No overall rating shown
- Chelmsford, CM2 9AQ
- 6 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 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 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 81 to 100 of 314 services.
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from July 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Southminster, CM0 7DZ
- 10 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from December 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Walton On The Naze, CO14 8JR
- 57 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from March 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Harwich, CO12 3TS
- 28 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from April 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Southminster, CM0 7QP
- 38 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from May 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO5 9QJ
- 45 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from June 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Kirby-le-Soken, CO13 0DU
- 5 beds
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from December 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Brentwood, CM14 5TQ
- 73 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO7 7SF
- 6 beds
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from May 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Woodham Ferrers, CM3 8RF
- 25 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
Rating from September 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Benfleet, SS7 5AA
- 6 beds
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from March 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Hadleigh, SS7 1QB
- 109 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from August 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Walton On The Naze, CO14 8SW
- 28 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Colchester, CO2 0NU
- 20 beds
- Goodrated 5 months ago
- Colchester, CO6 1EE
- 13 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from October 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO3 4PG
- 4 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from December 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Southminster, CM0 7FE
- 5 beds
- Goodrated 2 years ago
Rating from September 2024 (more than 2 years ago)
- Essex, SS12 0QH
- 58 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
Rating from January 2022 (more than 2 years ago)
- Basildon, SS16 6AJ
- 59 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from June 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO2 7ED
- 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.
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.