Which care homes are registered in Swindon?

Thirty three residential care homes registered in Swindon appear on this page. They include Bembridge House, Ridgeway House, The Orchards Residential Home, Westwood House and Chiseldon Care Home, alongside a number of smaller houses supporting only a few people. Every entry opens into a profile carrying the current Care Quality Commission rating and the inspection report behind it. Comparing a short list of those profiles is the fastest way to work out where to visit.

What should we ask when we visit a home in Swindon?

Ask how many staff are on duty during the day and overnight, how long the manager has been in post and what staff turnover has been over the past year. Ask how the home supports a resident whose needs increase, and whether that could eventually mean moving on. Ask to see the current week's activity programme and a recent menu rather than a brochure. Then ask exactly what the weekly fee covers and what is billed in addition.

How does a care home differ from a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation, meals and help with personal tasks such as washing, dressing and prompting medication, with care staff present around the clock but no nurses on site. A nursing home offers all of that and also employs registered nurses, allowing it to meet clinical needs such as complex wound care, catheter management or support in the final stages of an illness. Everything listed here is registered as a residential care home. Where nursing might be required, the care needs assessment is the place to establish it.

Will Swindon Borough Council pay for a placement?

It may, where a financial assessment shows that income and capital cannot meet the full cost. For a permanent residential placement the value of a property is usually included unless a partner or certain other relatives continue to live there. Any contribution follows the care needs assessment, so that has to be completed first. If a family prefers a home costing more than the council's agreed budget, a third party contribution is normally required.

How do we arrange an assessment in Swindon?

Contact Swindon Borough Council and ask for an adult social care needs assessment. It is free and does not depend on income or savings, and anyone who appears to need support qualifies. An assessor discusses daily living, mobility, health conditions, medication and the risks in someone's present circumstances, then writes up a care and support plan. A family member already providing care can request a separate carer assessment alongside it.

How early should a family start looking?

Sooner than most do. Beginning while a situation is stable allows more than one visit to each home, time to read the inspection reports properly and a decision made on suitability rather than availability. Families who start during a hospital discharge usually find the choice already reduced to whoever has a room free. Starting the assessment early costs nothing and commits nobody.

Care Homes in Swindon

Swindon has 34 CQC registered care homes. 28 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 2 have not yet been rated. 15 of the 34 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Swindon at a glance

What the numbers say about care for older people in Swindon.

Swindon Borough Council pays, residential care: £832 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,400 to £1,650, median £1,549
Care home beds filled across Swindon: 94%. The 12 month average is 92%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 59
People aged 75 and over: 20,000. Rising to 25,200 by 2035, up 26%
Care homes, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 1 changed owner, covering 20 beds.
Who pays, across Swindon (estimate): 52% council, 32% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,600. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 32%
People aged 85 and over: 5,300. Rising to 8,000 by 2035, up 50%

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 Swindon involves and what to look for

What these homes provide

Residential care means a private room, meals, laundry and help with the parts of the day that have become difficult, from washing and dressing to prompting medication, with staff on the premises at every hour. What it does not include is nursing on site, so where a health need requires a registered nurse a differently registered home is needed. Thirty three homes in Swindon hold residential registration, which gives a family genuine choice as long as the list is narrowed deliberately rather than by whichever has a vacancy.

Size and character vary considerably

This listing spans larger purpose built settings such as Downs View Care Centre and Grove Hill Care Home alongside small houses supporting only a handful of residents. Neither model is inherently better. A small home can feel domestic and familiar, though with fewer staff on at any moment; a larger one usually offers more cover and more going on, at some cost to intimacy. Match the setting to the person rather than to what seems impressive on a visit.

Reading the inspection record

Argyll House and Hurst House both hold Outstanding judgements here, with twenty eight homes rated Good, two at Requires Improvement and one awaiting a first rating. Where a rating is absent it usually reflects recent registration rather than a concern, but it also means there is no published report to lean on, so expect to ask more questions. For the rest, check how recent the inspection was and read what was said about staffing, medicines and how residents spend their days.

Getting an assessment and sorting out the funding

The assessment that should come first

An assessment of need is free, open to anyone who appears to require support and unaffected by savings. It looks at mobility, memory, medication, nutrition, personal care and the risks someone faces where they live now, and produces a written care and support plan setting out what any home would have to provide. Request one from Swindon Borough Council adult social care, which carries out assessments and agrees the funded support that follows. A relative giving unpaid care can be assessed in their own right at the same time.

Who pays and how it is decided

A financial assessment looks at income, savings and capital, and for a permanent residential placement the value of a property is normally counted unless a partner or certain other relatives still live in it. The result decides whether the council contributes to fees, meets them entirely, or whether someone funds their own place while paying in from pension income. Where the council funds a placement it agrees a budget reflecting assessed need, and a family choosing a home above that figure will usually be asked for a third party contribution.

Questions about money worth asking early

Ask what the weekly fee includes and what is charged separately, since hairdressing, chiropody and escorted appointments frequently sit outside it. Ask how often fees are reviewed and what the last rise was. Ask what happens when a self funding resident's capital runs down and council support becomes necessary, because that answer determines whether a second move could be forced at a difficult time.

34 care homes in Swindon

Sandsground · Swindon Road, Highworth, Swindon, SN6 7SJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Here at Sandsground, we are proud to be a care home based in the heart of Highworth, Swindon, offering a warm and genuinely homely environment for the people who live with us. We specialise in residential care, supporting adults with...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
130 Whitworth Road · 130 Whitworth Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 3BJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
We are 130 Whitworth Road, a small residential care home in Swindon. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults, and we also offer respite stays. Being a small house is deliberate. It means...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
24 Windermere · 24 Windermere, Swindon, Swindon, SN3 6JZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Milestones Trust
24 Windermere is a small care home in Swindon, providing residential care for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, along with respite stays. Everything about how we work follows from the size of the place. A few people...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
3 Ferrers Drive · Grange Park, Swindon, Swindon, SN5 6HJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Millfield James Limited
3 Ferrers Drive is a small residential care home in Swindon supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults, alongside older people who need residential care. We work in a deliberately domestic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
4 Hermitage Lane · Upper Stratton, Swindon, Swindon, SN2 7QS
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
We are a small residential home on Hermitage Lane in Swindon, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, including younger adults and older people who need help with daily living. Because only a few people live here,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
50 Cherry Orchard · 50 Cherry Orchard, Swindon, Swindon, SN6 7AU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Milestones Trust
50 Cherry Orchard is a small residential home in Swindon. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and we offer respite stays. Being small is the point rather than a limitation. This is a house and it feels like...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
7 Eworth Close · Grange Park, Swindon, Swindon, SN5 6JG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Millfield James Limited
7 Eworth Close provides residential care in Swindon for older people and younger adults, including adults with learning disabilities and autism. We also offer planned respite stays. We are a small home and the people who live here are...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Argyll House · 578 Cricklade Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN2 7AS
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Argyll House is a residential care home in Swindon supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. We also offer respite stays. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is outstanding. We are glad...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Ashbury Lodge Residential Home · 261 Marlborough Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN3 1NW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Coate Water Care Company Limited
Ashbury Lodge Residential Home is in Swindon, and we provide residential care for a range of adults rather than only one group. Most of our residents are older people who can no longer manage at home, and we also support people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Bath Road · 77-79 Bath Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 4AX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Rethink Mental Illness
Our home on Bath Road in Swindon provides residential care for adults living with mental health conditions. What we offer first is stability. Most of the people who come to live here have had a long stretch in which very little has been...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Respite Care
Bembridge House · Bembridge Close, Swindon, Swindon, SN3 2PG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Milestones Trust
Bembridge House in Swindon is a residential home for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and we also offer respite stays. People live here for years rather than months, so we run the house as their household and think of...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Chiseldon Care Home · 73 Draycott Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN4 0LT
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Anderson Nursing Limited
Here at Chiseldon Care Home in Swindon, we provide residential care for older people, younger adults and those living with dementia. We also offer respite care for those who need short term support, whether that is to recover after a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Ciderstone House · 1 Blackthorn Lane, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 3SU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Ciderstone House is a residential care home in Swindon supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults moving into their first home away from family. We are a small setting rather than a large...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Dean Park · 24 Park Lane, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 5EL
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Optimal Living Ltd
Here at Dean Park, we are proud to offer a warm and welcoming home for the people we support in Swindon. We provide residential care, specialist support for people with learning disabilities and autism, and respite care for those who need...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Downs View Care Centre · Badbury, Swindon, Swindon, SN4 0EU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Coate Water Care Company Limited
Downs View Care Centre is a residential care home in Swindon, providing a permanent home for adults with a range of care needs. We aim for a household where people are known properly rather than simply managed well. Our care is residential...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Edgehill Care Home · Buttermere, Swindon, Swindon, SN3 6LF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Edgehill Care Home Limited
Here at Edgehill Care Home in Swindon, we provide a warm and homely environment where residents feel genuinely valued and well looked after. We welcome older people, younger adults, and those in need of respite care, and we take pride in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Family Breaks Service · 3 Firethorn Close, Swindon, Swindon, SN2 1FH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Swindon Borough Council
We are Swindon Family Breaks, a residential care home providing short break and respite stays. We support people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing a mental health condition, people...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Respite Care
Fessey House · Brookdene, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 1RY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Swindon Borough Council
Fessey House is a residential care home in Swindon. We support older people, including people living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities and residents who have sight or hearing loss, and we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Respite Care
Goddard Avenue (145) · 145-146 Goddard Avenue, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 4HX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Xlcare Limited
We are a residential care home on Goddard Avenue in Swindon, supporting older people and younger adults, including adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people managing mental health conditions. Respite stays are available...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Grove Hill Care Home · Grove Hill, Swindon, Swindon, SN6 7JN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Fidelity Healthcare Grove Hill Ltd
We are a residential care home in Swindon supporting older people and younger adults who need help with daily living, including those living with dementia, people with mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hill View · 33 Church Walk South, Swindon, Swindon, SN2 2JE
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Aston Care Limited
Here at Hill View, we are a care home based in Swindon, providing residential support for adults with a range of needs including learning disabilities, autism, mental health conditions and support for younger adults. We understand that...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hurst House · 11 Pinetree Rise, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 3BY
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Hurst House is a residential care home in Swindon supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. We work in a deliberately domestic way, because this is a house where people live rather than a unit where care is...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Lansdowne Hill Care Home · Wharf Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN4 9LF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Lansdowne Hill Care Home Limited
Lansdowne Hill is a residential care home in Swindon. We are home to older people, including many living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people living with sight or hearing loss. We support younger adults too, and we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Lindum House · 84 Bath Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 4AY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Lindum House
We at Lindum House are proud to offer specialist residential care in the heart of Swindon, providing a warm and welcoming home for adults with learning disabilities and autism. Our community based setting has been thoughtfully designed to...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Orchid House · 126 Whitworth Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 3BJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Orchid House is a residential care home in Swindon supporting younger adults, including people who have a learning disability and people who are autistic. It is somebody's home before it is anything else, and we work to keep that order of...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Quarry Mount · 83 Bath Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 4AX
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Quarry Mount Care Limited
Quarry Mount is a residential care home in Swindon, providing a home for older people who need support with daily living. We also care for younger adults, support residents living with dementia, and look after people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Revell Close Care Home · Revell Close, Swindon, Swindon, SN2 7TW
Care home · Run by Optimal Living Ltd
Revell Close Care Home is a residential care home in Swindon providing a home for older people, for younger adults, for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, for people with physical disabilities, for people with loss of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Ridgeway House · 243 Marlborough Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN3 1NN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
We are a residential care home in Swindon supporting adults with mental health needs, and we also offer respite stays. Much of what we do comes down to stability. Many of the people who come to us have been through periods of upheaval,...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Respite Care
Simones House · 69 Britten Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 2HQ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by PBT Social Care Ltd
Simones House Swindon is a residential care home supporting adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with dementia, people living with mental health conditions and people with a visual or hearing impairment. Most...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
The Laurel · 23 Park Lane, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 5EL
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Optimal Living Ltd
The Laurel is a residential care home in Swindon, supporting adults who have a learning disability, autistic adults, people with physical disabilities and people with visual or hearing impairment. We also offer respite stays for people who...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Respite Care
The Orchards Residential Home · 1 Perrys Lane, Swindon, Swindon, SN4 9AX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Buckland Care Limited
The Orchards Residential Home is in Swindon. We provide residential care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with mental health needs, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Tony Long House · 18 Shaplands, Swindon, Swindon, SN3 4FF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sanctuary Home Care Limited
At Tony Long House, we provide residential care for people in the heart of Swindon, and we take real pride in the community we have built here. We support a genuinely diverse group of people, including older adults, younger adults, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Westwood House · Belmont Crescent, Swindon, Swindon, SN1 4EY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
Westwood House is a residential care home in Swindon. We support older people and younger adults, including adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. Having a mixed group under one roof is something we plan for rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Whitworth Road · 187 Whitworth Road, Swindon, Swindon, SN25 3BX
Care home · Run by Ocean Community Services Limited
We are a residential care home on Whitworth Road in Swindon, supporting younger adults and older people, including people with a learning disability, autistic people and people living with mental health needs. This is a house where adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults

What care costs in Swindon, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care South West figure, because too few Swindon homes publish this price. 52 homes. Median £1,549.	£832	£1,400 to £1,650
Nursing care South West figure, because too few Swindon homes publish this price. 16 homes. Median £1,810.	£847	£1,599 to £1,983
Residential dementia care South West figure, because too few Swindon homes publish this price. 19 homes. Median £1,665.	Not published separately	£1,450 to £1,813
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Swindon homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,890 to £2,221

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

3 Ferrers Drive, 9 September 2026, Good
Quarry Mount, 19 August 2026, Requires improvement
Lindum House, 13 August 2026, Good

Longest since a report

50 Cherry Orchard, 17 October 2017, Good
Tony Long House, 15 December 2017, Good
Argyll House, 14 February 2018, Outstanding

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Swindon

How many care homes are there in Swindon?

Swindon has 34 CQC registered care homes: 2 Outstanding, 28 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 2 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 Swindon?

Swindon Borough Council pays an average of £832 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,400 to £1,650 a week. South West figure, because too few Swindon homes publish this price. 52 homes. Median £1,549. 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 Swindon were inspected most recently?

3 Ferrers Drive (9 September 2026), Quarry Mount (19 August 2026) and Lindum House (13 August 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.