Care home · Ellesmere Port
Whitby House Care Home
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- 99 Pooltown Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AE
- Run by
- Oldbridge Healthcare Limited
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Nursing home
- Beds
- 40 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- Yes, registered as a nursing home (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- March 2024 (2 years)
- Registered manager
- *
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2017 (9 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 10948479)
- Last CQC check
- 16 Mar 2022
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia). Our figure, worked out from published prices in the region; the real price may differ. How we estimate
Registered activities: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care · Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
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Open CQC's full report · CQC location ID 1-18385560749
The service in brief
Whitby House Care Home is a CQC-registered nursing home in Ellesmere Port, run by Oldbridge Healthcare Limited. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with dementia, physical disabilities and sight or hearing loss.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (December 2019). Safe was rated Requires improvement. It is one of 18 CQC-registered care homes in and around Ellesmere Port; 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
The registered provider
Whitby House Care Home is run by Oldbridge Healthcare Limited (company 10948479), incorporated in 2017, 6 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care, residential care for older and disabled people and other residential care.
Who the service is registered for
From the CQC register; ask how each need is met in practice.
How long it has been running
Registered in March 2024, it has 2 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 5 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.
At 6 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.
Note that a different provider ran the service when it was rated; the current one has not been inspected here so far.
Rating history
- Apr 2016
- May 2017
- Dec 2019
- Feb 2021
- Mar 2022
- Today Rating 6 years old
Published CQC ratings in date order.
Food safety inspection
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 2 October 2024 by Cheshire West and Chester. Ask how special diets are handled and whether residents can eat when they like.
From the Food Standards Agency (listed as "Whitby House Nursing Home"). Open Government Licence.
The neighbourhood
- Ward
- Whitby Park
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- NHS planning area
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- ONS area type
- Urban · nearer to a major town or city
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 20% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in CH65 (8)
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Nearby
- Bus stop 160 m (2 min walk) · 25 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Overpool, 1.1 km (14 min walk)
- GP surgery York Rd Practice, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Pharmacy Harrison Healthcare, 1.2 km (15 min walk)
- Shop Morrisons, 370 m (5 min walk)
- Park Wenlock Lane Play Area, 910 m (11 min walk)
- Café The Coppermine Creamery, 440 m (5 min walk)
- Place of worship The Salvation Army, 510 m (6 min walk)
- Library Ellesmere Port Library, 950 m (12 min walk)
Distances are as the crow flies, from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); real walking routes will be longer and may include hills or busy roads.
Geography: ONS and NHS lookups (postcodes.io), Open Government Licence.
Reading Whitby House Care Home's CQC ratings
Area by area, Safe is rated below Good; 4 other areas are Good.
Across Cheshire West and Chester, 20 of 72 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (28%).
The Safe findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.
The local picture
There are 17 other care homes within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Vale Court Care Home, under 0.5 miles away.
It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (7 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (2 of the nearest 25).
11 of the 18 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Whitby Park 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 Cheshire and Merseyside ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (5 min), a café (5 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
What it may cost
We estimate Whitby House Care Home at £1,420–£1,730 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £74k–£90k.
Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.
With savings below £23,250, Cheshire West and Chester Council may contribute once it has carried out a free needs assessment.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe20 of 72 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Effective60 of 72 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Caring68 of 72 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Responsive63 of 72 in Cheshire West and Chester
- Well-led47 of 72 in Cheshire West and Chester
As rated by CQC, published 5 December 2019. Under each rating: how many care homes in Cheshire West and Chester share it.
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Whitby House Care Home in local context
- Rated Good. Across Cheshire West and Chester, 74% of the 72 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 0 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (December 2019) is more recent than 24% of care home ratings in Cheshire West and Chester.
- With 40 beds it is larger than 51% of care homes in Cheshire West and Chester, where the typical home has 39.
- Registered with CQC in 2024: it has been registered longer than 28% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 4 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in Cheshire West and Chester lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Safe (29% of care homes in Cheshire West and Chester are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
All figures compare it with other care homes in Cheshire West and Chester; CQC register, Oct 2026.
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Quick answers about Whitby House Care Home
- Where is Whitby House Care Home?
- It is at 99 Pooltown Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AE.
- Is Whitby House Care Home registered with CQC?
- Whitby House Care Home is on the CQC register as a care home (ID 1-18385560749) and was rated Good overall in December 2019.
- What kind of care can Whitby House Care Home offer?
- CQC lists Whitby House Care Home under: nursing homes. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
- Is Whitby House Care Home registered for dementia care?
- Yes, it is registered for dementia. Worth asking: how many staff are trained, and how routines are kept consistent.
- How recent is Whitby House Care Home's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 5 December 2019, 6 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- How many residents can Whitby House Care Home take?
- CQC capacity for Whitby House Care Home: 40 beds. Ask about current availability and room facilities.
- Who runs Whitby House Care Home?
- CQC lists Oldbridge Healthcare Limited as the provider responsible for Whitby House Care Home.
- What are Whitby House Care Home's fees?
- We don't have published prices from Whitby House Care Home yet. Residential care home typically costs £1,205 a week (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Is Whitby House Care Home rated well for safety?
- CQC rates five key questions. For Whitby House Care Home: Safe: Requires improvement; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the two to read first in the report.
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