Care home · Bedford
Manton Heights Care Centre
Illustrative photo, not of Manton Heights Care Centre- Address
- Woodlands, off Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW
- Run by
- RCH Care Homes Limited (9 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 91 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- April 2012 (14 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1988 (37 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02325401)
- Last CQC check
- 16 Jun 2026
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-376081091
Manton Heights Care Centre at a glance
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Manton Heights Care Centre is based in Bedford, run by RCH Care Homes Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (June 2026). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 44 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bedford; 35 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Likely fees
We estimate Manton Heights Care Centre at £1,350–£1,650 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £70k–£86k.
Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.
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Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe59% score13 of 70 in Bedford
- Effective71% score56 of 70 in Bedford
- Caring75% score56 of 70 in Bedford
- Responsive75% score56 of 70 in Bedford
- Well-led75% score44 of 70 in Bedford
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 16 June 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Bedford share it.
Around Bedford
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 Sycamore Heights Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (5 of the nearest 25).
1 of the 24 nearest rated care homes has a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Harpur ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Central East ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (8 min), a shop (6 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What inspectors found
- Assessment activity began on 14 April 2026 and ended on 8 June 2026.
- We visited the service on 14 April 2026 and 12 May 2026.
- At the time of this assessment, the service supported 51 people in the main building and 11 people in the Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) unit.
- People mostly had positive experiences of the care and support they received.
Inspected 22 April 2021; report published 11 May 2021. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Manton Heights Care Centre over the years
Registered in April 2012, it has 14 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 9 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good; it has gone up 2 and down 3 times, and is now Good.
The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 11 May 2021.
The registered provider
Manton Heights Care Centre is run by Rch Care Homes Limited (company 02325401), incorporated in 1988, 23 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.
RCH Care Homes Limited runs 9 CQC-registered services across 5 council areas; 7 of the 9 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (78%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
Needs it is registered to meet
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
CQC's scores in detail
CQC now scores each area it inspects from 1 to 4 against a set of "quality statements", and turns those into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Manton Heights Care Centre scores 71%.
Safe 59%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding2 · Some shortfalls
- Involving people to manage risks2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing3 · Good
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation2 · Some shortfalls
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 outcomes2 · Some shortfalls
- 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
4 means exceptional and 1 means significant shortfalls (3 good, 2 some shortfalls). CQC data, assessed 1 April 2026, published 3 June 2024, Open Government Licence. Where no score shows, that statement wasn't part of this assessment and its earlier result still counts.
Earlier inspections
- Nov 2016
- Sep 2018
- Mar 2019
- Jun 2020
- Sep 2020
- Oct 2020
- May 2021
- Jun 2024
- 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 11 May 2021
- CQC inspection report 15 October 2020
- CQC inspection report 8 September 2020
- CQC inspection report 3 June 2020
- CQC inspection report 8 March 2019
- CQC inspection report 4 September 2018
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Harpur
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bedford
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Urban or rural
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in MK41 (8)
See the wider area · Plan a journey · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Local amenities
- Bus stop 140 m (2 min walk) · 8 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Bedford, 1.4 km (18 min walk)
- GP surgery Linden Road Surgery, 620 m (8 min walk)
- Pharmacy Kay's Pharmacy, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- Shop Aldi, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Park 930 m (12 min walk)
- Café A Different Brew, 410 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint Martin's, 610 m (8 min walk)
Nearest of each type, measured in a straight line using OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). If a resident uses a wheelchair or frame, check the route itself.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Reading Manton Heights Care Centre's CQC ratings
Looking at the five areas: Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Bedford, 13 of 70 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (19%).
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 59%, averaging 71% overall.
If you are considering it, read the Safe section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
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Where Manton Heights Care Centre stands locally
- Rated Good. Across Bedford, 77% of the 70 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (June 2026) is more recent than 94% of care home ratings in Bedford.
- With 91 beds it is larger than 99% of care homes in Bedford, where the typical home has 16.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 56% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Bedford lists 4.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (24% of care homes in Bedford are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Compared with every CQC-registered care home in Bedford. Source: CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Manton Heights Care Centre
- How much does care from Manton Heights Care Centre cost?
- Manton Heights Care Centre's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- How is Manton Heights Care Centre rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How big is Manton Heights Care Centre?
- Manton Heights Care Centre is registered for up to 91 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Which provider runs Manton Heights Care Centre?
- The registered provider is RCH Care Homes Limited, according to CQC.
- Is Manton Heights Care Centre registered for dementia care?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- How recent is Manton Heights Care Centre's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 16 June 2026. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- Where is Manton Heights Care Centre?
- It is at Woodlands, off Manton Lane, Bedford, MK41 7LW.
- Is Manton Heights Care Centre regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes: CQC lists it as a care home under location ID 1-376081091 and was rated Good overall in June 2026.
- What kind of care can Manton Heights Care Centre offer?
- Its CQC registration covers residential homes. Ask Manton Heights Care Centre how it would adapt if needs increase.
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