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.

• California House

  Learning disability, Older People, Physical disability
  23 California Road, Carlisle, CA3 0BT

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• Stocksfield Square

  Learning disability
  1-2 Stocksfield Square, Mountview Terrace, Stocksfield, NE43 7HQ

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• The Laurels Care Home

  Dementia, Older People
  Francis Way, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, DH5 9EQ

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• Fairholme

  Mental health
  134-136 Beach Road, South Shields, NE33 2NG

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• Durranhill

  Mental health
  41 Durranhill Road, Carlisle, CA1 2SW

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• Durham House Residential Care

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability
  Mains Park Road, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3PU

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• No 11 & 12 Third Row

  Learning disability
  11&12 Third Row, Linton Colliery, Morpeth, NE61 5SB

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• Northbourne

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People, Physical disability...
  Durham Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5AR

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• The Close Short Break Service

  Learning disability
  The Close, Rock Lodge Road, Roker, Sunderland, SR6 9HX

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• Dinsdale Lodge Care Home

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability
  42-44 Station Lane, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS25 1BG

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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