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. ?
Park Lane Care Home is in the Good, with an area to improve tier ?, with 19 other homes in Devon.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Run by Waterfall Nursing Homes Limited, Park Lane Care Home is a nursing home in Barnstaple, Devon with 40 registered beds. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Devon, where the typical home has 25 beds.
Food hygiene inspectors scored the kitchen 5 out of 5 in July 2026. 86% of homes in Devon also score 5. 19 other homes in Devon share its tier, “Good, with an area to improve”. Of the 6 closest rated homes, none is rated above it. It is one of 2 homes run by Waterfall Nursing Homes Limited. 1 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
CQC last rated the home in January 2019, giving it Good overall. It was Good for effective, caring, responsive and well-led as well. Safe was rated Requires improvement. Its rating before that, in June 2016, was the same. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 51% of homes in Devon. Here is how rating age varies by council.
