Care home · Gloucester
The Lawns
Illustrative photo, not of The Lawns- Address
- The Lawns, 346 Bristol Road, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4QW
- Run by
- The Lawns Limited
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 30 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- January 2015 (11 years)
- Registered manager
- Anna Carrier
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2003 (23 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 04911771)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Mar 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Registered to provide: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-1837539508
About this home
Registered with CQC as a nursing home, The Lawns is based in Gloucester, run by The Lawns Limited. It supports adults of all ages, with registered specialisms in physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
Its latest CQC rating is Good overall (October 2018). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 9 CQC-registered care homes in and around Quedgeley; 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who it can help
Registration details from CQC.
The company behind The Lawns
The Lawns is run by The Lawns Limited (company 04911771), incorporated in 2003, 11 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 3 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
What inspectors found
- People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement.
- The Lawns accommodates 30 people in one adapted house.
- There were 21 people accommodated when we visited.
- Adjustments had been introduced to support visiting by people's nominated relatives (or others).
Inspected 19 January 2022; report published 3 March 2022. In CQC's words, from its published findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 22 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Robins, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (4 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (3 of the nearest 25).
19 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Quedgeley Fieldcourt ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 50% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Gloucestershire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (6 min), a pharmacy (7 min), a shop (3 min), a park (6 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
The ratings in context
Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Gloucestershire, 34 of 190 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (18%).
The Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
Costs to expect
We estimate The Lawns at £1,520–£1,860 a week for nursing care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £79k–£97k.
Where a resident needs nursing, the NHS pays part of the fee straight to the home as NHS-funded nursing care, regardless of who pays the rest.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Gloucestershire Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Past CQC ratings
- Jan 2016
- Oct 2018
- Mar 2022
- Today Rating 7 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
CQC reports
- CQC inspection report 3 March 2022
- CQC inspection report 25 October 2018
- CQC inspection report 13 January 2016
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 24 September 2025 by Gloucester City. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "The Lawns NCC LLP"). Open Government Licence.
Location and local area
- Ward
- Quedgeley Fieldcourt
- Parliamentary constituency
- Gloucester
- NHS area (integrated care board)
- NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 50% least deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in GL2 (20)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 170 m (2 min walk) · 22 stops within 600 m
- GP surgery St. James Family Doctors, 480 m (6 min walk)
- Pharmacy Lloyds Pharmacy, 530 m (7 min walk)
- Shop Asda, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Park 500 m (6 min walk)
- Café Asda Café, 210 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint James, 430 m (5 min walk)
- Library Quedgeley Library, 430 m (5 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).
Track record
CQC registration dates from January 2015, so the service has been operating for around 11 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2022), starting at Good; it has gone up 0 and down 0 times, and is now Inspected but not rated.
No new overall rating has been published for 7 years. CQC re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating is not a bad sign in itself, but staff and management may have changed.
3 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 3 March 2022.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe165 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Effective175 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Caring167 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Responsive161 of 190 in Gloucestershire
- Well-led34 of 190 in Gloucestershire
Ratings from CQC's most recent report, published 25 October 2018. Under each rating: how many care homes in Gloucestershire share it.
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The Lawns in local context
- Rated Good. Across Gloucestershire, 86% of the 190 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2018) is more recent than 16% of care home ratings in Gloucestershire.
- With 30 beds it is larger than 54% of care homes in Gloucestershire, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2015: it has been registered longer than 36% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Gloucestershire lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (18% of care homes in Gloucestershire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Gloucestershire (Oct 2026).
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The Lawns: common questions
- Is The Lawns rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For The Lawns: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How much does The Lawns charge?
- The Lawns has not published its fees with us. Residential care home typically costs £1,349 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for a written quote that includes weekend and bank holiday rates.
- Who runs The Lawns?
- The registered provider is The Lawns Limited, according to CQC.
- How many residents can The Lawns take?
- The Lawns has 30 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- How recent is The Lawns's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 25 October 2018, 7 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Does The Lawns support people with dementia?
- Not as a registered specialism. Some services still support people with mild dementia, so ask.
- Is The Lawns a registered provider?
- Registered, yes: location 1-1837539508 on the Care Quality Commission register, listed as a care home and was rated Good overall in October 2018.
- Where is The Lawns based?
- It is at The Lawns, 346 Bristol Road, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4QW.
- What type of care does The Lawns provide?
- CQC lists The Lawns under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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