Care home · Blyth
The Mews
Illustrative photo, not of The Mews- Address
- 336 Cowpen Road, Blyth, NE24 5ND
- Run by
- Voyage 1 Limited (278 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 4 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- December 2010 (15 years)
- Part of
- Voyage
- Registered manager
- Dawn Blackburn
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1988 (38 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 02215899)
- Last CQC check
- 13 Nov 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,070–£1,300 a week for residential 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
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-129453501
The service in brief
The Mews in Blyth is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Voyage 1 Limited. The service is registered to support adults under 65 and lists learning disabilities among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (November 2019). It is one of 12 CQC-registered care homes in and around Blyth; 10 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Who runs it
The Mews is run by Voyage 1 Limited (company 02215899), incorporated in 1988, 22 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.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).
Voyage 1 Limited runs 280 CQC-registered services across 87 council areas; 244 of the 268 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (91%), against 84% for the same mix of services across England.
It trades under the Voyage brand, which covers 320 services run by 13 registered providers.
History with CQC
The Mews has been registered with CQC since December 2010, about 15 years.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
It has gone 6 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 13 November 2019.
Budgeting for this home
We estimate The Mews at £1,070–£1,300 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £56k–£68k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Northumberland Council after a needs and financial assessment.
Rating history
- Apr 2015
- Jun 2017
- Nov 2019
- Today Rating 6 years old
CQC rating timeline for this address.
Published inspection reports
- CQC inspection report 13 November 2019
- CQC inspection report 21 June 2017
- CQC inspection report 8 April 2015
- Inspection report 24 August 2013
- Inspection report 19 December 2012
- Inspection report 9 December 2011
Kitchen hygiene rating
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 23 February 2026 by Northumberland. Try to visit at a mealtime: it shows how food, choice and help with eating work in practice.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "The Mews"). Open Government Licence.
Map and area details
- Ward
- Cowpen
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- NHS planning area
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Area classification
- Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NE24 (12)
Larger map · Route planner · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Within walking distance
- Bus stop 220 m (3 min walk) · 16 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Blyth Bebside, 960 m (12 min walk)
- Pharmacy Eden Pharmacy & Healthcare, 390 m (5 min walk)
- Shop Cowpen Convenience Stores, 120 m (1 min walk)
- Park Riverside Business Park, 160 m (2 min walk)
- Café Asda Café, 700 m (9 min walk)
- Place of worship St Cuthberts Church, 370 m (5 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.
How it fits locally
There are 22 other care homes within 3 miles, 20 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is South Bebside Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (5 of the nearest 25).
23 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Cowpen ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (5 min), a shop (1 min), a park (2 min), a café (9 min) and a bus stop (3 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
The Mews 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 74 of the 92 other care homes in Northumberland that CQC has rated.
Registered specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe84 of 93 in Northumberland
- Effective90 of 93 in Northumberland
- Caring81 of 93 in Northumberland
- Responsive85 of 93 in Northumberland
- Well-led75 of 93 in Northumberland
Source: CQC, published 13 November 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Northumberland share it.
The inspection, summarised
- People were comfortable and safe living in the home.
- The registered manager and staff understood their responsibilities to raise concerns and report incidents or allegations of abuse.
- There were sufficient numbers of staff deployed to meet people's needs and ensure their safety.
- The provider operated an effective recruitment procedure to ensure prospective staff were suitable to work for the service.
Inspected 24 October 2019; report published 13 November 2019. Source: CQC's published findings, reused under the Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across Northumberland, 90% of the 93 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 4 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (November 2019) is more recent than 5% of care home ratings in Northumberland.
- With 4 beds it is smaller than 98% of care homes in Northumberland, where the typical home has 36.
- Registered with CQC in 2010: it has been registered longer than 84% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Northumberland lists 3.
Based on the CQC register for Northumberland as at Oct 2026.
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The Mews: common questions
- How much does care from The Mews cost?
- We don't have published prices from The Mews yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,095 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North East). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
- Is The Mews rated well for safety?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How many beds does The Mews have?
- The Mews can take up to 4 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
- Who runs The Mews?
- On CQC's register the provider is Voyage 1 Limited.
- Is The Mews registered for dementia care?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- How recent is The Mews's CQC rating?
- The rating now shown was published on 13 November 2019, 6 years ago. Ask what has changed since then, for example in management or staffing.
- What kind of care can The Mews offer?
- Registration for The Mews covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- What is The Mews's address?
- It is at 336 Cowpen Road, Blyth, NE24 5ND.
- Is The Mews regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- It is. The CQC register records The Mews as a care home, location ID 1-129453501 and was rated Good overall in November 2019.
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