Care home · Southend On Sea
Boulevard Lodge
Illustrative photo, not of Boulevard Lodge- Address
- 163 Southchurch Boulevard, Southend On Sea, SS2 4UT
- Run by
- Boulevard Lodge Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 9 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- December 2012 (13 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07704668)
- Last CQC check
- 2 May 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-547619720
The service in brief
Boulevard Lodge in Southend On Sea is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Boulevard Lodge Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, learning disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (May 2019). It is one of 7 CQC-registered care homes in and around Shoeburyness; 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What the ratings tell you
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 63 of the 75 other care homes in Southend-on-Sea that CQC has rated.
Past CQC ratings
- Jun 2015
- Aug 2016
- May 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 2 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 5 August 2016
- CQC inspection report 19 June 2015
- Inspection report 11 June 2014
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 21 May 2025 by Southend-On-Sea. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Boulevard Lodge"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Southchurch
- Parliamentary constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SS2 (9)
See the wider area · Plan a journey · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Close by
- Bus stop 100 m (1 min walk) · 19 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Thorpe Bay, 990 m (12 min walk)
- GP surgery Thorpe Surgery, 930 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy Bansals Pharmacy, 1.1 km (13 min walk)
- Shop Bournes Green Service Station Shop, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Park Bournes Green Park, 620 m (8 min walk)
- Café Firing Imaginations Pottery Painting Cafe, 870 m (11 min walk)
- Place of worship United Methodist Church, 750 m (9 min walk)
- Library Southchurch Library, 990 m (12 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.
The inspection, summarised
- About the service: Boulevard Lodge is a small residential care home that provides care for up to 9 people age 65 and over.
- On the day of inspection there were 7 people using the service.
- People's experience of using this service: People received care that was person-centred.
- One person told us, "I don't have any complaints, if I did I would tell someone.
Inspected 7 March 2019; report published 2 May 2019; supporting 9 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ownership and company checks
Boulevard Lodge is run by Boulevard Lodge Limited (company 07704668), incorporated in 2011, 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 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is other residential care.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe69 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Effective74 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Caring74 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Responsive72 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
- Well-led64 of 76 in Southend-on-Sea
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 2 May 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Southend-on-Sea share it.
How long it has been running
Boulevard Lodge has been registered with CQC since December 2012, about 13 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
No new overall rating has been published for 7 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
The CQC website holds 4 reports for it, the latest from 2 May 2019.
The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 19 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is The Knoll, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).
20 of the 21 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Southchurch ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Essex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (4 min), a park (8 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Who the service is registered for
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
What it may cost
We estimate Boulevard Lodge at £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £70k–£86k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Southend-on-Sea Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Family reviews
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Boulevard Lodge in local context
- Rated Good. Across Southend-on-Sea, 92% of the 76 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 2 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2019) is more recent than 4% of care home ratings in Southend-on-Sea.
- With 9 beds it is smaller than 77% of care homes in Southend-on-Sea, where the typical home has 17.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 47% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Southend-on-Sea lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Southend-on-Sea as at Oct 2026.
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Boulevard Lodge: common questions
- Does Boulevard Lodge support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When was Boulevard Lodge last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 2 May 2019, 7 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- Where is Boulevard Lodge based?
- It is at 163 Southchurch Boulevard, Southend On Sea, SS2 4UT.
- Is Boulevard Lodge registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-547619720 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in May 2019.
- What type of care does Boulevard Lodge provide?
- Registration for Boulevard Lodge covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- How much does Boulevard Lodge charge?
- Boulevard Lodge hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,455 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- How is Boulevard Lodge rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How big is Boulevard Lodge?
- Boulevard Lodge can take up to 9 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Which provider runs Boulevard Lodge?
- On CQC's register the provider is Boulevard Lodge Limited.
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Details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Text marked "in the provider's own words" is supplied by the provider. The Care Panel is not a care provider.