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Chirnside House
ResidentialLancaster, Lancashire · LA1 4NL
CQC: Requires improvementDementiaOver 65s30 beds
Residential care homeCQC: Good
The Thorns Retirement Home
Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 6DW
Key details
- Address
- 1 Coastal Road, Hestbank, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 6DW
- Telephone
- 01524822558
- Website
- www.the-thorns.co.uk
- Care provided
- Residential home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Goodreport published 22 October 2019
- Beds
- 15
- CQC registered since
- 2012
- Operated by
- The Thorns Retirement Home Limited
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
14
registered homes in Lancaster
12/13
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
15
beds, local median 43
This overall rating was published about 6 years ago. Read the current CQC record for newer assessments or actions that may not change the overall rating immediately.
Specialist care
The Thorns Retirement Home is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
Caring for adults over 65 yrs
About The Thorns Retirement Home
The Thorns Retirement Home is a CQC-registered residential care home serving Lancaster in Lancashire, operated by The Thorns Retirement Home Limited. It has 15 beds. The home supports residents with day-to-day personal care; it is not registered to provide on-site nursing. It has held CQC registration since 2012.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Good in its latest inspection report, published October 2019. There are 13 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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