Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Clacton-on-sea, CO16 8JB
- 5 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 1 to 20 of 45 services that match.
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
- Ingatestone, CM4 0BL
- 26 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Halstead, CO9 1JW
- 62 beds
- Requires improvementrated 5 years ago
- Walton On The Naze, CO14 8QT
- 57 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
- Witham, CM8 3QA
- 27 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Maldon, CM9 4AX
- 74 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Rochford, SS4 1HN
- 20 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Colchester, CO6 2PW
- 36 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 months ago
- Basildon, SS14 2LA
- 66 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Basildon, SS13 1NQ
- 44 beds
Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited
Care home without nursing
Run by Cavendish Residential Care Homes Limited
Requires improvementrated 5 months ago- Clacton On Sea, CO15 1AZ
- 21 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Halstead, CO9 1UY
- 2 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Benfleet, SS7 5AA
- 6 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Colchester, CO2 0NU
- 20 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
- Basildon, SS16 6AJ
- 59 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Halstead, CO9 3HT
- 39 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Theydon Bois, CM16 7LD
- 80 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Clacton On Sea, CO15 6BE
- 24 beds
Greenwood Court Care and Nursing Home
Care home without nursing
Run by Country Court Care Homes 6 Limited
Requires improvementrated 1 year ago- Chelmsford, CM2 7TL
- 64 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Wickford, SS12 9DG
- 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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