open as of October 2026. Cat cafés may have started in Taiwan, but British ones have their own character: afternoon tea with Maine Coons in north London, a craft beer bar in the Lake District, a farm café on Bodmin Moor, a Bristol pub with a dozen resident cats. London has only five, and most of the rest are single, independent cafés spread across England’s towns and cities, with six in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland. Wales has none at the moment.

This guide covers all 59, region by region. We checked prices, hours and rules on each café’s own website and booking page in October 2026. Prices change, and many cafés close one or two days a week, so check before you travel.

Northern Ireland

How UK Cat Cafés Work

You pay for time with the cats. Most cafés charge an entry or “welfare” fee for a timed session, usually about an hour, and charge for food and drink separately. Most charge £5 to £18 a person. A few charge less: Darling Darlings in Great Yarmouth £3, Brews & Whiskers in Colchester £4 for 30 minutes and The Scratching Post in Bovey Tracey £4.50. Some charge nothing to get in: Puss in Books in Frome, the KITTchEN bar in Hawkshead, the Bag of Nails pub in Bristol and the rescue room at PawPurrs Halfway House near Wigan.

Most cats are residents, not rescues waiting for homes. Unlike in the US, most UK cat cafés keep their own cats for life, often pedigree breeds such as Maine Coons, Ragdolls and British Shorthairs. If you want to adopt, look for the cafés that work with rescues: the three Kitty Café branches, Java Whiskers, Purrple Cat Rescue, Kumiko, Jackson’s, Meow Lounge and Brews & Whiskers among them.

Book ahead, especially at weekends. Almost every café sells timed slots online and takes walk-ins only when there is space. Many take a small deposit when you book.

Check the minimum age. Most cafés set one, usually between 8 and 12, and some are stricter: Lady Dinah’s and Tabby Teas admit only ages 12 and up, Nelson’s 13 and up, and KITTchEN is adults only. House rules are the same everywhere: let the cats come to you, don’t pick them up or wake them, and expect double doors and shoe covers at the entrance. For more on how cat cafés work in general, see our guide to what a cat café is.

Which One Should You Choose?

London

London has five cat cafés. Our London cat café guide has prices, booking tips and the nearest stations for each. If you are coming from elsewhere in the UK, Marylebone is a central base a short walk from Java Whiskers: here are places to stay in Marylebone on Booking.com.

Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium

Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium on King William Walk in Greenwich Courtesy of fromthemurkydepths.co.uk

Lady Dinah’s opened on Bethnal Green Road in 2014 as the UK’s first cat café. It closed in June 2025 after a backdated rent rise, and its former manager bought it and reopened it in Greenwich in April 2026, about ten minutes from Greenwich station. The cats are rescues, fostered until adopted. An hour costs £12 and 90 minutes £18, the bakes are free of meat, dairy and eggs, and visitors must be 12 or older. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Java Whiskers

Java Whiskers Marylebone interior Courtesy of @javawhiskers on Facebook

Java Whiskers has two London cafés, in Marylebone and White City, each with a cat lounge and a separate kitten lounge. Their cats come from rescues (The Scratching Post and Furry Ears Rescue), and the two cafés have rehomed more than 1,000. A 55-minute session in the cat lounge costs £16.99 on weekdays and £19.99 at weekends, and the kitten lounge costs more. Ages 6 and up for the cat lounge and 10 and up for the kittens.

Whiskers & Cream

Whiskers and Cream London exterior Courtesy of @whiskersandcream on Facebook

Whiskers & Cream on Holloway Road opened in 2018 and is known for its afternoon tea. About ten resident cats live here, including two Maine Coons, Jack and Jasper. A 90-minute visit with a drink costs £18 for adults, and afternoon tea with entry costs £35. Families with children under 11 book by email or phone. It is closed on Wednesdays.

Cat-titude Cat Cafe

Cat-titude Cat Cafe exterior Courtesy of @cattitudecaf on Instagram

Cat-titude in Battersea opened in summer 2025 with eight resident cats rehomed from owners who could no longer keep them, a cat-proof garden and a street-level café you can visit without entering the lounge. A 90-minute session costs £18 on weekdays and £21 at weekends, and there is an adults-only evening session every day. It is open daily.

The South East

Canterbury Tails Cat Cafe

Canterbury Tails Cat Cafe exterior Courtesy of @canterburytailscatcafe on Facebook

Canterbury Tails opened in 2023 and has 31 resident rehomed cats, plus a fully plant-based menu. An hour costs £12 on weekdays and £14 at weekends, for ages 8 and up. It is closed on Tuesdays outside school holidays.

Paws Cat Cafe

Paws Cat Cafe exterior Courtesy of @pawscatcafe on Facebook

Paws Cat Cafe in Tonbridge is a family business that opened in 2019, with about 17 named resident cats, among them rescues from Romania. An hour costs £12, and children are booked by phone. It is closed on Mondays and Thursdays and may close early on quiet afternoons.

Kiko’s Cat Cafe

Kiko's Cat Cafe interior Courtesy of @kikoscatcafe on Facebook

Kiko’s in Rye moved in late 2025 to a larger room on Winchelsea Road. Its cats are fosters for the People’s Animal Welfare Society and can be adopted. An hour costs £12, the minimum age is 8, and it opens Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 2:30pm.

The Mad Catter Cat Cafe

The Mad Catter in Eastbourne is home to the owners’ own 16 cats. A session of an hour and a quarter costs £7.50, and you book by phone. Ages 6 and up. It opens Thursday to Sunday.

Munchies’ Craft Cat Cafe

Munchies’ Craft in Brighton’s Lanes is a cat café and tapas bar that opened in 2024, with around eight resident rescue cats. A one-hour session costs about £10 with a small booking fee, and there are cake-and-coffee and cocktail deals. Ages 8 and up.

Purrfect Space

Purrfect Space, from the same owners, opened in Brighton’s Imperial Arcade in February 2026 as a co-working space with rescue cats from Turkey. It calls itself a place to work rather than a cat café: passes start at £10 for two hours, with drinks included, and the cats are for company during “soft hours”. It also runs cat yoga and art evenings.

Paws for Thought Cat Cafe

Paws for Thought Cat Cafe interior Courtesy of pawsforthoughtcatcafe.com

Paws for Thought in Romsey opened in 2018 with resident cats, mostly from Romanian rescues. It asks for a suggested donation of £7.50 an hour, serves afternoon tea with notice, and admits ages 6 and up. Bookings are essential.

Purrfect Paws Feline Welfare

Purrfect Paws in Waterlooville is a volunteer-run cat charity whose tea room is shared with adoptable cats. There is no entry fee, just a £5 minimum spend, and you can walk in from Tuesday to Friday. Saturdays are booking only.

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The East of England

The Cat House

The Cat House Norwich exterior Courtesy of happycow.net

The Cat House in Norwich fills a former gospel hall with more than 20 cats from 14 breeds, from an Oriental Shorthair to a Sphynx. Sessions of 60 to 90 minutes cost £10 to £14 with a first drink, for ages 10 and up, and it stays open into the evening. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Catte Latte

Catte Latte opened on Mill Road in Cambridge in August 2026, with coffee from Hot Numbers. Its rescue cats are adopted as a group, and then a new group arrives. An hour costs £14.49 on weekdays and £17.99 at weekends, and you choose your seat when you book. The minimum age is 10.

Meow Lounge

Meow Lounge in Hitchin opened in May 2025 with cats from The Scratching Post rescue, which can be adopted. A 55-minute visit costs £14.50 on weekdays and £16.50 at weekends, for ages 10 and up, with separate sessions for children from 5. Afternoon tea is available, booked a day ahead. It is closed on Tuesdays.

Brews & Whiskers

Brews & Whiskers opened in Colchester in April 2025 as a rescue adoption café, with cats from Nine Lives Greece and Cyprus Pride House. A 30-minute walk-in session costs £4 for adults, for ages 8 and up, and it runs book clubs and pottery evenings. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The Mau House

The Mau House exterior Courtesy of @meowcatcafeessex on Facebook

The Mau House in Colchester, formerly Meow Cat Café, rehomes rescue cats and says it has found homes for 478 since 2023. Entry is £7.50 for adults and £4 for children. It is open every day.

Bedford Cat Café

Bedford Cat Cafe interior Courtesy of @bedfordcatcafe on Facebook

Bedford Cat Café reopened under new management in June 2025, with cats from Peterborough Cat Rescue. Entry is £10, under-5s are not admitted, and there are cat yoga, games nights and other events. It is open daily from 10am to 4pm.

Catpawccino Cat Café

Catpawccino in Clacton-on-Sea has around nine resident cats. Entry is £9 for adults and £5 for children aged 2 to 10, booked online. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Darling Darlings Cat Lounge

Darling Darlings Cat Lounge interior Courtesy of @darlingdarlingscatlounge on Facebook

Darling Darlings on the seafront at Great Yarmouth has the cheapest paid entry in the country, at £3 for adults and £2 for children. The cats are the family’s own. Book by phone. In winter it opens Tuesday to Saturday until 2:45pm.

The South West

Pause Cat Cafe

Pause Cat Cafe exterior Courtesy of @pausecatcafe on Facebook

Pause in Bournemouth charges a £5 cat-care fee per hour, separate from food, and offers supported volunteer placements for people with disabilities. Its ten or so cats are permanent residents. The ground floor is wheelchair friendly. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Bag of Nails

The Bag of Nails in Hotwells is a Bristol pub that has been famous for its cats for more than a decade, with about a dozen living there. There is no entry fee or booking, just real ale, cider and board games, and it admits over-14s only.

Puss in Books

Puss in Books in Frome opened in late 2025 with two rescued cats, Toast and Marmalade. There is no entry fee; you reserve a table and order afternoon tea or lunch. Ages 10 and up.

Nelson’s Cat Cafe

Nelson’s in Teignmouth opened in 2025 with around ten resident cats, including two curly-coated Selkirk Rex, and a vegan menu. A 55-minute slot costs £5, for ages 13 and up. It opens Tuesday to Saturday.

The Scratching Post Cat Cafe

The Scratching Post in Bovey Tracey, on the edge of Dartmoor, opened in April 2026 with a family of resident cats, including Maine Coons and a Bengal. Adults pay £4.50, and children under 11 come to separate Kitten Club sessions for £2.50. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Paws & Purs Cat Cafe

Paws & Purs is a farm café on Bodmin Moor near Liskeard, part of Alpaca Trekking Cornwall, where nine family cats roam. Entry is £7.50 and must be booked, and the Cornish afternoon tea is pre-ordered. It opens four days a week.

The Midlands

Kitty Café

Kitty Cafe Birmingham interior Courtesy of @kittycafeuk on Facebook

Kitty Café is a small chain of rescue cafés that rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes its own cats. It has branches in Nottingham, which opened in 2015, Leeds and Birmingham. Entry costs £8 for adults and £6 for children on term-time weekdays, and £9 and £7 at weekends and in school holidays. All ages are welcome, so they can be busy with families. All three are open every day.

Shakespaw Cat Cafe

Shakespaw Cat Cafe vintage tearoom Courtesy of @shakespawcatcafe on Facebook

Shakespaw in Stratford-upon-Avon opened in 2018 in a former tearoom, with cats named after Shakespeare characters. An 80-minute session costs £7.50, for children over 10, and it is licensed. It is closed on Tuesdays.

A Slice of Purrfection

A Slice of Purrfection in Solihull has ten resident cats. An hour costs £5.50, and afternoon tea for two with entry costs £35. It is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The Qattery Cafe & Cats

The Qattery Cafe exterior Courtesy of @theqatteryuk on Facebook

The Qattery in Wolverhampton opened in 2025 with 19 cats rescued in Qatar, who live here permanently. Sessions cost £5 for 30 minutes, and the cat room is up 21 steps, with no lift. It is closed on Mondays.

My Purrfect Catè

My Purrfect Catè in Hanley opened in 2026 as Stoke-on-Trent’s first cat café, with about 14 cats and kittens. A 90-minute session costs £7. It opens Tuesday to Sunday from 9am.

Charlie’s Cat Cafe

Charlie’s moved from Stone to Eccleshall in 2022 and looks after about 18 rescue cats. A 90-minute table costs £6, for ages 6 and up. It opens Thursday to Sunday.

CATW Cafe

CATW Cafe in Whitchurch, Shropshire, is run by volunteers from Cat Assist Team Whitchurch, who rescue and rehome cats. It reopened on St Mary’s Street after its first premises flooded in 2025. An hour with a drink costs £10.

Coffee Cats

Coffee Cats Lincoln interior Courtesy of @coffeecatslincoln on Facebook

Coffee Cats on Lincoln’s Steep Hill opened in 2019 as the city’s first cat café. Its resident rescues live upstairs in two rooms, and entry is about £7. Visitors must be over 11. It is closed on Mondays and Thursdays.

Cat Village North

Cat Village North interior Courtesy of @catvillagenorth on Facebook

Cat Village North in Grassmoor, near Chesterfield, charges £9 in cash for an hour and runs film nights and themed evenings. Its cats come from the Little Cat Sanctuary. It opens Wednesday to Sunday and must be booked.

The North West

Cat Cafe Manchester

Cat Cafe Manchester reopened in Barton Arcade in May 2026, five years after the original Northern Quarter café closed. Its 12 resident cats are pedigree and rehomed cats, not for adoption. An hour costs £18 with unlimited drinks, or walk-ins pay £1.50 per five minutes. Children aged 4 to 9 come only to child-friendly sessions.

Cat Cafe Liverpool

Cat Cafe Liverpool interior Courtesy of @catcafeliverpool on Facebook

Cat Cafe Liverpool is run by the same company and works the same way, with about 12 resident cats across three floors. It is open every day from 10am to 5pm.

Jackson’s Rescue Cat Cafe

Jackson's Rescue Cat Cafe interior Courtesy of @jacksonsrescuecatcafe on Facebook

Jackson’s in Hoylake on the Wirral takes in a group of rescue cats, keeps them for a year or two and then has them adopted together; a new group arrived in March 2026. An hour costs £10, for ages 11 and up. It opens Tuesday and Friday to Sunday.

Cafe Meow

Cafe Meow Blackpool interior Courtesy of @cafemeowblackpool on Facebook

Cafe Meow on Birley Street in Blackpool opened in 2022 and rehomes cats for local rescues. An hour with a drink costs £12.50. It is closed on Wednesdays.

KITTchEN

KITTchEN bar exterior Courtesy of @kittchenhawkshead on Facebook

KITTchEN in Hawkshead, in the Lake District, is a craft beer bar with resident cats. There is no entry fee and no booking, but it is strictly over-18s, and the cats take Tuesdays and Thursdays off.

PawPurrs Halfway House

PawPurrs Halfway House in Hindley, near Wigan, is a cat rescue charity shop where you can sit with adoptable cats for free. It opens Wednesday to Saturday for a few hours a day.

Yorkshire and the North East

Tabby Teas

Tabby Teas Cat Cafe interior Courtesy of tabbyteas.co.uk

Tabby Teas in Sheffield opened in 2017 and has up to eight resident rescue cats. An hour costs £8 on weekdays and £10 at weekends, paid in advance, and visitors must be 12 or older. It is closed on Mondays and Thursdays.

The Cat’s Whiskers

The Cat's Whiskers York exterior Courtesy of thecatswhiskersyork.co.uk

The Cat’s Whiskers in York opened in 2019 with permanent resident cats from Yorkshire and Lancashire rescues. An hour costs £9, for ages 10 and up, with cakes from a Pocklington bakery. It is closed on Tuesdays.

Bradford Cat Watch Rescue & Sanctuary

Bradford Cat Watch is a rescue, not a café, but it opens its woodland sanctuary lounge to visitors every Sunday from 1pm to 3pm, with light refreshments.

CatPawCino

CatPawCino Newcastle interior Courtesy of @catpawcino on Facebook

CatPawCino on Newcastle’s Quayside opened in 2015. It has eight permanent cats plus foster cats from Friendz Feline rescue. An hour costs about £9, and children under 120cm are not admitted. It is closed on Mondays.

You Meow

You Meow on Bath Lane in Newcastle has about 17 cats, many of them pedigrees such as a Savannah and a Sphynx. An hour costs £12 with a drink, biscuits and cat treats. All ages are welcome, and it is open every day.

Bad Cat Café & Rescue

Bad Cat Café in Wallsend is a volunteer-run rescue that celebrated its 200th adoption in 2026. Visits cost £5 and are by appointment only, booked through its Facebook page, with quiet sessions on Saturday afternoons.

The Pawsome Cat Cafe

The Pawsome Cat Cafe Durham interior Courtesy of dayoutwiththekids.co.uk

The Pawsome Cat Cafe in Durham has resident cats and foster cats waiting for homes. An hour costs £7, shoes come off, and children under 6 are not admitted. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The Cats’ Den Coffee House

The Cats’ Den in Darlington opened in autumn 2025 with the owners’ eight cats. Entry is £6, or £4 for over-65s on Wednesdays. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Leeds has the Kitty Café branch on Kirkgate, covered above.

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Scotland

Maison de Moggy

Maison de Moggy Edinburgh exterior Courtesy of @maisondemoggy on Facebook

Maison de Moggy opened in 2015 as Scotland’s first cat café and is now on the West Port in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Its ten or so cats are pedigrees, including Maine Coons, Ragdolls and Norwegian Forest Cats. An hour costs from £15, for ages 10 and up, and it is open every day.

Meow Cat Cafe

Meow Cat Cafe Glasgow interior Courtesy of @meowcatcafeglasgow on Facebook

Meow Cat Cafe in Glasgow’s Woodlands opened in 2024. An hour costs £7.99 on weekdays and £9.99 at weekends, for ages 5 and up, and it is open every day.

Purrple Cat Rescue

Purrple Cat Rescue Glasgow interior Courtesy of @purrplecatrescue on Facebook

Purrple Cat Rescue in Glasgow city centre became a charity in 2025 and opened its current lounge in March 2026, when the cats from the old Purrple Cat Cafe on Trongate moved in. More than 30 rescue cats live here, some of them up for adoption. An hour costs £5 on weekdays and £10 at weekends, and there is a quiz night on Thursdays.

The Kit-Tea Café

The Kit-Tea Café in Falkirk is a non-profit with a mental-health focus and about 11 cats. An hour costs £9 for ages 8 and up, and there are 45-minute “Toe Bean” sessions for younger children with an adult.

Purrfect Cafe

Purrfect Cafe in East Kilbride opened in 2025 with 14 resident cats and runs free sessions for schools for children with additional support needs. It is open every day from 10am to 6pm.

Kitty Cat Cafe

Kitty Cat Cafe Ayr exterior Courtesy of ayrshiremagazine.com

Kitty Cat Cafe in Ayr opened in November 2024 with 18 or so rehomed cats. Entry is about £8, there is no age limit, and it opens four days a week.

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Wales

Wales has no cat café open at the moment. The Little Gatito in Rhyl has closed, and a Newport café has announced it will reopen at a new venue but hasn’t said where.

Northern Ireland

Kumiko Cat Lounge

Kumiko in Ballyhackamore, east Belfast, opened in May 2026 with cats from Belfast Kitten Rescue, all of them up for adoption. Visitors must be 10 or older. It is closed on Tuesdays.

Closed UK Cat Cafés

Several cafés that still appear in older guides have closed:

  • Finnegan’s Whiskers in Sudbury stopped being a cat café in September 2026, and Mackitten in Oxford closed in June 2026.
  • Mog on the Tyne, Newcastle’s first cat café, closed in 2025.
  • Cool for Cats in Devon now runs only as a cattery.
  • The Little Gatito in Rhyl, Paws Cafe in Shrewsbury and The Cosy Cat Cafe have closed.
  • Purrple Cat Cafe on Trongate in Glasgow closed, and its cats moved to Purrple Cat Rescue.

Know a UK cat café we have missed? Let us know and we will add it. You can browse every café on our England, Scotland and Northern Ireland maps.