Diana Kennedy provides Animal Health Certificate appointments for owners in Kidlington and North Oxford, with a Kidlington collection point and a limited local home visit option. This guide covers the appointment choices, fees, booking process and useful transport links. Preparing your Animal Health Certificate in Kidlington and North Oxford ahead of the meeting allows the final checks, signing and issue to be completed before you travel onwards.

Meet Diana Kennedy, our local AHC vet

Dr Diana Kennedy BVSc PgC(SAS) GpCert(SAS) MRCVS is an Official Veterinarian and small animal veterinary surgeon with over ten years of clinical experience. She provides certification for international pet movements and export health documentation, and holds postgraduate qualifications in small animal surgery. Diana aims to make pet travel certification straightforward, with clear advice and careful attention to the required paperwork.

AHC home visits and collection appointments in Kidlington and North Oxford

Diana scans and verifies the microchip of every pet named on the AHC, briefly inspects the pets and witnesses the owner, or an authorised person where applicable, signing the declaration page. Diana completes the final checks and signing, guides you through the certificate and answers last-minute questions where possible.

We provide information beforehand, and our experienced administrative team can help with questions in advance. Your local AHC vet completes the certificate through our established preparation system.

AHC home visits

Diana offers AHC home visits locally around Kidlington, with a £35 supplement. The coverage is limited to the local delivery area. Please check our areas covered map and have your address checked when requesting a home appointment.

AHC collection appointments

The Kidlington collection point also serves owners from North Oxford and the surrounding area who can travel to the agreed AHC appointment. It provides a local place to complete your certificate before continuing to your departure port or airport.

The paperwork is prepared in advance, and Diana meets you and your pets at the agreed point for the AHC collection appointment.

If you arrive by car, generally keep pets in the vehicle until instructed otherwise. If you are bringing a cat without arriving by car, let Diana know beforehand.

Use the what3words link below to get directions to the precise meeting spot.

Transport links from Kidlington and North Oxford

Approximate driving times are from Kidlington, North Oxford. Allow extra time for traffic, stops and check-in.

Ferry ports

These passenger ports offer pet travel under the operator’s conditions.

• Portsmouth: approximately 1 hour 45 minutes by car.
• Newhaven: approximately 2 hours 30 minutes by car.
• Harwich: approximately 3 hours by car.
• Dover: approximately 3 hours by car.

Folkestone LeShuttle

The Folkestone LeShuttle terminal is approximately 2 hours 45 minutes by car from Kidlington, North Oxford.

Airports

• Heathrow Airport: approximately 1 hour 15 minutes by car.
• Birmingham Airport: approximately 1 hour 15 minutes by car.

Dogs and cats can depart on participating airlines in the cabin or checked-pet hold with prior approval. Airline, aircraft and carrier restrictions apply; cargo requires separate arrangements. Confirm the flight and return arrangements before booking.

Birmingham’s outbound pet options do not provide an ordinary-pet arrival service for the return journey.

Important: Transport operators have their own rules, and pet travel requirements can vary by destination. Check the current official guidance for your journey before departure. You should also allow enough time to arrange your AHC and any additional treatments or documentation required for your destination.

AHC prices and booking deadlines

• Repeat AHC: £89. For returning clients whose pets previously received an AHC from the same VetHomeCerts vet, with the same AHC language, owner and pet details and the same still-valid rabies vaccination. Arrange it more than ten days before the appointment. Additional pets cost £25 each.
• Standard AHC: £99. Required information and payment must be received more than seven days before the appointment. Additional pets cost £30 each, with up to five pets on one AHC.
• Urgent AHC: £199. This applies when required information and payment are received within seven days of the appointment. Additional pets cost £30 each, with up to five pets on one AHC.

Please view our prices for the full conditions.

How to get an AHC appointment in Kidlington and North Oxford

1. Check the area and vet. Please check our areas covered map to identify Diana Kennedy and the collection point or check your home address.
2. Complete Stage 1. Use the initial form to request an AHC appointment. Submission requests an AHC appointment; it does not automatically confirm one.
3. Complete Stage 2. The second form is emailed immediately after Stage 1 and gathers the details for the AHC. Both forms must be completed for your request to be processed. If the email does not arrive within a few minutes, check spam and verify the email address entered.
4. Wait for the request to be checked. Diana checks your information and arranges the appointment as appropriate. Confirmation follows the required information checks and payment.
5. Attend and receive your AHC. All pets named on the certificate must attend the agreed AHC collection appointment or home visit. The final checks and signing are completed, and you receive your certificate.

Book your Animal Health Certificate in Kidlington and North Oxford

Preparing your pet’s documents in Kidlington or North Oxford gives you one less task to arrange during the journey. Check the local appointment area and request an AHC appointment with Diana through VetHomeCerts.