Cat Cafes in Hampshire

Romsey, Hampshire

Paws ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​⁠for Thought Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on Church Street in the centre of Romsey, Hampshire, close to Romsey Abbey. Opened in September 2018 by its founder, Emma, it is the permanent home of a small group of rescue cats, most of them brought from Romania with the help of the rescue Every Life Counts, including Emmy, who lost a leg before she arrived. The cats have both indoor and outdoor space. Visits are booked by the hour online or by phone, with a suggested cat care donation per person, and food and drink are paid for separately. Children must be over 6, and the number of children in the cafe at one time is limited. The menu offers sandwiches, paninis, toasties, cakes and coffee, and afternoon tea is served in two-hour bookings made 48 hours ahead. The cafe also runs cat sponsorships and a membership club.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Waterlooville, Hampshire

Purrfect ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌⁠Paws Feline Welfare is a small independent cat rescue with a tea room on Stakes Hill Road in Waterlooville, north of Portsmouth in Hampshire. Run by volunteers, its rescue and adoption hub lets visitors have tea, coffee, sandwiches and cake in the company of the cats and kittens it is rehoming. It is not a cat cafe with permanent residents: the cats are rescues waiting for adoption, and anyone interested completes an application followed by checks and a home visit, with an adoption fee. There is no entry fee, but a minimum spend applies, and takings pay for the cats' care. From Tuesday to Friday visitors can walk in; Saturdays and school holidays are by booking only, through Facebook or by phone. An airlock porch keeps the cats safe, and dogs are welcome in the outside seating area at the front.

• Adoptable cats