Requires improvementrated less than a month ago
- Dover, CT16 3JB
- 35 beds
South East
Care homes in Kent
There are 358 care homes in Kent registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England. Between them they have 7,623 beds.
276 of the 340 with an overall rating from CQC (81%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 18 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 Kent are rated
The 340 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding15 services (4%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good261 services (77%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement62 services (18%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate2 services (1%)Show them: rated Inadequate
- No overall rating shown18 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 Kent
Showing 1 to 20 of 62 services that match.
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Folkestone, CT20 2SL
- 19 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4QU
- 50 beds
- Requires improvementrated 6 years ago
- Chatham, ME5 9QN
- 4 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 months ago
- Sheerness, ME12 4NH
- 5 beds
- Requires improvementrated 5 years ago
- Deal, CT14 9SW
- 3 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
- Whitstable, CT5 4HE
- 50 beds
- Requires improvementrated 4 years ago
- Hartley, DA3 7PE
- 42 beds
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Folkestone, CT19 5HW
- 5 beds
Chipstead Lake - Care Home Physical Disabilities
Care home without nursing
Run by Leonard Cheshire Disability
Requires improvementrated 1 year ago- Sevenoaks, TN13 2SD
- 24 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Broadstairs, CT10 1SR
- 38 beds
- Requires improvementrated 5 years ago
- Sandwich, CT13 0HE
- 22 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Gravesend, DA12 1EJ
- 3 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 months ago
- Birchington, CT7 9JX
- 36 beds
- Requires improvementrated 8 months ago
- Folkestone, CT20 2RP
- 34 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Herne Bay, CT6 5DN
- 66 beds
HF Trust - Lympne Place (High Trees and The Beeches)
Care home without nursing
Run by HF Trust Limited
Requires improvementrated 1 year ago- Hythe, CT21 4PA
- 12 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 years ago
- Sevenoaks, TN13 1XH
- 18 beds
- Requires improvementrated 2 months ago
- Hythe, CT21 5QW
- 31 beds
- Requires improvementrated 3 years ago
- Dover, CT16 3DB
- 27 beds
Other kinds of care in Kent
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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