Requires improvementrated less than a month ago
- Brentwood, CM14 4TY
- 10 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 45 services that match.
- Requires improvementrated less than a month ago
- Bishops Stortford, CM22 6HP
- 18 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Benfleet, SS7 5JA
- 50 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Braintree, CM7 9ED
- 80 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Loughton, IG10 3RU
- 33 beds
- Requires improvementrated 6 months ago
- Clacton On Sea, CO15 3LS
- 22 beds
- Requires improvementrated 10 months ago
- Colchester, CO2 9GE
- 5 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Chelmsford, CM2 0JN
- 37 beds
- Requires improvementrated 11 months ago
- Braintree, CM77 6RL
- 6 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
- Brentwood, CM15 9AB
- 31 beds
- Requires improvementrated 5 months ago
- Frinton-on-sea, CO13 0EW
- 6 beds
- Requires improvementrated 6 months ago
- Colchester, CO1 2QE
- 20 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Clacton On Sea, CO15 5LZ
- 16 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 month ago
- Canvey Island, SS8 7TN
- 36 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Chelmsford, CM2 0AG
- 12 beds
Squeaks House Residential Care Home
Care home without nursing
Run by Squeaks House Residential Care Home
Requires improvementrated 10 months ago- Southminster, CM0 7BD
- 29 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3PW
- 17 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 months ago
- Rochford, SS4 2AR
- 49 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
- Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EH
- 101 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Colchester, CO4 5LJ
- 4 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.
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