Your guide to residential and nursing care homes including specialist learning disability, respite, EMI and dementia in North England. For further information click on a home in the list below or alternatively select one of the counties or major cities of the region from the list on the right hand side.

The largest single city in North England is Sunderland but the conurbation of Tyneside, which includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Hebburn, Jarrow and North and South Shields have a larger total population which makes up 80% of the population of Tyne and Wear.

Demographically, among the more interesting statistics for the North East include: it has the highest heart attack and lung cancer rates for men in the UK, the lowest rate for HIV infection, the the highest birth rate for women under 20 in England. It also has the highest rate of trade union membership and the largest number of practising Christians in the UK.

As of the 2001 census there were 295,106 people aged over 70 living in the North East, approximately 11.7% of the total population.

• Stilecroft Residential Home

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People
  51 Stainburn Road, Stainburn, Workington, CA14 1SS

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• Lindisfarne Court

  Learning disability
  1, 2, 3 Lindisfarne Court, Haughton, Darlington, DL1 2DZ

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• Thornbury Care Centre

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People
  58 Thorndale Road, Thorney Close, Sunderland, SR3 4JG

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• 1 Taylor Avenue

  Learning disability, Mental health
  1 Taylor Avenue, Milburn Park, Northseaton Village, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9JW

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• Ventress Hall

  Older People, Physical disability
  22-28 Trinity Road, Darlington, DL3 7AZ

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• Queens Meadow Care Home

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People
  327 Stockton Road, Hartlepool, TS25 5DF

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• Garden Lodge Care Home

  Dementia, Older People
  Philipson Street, Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4EN

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• Devonshire House

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability
  The Green, West Auckland, Bishop Auckland, DL14 9HW

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• Thorncliffe House

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability
  Thorncliffe, 15 Thornhill Park, Sunderland, SR2 7LA

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• Maudes Meadow

  Dementia, Older People
  Windermere Road, Kendal, LA9 4QJ

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Places in North England with care homes

• Cleveland and Teesside care and nursing homes
• Durham care and nursing homes
• Northumberland care and nursing homes
• Tyne and Wear care and nursing homes