- Braintree, CM7 9RX
- 8 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 81 to 100 of 241 services that match.
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from November 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Thaxted, CM6 2RE
- 8 beds
Five Stacks Residential Care Centre
Care home without nursing
Run by Five Stacks Residential Home Limited
Goodrated 7 years agoRating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Clacton On Sea, CO16 8JD
- 30 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from December 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO7 0JF
- 6 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from February 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO1 1PR
- 40 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from August 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Frinton On Sea, CO13 9EG
- 8 beds
- Goodrated 6 years ago
Rating from December 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO4 0ER
- 7 beds
Glendale Residential Care Home
Care home without nursing
Run by Glendale Residential Care Home Limited
Goodrated 5 years agoRating from May 2021 (more than 2 years ago)
- Dunmow, CM6 3HB
- 20 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from February 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Clacton On Sea, CO15 1LX
- 55 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Basildon, SS15 4DP
- 8 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from April 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- South Benfleet, SS7 5HE
- 41 beds
- Goodrated 11 months ago
- Rochford, SS4 1XS
- 10 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from July 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO6 2RN
- 12 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Maldon, CM9 6HY
- 20 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from December 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Halstead, CO9 1SL
- 65 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Stansted, CM24 8BY
- 58 beds
- Goodrated 9 years ago
Rating from October 2017 (more than 2 years ago)
- Bishops Stortford, CM22 7DL
- 25 beds
- Goodrated 7 years ago
Rating from May 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Clacton On Sea, CO15 3PP
- 9 beds
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Colchester, CO4 5EN
- 8 beds
- Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from July 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Colchester, CO5 0LJ
- 8 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.