The Close
The Close is a care home in Kings Lynn, run by Norfolk Care Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in October 2025 (last checked 16 October 2025). It has 30 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia and older people.
- Care home without nursing
The Close Residential Home, 53 Lynn Road, Snettisham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 7PT
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Last checked by CQC: 16 October 2025.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 11 months ago (16 October 2025)Is it effective?
Goodrated 11 months ago (16 October 2025)Is it caring?
Goodrated 11 months ago (16 October 2025)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 11 months ago (16 October 2025)Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 11 months ago (16 October 2025)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Well-led” as Requires improvement.
What CQC looks at
Well-led: Requires improvement
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Older people
- Number of beds
- 30
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 16 December 2010
- Local council area
- Norfolk
Who runs it
- Provider
- Norfolk Care Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation