Care Homes in Epsom
Epsom has 20 CQC registered care homes. 16 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 14 of the 20 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Epsom at a glance
What the local numbers say about care for older people in Epsom, to help you judge the options below.
- Surrey County Council pays, residential care: £952 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,654 to £1,931, median £1,772
- Care home beds filled across Surrey: 88%. The 12 month average is 87%.
- Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 42. Surrey average is 90.
- People aged 75 and over: 8,100. Rising to 8,900 by 2035, up 9%
- Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 2 changed owner, covering 98 beds.
- Who pays, across Surrey (estimate): 32% council, 52% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,000. Rising to 1,200 by 2035, up 18%
- People aged 85 and over: 2,200. Rising to 3,100 by 2035, up 41%
Planned and recent building work within 5 miles
- 8 Hollymoor Lane Epsom Surrey. Application for a 5 bed care home through a change of use. Submitted 15 August 2025. Approved 20 October 2025. (0.5 miles away)
- 32 The Avenue Cheam. Application for a 15 bed care home. Submitted 17 June 2025. Decision pending. (2.5 miles away)
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.
What residential care in Epsom involves and what to look for
A residential care home is somewhere a person lives, not a service they receive. They keep their own room and their own belongings, and staff help through the day with washing, dressing, medication, meals and company. Holding that in mind changes what is worth examining when you walk round.
How the twenty homes here are graded
One of these homes holds Outstanding, the regulator's highest judgement, and sixteen hold Good. Two carry Requires Improvement and one has no published rating yet. With so much of the list at Good or above, the grade will not do the choosing for you, and the detail in the reports becomes far more useful: how the home recruits and keeps its staff, what residents and relatives told inspectors, how medication is handled, and how recently the visit took place.
Registration, and what happens as needs change
All the providers listed are registered as residential care homes, meaning accommodation with personal care rather than nurses on the premises. Visiting community health staff cover occasional clinical tasks perfectly well. A continuing nursing need does not fit, and points instead to a nursing registered home. Ask each home directly what it does when a resident's needs increase, and whether anyone has had to move on as a result.
What only a visit will show
Arrange one visit and drop in unannounced for the second, at teatime rather than mid morning. Watch whether residents look occupied and comfortable, whether staff use people's names, and how long a call bell rings before it is answered. Ask how many carers are on at night, how long the team has been in post, and what the home does when somebody is unsettled in the early hours.
Getting an assessment and sorting the funding
Asking for the assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support has the right to a free assessment, whatever their savings and whether or not they plan to pay privately. A practitioner reviews daily living, mobility, medication, nutrition, risk and isolation, then sets out in writing what support is required. That document guides which homes are suitable and underpins any funding claim. Arrange it with Surrey County Council adult social care, and ask for a carer's assessment in your own right if you have been holding things together at home.
Who pays what
A financial assessment then measures capital and income against national thresholds. Above the upper threshold the placement is self funded. Below it the council contributes on a sliding calculation and the resident pays a share from income, keeping a protected personal allowance. Where a property is involved, its treatment turns on who else lives there, and a deferred payment agreement can delay a sale. Ask for the workings in writing.
Fees and the things behind them
Weekly fees differ between homes and between rooms in the same home, according to size, outlook and the support needed. Ask for a written list of what is covered and what is billed separately, such as hairdressing, chiropody or escorted appointments. Ask how often fees are reviewed and what notice is given before they rise.
20 care homes in Epsom
- High View Care Centre · 286 Fir Tree Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3NN
Care home · Run by Aims Care Limited
We at High View Care Centre offer specialist residential care in the heart of Epsom, providing a warm and welcoming home for adults with a range of support needs. Nestled within the KT postcode area of Surrey, our centre sits comfortably...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Appleby House · Longmead Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 9RX
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd
We at Appleby House are proud to offer compassionate residential care in the heart of Epsom, Surrey, where residents receive attentive support in a warm and welcoming home. As a dedicated residential care home, we specialise in older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Respite Care - Fir Trees House · 283 Fir Tree Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3LF
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Supreme Care Services Limited
Here at Fir Trees House in Epsom, Surrey, we provide residential care for a genuinely diverse group of people. Our home supports older adults, younger adults, people with learning disabilities or autism, and individuals working through...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Tigh Grianan · Chesterfield Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 9QP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Kisimul Group Limited
Tigh Grianan is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults. It is a house where people live, and we work hard to keep it feeling like one. Everything...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Jasmine at Primrose · Primrose 2, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8PB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Jasmine at Primrose is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey. We support adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people with a physical disability, including younger adults, and we offer respite stays. This is somebody's...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Hillcroft · St Ebbas, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8QJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Hillcroft is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, supporting adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, younger adults, people with physical disabilities, those with a visual or hearing impairment, people managing mental ill...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Gibralter Crescent · 36a Gibraltar Crescent, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 9BT
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
Gibralter Crescent is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, supporting adults with a learning disability or autism, people with a physical disability and those living with a visual or hearing impairment. We work mainly with younger...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Swallowfields Care Centre · 45 Alexandra Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 4DB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Aims Care Limited
Swallowfields Care Centre is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people living with mental health conditions. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places....
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Respite Care - Mr & Mrs A H Akbarally · 24 Northcroft Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 9TA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Mr & Mrs A H Akbarally
Mr & Mrs A H Akbarally is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, and we think of it first as a house where people live rather than a place where care is delivered. Our approach is quiet and domestic. People get up when they wake, eat...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care - Gormanach House · 126 Reigate Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3BX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Kisimul Group Limited
Gormanach House is a small residential home in Epsom. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults, and we offer respite stays. The atmosphere here is domestic rather than clinical, which is...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Burgh Heath Lodge · 33 Burgh Heath Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 4LP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Mala Jagutpal
Burgh Heath Lodge is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people living with mental health conditions. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Our most...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Respite Care - Murach House · 116A Reigate Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3BX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Kisimul Group Limited
We are Murach House, a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults. We offer permanent places and respite stays. A home for a small number of people...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - The Shieling · St Ebbas, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8QJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
The Shieling is a residential care home in Epsom supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults, and people living with sight or hearing loss. We are a small home, and that is central to how we...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Derby House · Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8QJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Derby House is a small residential home in Epsom. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults, and we offer respite stays. Being small is the point rather than a limitation. This is a house...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Firlawn · 402 Chessington Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 9EG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Emas Limited
We at Firlawn are proud to offer a warm and welcoming residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, where compassionate support meets everyday comfort. Our home provides thoughtful residential care for older people, adults living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - EnhanceAble Space · 47 The Drive, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 0AR
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Enhanceable
EnhanceAble Space is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. Most of the people living here are younger adults, and we approach the place as their home rather than as a...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Longdown Road · 9 Longdown Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3PT
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Achieve Together Limited
Here at Longdown Road, we provide residential care for adults in the heart of Epsom, Surrey. We support people with learning disabilities, autism, and physical disabilities, and we welcome younger adults who need a place where they can...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Linden House · 9 College Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 4HF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Willowmead Residential Home Ltd
Linden House is a residential care home in Epsom, Surrey. We provide care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, and we offer respite stays as well as permanent places. Our aim is that this feels like...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Burgh Heath Care Centre · 472 Reigate Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5XA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Aims Care Limited
We are Burgh Heath Care Centre near Epsom, a residential care home supporting adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people managing a mental health condition, and people with a physical disability. Many of those living here...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Oaklawn · 400 Chessington Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 9EG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Emas Limited
Oaklawn is a residential care home in Epsom. We support older people and adults who have a learning disability or who are autistic, and our aim is a household that runs at a human pace rather than an institutional one. For our older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
What care costs in Surrey, per week
| Type of care | What the council pays | What self-funders are typically asked |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care Middle half of prices from 18 Surrey homes. Median £1,772. | £952 | £1,654 to £1,931 |
| Nursing care Middle half of prices from 13 Surrey homes. Median £2,025. | £988 | £1,920 to £2,155 |
| Residential dementia care Middle half of prices from 14 Surrey homes. Median £1,842. | Not published separately | £1,725 to £2,020 |
| Nursing dementia care South East figure, because too few Surrey homes publish this price. 37 homes. Median £2,050. | Not published separately | £1,975 to £2,226 |
Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.
Inspected most recently
- Tigh Grianan, 30 September 2026, Good
- Mr & Mrs A H Akbarally, 21 July 2026, Good
- Oaklawn, 13 July 2026, Good
Longest since a report
- Burgh Heath Lodge, 22 November 2018, Good
- Gormanach House, 25 December 2018, Good
- Appleby House, 25 April 2019, Outstanding
Frequently asked questions about care homes in Epsom
How many care homes are there in Epsom?
Epsom has 20 CQC registered care homes: 1 Outstanding, 16 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 1 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does a care home cost in Epsom?
Surrey County Council pays an average of £952 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,654 to £1,931 a week. Middle half of prices from 18 Surrey homes. Median £1,772. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.
Which care homes in Epsom were inspected most recently?
Tigh Grianan (30 September 2026), Mr & Mrs A H Akbarally (21 July 2026) and Oaklawn (13 July 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.
Local care news in Surrey
- New 30 bed care home registered with CQC in Waverley: Bridge House Care Home (5 November 2026)
- CQC register adds a new care home in Waverley: Cedar Court Care Home (5 November 2026)
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