Care home · Sunderland
Bryony Lodge Nursing Home
Illustrative photo, not of Bryony Lodge Nursing Home- Address
- Leechmere Road, Sunderland, SR2 9DJ
- Run by
- Memory Lane Care Homes Limited (4 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 52 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- February 2017 (9 years)
- Registered manager
- Sharon Nicholson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2000 (26 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04023398)
- Last CQC check
- 7 May 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,230–£1,500 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: 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 1-3525341955
The service in brief
Bryony Lodge Nursing Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Sunderland, run by Memory Lane Care Homes Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia and physical disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (May 2026). It is one of 49 CQC-registered care homes in and around Sunderland; 46 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
History with CQC
Bryony Lodge Nursing Home has been registered with CQC since February 2017, about 9 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2018–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
There are 2 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 18 January 2022.
From the latest CQC inspection
- Bryony Lodge Nursing Home provides residential and nursing care for up to 52 older people.
- The provider operated a robust recruitment process.
- Infection prevention and control systems were effective.
- We observed many kind and respectful interactions between staff and people.
Inspected 11 January 2022; report published 18 January 2022; supporting 43 people at the time. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Bryony Lodge Nursing Home: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 75 of the 86 other care homes in Sunderland that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Effective at 71%, averaging 75% overall.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Bryony Lodge Nursing Home at £1,230–£1,500 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £64k–£78k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Sunderland Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Marigold Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25).
2 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Grangetown ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (4 min), a café (6 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Ratings for safety, care and leadership
- Safe75% score80 of 87 in Sunderland
- Effective71% score80 of 87 in Sunderland
- Caring80% score75 of 87 in Sunderland
- Responsive75% score77 of 87 in Sunderland
- Well-led75% score76 of 87 in Sunderland
From CQC's latest report, published 7 May 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sunderland share it.
Who runs it
Bryony Lodge Nursing Home is run by Memory Lane Care Homes Limited (company 04023398), incorporated in 2000, 16 years 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 nursing care and residential care for older and disabled people.
Memory Lane Care Homes Limited runs 4 CQC-registered services across 2 council areas; 3 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (75%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in Sunderland.
Specialisms
As listed with the regulator.
Percentage scores by area
CQC's single assessment framework gives every quality statement a score out of 4, then reports each key question as a percentage. Averaged across the five areas, Bryony Lodge Nursing Home scores 75%.
Safe 75%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 71%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together3 · Good
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment2 · Some shortfalls
Caring 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity3 · Good
- Treating people as individuals3 · Good
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs3 · Good
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement4 · Exceptional
Responsive 75%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people3 · Good
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 75%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability3 · Good
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
Key: 4 = exceptional, 3 = good, 2 = some shortfalls, 1 = significant shortfalls. Source: CQC, assessed 11 March 2026, published 7 May 2026, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Past CQC ratings
- May 2018
- Jan 2022
- May 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 18 January 2022
- CQC inspection report 16 May 2018
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 15 September 2026 by Sunderland. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Bryony Lodge Carehome"). Open Government Licence.
Area and map
- Ward
- Grangetown
- Council
- Sunderland City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sunderland Central
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SR2 (30)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 130 m (2 min walk) · 29 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Pharmacy Asda, 450 m (6 min walk)
- Shop 330 m (4 min walk)
- Park Trevarren Park, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Café Asda Café, 450 m (6 min walk)
- Place of worship Ryhope Pentecostal Church, 960 m (12 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
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Bryony Lodge Nursing Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across Sunderland, 93% of the 87 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2026) is more recent than 93% of care home ratings in Sunderland.
- With 52 beds it is larger than 85% of care homes in Sunderland, where the typical home has 35.
- Registered with CQC in 2017: it has been registered longer than 32% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sunderland lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Sunderland (Oct 2026).
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What families ask about Bryony Lodge Nursing Home
- How much does care from Bryony Lodge Nursing Home cost?
- Bryony Lodge Nursing Home has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,185 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North East). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Bryony Lodge Nursing Home rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
- How big is Bryony Lodge Nursing Home?
- CQC registers Bryony Lodge Nursing Home for 52 residents; ask about vacancies, room sizes and en-suite bathrooms.
- Who is the registered provider for Bryony Lodge Nursing Home?
- Memory Lane Care Homes Limited is the registered provider for Bryony Lodge Nursing Home.
- Does Bryony Lodge Nursing Home support people with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- When did CQC last rate Bryony Lodge Nursing Home?
- 7 May 2026 is when the current rating was published. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Where is Bryony Lodge Nursing Home based?
- It is at Leechmere Road, Sunderland, SR2 9DJ.
- Is Bryony Lodge Nursing Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Bryony Lodge Nursing Home as a care home, location ID 1-3525341955 and was rated Good overall in May 2026.
- What services is Bryony Lodge Nursing Home registered for?
- Bryony Lodge Nursing Home is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
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