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Residential care homeCQC: Outstanding
Heron House Residential Home
Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5HA
Key details
- Address
- Heron Drive, Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5HA
- Telephone
- 01823334238
- Website
- www.abbeyfieldtaunton.co.uk
- Care provided
- Residential home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Outstandingreport published 16 August 2023
- Beds
- 44
- CQC registered since
- 2010
- Operated by
- Heron House Residential Home Limited
- Brand
- BRAND Abbeyfield Society
- Local authority
- Somerset
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
50
registered homes in Taunton
44/47
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
44
beds, local median 18
This overall rating was published about 2 years ago. Read the current CQC record for newer assessments or actions that may not change the overall rating immediately.
Specialist care
Heron House Residential Home is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
Sensory impairmentsDementiaCaring for adults over 65 yrsPhysical disabilities
About Heron House Residential Home
Based in Taunton in Somerset (TA1 5HA), Heron House Residential Home is a residential care home run by Heron House Residential Home Limited. It is a larger home with 44 beds. The home supports residents with day-to-day personal care; it is not registered to provide on-site nursing. Its current CQC registration dates from 2010.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Outstanding in its latest inspection report, published August 2023, a rating held by only a small fraction of care homes in England. There are 49 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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