No overall rating shown
- Saffron Walden, CB11 3ZP
- 70 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.
244 of the 293 with an overall rating from CQC (83%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 21 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 shown21 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 1 to 20 of 21 services that match.
- No overall rating shown
- Southend-on-sea, SS3 0LB
- 3 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO6 4TR
- 1 bed
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO2 9SB
- 2 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Chelmsford, CM2 9AQ
- 6 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO7 7SF
- 6 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Canvey Island, SS8 0QD
- 58 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Halstead, CO9 1BS
- 2 beds
- No overall rating shown
- London, E4 7RE
- 66 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Clacton-on-sea, CO15 1BG
- 6 beds
- No overall rating shown
Last checked December 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Braintree, CM7 9RX
- 64 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO3 3AX
- 6 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO4 5FZ
- 1 bed
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO3 4SR
- 6 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Harlow, CM19 5JZ
- 2 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Harwich, CO12 5JU
- 7 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Witham, CM8 2NA
- 7 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Colchester, CO6 1EB
- 6 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Dunmow, CM6 2DL
- 66 beds
- No overall rating shown
- Clacton-on-sea, CO15 6AN
- 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.