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Residential care homeCQC: Requires improvement
1 & 2 Flax Cottages
Choppington, Northumberland, NE62 5SR
Key details
- Address
- 1 & 2 Flax Cottages, Fernlea Drive, Scotland Gate, Choppington, Northumberland, NE62 5SR
- Telephone
- 01670530247
- Care provided
- Residential home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Requires improvementreport published 29 September 2025
- Beds
- 9
- CQC registered since
- 2013
- Operated by
- Lifeways Community Care Limited
- Brand
- BRAND Lifeways Community Care
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
3
registered homes in Choppington
2/3
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
9
beds, local median 40
Specialist care
1 & 2 Flax Cottages is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
Caring for adults under 65 yrsLearning disabilitiesCaring for adults over 65 yrsPhysical disabilities
About 1 & 2 Flax Cottages
Based in Choppington in Northumberland (NE62 5SR), 1 & 2 Flax Cottages is a residential care home run by Lifeways Community Care Limited. It is a small home with 9 beds, which some families prefer for a more personal feel. It provides personal care and support with daily living rather than round-the-clock nursing. Its current CQC registration dates from 2013.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Requires improvement in its latest inspection report, published September 2025. It is worth reading the full report on the CQC website and asking the home what has changed since. There are 2 other care homes nearby if you want to compare options. Contact the home directly to check vacancies and fees, and try to visit in person before deciding.
Data source and freshness
Core registration, operator, contact and service data comes from the official CQC directory dated 2026-08-05. Ratings and bed counts come from the CQC active-locations dataset. We compare directory releases by CQC location ID so real changes can update this page without inventing new copy.
Open the source dataset. Details can change between releases, so verify the current CQC record and confirm fees, services and vacancies directly with the home.
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