Goodrated 1 month ago
- Ringwood, BH24 2QG
- 24 beds
South West
Care homes in Dorset
There are 80 care homes in Dorset registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England. Between them they have 2,324 beds.
71 of the 75 with an overall rating from CQC (95%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 5 have no overall rating shown, usually because CQC has not rated them yet or rates the parts of the service separately.
Find the right one near you
Search by postcode to see care homes by distance, with a map.
How care homes in Dorset are rated
The 75 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding3 services (4%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good68 services (91%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement4 services (5%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate0 services (0%)
- No overall rating shown5 servicesShow 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 Dorset
Showing 1 to 20 of 80 services.
- Goodrated 4 years ago
- Weymouth, DT4 7LG
- 31 beds
- Goodrated 5 months ago
- Wareham, BH20 4HB
- 32 beds
- Goodrated 1 month ago
- Weymouth, DT3 6HR
- 20 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
- Beaminster, DT8 3PX
- 24 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Weymouth, DT4 0QJ
- 64 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Poole, BH16 6BZ
- 22 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Blandford Forum, DT11 7HS
- 48 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Blandford Forum, DT11 7HX
- 16 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Dorchester, DT1 2EN
- 71 beds
- Goodrated 11 months ago
- Ferndown, BH22 0EN
- 12 beds
Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth)
Care home without nursing
Run by Great Oak Tree Healthcare Limited
Goodrated 2 months ago- Weymouth, DT4 9QS
- 13 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Ferndown, BH22 9EU
- 8 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Ferndown, BH22 8JF
- 29 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Swanage, BH19 1LS
- 32 beds
- Outstandingrated 7 years ago
- Bridport, DT6 3BA
- 22 beds
- Goodrated 5 years ago
- Weymouth, DT3 5EP
- 40 beds
- Goodrated 4 years ago
- Dorchester, DT1 1ET
- 25 beds
- Goodrated 4 years ago
- Weymouth, DT4 7QH
- 25 beds
- Goodrated less than a month ago
- Ferndown, BH22 0LX
- 21 beds
Other kinds of care in Dorset
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.