Care Homes in Colchester 79 care homes · 65 rated Good by CQC

• 65 Good
• 6 Requires improvement
• 2 Inadequate
• 6 Not yet rated

Colchester has 79 CQC registered care homes. 65 are rated Good, 6 Requires improvement, 2 Inadequate, and 6 have not yet been rated. 47 of the 79 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

All 79 care homes in Colchester

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   Priory Lodge Care home in Colchester · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

   CQC: requires improvement

   62 Priory Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 2QE

   Less than 0.5 miles

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Mar 2026

   Run by

   Mr David Krishnalall Jangali

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Priory Lodge is a residential care home in Colchester supporting younger adults and people living with mental health conditions. We should be open about our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission, which is requires improvement. We would rather raise it ourselves. We know which areas were identified, we have a plan of work under way covering staff training and supervision, our record keeping, and how people and their families are involved in decisions, and we are glad to talk through where we have got to with anyone considering us. The work of the house continues properly meanwhile. People keep their own routines as far as they can and arrange their own rooms. Support covers washing and dressing where that is needed, medication, meals, money and paperwork, and getting to appointments. A calm and predictable household does more good than any particular intervention, and we do not treat a difficult week as a failure. Short respite stays are available. Please come and see us and ask whatever you need to ask.

   • Mental Health
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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   Crouched Friars Residential Home Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   103-107 Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex CO3 3HA

   Less than 0.5 miles

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Oct 2022 over 4 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   SA & JO Care Limited

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Crouched Friars is a residential care home in Colchester providing care for older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia. People come to us at different points. Some have managed at home for years with increasing difficulty, others arrive suddenly after a fall or a spell in hospital. Either way the early weeks matter, and we spend them learning about the person, their family and their habits, because that is what allows us to offer care that fits rather than care in general. Staff help with washing and dressing, with moving about safely, with medication and with eating and drinking well, and they do it at the pace of the person. For those living with dementia we keep the day predictable and the surroundings familiar, adjust how we communicate rather than expecting the person to adjust to us, and treat distress as something to be understood. The home is somewhere people live. Rooms are personalised, meals are cooked here with a genuine choice, there is company for those who want it and quiet for those who do not, and visitors are welcome. Respite and short stays can be arranged. If you would like to look round, please telephone us and we will arrange a time.

   • Older Person Care
   • Dementia Care
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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3. Maldon Lodge Care home in Colchester

   123 Maldon Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 3AX

   0.7 miles away

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Not yet rated

   Run by

   New Directions Flexible Social Care Solutions Ltd

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Maldon Lodge is a residential care home in Colchester, Essex. We support older people who need help with daily life and adults with mental health needs, including younger adults, and we offer respite stays for people who need residential care for a short period. Bringing together people at different stages of life and with different needs works because we plan with each person individually. Somebody rebuilding after a difficult period needs something quite different from an older resident who can no longer manage alone, and both should be able to live here on their own terms. Everyone decides their own basics. When to get up, what to eat, whether they want company or their own room and their own company. Personal care, where it is needed, is given quietly and at the person's own pace, and rooms are furnished with people's own belongings. Where someone has mental health needs, we agree in advance what a difficult patch looks like for them and what they would like us to do about it, so nobody is improvising at the worst moment. We would far rather step in early and lightly than late and heavily. Health needs are managed alongside local GPs and community teams. We do not yet hold an overall rating from the Care Quality Commission. We are registered with them and work to their standards. Please come and visit us in Colchester.

   • Older Person Care
   • Mental Health
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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4. Myland House Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   81 Mile End Road, Colchester, Essex CO4 5BU

   0.9 miles away

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Apr 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   The Disabilities Trust

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Myland House is a residential care home in Colchester, Essex. We look after older people who need support with daily living, along with younger adults whose needs make living independently difficult, including people with physical disabilities. Our aim is an ordinary, settled household. Residents bring their own belongings, keep their own routines, decide how they spend the day and see visitors when they choose. There is company for anyone who wants it and somewhere quiet for anyone who does not, and meals are planned around what people actually enjoy eating. Support is planned with the person. We look at what somebody can manage themselves, what has become difficult and what they want help with, and we are careful that helping does not turn into taking over. Where someone wants to keep doing something for themselves, that is usually worth far more than the time it would save us to do it for them. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places, whether to give a family carer a planned break or to support somebody while they regain confidence after illness. We keep relatives closely involved, because they want to be and because what they know about the person is more useful than any assessment form. The Care Quality Commission rated us good at our most recent inspection. Please come and see us and ask us whatever you need to ask.

   • Older Person Care
   • Physical Disability
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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5. The Haven Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   84 Harwich Road, Colchester, Essex CO4 3BS

   1.0 miles away

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Aug 2023 over 3 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Comfort Care Services (Colchester) Limited

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   The Haven is a residential care home in Colchester for older people who need help with daily living, including many people living with dementia. We also offer respite stays. We are a house rather than an institution and we work to keep it feeling that way. People bring their own furniture and pictures, keep their own hours, choose where to spend the day and get help with washing and dressing at their own pace and as privately as we can manage. Meals are cooked here with real choice at each one, and food matters a great deal to how people feel. Dementia care here is largely about steadiness. Familiar faces, a predictable rhythm, and staff who know somebody's history well enough to understand what is behind a difficult afternoon. We gather that history with families when a person arrives and keep adding to it, so the knowledge belongs to the home rather than leaving with a shift. We keep an eye on health without turning the place into a clinic. If somebody seems unwell we act early, involve the surgery and the district nurses, and tell families what is happening rather than waiting to be asked. Respite stays can give a relative who cares at home a genuine break, and they let somebody get to know us gradually. Our most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated the home good overall, and visitors are welcome at any reasonable time.

   • Older Person Care
   • Dementia Care
   • Respite Care

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   AYS Care Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   65-67, Colchester, Essex CO4 3BU

   1.0 miles away

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Mar 2026

   Run by

   AYS Care LTD

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   AYS Care is a residential care home in Colchester, caring for older people who can no longer manage safely on their own, and supporting people managing mental health conditions and younger adults. We aim for the feel of a household rather than an institution, with people keeping their own routines, their own belongings and a genuine say in how their day goes. Where we support somebody with a mental health condition, our approach is deliberately ordinary rather than clinical. We take time to understand what a good week looks like for a person and what tends to knock things off course, and we build support around that rather than around a fixed routine. Respite stays are available too, for people who need care for a short period and for family carers who need a break. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We take that as the standard to hold rather than something to point at. The better test is whether people here seem settled and whether they feel able to tell us when something is not working.

   • Older Person Care
   • Mental Health
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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7. Pinewood and Hollywood Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   Smiths Field, Colchester, Essex CO1 2HP

   1.2 miles away

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Apr 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Certitude Trading Limited

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Pinewood and Hollywood is a residential care home in Colchester, Essex. We support adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions and people with physical disabilities, including those living with sight or hearing loss, along with older people who need help with daily living. Support here is built around the person. We start with how somebody communicates, what they enjoy, what they find difficult and what they want to be able to do, and we write the plan from there. Some people need help with most of the day and others need very little, and both deserve the same thought in the planning. We are watchful that helping does not slide into doing things for people that they would rather do themselves. The building and the routine matter too. Accessible spaces, clear layouts, quiet areas and a predictable shape to the day remove a great deal of unnecessary difficulty, particularly for autistic residents and for anyone who tires easily. Life here should look like life anywhere else. People go out, see family and friends, choose their own activities and keep up interests they had before moving in. Respite stays are available so that families can take a planned break. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. If you would like to visit, please contact us and we will arrange a time.

   • Older Person Care
   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Mental Health
   • Physical Disability
   • Visual / Hearing Impairment
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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   Care Consortium - Plume Avenue Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   5a Plume Avenue, Colchester, Essex CO3 4PG

   1.6 miles away

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Oct 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Essex Care Consortium Limited

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Plume Avenue in Colchester is a residential care home supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and autism and people managing mental health conditions. A house shared by adults of different ages and very different needs only works if difference is expected rather than merely tolerated. Our residents do not want the same day as one another. Some want company from breakfast onwards, others prefer their own company until the afternoon. Some need a great deal of practical help, others mainly a settled base and staff who know them properly. Running the place well means holding all of that at once without letting the loudest need crowd out the quietest person. We plan support with each individual and with whoever they want involved, and we adapt how we communicate to suit them, whether that means more time, fewer words, written information or simply less noise around them. Respite stays are available for short periods of support or to give a family carer a planned break. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good, and visitors are welcome.

   • Older Person Care
   • Dementia Care
   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Mental Health
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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   Valmark House Care home in Colchester · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

   CQC: requires improvement

   90 Mill Road, Colchester, Essex CO4 5LJ

   1.7 miles away

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Nov 2023

   Run by

   Broad Horizons Limited

   Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Valmark House is a residential home in Colchester, Essex. We support adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, and we offer respite stays as well as permanent places. We should raise our rating ourselves rather than let you find it and wonder why we said nothing. The Care Quality Commission last rated us requires improvement overall. We accept the finding instead of arguing with it. An inspection records what was there on the day, and putting it right belongs to us. There is an action plan, the people who commission placements here know exactly where we have reached with it, and any family considering us is welcome to go through the detail with the manager. What we are trying to be is a home rather than an institution. People here have their own rooms and their own belongings and a real say in how a week looks. Support plans are agreed with the person and written in language the person can read. Where somebody needs a great deal of structure and predictability in order to feel safe, we hold that routine consistently and without treating it as a nuisance. Come and visit, ask the uncomfortable questions, and talk to the people who live here as well as to us.

   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Respite Care

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10. Hilton House Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    175 Shrub End Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 4RG

    1.8 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Feb 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Hilton House (Essex) Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    We at Hilton House are proud to offer a warm and welcoming residential care home in the heart of Colchester, Essex, where compassionate support and person centred living come together to create a true home from home. Nestled within the CO postcode area of Colchester, our home benefits from the character and community spirit of this historic Essex town. The surrounding area offers a peaceful setting for our residents, whilst remaining well connected for visiting family and friends. Inside, we have thoughtfully created comfortable communal spaces and private areas where residents can relax, socialise, or simply enjoy quiet moments of reflection, ensuring the environment always feels familiar, safe, and dignified. Our care approach is broad and inclusive, reflecting the diverse needs of the people we support. We provide dedicated residential care for older people, alongside specialist support for adults living with learning disabilities and autism, mental health conditions, and younger adults with a range of individual needs. We also welcome respite stays, offering families reassurance and a well earned break in the knowledge that their loved one is being cared for with warmth and professionalism. In practice, this means each resident receives a personalised plan of support built around their preferences, routines, and goals, whether that involves gentle daily companionship, structured support for independent living skills, or focused mental health care delivered with patience and understanding. We understand that choosing a care home is one of the most important decisions a family can make. That is why we place open communication, kindness, and consistency at the heart of everything we do, working closely with families to ensure everyone feels informed, involved, and valued. Hilton House has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, achieving a Good rating across all five key areas: safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well led. This independent recognition, following our inspection in February 2020, reflects our ongoing commitment to delivering care that is not only safe and effective but genuinely warm and responsive to the individuals who call our home theirs. If you are exploring care options for a loved one in Colchester or the wider Essex area, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please get in touch to arrange a visit, meet our team, and see for yourself the calm, caring atmosphere that makes Hilton House so special. Whatever your questions or concerns, we are here to listen and to help you take the next step with confidence.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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11. Mill Road House Care home in Colchester

    305 Mill Road, Colchester, Essex CO4 5FZ

    2.1 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Not yet rated

    Run by

    Care Givers Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Mill Road House is a residential care home in Colchester supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, and people with loss of sight or hearing. Most of the people living here are younger adults. Where somebody has sensory loss alongside a learning disability, the ordinary assumptions of care stop holding. You cannot announce yourself from a doorway and expect to be heard, and a great deal of what might look like reluctance is really a failure on our part to make contact in a way that reaches the person. So communication is the central task here rather than a preliminary to it, and we use signing, touch, objects of reference, symbols, routine and consistency, whatever suits the individual. Beyond that this is a home like any other. People arrange their own rooms, take part in the shopping and cooking as much as they want to, and are supported to get out to clubs, appointments and family. Short respite stays are available alongside permanent places, which can give a family carer a break or let somebody try the house first. Please contact us if you would like to come and see the house for yourself.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Care Givers Care home in Colchester

    7 Camulus Close, Colchester, Essex CO2 9SB

    2.2 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Not yet rated

    Run by

    Care Givers Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Care Givers is a residential care home in Colchester, supporting adults and younger adults who have a learning disability, who are autistic, or who live with mental health conditions. The people who live here are adults with their own preferences and plans, and we run the home on that understanding. Residents have a real say in how the house works, what we eat, how their support is given and what they do with their time. Our role is to make the life someone wants practical, not to decide it for them. Support plans are written with each person, in a form they can take part in, and revisited as things change. We pay attention to how each individual communicates and what helps them when things become difficult, because knowing that in advance is worth far more than reacting afterwards. Familiar staff, a predictable routine and respect for sensory needs matter enormously here. We encourage people to keep hold of ordinary life, whether that is family and friends, college or work, a club, or simply going into Colchester and choosing how to spend an afternoon. Where someone wants to build a skill, we support the practice and step back when we can. We also offer respite stays, which can give a family carer a break or provide stability at a difficult time.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Stanway Green Lodge Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Stanway Green, Colchester, Essex CO3 0RA

    2.4 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jan 2026

    Run by

    Stanway Green Lodge LLP

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Stanway Green Lodge is a residential care home in Colchester. We care for older people who need support with daily living, including those living with dementia, those living with mental health conditions, those with a physical disability and those whose sight or hearing is impaired. Our care is the practical, daily kind: help to wash and dress, medication given properly, meals cooked here, support to move about safely and staff available through the night. Around that, residents arrange their own time as they wish, and we try not to organise people's lives on their behalf. For residents living with dementia we keep the rhythm of the day predictable and the staff around them consistent. Where sight or hearing is impaired we keep belongings exactly where they are expected and check that we have been understood. For people living with mental health conditions, consistency and staff who stay steady when things are difficult count for a great deal. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Families across Essex are welcome to visit.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Respite Care

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    Care Givers - 11 Barnfield Road Care home in Colchester

    11 Barnfield Road, Colchester, Essex CO6 4TR

    2.5 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Not yet rated

    Run by

    Care Givers Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    11 Barnfield Road is a small residential care home in Colchester supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. Most of the people living here are younger adults. Being small is the point. It means the people living here know one another properly and it means we know them properly too, which is what allows support to be genuinely individual rather than individual on paper. People decorate their own rooms, help decide what is cooked and when, and come and go to work, college, clubs and family as they choose. Support is worked out with each person and reviewed with them. Communication gets particular attention, and we use whatever suits the individual, whether that is speech, signing, symbols, objects of reference or simply knowing somebody well enough to understand what they are telling you. Getting that right is the difference between somebody making a decision and being told about one afterwards. Short respite stays are available, which can give a family carer a break or let somebody see how they get on here first. Please get in touch if you would like to arrange a visit and see the house.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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15. Marsh House Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    4 Villa Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 0RH

    2.6 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Apr 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Mrs Kaushali N Kittle and Sudath L Dias

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Marsh House is a residential care home in Colchester. We support adults who need care and a settled place to live, and we try to run the house as a home rather than an institution. The people who live with us are a mixed group, and we like that. We support older people who need residential care, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, and people living with mental health conditions. We also support younger adults, whose needs and expectations are often very different from those of someone in later life. Because of that mix, we do not run a single routine that everybody fits into. We work out what each person wants their week to look like and build the support around it. Respite stays are part of what we do as well. If someone normally lives at home with family, a short stay here can give a carer the chance to rest without worrying, and we make a point of settling people in properly even when they are only with us for a week or two. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission was good. We are pleased with it and we are also clear that a rating describes a moment in time, so we keep checking our own work rather than resting on it. If you are looking for a place for yourself or someone in your family, come and visit. Seeing the house and meeting the people in it tells you far more than any description can.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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16. Avalon Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Spring Lane, Colchester, Essex CO7 9QD

    3.1 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    May 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Maison Care Ltd

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Avalon is a residential care home in Colchester supporting younger adults, including people who have a learning disability, autistic people, people with a physical disability and people whose sight or hearing is impaired. Support here is agreed with each person rather than handed to them. For some it is help with personal care, medication and daily routines. For others it is practical assistance with cooking, laundry, money and appointments. For others again it is mainly about reliable people being around while they get on with work, college or their own social life. Where sight or hearing is impaired, consistency is everything. We keep belongings exactly where people expect them, we describe what we are about to do before we do it and we make sure we have actually been understood rather than assuming so. Where somebody has a physical disability we take the time that moving and transfers properly require. For the autistic people we support, notice of change, clear communication and attention to noise and busyness make the greatest difference. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please contact us to arrange a visit.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Nationwide Community Care - 35 Mede Way Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    35 Mede Way, Colchester, Essex CO7 9HW

    3.2 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Mar 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Nationwide Community Care Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    We are the Mede Way home in Colchester, Essex, part of Nationwide Community Care. We support adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions and people with physical disabilities, including those living with sight or hearing loss, along with older people who need help with daily living. Support here is built around the person. We start with how somebody communicates, what they enjoy, what they find difficult and what they want to be able to do, and we write the plan from there. Some people need help with most of the day and others need very little, and both deserve the same thought in the planning. We are careful that helping does not slide into doing things for people that they would rather do themselves. The building and the routine matter too. Accessible spaces, clear layouts, quiet areas and a predictable shape to the day remove a great deal of unnecessary difficulty, particularly for autistic residents and for anyone who tires easily. Life here should look like life anywhere else. People go out, see family and friends, choose their own activities and keep up interests they had before moving in. Respite stays are available so that families can take a planned break. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please contact us if you would like to visit.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    New Copford Place Residential Care Home Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    London Road, Colchester, Essex CO6 1YR

    4.0 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jul 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Friends of the Elderly

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    New Copford Place Residential Care Home in Colchester provides residential care for older people, including many residents living with dementia. We are a home rather than an institution, and we try to keep daily life here comfortable, familiar and unhurried. People get up when they are ready and spend their time as they wish, whether that is in company in the lounge, out in the garden, or quietly in their own room. Meals are cooked on the premises and we will gladly make something different for anyone who fancies it. Help with washing and dressing is given calmly, because dignity is largely a matter of pace and manner. Dementia care asks for patience rather than correction. When a resident is anxious, or looking for a person or place from an earlier part of their life, we respond to the feeling instead of arguing with the facts, and we work out what will genuinely settle them. Knowing a person's history is central to that, so we gather it early from the people who know them best. Families are welcome throughout the day, and we would much rather hear about a worry early than late. We also offer respite stays for shorter periods. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Respite Care

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19. Saresta and Serenade Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Bromley Road, Colchester, Essex CO7 7BX

    4.4 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Mar 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Maison Care Ltd

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Saresta and Serenade is a residential home in Colchester, Essex. We support adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people with a physical disability, and people who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or hard of hearing. Most of the people here are younger adults, and respite stays are available alongside permanent places. This is somewhere people live rather than somewhere people are placed, and that distinction drives most of what we do. People have their own rooms and their own belongings and a real say in how a week looks. Support plans are agreed with the person and written in language the person can actually read. Staff are matched to people with some thought rather than allocated to whoever is on shift. Where a learning disability sits alongside a physical or sensory impairment, the practical side of life takes real planning. Equipment, access, transport, and the time to let somebody do a thing themselves rather than having it done for them because it is faster. We treat that time as part of the job. Where information is taken in differently we slow down, explain before we act, and check rather than assume. Our overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Come and meet the people who live here and ask them what it is like.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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20. Springfields Residential Home Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Rectory Road, Colchester, Essex CO6 1DH

    4.6 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jul 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Springfields Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Springfields Residential Home is a care home in Colchester, Essex. We provide a home for older people and we also offer respite stays, whether that is to give a family carer a break or to help somebody find their feet again after a spell in hospital. We would rather be judged on ordinary things than on anything grand. Knowing how everybody likes their tea. Remembering which chair belongs to whom. Understanding who wants company from breakfast onwards and who would much rather be left with a newspaper. Helping somebody up when they wake rather than when it suits a rota. We ask about these preferences, write them down and expect them to be followed, because that is most of what makes a place feel like home instead of an institution. Residents keep their own furniture and photographs and decide how their days run. Some want conversation and activity from early on. Others want privacy and a quiet afternoon, and neither needs justifying to us. Families are welcome whenever it suits them, and we keep in touch openly rather than only ringing when there is a difficulty. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. It reflects reliable everyday practice, which is what most families are actually looking for, and we keep checking the detail rather than assuming it will hold on its own. If you are considering a care home in Colchester for someone close to you, please come and look round and ask us anything you like.

    • Older Person Care
    • Respite Care

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21. Butterfly's Care Home Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    186 Wivenhoe Road, Colchester, Essex CO7 8AH

    4.6 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Feb 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Butterflys Care Homes Ltd

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Butterfly's Care Home is a residential home in Colchester, Essex. The people living here are a mixed group, which is something we are glad about. We support older people and younger adults, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions and people with a physical disability. A home with that range in it feels more like a community and less like a waiting room, though it does mean the support has to be genuinely tailored. We start with the person rather than the category. What can you do for yourself, what would you like help with, what makes a day go badly, how do you tell us when something is wrong. Those answers shape the support plan, and we write it with the person in words they can use. For autistic residents that usually means predictable routines and attention to sensory needs. For someone with a mental health condition it often means staff who know them well enough to spot an early change. Respite stays are part of what we offer, and we arrange a visit first wherever we can so that arriving is not a shock. Relatives and social workers are welcome and involved. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good, and the judgement that matters more to us is the one the residents would give.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    The Conifers Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Wormingford Road, Colchester, Essex CO6 3NS

    5.0 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Mar 2023 over 3 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Essex Care Consortium (Fordham) Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    The Conifers is a residential care home in Colchester, Essex. The people living here include younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, people with sight or hearing loss and people managing mental health conditions. We also offer respite stays for shorter periods of care. Our residents need quite different things from us, so support is planned with each person rather than run to a single pattern. People have their own rooms, their own belongings and their own routines, and they have a real say in how the day goes. We are careful about the difference between helping somebody and doing things for them, because independence is easily worn away by help that arrives in too much of a hurry. Communication is something we work at. Not everybody here uses many words, and understanding a person properly takes time, attention and a willingness to be corrected. For those living with dementia, steadiness does the most good. Familiar staff, routines that change only for a reason and patience when words are difficult. Families are closely involved and we keep in touch honestly rather than only when there is a problem. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We keep examining the things that slip quietly in any home, particularly privacy and choice. If you are considering a place or a respite stay with us, you are welcome to come and visit, meet the people who live here and ask us whatever you need to know.

    • Dementia Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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23. Peldon Campus Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Church Road, Colchester, Essex CO5 7PT

    5.3 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Apr 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Autism Anglia

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Peldon Campus is a residential care home near Colchester, Essex, for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. Support here is agreed with each person and built around them. Some need help with personal care and health needs. Others mainly want somebody alongside them so that a demanding world becomes manageable, and support to do things for themselves rather than have them done. We expect people to take on more over time rather than settle into being looked after. For autistic residents especially, predictability does most of the work. Routines that hold, clear information, honest notice before anything changes and genuine choice prevent far more distress than any reaction after the event. Where somebody is having a hard time, we look first at what is being asked of them rather than treating the person as the difficulty. People choose how their rooms look, what they eat and how they spend their time, and we support them to keep up with family, friends and whatever they were doing before they moved in. Being out in the Essex countryside means space and quiet, which suits a good many of the people we support, and we make a point of getting out into the wider area regularly. Respite stays are available. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please contact us to arrange a visit.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Respite Care

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    Quenby Rest Home Care home in Colchester · Rated Inadequate by CQC

    CQC: inadequate

    Brightlingsea Road, Colchester, Essex CO7 8JH

    6.5 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Feb 2026

    Run by

    Mr Ajvinder Sandhu and Mrs Rajwinder Sandhu

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    We are Quenby Rest Home in Colchester, Essex. We provide residential care for older people, including those living with dementia and people managing a mental health condition, and we also take respite stays. Residential care means supporting people with the parts of daily life that have become hard work and leaving everything else in the hands of the person themselves. Washing and dressing, meals, medication, getting about safely, and the ordinary company that makes a day worth getting up for. For health needs beyond what we provide, we work alongside district nurses and GPs rather than stretching to cover something we should not, and we are straightforward with families about where that boundary falls. Dementia shapes a good deal of our day. We have found that correcting somebody's version of events achieves nothing, and that knowing who a person has been tells us far more than any list of symptoms. Someone who worked for decades to a particular rhythm often still carries it, and a routine built around that goes better than one imposed on top. Where a mental health condition is part of the picture, the same principles apply. Consistency, staff who do not take a difficult day personally, and a routine that is there to lean on rather than to enforce. Respite guests are assessed and welcomed exactly as permanent residents are, whether they are recovering after illness or giving a family carer a break.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Mental Health
    • Respite Care

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25. Stronvar Rest Home Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Church Road, Colchester, Essex CO7 0QT

    6.9 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    May 2026

    Run by

    Stronvar Rest Home Ltd

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Stronvar Rest Home is a residential care home in Colchester. We look after older people who have found that managing alone has become more of a struggle than a pleasure, including many people living with dementia. We try to keep life here ordinary. People get up when they wake, eat what they actually like, and spend the day as they choose, in company or quietly with a newspaper. Good dementia care is mostly unremarkable in the doing of it, familiar faces, meals at expected times, routines that hold from one day to the next, and staff with enough time to let a conversation take as long as it takes. We would rather shape our day around a person than ask a person to fall in with ours. We also offer respite stays, whether to give a family carer a proper break or to support somebody through a period of recovery after illness or hospital. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission was good. It matters to us, though the better test is whether somebody seems settled and content after a few weeks here, and that is the question we keep putting to ourselves. If you are looking for a home for yourself or someone close to you, please come and see us. Call in on a normal day, meet the people who live here and ask us anything you want to know.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Respite Care

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    Aldeburgh House Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    66 Seaview Avenue, Colchester, Essex CO5 8BX

    8.0 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Dec 2017 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Consensus Support Services Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Aldeburgh House is a residential care home in Colchester supporting adults with a learning disability or autism alongside older people who need residential care. It is a home rather than a placement, and the household is arranged around the people living in it. Support is planned individually. It can include help with personal care, medication, cooking, laundry, managing money and getting to appointments, and it takes in the parts of life that matter just as much: friendships, going out, keeping up an interest, having something worthwhile in the week. We communicate in whatever way suits each person, and we give people the time to do things their own way rather than stepping in for the sake of speed. Where somebody wants more independence, we plan support that draws back as their confidence grows. We support younger adults as well as older residents, and we do not assume that people want the same things simply because they share a roof. Respite stays are available too, giving family carers a real break and letting somebody try the house first. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and visit, meet the people who live here and see how the household actually works.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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27. The Oaks Residential Care Home Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    14 St Mary's Road, Colchester, Essex CO7 8NN

    8.1 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jul 2024

    Run by

    Florence Care Homes Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    The Oaks Residential Care Home in Colchester supports older people, including residents living with dementia, residents managing mental health conditions and residents with a visual or hearing impairment. We aim to be a comfortable, steady sort of place where staff and residents know one another properly. The day is not run to a rigid timetable. People get up when they are ready, eat food cooked here that is worth looking forward to, and spend their time in company or quietly as they prefer. Where someone has a sensory impairment we pay attention to the details that make the difference. Saying who we are as we come into the room, explaining what is about to happen before we help, keeping belongings where they were left, and making sure nobody is left out of what is going on around them. For residents living with dementia we keep routines familiar and our approach unhurried, and we spend real time learning a person's earlier life, because that is usually what allows us to settle someone who is anxious. Relatives are welcome at any reasonable hour, and we would far rather hear a concern from you early than discover it late. We also offer respite stays. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Mental Health
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Respite Care

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    Henderson and Harvard Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Henderson and Harvard, Colchester, Essex CO5 0LJ

    8.3 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jul 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Salutem LD BidCo IV Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Henderson and Harvard is a residential care home in Colchester, Essex. We support older people, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people with physical disabilities and people living with sight or hearing loss, including younger adults, and we offer both permanent places and respite stays. Supporting that range of people well means being specific rather than general. For an older resident it may mean unhurried help with personal care, safe support with moving about, medication given properly and somebody nearby at night. For an adult with a learning disability or an autistic adult it may mean a predictable routine, clear information given in good time, and support to manage money, appointments and getting out to a job or a course. Where physical disability is part of the picture we think carefully about equipment, seating, transfers and access, because those details decide how much independence somebody actually has, and where sensory loss is involved, how we announce ourselves and give information matters enormously. We pay close attention to how each person communicates, and we record what we learn so that it survives a change of staff. We run this as the residents' home. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please arrange to visit.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Grammar School House Care home in Colchester · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    York Road, Colchester, Essex CO6 2RN

    8.9 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jul 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Consensus Support Services Limited

    Local authority: Essex County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Grammar School House is a residential care home in Colchester supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people with physical disabilities, including many younger adults. We provide permanent places and planned respite stays. We run a house where people live rather than a unit where people are placed. Residents have their own rooms, a genuine say in how the household works and support planned with them instead of written about them. Our staff are here to help people do things for themselves wherever that is possible, and we look for ways to build confidence rather than quietly taking tasks over. Environment matters more than people expect. Noise, lighting, predictability and knowing what is coming next often decide whether someone is settled or permanently braced for something. For residents with physical disabilities, we plan and equip so that mobility limits do not shrink a person's world, and getting out of the building regularly is part of that. Where a person signs, uses symbols or an app, or communicates through behaviour we have learned to read, the responsibility for understanding sits with us and not with them. We also support people to keep up college, work, volunteering, friendships and family contact, because a placement should never quietly become someone's whole world. The Care Quality Commission rated us good at our most recent inspection. Please come and visit and meet the people who live here.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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Local care news in Essex

• New 55 bed care home registered with CQC in Basildon: Oaklands (Essex) (5 November 2026)
• Highfield Care Home registered as a 60 bed care home in Uttlesford (5 November 2026)

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Provider information is sourced from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last updated July 2026.