Every cattery listed below is a paid-up member of SWNCC, registered with the GCCF, breeding Norwegian Forest Cats in accordance with the UK Breed Standard, and signed up to our Code of Ethics.
If you are looking for a kitten, please contact the breeder direct. Our Committee cannot recommend one cattery over another — every entry here is the result of many years of careful breeding.
Penmorrow · Cornwall
Mrs Margaret Ashton
Penmorrow was established in 1979 and is the oldest Norwegian Forest Cat cattery in the South West. Margaret breeds a small number of kittens each year, chiefly in brown tabby and brown tabby with white, and specialises in the heavier, bigger-boned males that the breed is prized for.
Bodmin, Cornwall · penmorrow@swnorwegiancc.demo
Tremaine · Cornwall
Mr Peter Hendry & Mrs Annabel Hendry
Tremaine has been breeding since 2004 and sits on a smallholding outside Bodmin. Peter and Annabel focus on the classic tabby-and-white Norwegian and are particularly well-known for a line of long-ruffed black-and-whites tracing back to Fjordsinger foundation stock.
Bodmin, Cornwall · tremaine@swnorwegiancc.demo
Wyvern · Somerset
Mrs Helen Sowerby
A small home-based cattery established in 2010, Wyvern breeds predominantly in the solid black, solid blue, and black-silver-tabby colourways. Helen breeds no more than two litters a year and prefers to keep kittens until they are thirteen weeks old.
Taunton, Somerset · wyvern@swnorwegiancc.demo
Hollybrook · Devon
Mrs Rebecca Trelawney
Hollybrook has bred Norwegian Forest Cats since 2007 and concentrates on the brown tabby and red-silver colourways. Rebecca has produced fifteen UK Champions to date and is one of the South West’s few breeders with an active amber-line breeding programme.
Crediton, Devon · hollybrook@swnorwegiancc.demo
Brynmawr · Wiltshire
Mr Geoffrey Marsh
Brynmawr is a converted-dairy cattery in the north of Wiltshire, breeding since 2013. Geoffrey focuses on tortie and tortie-tabby colourways, with a strong preference for good ruffs and heavy breeches.
Swindon, Wiltshire · brynmawr@swnorwegiancc.demo
Foxcombe · Dorset
Mrs Susan Winterbourne
Foxcombe has been breeding Norwegians since 2016, in modest numbers, with a particular interest in preserving the older British lines descended from Fjordsinger and Pawpeople foundation imports. Susan breeds chiefly in brown tabby, blue tabby and blue-and-white.
Dorchester, Dorset · foxcombe@swnorwegiancc.demo
Kernow Forest · Cornwall
Mr David Carew-Pole
Kernow Forest is a long-established cattery that has operated in various locations across Cornwall since 1991. David is the club’s Welfare Officer and specialises in the heavier-boned traditional Norwegian type. Kittens from Kernow Forest are placed only after a home visit (or equivalent video call) and always with a written contract.
Truro, Cornwall · kernowforest@swnorwegiancc.demo
Tamar · Devon
Mr James Holroyd
Tamar has bred under James’s prefix since 2003. The cattery specialises in the blue and blue-tabby colourways and runs a very limited breeding programme — typically one litter every eighteen months. James is a GCCF Preliminary breed judge for the Norwegian Forest Cat.
Tavistock, Devon · tamar@swnorwegiancc.demo