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Priory Lodge
ResidentialColchester, Essex · CO1 2QE
CQC: Requires improvementUnder 65sMental health20 beds
Nursing homeCQC: Outstanding
Alderwood Care Home
Colchester, Essex, CO1 1ZP
Key details
- Address
- 39 Essex Hall Road, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1ZP
- Telephone
- 01206574266
- Website
- www.carebase.org.uk
- Care provided
- Nursing home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Outstandingreport published 19 May 2018
- Beds
- 65
- CQC registered since
- 2011
- Operated by
- Carebase (Colchester) Limited
- Brand
- BRAND Carebase
- Local authority
- Essex
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
97
registered homes in Colchester
78/89
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
65
beds, local median 10
This overall rating was published about 8 years ago. Read the current CQC record for newer assessments or actions that may not change the overall rating immediately.
Specialist care
Alderwood Care Home is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
Caring for adults under 65 yrsDementiaCaring for adults over 65 yrs
About Alderwood Care Home
Alderwood Care Home is a CQC-registered nursing home serving Colchester in Essex, operated by Carebase (Colchester) Limited. With 65 beds, it is one of the larger homes in the area. Registered nurses are on site 24 hours a day, which suits residents whose health needs go beyond personal care. It has held CQC registration since 2011.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Outstanding in its latest inspection report, published May 2018, a rating held by only a small fraction of care homes in England. There are 96 other care homes nearby if you want to compare options. We recommend contacting the home directly to arrange a visit, discuss fees and check current vacancies.
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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