Care home · Weymouth
Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth)
Typical fee here £1,370–£1,680 a week Estimate
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- 93b Wyke Road, Weymouth, DT4 9QS
- Run by
- Great Oak Tree Healthcare Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 13 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- July 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Samantha Adkins
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2017 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10692482)
- Last CQC check
- 28 Jul 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 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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See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-5108846401
About this home
Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) in Weymouth is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Great Oak Tree Healthcare Limited. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2026). It is one of 17 CQC-registered care homes in and around Weymouth; 15 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth)'s CQC 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 86 of the 102 other care homes in Dorset that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 75%, averaging 75% overall.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- At the time of the visit, 12 people were living at the home.
- This service supports older people, including people living with dementia and people with physical health needs.
- Instead, our findings focus on any areas where the service needs to improve or where we found exceptional practice.
- Relative’s comments included, “I do feel [Loved one] receives safe care from staff.
Inspected 16 February 2021; report published 3 March 2021. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
The registered provider
Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) is run by Great Oak Tree Healthcare Ltd (company 10692482), incorporated in 2017, 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 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care, care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse, residential care for older and disabled people and other residential care.
History with CQC
Registered in July 2018, it has 8 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2019–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
2 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 3 March 2021.
Registered specialisms
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score97 of 103 in Dorset
- Effective75% score97 of 102 in Dorset
- Caring75% score93 of 102 in Dorset
- Responsive75% score94 of 102 in Dorset
- Well-led75% score87 of 103 in Dorset
Source: CQC, published 28 July 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Dorset share it.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) at £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £71k–£87k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
With savings below £23,250, Dorset Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
CQC's scores in detail
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, Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) 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 75%
- 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 treatment3 · Good
Caring 75%
- 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 enablement3 · Good
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 7 July 2026, published 28 July 2026, Open Government Licence. Unscored statements weren't reviewed this time and keep their previous result.
Rating history
- Oct 2019
- Mar 2021
- Jul 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Every overall rating on record for this location, earliest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Inspection reports to read
- CQC inspection report 3 March 2021
- CQC inspection report 29 October 2019
Council food inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 7 August 2025 by Dorset. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Chestnuts Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Rodwell & Wyke
- Council
- Dorset Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- Integrated care board
- NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban; further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 40% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in DT4 (15)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 230 m (3 min walk) · 7 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery 470 m (6 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 840 m (11 min walk)
- Shop Wyke Stores, 460 m (6 min walk)
- Park Wyke Regis Playground, 640 m (8 min walk)
- Place of worship All Saints Church, 310 m (4 min walk)
- Library 470 m (6 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.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
How it fits locally
There are 19 other care homes within 3 miles, 17 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Legh House, under 0.5 miles away.
4 of the 20 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Rodwell & Wyke ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Dorset ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a shop (6 min), a park (8 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
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How Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) compares
- Rated Good. Across Dorset, 94% of the 103 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 6 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2026) is more recent than 89% of care home ratings in Dorset.
- With 13 beds it is smaller than 88% of care homes in Dorset, where the typical home has 31.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 37% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Dorset lists 3.
Comparison set: every registered care home in Dorset, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth): common questions
- Where is Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth)?
- It is at 93b Wyke Road, Weymouth, DT4 9QS.
- Is Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) a registered provider?
- Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-5108846401) and was rated Good overall in July 2026.
- What kind of care can Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) offer?
- CQC lists Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) under: residential homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Can Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) care for someone with dementia?
- Yes. Dementia is one of the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask how many carers or staff have dementia training.
- When was Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 28 July 2026. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- How many residents can Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) take?
- Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) has 13 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who is the registered provider for Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth)?
- On CQC's register the provider is Great Oak Tree Healthcare Limited.
- How much does Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) charge?
- Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth)'s prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How did Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth) score on each CQC key question?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Chestnuts Residential Care Home (Weymouth): Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
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