Care home · Exmouth

Amberwood Nursing Home

Rated Good by CQC Rating published 2 June 2018 Rating 8 years old

Typical fee here £1,520–£1,860 a week Estimate

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Address
231 Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 3ED
Run by
Exmouth Care Ltd (2 services)
Type of provider
Independent (private company)
Service
Nursing home
Beds
24 (registered with CQC)
Nursing care
Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
Dementia
Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
Registered with CQC
October 2010 (16 years)
Registered manager
Michelle Janice May
Company check
Active, trading since 1996 (30 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03233986)
Last CQC check
24 Mar 2021
Typical fees Estimated
£1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate

Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-135079515

An overview of Amberwood Nursing Home

Amberwood Nursing Home in Exmouth is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Exmouth Care Ltd. It is registered to support older people.

CQC rated it Good overall (June 2018). It is one of 21 CQC-registered care homes in and around Exmouth; 17 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Who runs it

Amberwood Nursing Home is run by Exmouth Care Ltd. (company 03233986), incorporated in 1996, 14 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is medical nursing home activities.

Exmouth Care Ltd runs 2 CQC-registered services; 1 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (50%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 2 are in Devon, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

Specialisms

Specialisms as registered with CQC.

CQC ratings, area by area

  • SafeGood252 of 287 in Devon
  • EffectiveGood260 of 287 in Devon
  • CaringGood248 of 287 in Devon
  • ResponsiveGood249 of 287 in Devon
  • Well-ledGood231 of 287 in Devon

CQC key question ratings, published 2 June 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Devon share it.

Inspection findings in brief

  • Amberwood Nursing Home is registered to provide personal and nursing care for up to 24 people aged 65 and over.
  • Procedures were in place to ensure the risk of any visitors to the service introducing infection were minimised.
  • These had been reviewed and enhanced to enable them to safely welcome visitors into the home, in line with government guidelines introduced on 8 March 2021.
  • Temperatures were taken and there was 30 minute on site rapid testing for covid.

Inspected 5 March 2021; report published 24 March 2021; supporting 24 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

CQC rated every one of the five key questions Good here, so there is no weak spot in the published ratings.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 230 of the 286 other care homes in Devon that CQC has rated.

Amberwood Nursing Home over the years

CQC registration dates from October 2010, so the service has been operating for around 16 years under its current registration.

CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2021), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.

At 8 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 24 March 2021.

Ratings over time

  1. Feb 2016 Good
  2. Jun 2018 Good
  3. Mar 2021 Inspected but not rated
  4. Today Rating 8 years old

The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is lower than the one before.

CQC documents

Area and map

Ward
Exmouth Halsdon
Parliamentary constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East
Local NHS (ICB)
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
Type of area
Urban · nearer to a major town or city
Neighbourhood deprivation
Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
Postcode district
Care homes in EX8 (21)

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Close by

  • Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 24 stops within 600 m
  • Railway station Exmouth, 1.3 km (16 min walk)
  • GP surgery St John's Court, 1.3 km (17 min walk)
  • Pharmacy Smith J R & a L, 820 m (10 min walk)
  • Shop The Co-operative Food, 100 m (1 min walk)
  • Park 590 m (7 min walk)
  • Place of worship Littlemead Methodist Church, 630 m (8 min walk)
  • Library Exmouth Public Library, 1.2 km (15 min walk)

Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.

Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).

Around Exmouth

There are 23 other care homes within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Halsdown Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.

19 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Exmouth Halsdon ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (1 min), a park (7 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Likely fees

We estimate Amberwood Nursing Home at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.

For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.

Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Devon Council for a free care needs assessment.

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Where Amberwood Nursing Home stands locally

  • Rated Good. Across Devon, 90% of the 287 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 21 are Outstanding.
  • Its rating (June 2018) is more recent than 4% of care home ratings in Devon.
  • With 24 beds it is smaller than 52% of care homes in Devon, where the typical home has 25.
  • Registered with CQC in 2010, it is one of the longest-registered care homes in the area.
  • It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Devon lists 3.

Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Devon (Oct 2026).

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What families ask about Amberwood Nursing Home

What kind of care can Amberwood Nursing Home offer?
Registration for Amberwood Nursing Home covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
Is Amberwood Nursing Home a registered provider?
Amberwood Nursing Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-135079515) and was rated Good overall in June 2018.
What is Amberwood Nursing Home's address?
It is at 231 Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 3ED.
When was Amberwood Nursing Home last inspected?
The latest rating is dated 2 June 2018, 8 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
Is Amberwood Nursing Home registered for dementia care?
It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
Who is the registered provider for Amberwood Nursing Home?
Amberwood Nursing Home is run by Exmouth Care Ltd, the registered provider on the CQC register.
How many residents can Amberwood Nursing Home take?
Amberwood Nursing Home can take up to 24 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
How did Amberwood Nursing Home score on each CQC key question?
CQC rates five key questions. For Amberwood Nursing Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
How much does Amberwood Nursing Home charge?
Amberwood Nursing Home hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.

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