Care home · Littlehampton
Woodlands House
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- 4 St Winefrides Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5NL
- Run by
- Woodlands House Care Home Ltd
- Type of provider
- Independent (private company)
- Service
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 14 (registered with CQC)
- Nursing care
- No, residential care only (CQC registration)
- Dementia
- Registered with CQC to support people living with dementia
- Registered with CQC
- October 2021 (4 years)
- Registered manager
- Paul Michael Hickmott
- Company check
- Active, trading since 2021 (5 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 13510449)
- Last CQC check
- 26 Aug 2023
- Typical fees Estimated
- £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia). Our estimate from published local prices, not a quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
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CQC page for this service · CQC location ID 1-11355048638
Introducing Woodlands House
Woodlands House is a CQC-registered residential care home in Littlehampton, run by Woodlands House Care Home Ltd. Its CQC registration covers adults of all ages, including people living with dementia.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Requires improvement overall (August 2023). Effective and Well-led were rated Requires improvement. It is one of 18 CQC-registered care homes in and around Littlehampton; 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Track record
Registered in October 2021, it has 5 years on the CQC register.
CQC has published 3 overall ratings for it (2016–2023), starting at Good and falling to Requires improvement.
3 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.
Choice nearby
Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other care homes are all within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is St Winefrides Residential Home, under 0.5 miles away.
12 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.
It sits in Beach ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Surrey and Sussex ICB.
Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (3 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (3 min), a park (3 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (3 min) and a railway station (5 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.
Reading Woodlands House's CQC ratings
Area by area, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.
Across West Sussex, 25 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Effective (8%), while 70 of 317 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (22%).
The Effective and 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 Woodlands House at £1,460–£1,780 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £76k–£93k.
Check what the weekly fee leaves out; hairdressing, chiropody, trips and newspapers are common extras.
Council help is possible below £23,250 in savings: ask West Sussex Council for a free care needs assessment.
Who they support
Registration details from CQC.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- The service is a specialist dementia service and the provider had not fully considered people's needs with regards to the layout of the service and providing accessible information.
- Improvements were required to the mealtime experience for people and the environment of the service.
- The provider had systems of quality assurance to measure and monitor the standard of the service and drive improvement.
- However, these systems had not ensured the areas of improvement we identified were prevented and rectified.
Inspected 17 July 2023; report published 26 August 2023; supporting 14 people at the time. Taken from CQC's own findings (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Ratings over time
- Apr 2016
- Sep 2018
- Aug 2023
- Today Rating 3 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest. The latest rating is lower than the one before.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 26 August 2023
Food hygiene
The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from an inspection on 26 March 2024 by Arun. 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 "Woodlands House Care Home Ltd."). Open Government Licence.
Finding it
- Ward
- Beach
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Local NHS (ICB)
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Type of area
- Urban (nearer to a major town or city)
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- Among the 30% most deprived areas in England
- Postcode district
- Care homes in BN17 (19)
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Local amenities
- Bus stop 210 m (3 min walk) · 12 stops within 600 m
- Railway station Norfolk Gardens, 380 m (5 min walk)
- GP surgery Fitzalan Medical Center, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Pharmacy 270 m (3 min walk)
- Shop Londis, 220 m (3 min walk)
- Park The Green, 280 m (3 min walk)
- Café Toast, 230 m (3 min walk)
- Place of worship Littlehampton Baptist Church, 360 m (5 min walk)
- Library Littlehampton Library, 350 m (4 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.
Ward, NHS area and deprivation from ONS and NHS postcode data (postcodes.io, Open Government Licence).
CQC ratings, area by area
- Safe267 of 317 in West Sussex
- Effective25 of 317 in West Sussex
- Caring294 of 317 in West Sussex
- Responsive286 of 317 in West Sussex
- Well-led70 of 317 in West Sussex
Source: CQC, published 26 August 2023. Under each rating: how many care homes in West Sussex share it.
The registered provider
Woodlands House is run by Woodlands House Care Home Limited (company 13510449), incorporated in 2021.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is nursing care.
Family reviews
No family has reviewed Woodlands House on The Care Panel so far.
Reviews come from people who used the service or their families, verified by email. They sit alongside, not instead of, CQC ratings, and providers cannot take them down. How reviews work.
Woodlands House in local context
- Rated Requires improvement. Across West Sussex, 84% of the 317 rated care homes are Good or Outstanding and 12 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (August 2023) is more recent than 62% of care home ratings in West Sussex.
- With 14 beds it is smaller than 75% of care homes in West Sussex, where the typical home has 28.
- Registered with CQC in 2021: it has been registered longer than 20% of care homes in the area.
- It lists 3 specialisms with CQC; the typical care home in West Sussex lists 3.
- Areas CQC rated below Good: Effective (8% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here); Well-led (22% of care homes in West Sussex are also rated below Good here). Ask the provider what has changed since.
Comparison set: every registered care home in West Sussex, CQC data for Oct 2026.
Also nearby
Guides for families
Littlehampton: care homes inspected recently
- Fulford Care & Nursing HomeMay 2026
- Oaklands Littlehampton LimitedJul 2026
- Nightingale Nursing HomeOct 2026
Frequently asked about Woodlands House
- What services is Woodlands House registered for?
- Registration for Woodlands House covers: residential homes. Check which of these it offers today.
- Is Woodlands House regulated by the Care Quality Commission?
- Yes. Woodlands House is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a care home (location ID 1-11355048638) and was rated Requires improvement overall in August 2023.
- Where is Woodlands House?
- It is at 4 St Winefrides Road, Littlehampton, BN17 5NL.
- How recent is Woodlands House's CQC rating?
- The latest rating is dated 26 August 2023, 3 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Is Woodlands House registered for dementia care?
- Dementia is listed on its CQC registration. Ask what dementia training staff have and how they handle distress or refusals.
- Who runs Woodlands House?
- Woodlands House Care Home Ltd is the registered provider for Woodlands House.
- How many residents can Woodlands House take?
- Woodlands House has 14 registered places. Ask how many are free now and which rooms have en-suites.
- Is Woodlands House rated well for safety?
- The five CQC areas: Safe: Good; Effective: Requires improvement; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Requires improvement. Read Safe and Well-led first; they say most about reliability.
- How much does Woodlands House charge?
- No fee list from Woodlands House has reached us. Residential care home typically costs £1,100–£1,600 a week (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Request a written quote and check what is charged on top.
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