Residential care home · Bolton

Hyde Lea

Hyde Lea, 49 Sharples Park, Bolton, BL1 6PG

Requires improvement Safe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement Rated 2 years ago ↓ Down from Good No registered manager New owner since November 2025

CQC rating

Requires improvement
Published 22 February 2024 Rated 2 years ago ?
  • 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?Requires improvement

CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?

The home changed owner in November 2025. Its rating dates from before the change. ?

This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?

Earlier ratings ?

  • February 2022Inspected, no new rating
  • December 2020Inspected, no new rating
  • April 2018GoodSECRW previous owner
  • April 2016GoodSECRW previous owner

The home changed owner or registration. Earlier ratings are on the CQC website: previous registration ↗.

Read the full report on the CQC website ↗

How it compares in Bolton

Hyde Lea is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 8 other homes in Bolton. 84% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).

  • Outstanding 3 (5%)
  • Good, with Outstanding areas 1 (2%)
  • Good 41 (69%)
  • Good, with an area to improve 3 (5%)
  • Requires improvement 9 (15%)
  • Not yet rated 2 (3%)

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  • Astley Grange
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Good Rated 7 months ago
  • Ropers Barn
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    Not yet rated S: not ratedE: not ratedC: not ratedR: not ratedW: not rated
  • Spennymoor Care Home Limited
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    Good S: GoodE: GoodC: GoodR: GoodW: Requires improvement Rated 2 months ago
  • Church Road
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    Outstanding S: GoodE: GoodC: OutstandingR: OutstandingW: Outstanding Rated 4 years ago

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Hyde Lea in brief

Hyde Lea is a 19-bed residential care home in Bolton. The home is its own registered provider. CQC registers it to look after older people and people with dementia.

The nearest home with a higher rating is The Old Vicarage (Good), 0.7 km away. Hyde Lea Limited has run the home since November 2025, when it changed owner. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. Across Bolton, 84% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from July 2026. 84% of homes in Bolton also score 5.

CQC last rated the home in February 2024, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe and well-led as well. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That is down from Good in April 2018.