Care home · Swindon
Lansdowne Hill Care Home
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- Wharf Road, Wroughton, Swindon, SN4 9LF
- Run by
- Lansdowne Hill Care Home Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 46 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- October 2011 (15 years)
- Part of
- Agincare
- Registered manager
- Carla Elizabeth Lee Andrews
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2011 (15 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 07611446)
- Last CQC check
- 28 Feb 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,370–£1,680 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Wroughton: Care homes in Wroughton (8) · Best rated care homes in Wroughton · Care homes for dementia care in Wroughton · Care homes for elderly care in Wroughton · Care homes for physical disability care in Wroughton
See this service on the CQC website · CQC location ID 1-307207690
An overview of Lansdowne Hill Care Home
Lansdowne Hill Care Home in Swindon is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Lansdowne Hill Care Home 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 (February 2025). It is one of 8 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wroughton; 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Reading Lansdowne Hill Care Home'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 33 of the 44 other care homes in Swindon that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 80% and its lowest is Safe at 69%, averaging 76% overall.
The inspection, summarised
- This assessment was carried out in response to concerns received about risk management and the management of medicines.
- The service had also experienced frequent changes in management within the last 12 months.
- Staff were kind and caring and offered people choices.
- People described staff as pleasant, kind and caring, and were happy living at the service.
Inspected 20 March 2018; report published 23 May 2018. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Registered specialisms
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
How long it has been running
Registered in October 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2025), starting at Good; it has gone up 1 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 23 May 2018.
Each area CQC checks
- Safe69% score40 of 45 in Swindon
- Effective75% score45 of 45 in Swindon
- Caring80% score38 of 45 in Swindon
- Responsive79% score41 of 45 in Swindon
- Well-led79% score34 of 45 in Swindon
As rated by CQC, published 28 February 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in Swindon share it.
Detailed scores
Under its newer approach, CQC marks each "quality statement" from 1 to 4 and converts the marks into a percentage per area. Averaged across the five areas, Lansdowne Hill Care Home scores 76%.
Safe 69%
- Learning culture3 · Good
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments3 · Good
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- 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 80%
- Kindness, compassion and dignity4 · Exceptional
- Treating people as individuals4 · Exceptional
- Independence, choice and control3 · Good
- Responding to people’s immediate needs2 · Some shortfalls
- Workforce wellbeing and enablement3 · Good
Responsive 79%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity4 · Exceptional
- 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 79%
- Shared direction and culture3 · Good
- Capable, compassionate and inclusive leaders3 · Good
- Freedom to speak up4 · Exceptional
- Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion4 · Exceptional
- Governance, management and sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 18 September 2024, published 28 February 2025 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
Past CQC ratings
- Apr 2016
- May 2018
- Feb 2025
- Today Rating 1 year old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 23 May 2018
- CQC inspection report 7 April 2016
- Inspection report 24 May 2014
- Inspection report 13 December 2013
- Inspection report 7 August 2013
- Inspection report 5 March 2013
The kitchen's hygiene score
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 9 June 2025 by Swindon. Food is a big part of daily life in a home, so ask about menus, choice and mealtimes.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Lansdowne Hill Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Wroughton & Wichelstowe
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Wiltshire
- Integrated care board
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Larger rural; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in SN4 (11)
Bigger map · How to get there · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby
- Bus stop 20 m (1 min walk) · 13 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Matrix Surgical Limited, 620 m (8 min walk)
- Pharmacy St. John Pharmacy, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Shop Coventry Farm News, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Park Willowbrook Gardens, 790 m (10 min walk)
- Café The Beehive, 700 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship Discovery Church Wroughton, 420 m (5 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.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
The local picture
There are 18 other care homes within 3 miles, 16 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is The Orchards Residential Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (6 of the nearest 25).
16 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Wroughton & Wichelstowe ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (8 min), a pharmacy (6 min), a shop (6 min), a park (10 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The registered provider
Lansdowne Hill Care Home is run by Lansdowne Hill Care Home Limited (company 07611446), incorporated in 2011.
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.
It trades under the Agincare brand, which covers 91 services run by 28 registered providers.
What it may cost
We estimate Lansdowne Hill Care Home 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 whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Swindon Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Family reviews
There are no reviews of Lansdowne Hill Care Home yet. If you know the service, your experience could help someone else.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Swindon, 89% of the 45 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (February 2025) is more recent than 44% of care home ratings in Swindon.
- With 46 beds it is larger than 74% of care homes in Swindon, where the typical home has 14.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 53% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Swindon lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Swindon (Oct 2026).
Other care homes close by
Guides for families
Other care homes near Wroughton with recent ratings
- Moormead Care HomeApr 2026
- The Orchards Residential HomeApr 2026
- Ashbury Lodge Residential HomeJun 2026
Frequently asked about Lansdowne Hill Care Home
- Where is Lansdowne Hill Care Home?
- It is at Wharf Road, Wroughton, Swindon, SN4 9LF.
- Is Lansdowne Hill Care Home a registered provider?
- Lansdowne Hill Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-307207690) and was rated Good overall in February 2025.
- What type of care does Lansdowne Hill Care Home provide?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Lansdowne Hill Care Home how it would adapt if needs increase.
- Is Lansdowne Hill Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Its registration includes dementia. Useful questions: how many staff hold dementia training, and how is a bad day handled?
- How recent is Lansdowne Hill Care Home's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 28 February 2025, 1 year ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- How many beds does Lansdowne Hill Care Home have?
- Lansdowne Hill Care Home has 46 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs Lansdowne Hill Care Home?
- CQC lists Lansdowne Hill Care Home Limited as the provider responsible for Lansdowne Hill Care Home.
- How much does care from Lansdowne Hill Care Home cost?
- We don't have published prices from Lansdowne Hill Care Home 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 is Lansdowne Hill Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
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