Care home · Bath
Watery Lane Cottage
Illustrative photo, not of Watery Lane Cottage- Address
- Poolemead Centre, Watery Lane, Bath, BA2 1RN
- Run by
- Achieve Together Limited (159 services)
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 3 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- June 2021 (5 years)
- Part of
- Achieve Together
- Registered manager
- Louise Angela Phillips
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1996 (30 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 03153442)
- Last CQC check
- 9 Feb 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care. 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 1-10729245260
Watery Lane Cottage at a glance
Watery Lane Cottage is a CQC-registered residential care home in Bath, run by Achieve Together Limited. Its CQC registration covers adults under 65, including people living with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (October 2026). It is one of 27 CQC-registered care homes in and around Bath; 21 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
What it may cost
We estimate Watery Lane Cottage at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.
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The local picture
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Gallaudet Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: learning disabilities (5 of the nearest 25); mental health conditions (7 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (7 of the nearest 25).
Its rating is more recent than any of the 22 nearest rated care homes.
It sits in Twerton & Whiteway 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 Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (4 min), a park (4 min), a café (1 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe66% score40 of 50 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Effective67% score48 of 50 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Caring75% score46 of 50 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Responsive71% score48 of 50 in Bath and North East Somerset
- Well-led71% score39 of 50 in Bath and North East Somerset
Source: CQC, published 23 October 2026. Under each rating: how many care homes in Bath and North East Somerset share it.
Inspection findings in brief
- The service supports people who are deafblind, and may have additional complex needs, including learning disabilities.
- We expect health and social care providers to guarantee how autistic people and people with a learning disability the choices, dignity, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted.
- People were supported by caring staff who knew them well.
- They also said they liked the food and enjoyed being involved in meal preparation.
From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
How long it has been running
Registered in June 2021, it has 5 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2026), starting at Good and staying Good every time.
The company behind Watery Lane Cottage
Watery Lane Cottage is run by Achieve Together Limited (company 03153442), incorporated in 1996, 25 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 5 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.
Achieve Together Limited runs 159 CQC-registered services across 51 council areas; 127 of the 153 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (83%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
5 of its services are in Bath and North East Somerset.
It trades under the Achieve Together brand, which covers 173 services run by 3 registered providers.
Detailed scores
Behind each rating sit scores of 1 to 4 for individual quality statements, which CQC turns into a percentage for the area. Averaged across the five areas, Watery Lane Cottage scores 70%.
Safe 66%
- Learning culture2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions3 · Good
- Safeguarding3 · Good
- Involving people to manage risks3 · Good
- Safe environments2 · Some shortfalls
- Safe and effective staffing2 · Some shortfalls
- Infection prevention and control3 · Good
- Medicines optimisation3 · Good
Effective 67%
- Assessing needs3 · Good
- Delivering evidence-based care and treatment3 · Good
- How staff, teams and services work together2 · Some shortfalls
- Supporting people to live healthier lives3 · Good
- Monitoring and improving outcomes3 · Good
- Consent to care and treatment2 · Some shortfalls
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 71%
- Person-centred Care3 · Good
- Care provision, Integration and continuity3 · Good
- Providing Information3 · Good
- Listening to and involving people2 · Some shortfalls
- Equity in access3 · Good
- Equity in experiences and outcomes3 · Good
- Planning for the future3 · Good
Well-led 71%
- 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 sustainability2 · Some shortfalls
- Partnerships and communities3 · Good
- Learning, improvement and innovation3 · Good
How to read the numbers: 4 exceptional, 3 good, 2 some shortfalls, 1 significant shortfalls. Published by CQC, assessed 2 July 2026, published 23 October 2026 under the Open Government Licence; a blank score means the statement was carried over unchanged.
How its rating has changed
- Aug 2016
- Feb 2019
- Oct 2026
- Today Rated in the last 12 months
CQC rating timeline for this address.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Twerton & Whiteway
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bath
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board
- Setting
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 10% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BA2 (21)
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Around the building
- Bus stop 90 m (1 min walk) · 31 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Oldfield Park, 1.4 km (18 min walk)
- GP surgery St Michael's Surgery, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Pharmacy Hearts Pharmacy, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Twerton Local, 290 m (4 min walk)
- Park Hanna Close Community Garden, 320 m (4 min walk)
- Café The Lounge, 60 m (1 min walk)
- Place of worship Saint Michael's and All Angels, 180 m (2 min walk)
- Library Moorland Road Community Library, 1.5 km (18 min walk)
Straight-line distances to the nearest of each, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Walking routes are longer; check for hills and crossings if you plan to take a relative out.
Area details from ONS and NHS postcode data via postcodes.io (Open Government Licence).
Specialisms
Taken from its CQC registration.
The ratings in context
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Watery Lane Cottage: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 38 of the 49 other care homes in Bath and North East Somerset that CQC has rated.
Under CQC's newer scoring, its strongest area is Caring at 75% and its lowest is Safe at 66%, averaging 70% overall.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Watery Lane Cottage on The Care Panel so far.
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Watery Lane Cottage in local context
- Rated Good. Across Bath and North East Somerset, 84% of the 50 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 1 is Outstanding.
- Its rating (October 2026) is more recent than 98% of care home ratings in Bath and North East Somerset.
- With 3 beds it is smaller than 96% of care homes in Bath and North East Somerset, where the typical home has 32.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 24% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 5 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Bath and North East Somerset lists 3.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in Bath and North East Somerset (Oct 2026).
Also nearby
Guides for families
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What families ask about Watery Lane Cottage
- When was Watery Lane Cottage last inspected?
- 23 October 2026 is when the current rating was published. Check what has changed since, such as the manager or staffing.
- Does Watery Lane Cottage support people with dementia?
- Dementia is not listed among the specialisms on its CQC registration. Ask the provider directly if this matters to you.
- Is Watery Lane Cottage a registered provider?
- It is. The CQC register records Watery Lane Cottage as a care home, location ID 1-10729245260 and was rated Good overall in October 2026.
- Where is Watery Lane Cottage?
- It is at Poolemead Centre, Watery Lane, Bath, BA2 1RN.
- What type of care does Watery Lane Cottage provide?
- Watery Lane Cottage is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Is Watery Lane Cottage 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 much does Watery Lane Cottage charge?
- Watery Lane Cottage's prices aren't on our site yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,445 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in South West). Ask for written prices covering weekends, bank holidays and any travel or set-up charges.
- Which provider runs Watery Lane Cottage?
- The registered provider is Achieve Together Limited, according to CQC.
- How many residents can Watery Lane Cottage take?
- Watery Lane Cottage can take up to 3 residents. Ask what is free now and about en-suite rooms.
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