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Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home
Typical fee here £1,080–£1,330 a week Estimate
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- 164-166 Hawthorne Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 3AR
- Run by
- Stirrupview Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 25 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Karen Julia Oakley Leanne Edwards
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1983 (43 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01698921)
- Last CQC check
- 5 May 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-125979460
Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home at a glance
Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home in Liverpool is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Stirrupview Limited. It is registered to support older people.
CQC rated it Requires improvement overall (May 2022). Safe, Effective and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 17 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bootle; 13 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Costs to expect
We estimate Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home at £1,080–£1,330 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£69k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Sefton Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Abbegale Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.
14 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Bootle East ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (4 min), a park (4 min), a café (7 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (10 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Reading Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home's CQC ratings
Area by area, Safe, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.
Across Sefton, 23 of 107 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (21%), while 14 of 107 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (13%), while 26 of 107 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Safe, Effective and Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
Track record
CQC registration dates from December 2010, so the service has been operating for around 15 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2022), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Requires improvement.
4 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 5 May 2022.
Inspection findings in brief
- Risks assessments were not always in place for people to keep them safe from harm.
- Some fire doors were not operating correctly and some smoke seals had been painted over.
- However, we saw an example of where medication was not given correctly.
- Incidents and accidents were not being routinely analysed for patterns and trends, and there were some missed opportunities to identify and explore potential risks.
Inspected 23 March 2022; report published 5 May 2022. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who the service is registered for
As listed with the regulator.
The registered provider
Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home is run by Stirrupview Limited (company 01698921), incorporated in 1983, 27 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 residential care for older and disabled people.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe23 of 107 in Sefton
- Effective14 of 107 in Sefton
- Caring95 of 107 in Sefton
- Responsive91 of 107 in Sefton
- Well-led26 of 107 in Sefton
Source: CQC, published 5 May 2022. Under each rating: how many care homes in Sefton share it.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2015
- Aug 2015
- Aug 2016
- Mar 2019
- May 2022
- Today Rating 4 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 5 May 2022
- CQC inspection report 12 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 6 August 2016
- CQC inspection report 4 August 2015
- CQC inspection report 7 April 2015
- Inspection report 16 August 2014
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 11 June 2026 by Sefton. 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 "Hawthorne Lodge"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Bootle East
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bootle
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in L20 (11)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 60 m (1 min walk) · 43 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Kirkdale, 760 m (10 min walk)
- Pharmacy Merton Pharmacy, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Shop A&P News, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Park South Park, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Café Costa, 520 m (7 min walk)
- Place of worship 50 m (1 min walk)
- Library Bootle Library, 520 m (7 min walk)
From OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), measured in a straight line, so allow extra for the actual route on foot.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Requires improvement. Across Sefton, 79% of the 107 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 3 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (May 2022) is more recent than 55% of care home ratings in Sefton.
- With 25 beds it is smaller than 57% of care homes in Sefton, where the typical home has 27.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 91% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 1 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Sefton lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (22% of care homes in Sefton are also rated below Good here); Effective (14% of care homes in Sefton are also rated below Good here); Well-led (25% of care homes in Sefton are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Sefton; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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What families ask about Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home
- How much does Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home charge?
- We don't have published prices from Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How big is Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home?
- Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home can take up to 25 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Which provider runs Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home?
- On CQC's register the provider is Stirrupview Limited.
- Is Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- How recent is Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 5 May 2022, 4 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Where is Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home?
- It is at 164-166 Hawthorne Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 3AR.
- Is Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Registered, yes: location 1-125979460 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Requires improvement overall in May 2022.
- What kind of care can Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home offer?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Hawthorne Lodge Residential Care Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
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