SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Requires improvement
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
The home changed owner in February 2026. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Alston View Nursing and Residential Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 65 other homes in Lancashire.
83% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Alston View Nursing and Residential Home at a glance
Run by Alston View Nursing Home Limited, Alston View Nursing and Residential Home is a nursing home in Preston, Lancashire with 49 registered beds. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability. Most homes in Lancashire are smaller: the median there is 28 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in July 2023. It was Requires improvement for safe, caring, responsive and well-led as well. CQC rated effective as Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. It was also rated Requires improvement at the inspection before, in July 2021.
Longridge Hall and Lodge, 0.9 km away, is the closest home rated Good. In Lancashire, 83% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in January 2026. That is true of 77% of homes in Lancashire. The home changed owner in February 2026.
