Care home · Harrogate
Harcourt Gardens Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Harcourt Gardens Care Home- Address
- 6 Harcourt Road, Harrogate, HG1 5NL
- Run by
- Care UK Care Services Limited (240 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 115 (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
- November 2024 (1 year)
- Part of
- Care UK
- Registered manager
- Daniel Cole
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1991 (35 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02571516)
- Last CQC check
- 23 Jul 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,680–£2,060 a week for nursing care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees (Care UK homes publish prices above their area average). Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-20392643576
Harcourt Gardens Care Home at a glance
Harcourt Gardens Care Home in Harrogate is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Care UK Care Services Limited. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (July 2026). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 39 CQC-registered care homes in and around Harrogate; 35 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The company behind Harcourt Gardens Care Home
Harcourt Gardens Care Home is run by Care Uk Care Services Limited (company 02571516), incorporated in 1991, 33 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 4 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is medical nursing home activities.
Care UK Care Services Limited runs 240 CQC-registered services across 81 council areas; 64 of the 71 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (90%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
4 of its services are in North Yorkshire.
It trades under the Care UK brand, which covers 240 services run by 1 registered provider.
Inspection findings in brief
- The home is owned by WT UK Opco 4 Limited and operated by Care UK.
- At the time of inspection, 62 people were using the service, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and sensory impairments.
- Overall, people received good quality care from staff who were kind, responsive and generally understood their needs.
- People’s experiences of the service were positive overall, with many describing staff as kind, supportive and attentive.
Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who it can help
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
CQC's scores in detail
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Harcourt Gardens Care Home scores 68%.
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 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 64%
- Person-centred Care2 · Some shortfalls
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future2 · Some shortfalls
Well-led 57%
- Shared direction and culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders2 · Some shortfalls
- Freedom to speak up3 · Good
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion3 · Good
- Governance, management and sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities2 · Some shortfalls
- Learning, improvement and innovation2 · Some shortfalls
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 6 July 2026, published 23 July 2026, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 30 April 2026 by North Yorkshire. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Harcourt Day Nursery"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- High Harrogate & Kingsley
- Council
- North Yorkshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- NHS planning area
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in HG1 (19)
Open the full map · How to get there · Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors
Around the building
- Bus stop 190 m (2 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Harrogate, 460 m (6 min walk)
- GP surgery Mowbray Square Medical Centre, 100 m (1 min walk)
- Pharmacy 110 m (1 min walk)
- Shop Asda, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park 80 m (1 min walk)
- Café The dogs bakery & cafe, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Mowbray Community Church, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Library Harrogate Library, 690 m (9 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
Harcourt Gardens Care Home over the years
Registered in November 2024, it has 1 year on the CQC register.
So far CQC has published one overall rating: Good, in July 2026.
The ratings in context
Looking at the five areas: Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across North Yorkshire, 35 of 181 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (19%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Well-led at 57%, averaging 68% overall.
If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Around Harrogate
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 Hyde Park House, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: dementia (7 of the nearest 25).
1 of the 24 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in High Harrogate & Kingsley 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 Humber and North Yorkshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (1 min), a pharmacy (1 min), a shop (4 min), a park (1 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (6 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score146 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Effective71% score164 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Caring75% score168 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Responsive64% score166 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Well-led57% score35 of 181 in North Yorkshire
From CQC's latest report, published 23 July 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Yorkshire share it.
Likely fees
We estimate Harcourt Gardens Care Home at £1,680–£2,060 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region (Care UK homes publish prices above their area average). Over a year that is roughly £87k–£107k.
If nursing care is needed, the NHS pays a weekly NHS-funded nursing care contribution directly to the home, whoever pays the rest.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from North Yorkshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Family reviews
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across North Yorkshire, 86% of the 180 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (July 2026) is more recent than 94% of care home ratings in North Yorkshire.
- With 115 beds it is larger than 99% of care homes in North Yorkshire, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2024: it has been registered longer than 9% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in North Yorkshire lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (20% of care homes in North Yorkshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered care home in North Yorkshire, CQC data for Oct 2026.
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Guides for families
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What families ask about Harcourt Gardens Care Home
- Does Harcourt Gardens Care Home support people with dementia?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- When did CQC last rate Harcourt Gardens Care Home?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 23 July 2026. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What services is Harcourt Gardens Care Home registered for?
- Harcourt Gardens Care Home is registered for nursing homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Harcourt Gardens Care Home?
- It is at 6 Harcourt Road, Harrogate, HG1 5NL.
- Is Harcourt Gardens Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records Harcourt Gardens Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-20392643576 and was rated Good overall in July 2026.
- How much does Harcourt Gardens Care Home charge?
- We don't have published prices from Harcourt Gardens Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,230 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Harcourt Gardens Care Home rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Harcourt Gardens Care Home: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- How many residents can Harcourt Gardens Care Home take?
- CQC capacity for Harcourt Gardens Care Home: 115 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Harcourt Gardens Care Home?
- CQC lists Care UK Care Services Limited as the provider responsible for Harcourt Gardens Care Home.
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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.