Residential care home · Wigan
Heathside Residential Home
Plank Lane, Leigh, WN7 4QE
How it compares in Wigan
Heathside Residential Home is in the Outstanding tier ?, with 3 other homes in Wigan. 91% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
- Outstanding 4 (7%)
- Good, with Outstanding areas 5 (8%)
- Good 37 (61%)
- Good, with an area to improve 4 (7%)
- Requires improvement 5 (8%)
- Not yet rated 6 (10%)
Care homes nearby
Other homes run by Wigan Council
3 care homes in total: 1 Outstanding, 1 Good, 1 Not yet rated.
Heathside Residential Home at a glance
Run by Wigan Council, Heathside Residential Home is a residential care home in Leigh, Wigan with 32 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment.
CQC's latest rating, from October 2019, is Outstanding overall. It was Outstanding for caring and responsive as well. For safe, effective and well-led, the rating was Good. That is up from Good in January 2017. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 45% of ratings in Wigan are as old (how rating age varies by council).
It is one of 3 homes run by Wigan Council. 2 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding. None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding. In Wigan, 91% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 4 for food hygiene in November 2025. 64% of homes in Wigan score the top mark of 5.