Care home · Plymouth
Hartley Park Care Home
Top rated 2026 · one of the services in Plymouth rated Outstanding by CQC
Illustrative photo, not of Hartley Park Care Home- Address
- Hartley Road, Hartley, Plymouth, PL3 5LW
- Run by
- Abholly (2008) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 66 (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
- December 2012 (13 years)
- Registered manager
- Thomas Crossfield
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2008 (18 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 06721124)
- Last CQC check
- 19 Nov 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia). Estimated from prices published locally; not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: 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 1-540545051
An overview of Hartley Park Care Home
Hartley Park Care Home in Plymouth is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a nursing home, run by Abholly (2008) Limited. The service is registered to support older people and lists dementia, physical disabilities and mental health conditions among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Outstanding overall (November 2019). It is one of 48 CQC-registered care homes in and around Plymouth; 36 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Hartley Park Care Home has been registered with CQC since December 2012, about 13 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Outstanding and staying Outstanding every time.
No new overall rating has been published for 6 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.
CQC lists 4 reports for this location, the latest dated 19 November 2019.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
Costs to expect
We estimate Hartley Park Care Home at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.
For residents assessed as needing nursing, a weekly NHS contribution goes straight to the home towards the fee, whoever pays the rest.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Plymouth Council for a free care needs assessment.
What the ratings tell you
Area by area, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated Outstanding; 2 other areas are Good.
Across Plymouth, 15 of 85 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (18%), while 9 of 85 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (11%), while 9 of 85 rated care homes are Outstanding for Well-led (11%).
Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Caring, Responsive and Well-led section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.
The inspection, summarised
- People lived in a service which had a strong, visible person-centred culture, with people and relatives, overwhelming telling us how wonderfully kind and compassionate the staff were.
- People were at the heart of the service, and staff were motivated to deliver exceptional care by the provider's imbedded values of 'caring, compassion, courage, communication and confidence'.
- One member of staff told us, "We get so much enjoyment seeing the impact that we have on people's lives." People were supported by staff who truly cared about them and went the extra mile to make sure they felt loved and were happy.
- Respect for privacy and dignity was at the heart of the service's culture and values.
Inspected 9 October 2019; report published 19 November 2019. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 21 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Consort House Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (8 of the nearest 25).
16 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Compton 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 Devon ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a shop (5 min), a park (4 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Past CQC ratings
- Feb 2015
- Apr 2017
- Nov 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 19 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 11 April 2017
- CQC inspection report 24 February 2015
- Inspection report 30 May 2013
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 8 April 2026 by Plymouth City. 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 "Hartley Park Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Compton
- Council
- Plymouth City Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
- Integrated care board
- NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in PL3 (19)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 150 m (2 min walk) · 27 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Plymouth, 1.8 km
- GP surgery Mannamead Surgery, 470 m (6 min walk)
- Pharmacy Hyde Park Pharmacy, 840 m (11 min walk)
- Shop Mannamead News, 440 m (5 min walk)
- Park Hartley Park, 350 m (4 min walk)
- Café The Bees Knees, 850 m (11 min walk)
- Place of worship Trinity, 200 m (3 min walk)
- Library Peverell Library, 840 m (11 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe67 of 85 in Plymouth
- Effective67 of 85 in Plymouth
- Caring15 of 85 in Plymouth
- Responsive9 of 85 in Plymouth
- Well-led9 of 85 in Plymouth
Source: CQC, published 19 November 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Plymouth share it; for example, 15 of 85 care homes in Plymouth rated Outstanding for Caring.
Ownership and company checks
Hartley Park Care Home is run by Abholly (2008) Limited (company 06721124), incorporated in 2008, 4 years 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.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Hartley Park Care Home on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews are separate from CQC ratings. We verify the reviewer's email and never let providers remove reviews. How reviews work.
Where Hartley Park Care Home stands locally
- Rated Outstanding. Across Plymouth, 79% of the 85 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 9 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 22% of care home ratings in Plymouth.
- With 66 beds it is larger than 97% of care homes in Plymouth, where the typical home has 24.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 40% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Plymouth lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Plymouth (Oct 2026).
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Frequently asked about Hartley Park Care Home
- How many beds does Hartley Park Care Home have?
- Hartley Park Care Home is registered for up to 66 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Hartley Park Care Home?
- Hartley Park Care Home is run by Abholly (2008) Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- How much does Hartley Park Care Home charge?
- Hartley Park Care Home'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). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- How is Hartley Park Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Outstanding; Responsive: Outstanding; Well-led: Outstanding. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- What services is Hartley Park Care Home registered for?
- Hartley Park Care Home is registered with CQC for: nursing homes. Ask the provider which needs it can meet now and as needs change.
- Where is Hartley Park Care Home?
- It is at Hartley Road, Hartley, Plymouth, PL3 5LW.
- Is Hartley Park Care Home registered with CQC?
- It is. The CQC register records Hartley Park Care Home as a care home, location ID 1-540545051 and was rated Outstanding overall in November 2019.
- Can Hartley Park Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia appears among its CQC specialisms; ask about staff training and how care adapts as dementia progresses.
- How recent is Hartley Park Care Home's CQC rating?
- CQC published the current rating on 19 November 2019, 6 years ago. Older ratings are common, so ask about changes since.
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