Care home · Chichester
Waterhaven Place Care Home
Typical fee here £1,460–£1,780 a week Estimate
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- Waterhaven Place, Sandpiper Road, Chichester, PO20 2NZ
- Run by
- Connaught Care (Chichester) Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 83 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- May 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- Catherine Isobel Frost
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2023 (3 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 15141621)
- Last CQC check
- Not listed
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-23276392140
Waterhaven Place Care Home at a glance
Waterhaven Place Care Home in Chichester is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Connaught Care (Chichester) Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC has not published a rating for this service yet, which is common for newly registered services. It is one of 17 CQC-registered care homes in and around Chichester; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Waterhaven Place Care Home at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
With savings below £23,250, West Sussex Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
How it fits locally
There are 14 other care homes within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Dovecote View Chichester, under 0.5 miles away.
It sits in North Mundham & Tangmere ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (6 min), a park (3 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 23 June 2025 by Chichester. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Waterhaven Place Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- North Mundham & Tangmere
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chichester
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PO20 (19)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 50 m (1 min walk) · 7 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Pathology (Blood Tests), 1.4 km (18 min walk)
- Pharmacy Hospital Pharmacy, 1.4 km (18 min walk)
- Shop Sainsbury's, 490 m (6 min walk)
- Park 220 m (3 min walk)
- Café Costa, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 550 m (7 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.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Who runs it
Waterhaven Place Care Home is run by Connaught Care (chichester) Ltd (company 15141621), incorporated in 2023, 1 year before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.
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Waterhaven Place Care Home against its area
- With 83 beds it is larger than 98% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2025: it has been registered longer than 7% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in West Sussex, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Waterhaven Place Care Home questions answered
- What kind of care can Waterhaven Place Care Home offer?
- Waterhaven Place Care Home is registered with CQC for: residential homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- What are Waterhaven Place Care Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Waterhaven Place Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Who runs Waterhaven Place Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Connaught Care (Chichester) Ltd.
- How many residents can Waterhaven Place Care Home take?
- Waterhaven Place Care Home can take up to 83 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Is Waterhaven Place Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Is Waterhaven Place Care Home registered with CQC?
- Waterhaven Place Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-23276392140), and has not yet been given an overall rating.
- Where is Waterhaven Place Care Home?
- It is at Waterhaven Place, Sandpiper Road, Chichester, PO20 2NZ.
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Information: Care Quality Commission, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sections in the provider's own words are theirs; we compiled everything else from public data. The Care Panel is independent and not a care provider.