Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from February 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Chester le Street, DH3 3PU
- 31 beds
North East
Care homes in County Durham
There are 87 care homes in County Durham registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England. Between them they have 2,399 beds.
83 of the 86 with an overall rating from CQC (97%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 has no overall rating shown, usually because CQC has not rated it yet or rates the parts of the service separately. CQC data as at 13 October 2026.
Find the right one near you
Search by postcode to see care homes by distance, with a map.
How care homes in County Durham are rated
The 86 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding7 services (8%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good76 services (88%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement3 services (3%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate0 services (0%)
- No overall rating shown1 serviceShow them: no overall rating shown
A service with no overall rating may be new, or CQC may rate the parts of it separately. What the ratings mean.
Care homes in County Durham
Showing 21 to 40 of 76 services that match.
East Dene Court
Care home without nursing
Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
Goodrated 3 years agoRating from June 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 7NF
- 9 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from September 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 7BQ
- 5 beds
Education and Services for People with Autism Limited - 35-37 Portland Avenue
Care home without nursing
Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
Goodrated 3 years agoRating from December 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 8AL
- 4 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from December 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Peterlee, SR8 3PG
- 11 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from July 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4BE
- 3 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from December 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 7SN
- 8 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from August 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Peterlee, SR8 2NT
- 57 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from February 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Consett, DH8 7EE
- 51 beds
- Goodrated 7 months ago
- Consett, DH8 7FA
- 55 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from February 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Shildon, DL4 1NX
- 41 beds
- Goodrated 5 years ago
Rating from June 2021 (more than 2 years ago)
- Durham, DH7 6AF
- 10 beds
- Goodrated 8 months ago
- South Hetton, DH6 2TG
- 13 beds
- Goodrated 5 months ago
- Barnard Castle, DL12 8ND
- 37 beds
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from July 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6DE
- 57 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from November 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Peterlee, SR8 4NL
- 30 beds
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from June 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Durham, DH7 9YY
- 46 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from December 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 0BG
- 2 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from December 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Crook, DL15 0PW
- 40 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from June 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 7NG
- 34 beds
Other kinds of care in County Durham
Services registered with CQC here, by kind of care.
Care homes in nearby areas
Councils close by. You can often look further afield for more choice.
Choosing care homes
A care home is a place to live where staff help with things like washing, dressing, eating and taking medicines, day and night. Care homes without nursing do not have a nurse on duty.
Things to check
- Visit more than once, at different times of day, and ask to see where meals are served.
- Ask how many staff are on duty at night, and how often agency staff are used.
- Ask what is included in the weekly fee and what costs extra, and how often fees can change.
- Read the latest CQC report, not only the rating, and ask the manager about anything it raises.
Whoever ends up paying, you can ask your council’s adult social care team for a free assessment of what help you need. Our guide explains what to expect and what to ask.
About this information
CQC data as at 13 October 2026. Services not currently providing care, and services that are no longer registered, are not listed.
Contains Care Quality Commission data © Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Care Comparison is independent and is not connected to or endorsed by CQC.