Residential care home · Buckinghamshire

Buckingham Lodge

Culpepper Close, Aylesbury, HP19 9DU

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: Requires improvementCaring: Requires improvementResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 4 years ago ↑ Up from Inadequate

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 25 May 2022 Rated 4 years ago ?
  • SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
  • EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
  • 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

Earlier ratings ?

  • September 2021InadequateSECRW
  • July 2019Requires improvementSECRW
  • January 2018GoodSECRW
  • August 2017Requires improvementSECRW
  • May 2016Requires improvementSECRW

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How it compares in Buckinghamshire

Buckingham Lodge is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire. 73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 5 (4%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 7 (6%)
  • Good 63 (50%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 9 (7%)
  • Requires improvement 30 (24%)
  • Inadequate 1 (1%)
  • Not yet rated 10 (8%)

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Care homes nearby

  • Lakeside Watermead Care Home
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP19 0WH · Nursing home · 49 beds1.0 km
    Requires improvement S: Requires improvementE: Requires improvementC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 1 year ago
  • The Fremantle Trust - Buckingham Road
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP19 9QF · Residential care home · 7 beds1.2 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Lewin House
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP19 9HP · Nursing home · 70 beds1.3 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Belgrave Lodge
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP19 9HP · Residential care home · 8 beds1.3 km
    Good S: Requires improvementE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 2 years ago
  • Hillside
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP19 8AB · Nursing home · 68 beds1.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • 4 Trinity Court
    Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire · HP19 8AB · Residential care home · 6 beds1.6 km
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago

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Other homes run by Anchor Hanover Group

120 care homes in total: 3 Outstanding, 98 Good, 17 Requires improvement, 2 Not yet rated.

  • Beech Hall
    Leeds · LS12 3UE · Residential care home · 64 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • St Anne's - Saltash
    Saltash, Cornwall · PL12 6DJ · Residential care home · 33 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: OutstandingC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 6 years ago
  • West Hall
    West Byfleet, Surrey · KT14 6EY · Residential care home · 117 beds
    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 7 years ago
  • Ashcroft
    Bradford · BD2 3EF · Residential care home · 66 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 8 years ago
  • Sandstones
    Wirral · CH45 7QF · Residential care home · 35 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 years ago
  • St Marys
    Ipswich, Suffolk · IP9 2PS · Residential care home · 60 beds
    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Outstanding Rated 8 months ago

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Buckingham Lodge in brief

Buckingham Lodge is a 64-bed residential care home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, run by Anchor Hanover Group. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. Most homes in Buckinghamshire are smaller: the median there is 30 beds.

The Fremantle Trust - Buckingham Road, 1.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good. 101 of Anchor Hanover Group’s 118 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). In Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in August 2025. 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire also score 5.

CQC rated it Requires improvement overall and in all five key questions in May 2022. That is up from Inadequate in September 2021.