Requires improvementrated 8 months ago
- Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4SE
- 54 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 61 to 80 of 87 services.
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from March 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Consett, DH8 5HN
- 16 beds
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from July 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 7AB
- 12 beds
- Goodrated 5 months ago
- West Rainton, DH4 6NU
- 40 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from December 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Durham, DH1 5BL
- 62 beds
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from August 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Stanley, DH9 0DU
- 45 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from July 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4AN
- 3 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5QH
- 58 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from December 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Consett, DH8 0QD
- 18 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from June 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Stanley, DH9 7XH
- 36 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Stanley, DH9 0EJ
- 7 beds
- Goodrated less than a month ago
- Ferryhill, DL17 8JD
- 40 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from October 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 8QT
- 6 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Durham, DH1 2SH
- 5 beds
- Goodrated 10 months ago
- Spennymoor, DL16 6GF
- 66 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 months ago
- Bishop Auckland, DL14 0HA
- 24 beds
- Goodrated 5 years ago
Rating from June 2021 (more than 2 years ago)
- Trimdon Grange, TS29 6EG
- 18 beds
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from January 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Barnard Castle, DL12 8ET
- 76 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from January 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Seaham, SR7 9RQ
- 7 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from March 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Peterlee, SR8 5JE
- 21 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.