Care home · Wellingborough
Westlands Care Home
Illustrative photo, not of Westlands Care Home- Address
- 48 Oxford Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4JH
- Run by
- Regal Care Trading Ltd (15 services)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 28 (registered with CQC)
- Registered with CQC
- August 2012 (14 years)
- Registered manager
- Nicola Jane Bale
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2012 (14 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 08126756)
- Last CQC check
- 18 Jan 2024
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-462866058
Introducing Westlands Care Home
Westlands Care Home in Wellingborough is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home, run by Regal Care Trading Ltd. The service is registered to support adults of all ages and lists dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sight or hearing loss among its specialisms.
CQC rated it Good overall (January 2024). Well-led was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 19 CQC-registered care homes in and around Wellingborough; 16 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
Area by area, Well-led is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across North Northamptonshire, 25 of 104 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).
If you are considering it, read the Well-led section of the report first and ask what has changed since the inspection.
How CQC rated each area
- Safe83 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Effective89 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Caring94 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Responsive88 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
- Well-led25 of 104 in North Northamptonshire
From CQC's latest report, published 18 January 2024. Under each rating: how many care homes in North Northamptonshire share it.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2015
- Nov 2015
- May 2016
- Jun 2017
- Dec 2019
- Feb 2021
- Jan 2024
- Today Rating 2 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is an improvement on the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 18 January 2024
- CQC inspection report 19 February 2021
- CQC inspection report 17 December 2019
- CQC inspection report 15 June 2017
- CQC inspection report 19 May 2016
- CQC inspection report 6 November 2015
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 12 November 2025 by North Northamptonshire. Meals matter in a care home: ask to see a menu and whether residents can choose.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Westlands Residential Home"). Open Government Licence.
Where it is
- Ward
- Brickhill & Queensway
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden
- NHS planning area
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban, nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in NN8 (19)
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Within walking distance
- Bus stop 10 m (1 min walk) · 30 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Wellingborough, 1.5 km (19 min walk)
- GP surgery Albany House Medical Practice, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Pharmacy 3Q Pharmacy, 330 m (4 min walk)
- Shop Morrisons Daily, 110 m (1 min walk)
- Park Croyland Gardens, 170 m (2 min walk)
- Café 5 Akhis, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Wellingborough United Reform Church, 260 m (3 min walk)
- Library Wellingborough Library, 360 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).
Inspection findings in brief
- The service provides support to people living with dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions and sensory impairments.
- People's experience of the service and what we found: The provider's systems and processes to assess, monitor and improve the quality and safety of the service needed further development.
- We found areas for improvement in relation to the adaptation and decoration of the home in supporting people living with memory or cognitive impairments and to support them to orientate to time and place, such as no personalised signage on bedroom doors.
- There was a positive and open culture at the service.
Inspected 8 November 2023; report published 18 January 2024; supporting 28 people at the time. Quoted from the CQC report summary, Open Government Licence. Read the full report.
What it may cost
We estimate Westlands Care Home at £1,160–£1,410 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £60k–£73k.
Ask what notice is given before a fee increase and what triggers one.
If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), North Northamptonshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.
Specialisms
Registration details from CQC.
Who runs it
Westlands Care Home is run by Regal Care Trading Ltd (company 08126756), incorporated in 2012.
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 nursing care.
Regal Care Trading Ltd runs 15 CQC-registered services across 8 council areas; 9 of the 15 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (60%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.
3 of its services are in North Northamptonshire.
It trades under the Nicholas James and Regal Care Trading Limited brand, which covers 26 services run by 4 registered providers.
The local picture
There are 21 other care homes within 3 miles, 18 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Kenroyal Nursing Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: sight or hearing loss (7 of the nearest 25).
10 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Brickhill & Queensway ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Northamptonshire ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (4 min), a pharmacy (4 min), a shop (1 min), a park (2 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
How long it has been running
CQC registration dates from August 2012, so the service has been operating for around 14 years under its current registration.
CQC has published 7 overall ratings for it (2015–2024), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.
There are 6 CQC reports on file for this address; the newest is from 18 January 2024.
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Compared with other care homes locally
- Rated Good. Across North Northamptonshire, 82% of the 104 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 7 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (January 2024) is more recent than 63% of care home ratings in North Northamptonshire.
- With 28 beds it is larger than 50% of care homes in North Northamptonshire, where the typical home has 26.
- Registered with CQC in 2012: it has been registered longer than 49% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 6 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in North Northamptonshire lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Well-led (25% of care homes in North Northamptonshire are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Benchmarked against all CQC-registered care homes in North Northamptonshire (Oct 2026).
Also nearby
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Questions about Westlands Care Home
- Can Westlands Care Home care for someone with dementia?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- How recent is Westlands Care Home's CQC rating?
- Its current CQC rating dates from 18 January 2024, 2 years ago. Ratings can be several years old; ask what has changed since, such as a new manager.
- What type of care does Westlands Care Home provide?
- Westlands Care Home is registered for residential homes. Ask which of these it provides at the moment.
- Where is Westlands Care Home?
- It is at 48 Oxford Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4JH.
- Is Westlands Care Home a registered provider?
- Westlands Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-462866058) and was rated Good overall in January 2024.
- How much does Westlands Care Home charge?
- No fee list from Westlands Care Home has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,125 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in East Midlands). A written quote should spell out weekend, bank holiday and short-notice rates.
- How did Westlands Care Home score on each CQC key question?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Start with Safe and Well-led when reading the report.
- How many beds does Westlands Care Home have?
- Westlands Care Home has 28 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Who runs Westlands Care Home?
- CQC lists Regal Care Trading Ltd as the provider responsible for Westlands Care Home.
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