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?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Good
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. ?
Honey Lane Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 47 other homes in Essex.
84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Towertrend Limited runs Honey Lane Care Home, a residential care home in Waltham Abbey, Essex with room for 41 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. Most homes in Essex are smaller: the median there is 22 beds.
47 other homes in Essex share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from April 2026. 89% of homes in Essex also score 5. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it.
The current CQC rating is Good, published in March 2022. Effective, caring, responsive and well-led were also Good. For safe, the rating was Requires improvement. That matches its previous rating, from January 2019.
