Care homes in Halton
There are 25 care homes on the CQC register in Halton, covering 2 towns. Open a town for ratings, specialisms and when each was inspected.
Find available careHalton has 25 CQC-registered care homes across 2 towns on this site, with the most in Widnes and Runcorn. Among 25 rated so far, the Good or Outstanding share is 76%, which is below the 83% seen across England.
Of these, 7 provide nursing care and 15 support people living with dementia. Moving again is unsettling, so make sure the home you pick holds the right registration both for today and for the needs likely later on.
Halton Council arranges council-funded care here. If someone seems to need care and support, it has to assess their needs, free of charge.
Council help with care: Halton.
Quality of care homes in Halton
Across the 25 rated care homes, CQC gives 0 Outstanding, 19 Good, 6 Requires improvement and 0 Inadequate. That makes 0% Outstanding, against 5% in England, and 24% below Good, against 17%.
Rating changes over 12 months in Halton: 1 up, 0 down and 0 first-time ratings, out of 4 new ratings published. Smithy Forge in Runcorn has the newest rating: Good, from 17 August 2026. All recent CQC ratings in Halton.
In the last two years CQC has published ratings for 9 of them, 36% of the rated total (England: 28%). For 13, the latest rating is over four years old: 52% here, 49% in England.
Who provides care in Halton
28% of care homes here can provide nursing care (7 homes out of 25), against 30% nationally. Widnes Hall is the biggest home listed, with 68 beds; across the 25 homes with capacity data there are 805 registered beds, or 32 per home on average.
Looking at what services here say they specialise in, caring for adults over 65 years comes first with 20, followed by caring for adults under 65 years (16), dementia (15) and physical disabilities (11).
The longest-registered of them is Three Elms, on the CQC register since 2010.
Widnes has more care homes than anywhere else in Halton, with 16; the largest are Widnes (16) and Runcorn (9). In Runcorn, 78% of the 9 listed are rated Good or Outstanding, the highest share of any town here; Widnes has the lowest at 75%.
Residential care home £1,100 a week and nursing home £1,400 a week, according to average 2026 self-funder fees in North West.
Some providers run more than one care home in Halton: Halton Borough Council (5), Community Integrated Care (3) and Landona House Limited (3).
Where the care homes in Halton are
| Town | Care homes | Rated Good or Outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| Widnes | 16 | 12 |
| Runcorn | 9 | 7 |
Halton care homes, district by district
Built from the Care Quality Commission's register (Oct 2026) under Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel lists and compares services but runs none.