Care home · Tunbridge Wells
Rusthall Lodge Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Rusthall Lodge Care Home- Address
- Nellington Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8SJ
- Run by
- Rusthall Lodge Housing Association Limited
- Type of provider
- Not-for-profit
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 69 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- January 2011 (15 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, accounts up to date (Companies House IP17413R)
- Last CQC check
- 8 Jan 2020
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care. Estimate only, from published local rates. How we estimate
Regulated activities on its registration: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Full report at cqc.org.uk · CQC location ID 1-121505968
Introducing Rusthall Lodge Care Home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, Rusthall Lodge Care Home is based in Tunbridge Wells, run by Rusthall Lodge Housing Association Limited. It supports older people, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (January 2020). It is one of 16 CQC-registered care homes in and around Royal Tunbridge Wells; 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Rusthall Lodge Care Home has been registered with CQC since January 2011, about 15 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2020), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
The rating is 6 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.
Reports on record: 6, with the most recent dated 8 January 2020.
Who runs it
Rusthall Lodge Care Home is run by Rusthall Lodge Housing Association Limited (company IP17413R).
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time and there is no insolvency history.
Past CQC ratings
- Mar 2015
- May 2017
- Jan 2020
- Today Rating 6 years old
Overall ratings CQC has published for this location, oldest first.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 8 January 2020
- CQC inspection report 9 May 2017
- CQC inspection report 31 March 2015
- Inspection report 8 October 2013
- Inspection report 22 March 2013
- Inspection report 25 July 2012
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 25 June 2026 by Tunbridge Wells. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Rusthall Lodge Care Home"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Rusthall & Speldhurst
- Council
- Kent County Council · paying for care
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Larger rural · further from a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in TN4 (8)
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Close by
- Bus stop 340 m (4 min walk) · 4 stops within 600 m
- Railway station High Rocks, 1.7 km
- GP surgery Rusthall Medical Centre, 210 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy Rusthall Chemists, 620 m (8 min walk)
- Shop One Stop, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Park 970 m (12 min walk)
- Café 340 m (4 min walk)
- Place of worship Rusthall Evangelical Church, 500 m (6 min walk)
- Library Rusthall Library, 430 m (5 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).
Each area CQC checks
- Safe353 of 455 in Kent
- Effective400 of 455 in Kent
- Caring406 of 455 in Kent
- Responsive395 of 455 in Kent
- Well-led323 of 455 in Kent
As rated by CQC, published 8 January 2020. Under each rating: how many care homes in Kent share it.
From the latest CQC inspection
- About the service Rusthall Lodge Care Home provides residential and nursing care and accommodation for up to 69 older people.
- It also offers respite care services for short stays.
- The home is spread over three floors and is situated within quiet rural grounds in Kent.
- People's experience of using this service People and their relatives spoke positively about the service and said staff were kind, caring and supportive.
Inspected 28 November 2019; report published 8 January 2020. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Who they support
Specialisms as registered with CQC.
Choice nearby
There are 17 other care homes within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Rusthall Respite, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (8 of the nearest 25).
13 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Rusthall & Speldhurst ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (further from a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (8 min), a shop (7 min), a café (4 min) and a bus stop (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Costs to expect
We estimate Rusthall Lodge Care Home at £1,650–£2,010 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£105k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
Kent Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Strengths and weak spots in the 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 322 of the 454 other care homes in Kent that CQC has rated.
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Rusthall Lodge Care Home questions answered
- How big is Rusthall Lodge Care Home?
- Rusthall Lodge Care Home is registered for up to 69 residents. Ask about current vacancies and whether rooms have en-suite facilities.
- Who is the registered provider for Rusthall Lodge Care Home?
- Rusthall Lodge Housing Association Limited is the registered provider for Rusthall Lodge Care Home.
- How much does Rusthall Lodge Care Home charge?
- Rusthall Lodge Care Home's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,555 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South East). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Is Rusthall Lodge Care Home rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led tend to say most about day-to-day reliability.
- What type of care does Rusthall Lodge Care Home provide?
- Registration for Rusthall Lodge Care Home covers: nursing homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Where is Rusthall Lodge Care Home?
- It is at Nellington Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8SJ.
- Is Rusthall Lodge Care Home a registered provider?
- Rusthall Lodge Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-121505968) and was rated Good overall in January 2020.
- Is Rusthall Lodge Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- When was Rusthall Lodge Care Home last inspected?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 8 January 2020, 6 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
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