Care home · Watford
Orchard View
Illustrative photo, not of Orchard View- Address
- 776 St. Albans Road, Watford, WD25 9FH
- Run by
- Mr & Mrs Frank Silva (3 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 4 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- May 2025 (1 year)
- Registered manager
- *
- Last CQC check
- Not listed
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care. Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-21676468774
An overview of Orchard View
Registered with CQC as a residential care home, Orchard View is based in Watford, run by Mr & Mrs Frank Silva. It supports adults under 65, with registered specialisms in learning disabilities.
CQC has not published a rating for this service yet, which is common for newly registered services. It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Abbots Langley; 4 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Registered specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
Ownership and company checks
Mr & Mrs Frank Silva runs 3 CQC-registered services; 0 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (0%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
All 3 are in Hertfordshire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate Orchard View at £1,310–£1,600 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask Hertfordshire Council for a free care needs assessment.
How it fits locally
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Orchard House, under 0.5 miles away.
It sits in Stanborough 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 Central East ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (7 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (5 min), a park (4 min), a café (2 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (6 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Where it is
- Ward
- Stanborough
- Parliamentary constituency
- Watford
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban; nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in WD25 (9)
View on OpenStreetMap · Directions · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Nearby
- Bus stop 40 m (1 min walk) · 18 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Garston, 500 m (6 min walk)
- GP surgery Garston Medical Centre, 570 m (7 min walk)
- Pharmacy Park Pharmacy, 340 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Londis, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Park Stanborough Park, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Café First Avenue Cafe, 140 m (2 min walk)
- Place of worship Garston Spiritualist Church, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Library North Watford Library, 870 m (11 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).
Family reviews
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What families ask about Orchard View
- How many beds does Orchard View have?
- Orchard View has 4 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Is Orchard View registered for dementia care?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- Is Orchard View registered with CQC?
- Registered, yes: location 1-21676468774 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home, and has not yet been given an overall rating.
- Where is Orchard View?
- It is at 776 St. Albans Road, Watford, WD25 9FH.
- What kind of care can Orchard View offer?
- Orchard View is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- How much does Orchard View charge?
- Orchard View hasn't shared a price list with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,250 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East of England). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- Which provider runs Orchard View?
- On CQC's register the provider is Mr & Mrs Frank Silva.
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Source: the CQC register as of Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.