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Residential care homeCQC: Outstanding
The Coombe House
Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9QL
Key details
- Address
- The Coombe, Streatley-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9QL
- Telephone
- 01491872174
- Website
- www.coombehouse.co.uk
- Care provided
- Residential home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Outstandingreport published 19 July 2018
- Beds
- 24
- CQC registered since
- 2010
- Operated by
- Mrs C Windebank and Mrs S Howard
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
73
registered homes in Reading
51/63
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
24
beds, local median 11
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
The Coombe House is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
About The Coombe House
The Coombe House is a CQC-registered residential care home serving Reading in Berkshire, operated by Mrs C Windebank and Mrs S Howard. It has 24 beds. It provides personal care and support with daily living rather than round-the-clock nursing. It has held CQC registration since 2010.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Outstanding in its latest inspection report, published July 2018, a rating held by only a small fraction of care homes in England. There are 72 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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