Care homes in Tameside
Compare 36 care homes in Tameside, all registered with CQC, over 7 towns. Choose a town to see each one's rating, specialisms and last inspection.
Get local care prices Care home vacancies by town36 care homes in Tameside are on the CQC register and listed here, covering 7 towns, led by Ashton-under-Lyne, Droylsden and Dukinfield. Of the 36 that CQC has rated, 75% are Good or Outstanding, below the England figure of 83%.
Of these, 9 provide nursing care and 31 support people living with dementia. Look for a home whose CQC registration covers what your relative needs at present and what may come later. Another move can be unsettling.
Tameside Council must assess, free of charge, anyone here who may need care and support, and arranges council-funded care.
Council help with care: Tameside.
Tameside in figures
The largest operators by number of care homes in Tameside are HC-One No.5 Limited (7), HC-One Limited (5) and Mr Bradley Scott Jones & Mr Russell Scott Jones (2).
Most common specialisms among the 36 care homes: caring for adults over 65 years (35), dementia (31), caring for adults under 65 years (25) and physical disabilities (23).
25% of care homes here can provide nursing care (9 homes out of 36), against 30% nationally. Bed numbers for the 36 homes that report them: 1,459 in total, 41 on average, and a maximum of 90 at Riverside.
On registration dates, Staley House Care Home goes back furthest (2010). New to the register in the last 12 months: 9, of which 0 not yet rated.
Budget guide for Tameside (average 2026 self-funder fees in North West): residential care home £1,100 a week and nursing home £1,400 a week.
Ashton-under-Lyne has more care homes than anywhere else in Tameside, with 7; the largest are Ashton-under-Lyne (7), Droylsden (6), Dukinfield (6), Hyde (5) and Audenshaw (4).
How care homes in Tameside are rated
In the last 12 months CQC has published 9 new ratings for care homes in Tameside: 0 improved, 1 downgraded and 0 rated for the first time. Moss Cottage Nursing Home in Ashton Under Lyne has the newest rating: Requires improvement, from 22 September 2026. All recent CQC ratings in Tameside.
How recent are the ratings? 33% date from the past two years (12 services; England 28%), while 10, or 28%, go back more than four years (England 49%).
Rating breakdown for Tameside, with 36 services rated: Outstanding 0, Good 27, Requires improvement 9, Inadequate 0. Outstanding makes up 0% here and 5% across England; the two lower ratings make up 25% here and 17% nationwide.
Where the care homes in Tameside are
| Town | Care homes | Rated Good or Outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 7 | 5 |
| Droylsden | 6 | 6 |
| Dukinfield | 6 | 4 |
| Hyde | 5 | 3 |
| Audenshaw | 4 | 2 |
| Denton | 4 | 4 |
| Stalybridge | 4 | 3 |
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Provider details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is not a care provider.