North East

Care homes in Northumberland

All 93 care homes in Northumberland, grouped by CQC rating ?

93care homes
3,438beds
91%rated Good or OutstandingEngland 82%
34nursing homes ?
28%ratings over 5 years old ?

Northumberland ranks 117 of 149 council areas for the share of ratings over 5 years old (1 = oldest). See every area

What the council pays ?

The average weekly cost of care home places Northumberland council arranged in 2024-25. Self-funders' fees are set by each home and are often higher.

£890Residential care, 65 and overEngland £982 · up 9% on 2023-24
£900Nursing care, 65 and overEngland £1,102 · up 18% on 2023-24
£1,955Residential care, 18 to 64England £1,883 · up 13% on 2023-24
£1,287Nursing care, 18 to 64England £1,521 · up 16% on 2023-24

Nursing figures don't include the £267.68 a week the NHS pays towards nursing care (FNC, from April 2026). Source: Department of Health and Social Care, adult social care finance report 2024-25. Compare every council

Care home staffing in Northumberland ?

The share of posts in Northumberland's care homes that were vacant in 2024-25. A higher figure can mean more use of agency staff.

6.1%Care homes without nursing: posts vacantEngland 4.1% · about 125 of 2,200 posts
5.6%Nursing homes: posts vacantEngland 4.7% · about 100 of 2,100 posts
17.4%Nurses in nursing homes: posts vacantEngland 6.6% · about 25 of 250 posts

Source: Skills for Care, adult social care workforce estimates 2024-25 (independent sector). Figures are for the whole area, not individual homes.

Outstanding · 4

Rated Outstanding overall.

  • Birch Hill Care Centre
    Berwick-Upon-Tweed · TD15 2JZ · Residential care home · 24 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 5 months ago
  • Jane Percy House
    Cramlington · NE23 1XX · Residential care home · 25 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • Percy House
    Blyth · NE24 2DS · Residential care home · 18 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Tynedale House
    Blyth · NE24 4LH · Residential care home · 30 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago

Good, with Outstanding areas · 9

Good overall and Outstanding in at least one key question.

  • Abbeyfield House
    Alnwick · NE66 2NZ · Residential care home · 25 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 months ago
  • Blythgate Manor
    Blyth · NE24 4LH · Nursing home · 60 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 months ago
  • Charlotte Straker House
    Corbridge · NE45 5HB · Nursing home · 32 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Cramlington House
    Cramlington · NE23 8AD · Residential care home · 63 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Flexible Support Options Limited (Thorntree Way)
    Blyth · NE24 4LS · Residential care home · 10 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: OutstandingW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Grange Lea Care Home
    Newcastle Upon Tyne · NE20 9UT · Residential care home · 20 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Harwood Court Care Home
    Cramlington · NE23 6AZ · Residential care home · 35 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
  • Hazelmead Residential Care Home
    Morpeth · NE65 9RR · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 10 months ago
  • Meadow Park
    Bedlington · NE22 6LA · Residential care home · 61 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 11 months ago

Good · 65

Good overall and in every key question.

  • Acomb Court
    Hexham · NE46 1EN · Residential care home · 76 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 months ago
  • Albury House
    Berwick Upon Tweed · TD15 1NG · Residential care home · 12 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Ashington Grange
    Ashington · NE63 9LJ · Nursing home · 59 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Astor Court
    Cramlington · NE23 6XF · Nursing home · 43 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Astor Lodge
    Cramlington · NE23 6XF · Nursing home · 29 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
  • Beachville West End
    Newbiggin-By-The-Sea · NE64 6XD · Residential care home · 13 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Beech Tree House
    Alnwick · NE66 1XQ · Nursing home · 86 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Bentinck Crescent
    Morpeth · NE61 6SX · Residential care home · 7 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Beresford Lodge Residential Care Home
    Whitley Bay · NE26 4RJ · Residential care home · 26 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Birkinshaw Manor
    Bedlington · NE22 5TT · Residential care home · 54 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Bluebell Manor
    Morpeth · NE61 3AA · Nursing home · 67 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
  • Burn Brae Lodge
    Corbridge · NE45 5RU · Residential care home · 31 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Calvert Trust Kielder
    Hexham · NE48 1BS · Residential care home · 20 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Cambian Dilston College
    Corbridge · NE45 5RJ · Residential care home · 40 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Carntyne Residential Care Home
    Hexham · NE46 2EE · Residential care home · 21 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Castleview Care Home
    Alnwick · NE66 1LH · Nursing home · 49 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated this month
  • Chester Court
    Bedlington · NE22 6LA · Nursing home · 41 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Close House Nursing and Residential Care Home
    Hexham · NE46 1ST · Nursing home · 23 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Crofton Court
    Blyth · NE24 1DW · Residential care home · 50 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Crows Nest
    Newbiggin By The Sea · NE64 6DN · Residential care home · 12 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 months ago
  • De Baliol
    Newbiggin By The Sea · NE64 6HN · Nursing home · 59 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Dene Grange Care Home
    Hexham · NE46 1HW · Nursing home · 50 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Deneholme Care Centre
    Hexham · NE47 9PX · Residential care home · 13 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 month ago
  • Dolphin View Care Home
    Morpeth · NE65 0AP · Nursing home · 35 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago
  • Elm Bank Care Home
    Hexham · NE46 1HW · Residential care home · 48 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Elpha Lodge Residential Care Home
    Morpeth · NE65 9RR · Residential care home · 24 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Flexible Support Options Limited (Pengarth)
    Morpeth · NE61 5HU · Residential care home · 5 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Foxton Court
    Morpeth · NE61 2BT · Residential care home · 77 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago
  • Garden House
    Berwick Upon Tweed · TD15 1RD · Residential care home · 36 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 months ago
  • Hartford Court
    Cramlington · NE23 1DA · Residential care home · 75 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Havendene Residential Home
    Prudhoe · NE42 5HH · Residential care home · 25 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Haydon View Residential Home
    Hexham · NE47 6NA · Residential care home · 27 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Heatherdale Residential Home
    Morpeth · NE65 9RT · Residential care home · 36 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Hepscott Care Centre
    Morpeth · NE61 6NX · Residential care home · 40 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Hillcrest
    Alnwick · NE66 2NZ · Nursing home · 50 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Hillside Lodge Care Home
    Berwick-Upon-Tweed · TD15 2BY · Nursing home · 50 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Holmside Residential Care Home
    Bedlington · NE22 5PP · Residential care home · 39 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • La Cura House
    Berwick-Upon-Tweed · TD15 1PL · Nursing home · 60 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • Mountview
    Stocksfield · NE43 7HL · Residential care home · 10 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • New Ridley Road
    Stocksfield · NE43 7EY · Residential care home · 9 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Northlands Care Home (Northumberland)
    Morpeth · NE61 1HX · Nursing home · 39 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Northlea Court
    Cramlington · NE23 1XX · Nursing home · 50 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • Ponteland Manor Care Home
    Newcastle Upon Tyne · NE20 9PZ · Nursing home · 52 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Red Brick House
    Prudhoe · NE42 5AE · Nursing home · 50 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Rose Tree House
    Stocksfield · NE43 7LY · Nursing home · 44 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago
  • Rothbury Cottage Care Ltd
    Morpeth · NE65 7RW · Residential care home · 14 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Royal Hampton Care Home
    Newcastle Upon Tyne · NE20 9HZ · Nursing home · 73 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Scarbrough Court
    Cramlington · NE23 6ED · Nursing home · 58 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Scottlyn
    Morpeth · NE61 5QR · Residential care home · 8 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • South Bebside Care Home
    Blyth · NE24 5JU · Residential care home · 32 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 4 years ago
  • South Quay Care Home
    Blyth · NE24 5TT · Nursing home · 58 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Station Court
    Ashington · NE63 8HE · Residential care home · 64 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • Summerhill
    Alnwick · NE66 1AL · Residential care home · 29 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • The Gables Care Home
    Bedlington · NE22 7JY · Residential care home · 11 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 5 years ago
  • The Grange
    Alnwick · NE66 3RR · Residential care home · 27 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 9 months ago
  • The Grange Nursing Home
    Morpeth · NE65 0TX · Nursing home · 23 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • The Mews
    Blyth · NE24 5ND · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • The Willows
    Bedlington · NE22 5PX · Nursing home · 27 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Tweed View House
    Berwick Upon Tweed · TD15 1NG · Residential care home · 36 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Tweedmouth House
    Berwick Upon Tweed · TD15 2HD · Nursing home · 55 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago
  • Victoria House
    Bedlington · NE22 5QA · Residential care home · 9 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Waterloo House Rest Home Limited
    Blyth · NE24 1BY · Residential care home · 40 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Wentworth Grange
    Riding Mill · NE44 6DZ · Nursing home · 51 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 1 year ago
  • Wilkinson Park
    Morpeth · NE65 7DP · Residential care home · 21 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 11 months ago
  • Woodhorn Park
    Ashington · NE63 9AN · Residential care home · 61 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 3 years ago

Good, with an area to improve · 7

Good overall but Requires improvement or Inadequate in at least one key question.

  • Bridge View
    Choppington · NE62 5JF · Nursing home · 61 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • Holywell House Care Centre
    Whitley Bay · NE25 0LB · Residential care home · 47 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago
  • No 11&12 Third Row
    Morpeth · NE61 5SB · Residential care home · 4 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago
  • Ridley Park
    Blyth · NE24 3BG · Nursing home · 59 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago
  • The Pines Residential Care Home
    Ashington · NE63 8PP · Residential care home · 28 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • The Pines Residential Care Home
    Ashington · NE63 8PP · Residential care home · 28 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: Requires improvementW: Good Rated 6 years ago
  • Wansbeck Care Home
    Choppington · NE62 5XE · Residential care home · 40 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 years ago

Requires improvement · 8

Rated Requires improvement overall.

  • Lowgate Care Home
    Hexham · NE46 2NN · Nursing home · 42 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
  • Oaklands
    Hexham · NE46 4JR · Nursing home · 15 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
  • Riverside House
    Morpeth · NE61 1TE · Residential care home · 46 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 8 months ago
  • The Oaks Care Home
    Blyth · NE24 1PN · Nursing home · 45 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: Requires improvementR: Requires improvementW: Inadequate Rated 11 months ago
  • The Old Vicarage
    Wooler · NE71 6AD · Residential care home · 28 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 11 months ago
  • Thomas Knight Care Home
    Blyth · NE24 2DP · Nursing home · 54 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
  • Turret Villa Retirement Home
    Berwick Upon Tweed · TD15 2EG · Residential care home · 35 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
  • Wellburn House
    Prudhoe · NE42 6DE · Residential care home · 35 beds
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 3 months ago

Care homes in areas near Northumberland