Nursing Homes in Chester

Chester has 176 CQC registered nursing homes. 115 are rated Good, 5 Outstanding, 33 Requires improvement, 4 Inadequate, and 19 have not yet been rated. 108 of the 176 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Chester at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Chester, to help you judge the options below.

  • Cheshire West and Chester Council pays, residential care: £866 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,249 to £1,514, median £1,409
  • Care home beds filled across Manchester: 90%. The 12 month average is 88%.
  • Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 89
  • People aged 75 and over: 23,800. Rising to 28,400 by 2035, up 19%
  • Care homes, last 12 months: 2 opened, 3 closed. 4 changed owner, covering 110 beds.
  • Who pays, across Manchester (estimate): 78% council, 14% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
  • Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,200. Rising to 3,900 by 2035, up 20%
  • People aged 85 and over: 5,900. Rising to 7,300 by 2035, up 24%

Planned and recent building work within 5 miles

  • Land Off Brundrett Street Offerton Stockport. Application for a 80 bed care home. Submitted 9 December 2025. Approved 21 October 2026. (3.3 miles away)
  • 13 Windsor Road Newton Heath Manchester. Application for a 7 bed care home through a change of use. Submitted 9 December 2025. Approved 29 January 2026. (3.9 miles away)

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Arranging nursing care in Chester and settling the funding

Starting with an assessment of need

Where nursing is involved, the paperwork tends to run ahead of the visits, and it helps to know the order of it. Anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to an assessment, carried out by Cheshire West and Chester Council Adult Social Care as the authority responsible for assessing need and agreeing funded support. A practitioner will look at mobility, medication, continence, nutrition, skin integrity and safety, and will establish whether the level of clinical need genuinely requires a home with registered nurses on duty rather than a residential setting. That conclusion matters, because it determines which of the homes listed here can lawfully accept the placement.

Contributions, health funding and written fees

Money is worked out separately from need. A financial assessment of income and capital establishes what the person contributes towards the weekly fee and whether public funds meet any part of it. Where someone lives in a nursing home and has been assessed as needing care from a registered nurse, the health service normally pays a contribution towards that nursing element directly to the home, and it is worth asking how that has been reflected in the figure you are quoted. Ask every home for its fees in writing and check what falls outside the weekly rate, since hairdressing, chiropody and transport are commonly billed separately. Where a property is owned but cannot be sold quickly, ask Cheshire West and Chester Council about a deferred payment arrangement.

Choosing the right nursing home and what to look for

What a rating covers and what it misses

Every outcome appears among the one hundred and seventy homes on this page. Outstanding is represented, Good covers a substantial share, Requires Improvement and Inadequate both appear, and some services carry no rating because they registered too recently to have been inspected. Use the word to order a long list rather than to settle a decision, and always check the date it was awarded, because a home can change hands and change character entirely between inspections. The report itself is where the useful detail lives, particularly on staffing levels, how medicines were managed, whether pressure care was handled properly and how the home responded when something went wrong.

Questions that matter when nursing is involved

Ask how many registered nurses are on duty by day and overnight, and how often those shifts are filled by agency staff who do not know the residents. Ask how the home manages pressure area care, catheters, diabetes and end of life care, and how quickly a general practitioner attends when called. Ask what happens if someone deteriorates in the night and how families are kept informed. Beyond the clinical questions, watch how staff speak to residents when they think nobody is listening, whether call bells are answered while you stand there, and whether people have anything to occupy them. Visit at a mealtime if you can, since half an hour in a dining room reveals what no tour is designed to show.

176 nursing homes in Chester (showing 1–50)

  1. Grange Ave · Manchester, Manchester · CQC Good
  2. Lindisfarne CLS Residential · Chester Le Street, County Durham · CQC Good
  3. St Mary's Care Home · Chester Le Street, County Durham · CQC Good
  4. Oakland House Nursing Home · Manchester, Manchester · CQC Requires improvement
  5. Upton Dene Residential and Nursing Home · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester · CQC Requires improvement
  6. Willows Care Home · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester · CQC Inadequate
  7. St Catherines View · Winchester, Hampshire · CQC Good
  8. Lavender Villa · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester · CQC Requires improvement
  9. The Oaks Care Home · Colchester, Essex · CQC Good
  10. Horkesley Manor · Colchester, Essex · CQC Requires improvement
  11. Manorhey Care Centre · Manchester, Trafford · CQC Good
  12. St Mary’s Nursing Home · Manchester, Manchester · CQC Good
  13. Appleton Manor · Manchester, Stockport · CQC Good
  14. Abberton Manor Nursing Home · Colchester, Essex · CQC Good
  15. Oaklands Nursing Home · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester · CQC Good
  16. Caraway House Care Home · Chichester, West Sussex
  17. Springfields Nursing Home · Colchester, Essex · CQC Good
  18. Sutton Manor Care Home · Winchester, Hampshire · CQC Good
  19. 3L Care - Atherton · Manchester, Wigan · CQC Good
  20. St Cyril's Neurological Care and Rehabilitation Service · Chester, Cheshire West and Chester · CQC Requires improvement
  21. Moston Grange Nursing Home · Manchester, Manchester · CQC Outstanding
  22. St Michaels Nursing Home · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  23. Abbotts Barton · Winchester, Hampshire · CQC Good
  24. St Fillans Care Home · Colchester, Essex · CQC Requires improvement
  25. Westholme Care Home · Winchester, Hampshire · CQC Good
  26. Castle View · Dorchester, Dorset · CQC Good
  27. Manorhey Care Centre · Manchester, Trafford
  28. Norlands Nursing Home · Manchester, Manchester · CQC Good
  29. West House Care Home · Chester Le Street, County Durham · CQC Good
  30. Broomhouse Nursing Home · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  31. Tenchley Manor Nursing Home · Chichester, West Sussex · CQC Good
  32. Bridgewater Manor Care Home · Manchester, Salford · CQC Good
  33. Ashgate House Care Home · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  34. Belvedere House Care Home · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  35. Ashcroft Care Home · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Requires improvement
  36. 11 Victory Street · Manchester, Manchester
  37. Alderwood Care Home · Colchester, Essex · CQC Outstanding
  38. Grange · Chichester, West Sussex · CQC Good
  39. Rose Lodge · Manchester, Manchester · CQC Good
  40. Westacre Nursing Home · Winchester, Hampshire · CQC Requires improvement
  41. Fisher Close · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Requires improvement
  42. St Joseph's · Manchester, Manchester · CQC Outstanding
  43. Casterbridge Lodge · Dorchester, Dorset · CQC Good
  44. Hill House Nursing Home · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Good
  45. Colonia Court Care Home · Colchester, Essex · CQC Good
  46. Radcliffe House · Manchester, Bury · CQC Good
  47. St Cross Grange Care Home · Winchester, Hampshire
  48. Lindisfarne Birtley · Chester Le Street, Gateshead · CQC Good
  49. Tapton Grove · Chesterfield, Derbyshire · CQC Requires improvement
  50. Lindisfarne CLS Nursing · Chester Le Street, County Durham · CQC Good

What care costs in Manchester, per week

Type of careWhat the council paysWhat self-funders are typically asked
Residential care North West figure, because too few Manchester homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,409.£866£1,249 to £1,514
Nursing care England figure, because too few Manchester homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916.£959£1,600 to £2,071
Residential dementia care North West figure, because too few Manchester homes publish this price. 17 homes. Median £1,533.Not published separately£1,372 to £1,648
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Manchester homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050.Not published separately£1,890 to £2,221

Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

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Longest since a report

Frequently asked questions about nursing homes in Chester

How many nursing homes are there in Chester?

Chester has 176 CQC registered nursing homes: 5 Outstanding, 115 Good, 33 Requires improvement, 4 Inadequate, 19 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a nursing home cost in Chester?

Cheshire West and Chester Council pays an average of £866 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,249 to £1,514 a week. North West figure, because too few Manchester homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,409. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.

Which nursing homes in Chester were inspected most recently?

Manor Barn Nursing Home (9 September 2026), Lang Riggs House (4 August 2026) and Copper Beeches (3 August 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

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