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.

• The Bradbury Centre

  Dementia, Learning disability, Mental health, Older People...
  Darrell Street, Brunswick Village, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 7DS

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• Thorndale

  Learning disability
  8 Thornhill Park, Sunderland, SR2 7JZ

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• Castleview Care Home

  Dementia, Learning disability, Older People
  Howling Lane, Alnwick, NE66 1LH

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• Briardene Care Home

  Dementia, Older People
  Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 1NA

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• Crosshill Nursing Home

  Physical disability
  2a Paragon Street, Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 2NN

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• Grasmere Lodge

  Dementia, Drug dependence, Mental health
  10-12 Grasmere Street, Bensham, Gateshead, NE8 1TR

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• Bradbury House

  Older People
  Wasdale Road, Gosforth, Seascale, CA20 1AU

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• Windsor Court Care Home

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People
  The Avenue, Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE28 6SD

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• Combe House

  Dementia, Older People
  Central Drive, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3HY

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• Willow Green Care Home

  Dementia, Learning disability, Older People
  Eastborne Road, Darlington, DL1 4ER

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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