Care home · Ripon
Long Meadow Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Long Meadow Care Home- Address
- 60 Harrogate Road, Ripon, HG4 1SZ
- Run by
- Long Meadow (Ripon) Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 43 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Garden
- Garden for residents (as stated on longmeadownursing.co.uk)
- En-suite rooms
- En-suite rooms available (as stated on longmeadownursing.co.uk)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- Jessica Ann Robinson
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1941 (85 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 00370370)
- Last CQC check
- 5 Nov 2025
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia). An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
More in Ripon: Care homes in Ripon (9) · Best rated care homes in Ripon · Care homes for dementia care in Ripon · Care homes for elderly care in Ripon · Care homes for care for adults under 65 in Ripon
Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-117050271
The service in brief
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Long Meadow Care Home is based in Ripon, run by Long Meadow (Ripon) Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia and mental health conditions.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (November 2025). It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Ripon; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The registered provider
Long Meadow Care Home is run by Long Meadow (ripon) Limited (company 00370370), incorporated in 1941, 69 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Around Ripon
There are 8 other care homes within 3 miles, 8 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is St Anne's Community Services - Greenacres, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (2 of the nearest 11).
1 of the 10 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Ripon Minster & Moorside ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% 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 shop (3 min), a park (4 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Inspection findings in brief
- Safeguarding procedures and training were in place.
- Detailed, person-centred records guided staff on the care and support people needed.
- All required health and safety checks were completed, and ongoing refurbishment plans for the building were in place.
- People said staff were friendly and helpful and had patience and good humour.
Inspected 28 June 2022; report published 1 October 2022; supporting 33 people at the time. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Likely fees
We estimate Long Meadow Care Home at £1,140–£1,390 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £59k–£72k.
Ask how often fees rise and whether they go up if care needs increase.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from North Yorkshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Long Meadow Care Home over the years
Long Meadow Care Home has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 8 overall ratings for it (2017–2025), starting at Requires improvement; it has gone up 2 and down 1 time, and is now Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 1 October 2022.
Reading Long Meadow Care Home's CQC ratings
Long Meadow Care Home has an even profile: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are each rated Good.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 138 of the 180 other care homes in North Yorkshire 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.
Scores behind the rating
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, Long Meadow Care Home 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
Scale: 1 (significant shortfalls) to 4 (exceptional). From CQC, assessed 11 September 2025, published 5 November 2025, Open Government Licence. Statements without a score were not reassessed and their earlier result stands.
Past CQC ratings
- Jan 2017
- Feb 2018
- Oct 2018
- May 2019
- Oct 2020
- Oct 2021
- Oct 2022
- Nov 2025
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
CQC documents
- CQC inspection report 1 October 2022
- CQC inspection report 8 October 2021
- CQC inspection report 15 October 2020
- CQC inspection report 15 May 2019
- CQC inspection report 27 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 2 February 2018
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 2 January 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 "Long Meadow Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Ripon Minster & Moorside
- Council
- North Yorkshire Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in HG4 (10)
See the wider area · How to get there · Map © OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby
- Bus stop 20 m (1 min walk) · 6 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery Ripon Spa Surgery, 1.3 km (17 min walk)
- Pharmacy Boots, 1.4 km (17 min walk)
- Shop Nisa Local, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Park 310 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Salvation Army Reach Out Centre, 270 m (3 min walk)
- Library Ripon Library, 1.4 km (18 min walk)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). These are direct-line distances, so real walking routes, and times, will be longer.
Local area facts: ONS and NHS geography via postcodes.io, Open Government Licence.
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe75% score146 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Effective75% score164 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Caring75% score168 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Responsive75% score166 of 181 in North Yorkshire
- Well-led75% score139 of 181 in North Yorkshire
Source: CQC, published 5 November 2025. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Yorkshire share it.
Needs it is registered to meet
Taken from its CQC registration.
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Long Meadow Care Home against its area
- Rated Good. Across North Yorkshire, 86% of the 180 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2025) is more recent than 85% of care home ratings in North Yorkshire.
- With 43 beds it is larger than 67% of care homes in North Yorkshire, where the typical home has 30.
- Registered with CQC in 2011: it has been registered longer than 71% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in North Yorkshire lists 3.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in North Yorkshire. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
Nearby options
Guides for families
Other care homes near Ripon with recent ratings
- The Moors Care CentreFeb 2025
- The Coach House Nursing HomeOct 2026
Questions about Long Meadow Care Home
- How much does care from Long Meadow Care Home cost?
- We don't have published prices from Long Meadow Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,230 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in Yorkshire and the Humber). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How is Long Meadow Care Home rated for safety and leadership?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How big is Long Meadow Care Home?
- Long Meadow Care Home has 43 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs Long Meadow Care Home?
- Long Meadow Care Home is run by Long Meadow (Ripon) Limited, the registered provider on the CQC register.
- Can Long Meadow Care Home care for someone 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 Long Meadow Care Home?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 5 November 2025. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What type of care does Long Meadow Care Home provide?
- Registration for Long Meadow Care Home covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Long Meadow Care Home?
- It is at 60 Harrogate Road, Ripon, HG4 1SZ.
- Is Long Meadow Care Home registered with CQC?
- Long Meadow Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-117050271) and was rated Good overall in November 2025.
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