Dorset care homes and Dorset nursing homes

Your guide to residential and nursing care homes including specialist learning disability, respite, EMI and dementia in Dorset. For further information click on a home in the list below or alternatively select one of the county's districts from the list on the right hand side.

Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north west, Wiltshire to the north and Hampshire to the east. The county is largely known for its coastline – the Jurassic Coast – that features land forms such as Durdle Door. Dorset’s county town is Dorchester. Other major towns include the holiday resorts of Bournemouth, Swanage, Lyme Regis, Poole and Weymouth. Dorset’s total population is about 700,000.

  • The Old Vicarage Care Home

    Older People

    Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6HL

    Tel: 01935 873 033

  • The Hayes

    Culverhayes, Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3ED

  • Ashwood

    Learning disability

    12 Dudley Road, Northbourne, Bournemouth, BH10 6BS

  • Richmondwood Residential Care

    Dementia, Mental health, Older People, Physical disability...

    19 Richmond Park Avenue, Queens Park, Bournemouth, BH8 9DL

  • Bosworth Care Home

    Older People

    6 Southdown Avenue, Weymouth, DT3 6HR

  • Buxton House

    Dementia, Older People

    423b Radipole Lane, Weymouth, DT4 0QE

  • Anchor House - Poole

    Learning disability, Physical disability

    1 Evering Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4JF

  • Rivendell

    Learning disability

    19 Lynton Crescent, St Catherines Hill, Christchurch, BH23 2SD

  • Ludbourne Hall

    Older People

    South Street, Sherborne, DT9 3LT

  • St Denis Lodge

    Older People

    Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8BS