Paris to London with a Pet: The Complete Return Journey Guide (2026)
Travelling from Paris to London with your dog or cat - the tapeworm window, Eurotunnel check-in, and arriving at Euston, St Pancras or your London door.
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Paris to London: the journey home
The return runs the same calm service in reverse - any Paris address, hotel or CDG airport to any London address. Paris Charles de Gaulle is where many of our passengers land from long-haul flights: we track your flight, meet you at the official terminal meeting point (Terminals 2E/2F just past customs, or the correct arrivals hall for T1/T3), and take care of the carrier and luggage while you stretch after the flight.
The tapeworm window - the one rule that catches people out
Dogs entering Great Britain must have a tapeworm treatment administered by a vet 24 to 120 hours before arrival. It is the single most common reason pets are turned away at Calais, so we build it into your booking timeline: we remind you when to book the vet, and Paris has plenty of English-speaking practices used to UK-bound travellers. Cats and ferrets are exempt. Everyone needs a microchip, rabies vaccination and an Animal Health Certificate or EU pet passport.
Check-in at Coquelles, then the M20 home
From central Paris to the Coquelles terminal is about 2 h 30 min via the A1 and A26. After the document check, you and your pet remain in the car for the crossing, and Folkestone to central London is roughly 1 h 30 min more. Door to door, plan on five to five and a half hours including one proper dog-walk stop on the French side.
Arriving in London, connecting onward
We finish at your London door - or at Euston, St Pancras or King's Cross, timed to your onward train if London is your meeting point rather than your destination. Many clients land at CDG in the morning, cross with us, and are on a northbound train from Euston the same evening. Tell us your connections in the enquiry and we will build the day around them.
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