Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from February 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Harlow, CM20 3PA
- 9 beds
East of England
Care homes in Essex
There are 314 care homes in Essex registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England. Between them they have 7,548 beds.
245 of the 295 with an overall rating from CQC (83%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 19 have no overall rating shown, usually because CQC has not rated them yet or rates the parts of the service separately. CQC data as at 14 October 2026.
Find the right one near you
Search by postcode to see care homes by distance, with a map.
How care homes in Essex are rated
The 295 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding4 services (1%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good241 services (82%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement46 services (16%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate4 services (1%)Show them: rated Inadequate
- No overall rating shown19 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 Essex
Showing 241 to 260 of 314 services.
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Wickford, SS11 7HR
- 83 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 month ago
- Canvey Island, SS8 7TN
- 36 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Chelmsford, CM2 0AG
- 12 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from March 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Southminster, CM0 7EW
- 40 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from January 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Clacton On Sea, CO15 1BU
- 20 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from July 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO6 1DH
- 16 beds
Squeaks House Residential Care Home
Care home without nursing
Run by Squeaks House Residential Care Home
Requires improvementrated 11 months ago- Southminster, CM0 7BD
- 29 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Clacton-on-sea, CO15 6BA
- 5 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Colchester, CO5 9AP
- 60 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
Rating from June 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3PW
- 17 beds
St Michael's Care Home
Care home without nursing
Run by The Sisters of Mercy of the Union of Great Britain
Goodrated 6 years agoRating from February 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Clacton On Sea, CO15 6JW
- 44 beds
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from August 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- South Benfleet, SS7 1EN
- 40 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 months ago
- Rochford, SS4 2AR
- 49 beds
- Goodrated 9 months ago
- Colchester, CO3 0RA
- 30 beds
- Goodrated 1 month ago
- Colchester, CO3 0RL
- 8 beds
- Goodrated 5 months ago
- Colchester, CO7 0QT
- 17 beds
- Inadequaterated 2 months ago
- Southminster, CM0 7TR
- 21 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from April 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Rayleigh, SS6 8EB
- 43 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
Rating from September 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EH
- 101 beds
Other kinds of care in Essex
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 14 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.