Goodrated 2 years ago
- Vange Basildon, SS16 4TR
- 13 beds
East of England
Care homes in Essex
There are 313 care homes in Essex registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England. Between them they have 7,547 beds.
244 of the 293 with an overall rating from CQC (83%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 20 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 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 Essex are rated
The 293 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
- Good240 services (82%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement45 services (15%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate4 services (1%)Show them: rated Inadequate
- No overall rating shown20 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 21 to 40 of 313 services.
- Goodrated 7 years ago
- Colchester, CO7 9QD
- 4 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
- Colchester, CO5 7AS
- 28 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
- Chelmsford, CM1 7LE
- 27 beds
- Goodrated 7 months ago
- Colchester, CO4 3BU
- 8 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Saffron Walden, CB11 3ZP
- 70 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
- Thorrington, CO7 8JN
- 3 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Southend-on-sea, SS3 0LB
- 3 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
- Loughton, IG10 3JB
- 28 beds
- Goodrated 9 years ago
- Clacton On Sea, CO16 9LX
- 22 beds
- Goodrated 5 years ago
- Chigwell, IG7 5DY
- 46 beds
- Goodrated 9 years ago
- Halstead, CO9 1EF
- 2 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
- Halstead, CO9 1GX
- 1 bed
- Goodrated 11 months ago
- Dunmow, CM6 3EP
- 17 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
- Colchester, CO7 6HP
- 55 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Halstead, CO9 1JW
- 62 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
- Halstead, CO9 1LR
- 31 beds
- Goodrated 3 years ago
- Halstead, CO9 2QJ
- 5 beds
- Requires improvementrated 5 years ago
- Walton On The Naze, CO14 8QT
- 57 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
- Colchester, CO7 7AZ
- 12 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 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.