Bedford Care Home, Leigh

Advinia Healthcare

Bedford Care Home

Nursing home in Leigh, Wigan

Operated by Advinia Healthcare

CQC Good180 bedsDementiaNursing
NeighbourhoodWell ServedPeaceful Neighbourhood
What do these badges mean?
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
  • Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
AddressBattersby Street, Leigh, WN7 2AH
Beds180

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About

Bedford Care Home is in Leigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, and is operated by Advinia Healthcare. It has 180 registered beds across six Houses, each with its own garden, and secure garden areas for residents living with dementia. The home is within easy reach of Leigh town centre and public transport, and ten minutes from the M6. It provides residential, nursing, dementia and dementia nursing care, as well as respite stays.

Residents can bring their own belongings to personalise their rooms, and some rooms have patio doors giving onto the garden. Activities include bingo, board games, arts and crafts, singing, and dementia-friendly music and reminiscence sessions. The Care Quality Commission rates the home Good overall. Its Safe, Caring, Responsive and Well-led areas are also rated Good, while Effective is rated Requires Improvement.

Care provided

Dementia
Nursing
Residential
Respite

Specialist care

Dementia

Facilities

Accessible throughout
Activities programme
Conservatory
Garden
Hair salon
Multiple lounges

What's nearby

GP surgery500 m
A&E: Royal Bolton Hospital5.0 miles
Pub or bar300 m
  • Set back from main road noise

Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsSparse
  • Play SpaceAdequate
  • Golf CourseAdequate
  • Public ParkAdequate
  • Tennis CourtAmple
  • Bowling GreenPlentiful
  • Playing FieldPlentiful

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAmple
  • Restaurants & CafesAdequate
  • Retail ShoppingAmple
  • SupermarketsPlentiful
  • TakeawaysPlentiful

Local crime statistics

1 recorded crimes in the local area (June 2026)

Top categories:

Violent crime100%

Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile

Fees and funding

Care typeWeekly feeSource
Residential careFees on request—
Dementia careFees on request—
Nursing careFees on request—
Respite (short stay)Fees on request—
Funding accepted
Not stated

Fees depend on the room and the care needed, so ask the home for a written quote. Check who pays with the funding calculator, or see what Wigan council pays.

Care fee trajectory

Indicative weekly fee by year, against what Wigan pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£732
2025£779

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Local health safety net

Bedford Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Royal Bolton Hospital, 5 miles away. The local GP practice is BROOKMILL MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.3 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Royal Bolton Hospital · 5 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
BROOKMILL MEDICAL CENTRE · 0.3 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

Community & connection in Leigh

Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.

Charity

Wigan and Leigh Pensioners Link Limited

Information & advice on issues relevant to the older person. Alternative therapies, exercise & relaxation, coffee clubs, computer usage & training, outreach work. Deliver library books to elderly,…

1.3 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1003175)
Charity

Crossroads Carers Support Group

65 thousand hours of respite in the form of weekends away and day trips for adult carers and under sixteen's plus, monthly coffee mornings with booked activities, identified new carers, increased…

1.8 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1123043)
Charity

Higher Folds Community Centre (Leigh) Limited

The work of the Centre as a community anchor is carried out by a team of staff and volunteers, who deliver services to the local area to meet the needs of local people. Current activities improve…

2.5 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1076911)
Charity

Senior Solutions

Senior Solutions has been helping older people in Westhoughton and the surrounding districts, since 1997. Through our dedicated team of volunteers and staff, we work to prevent the damaging…

3.4 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1177601)
Charity

Age Concern Wigan Borough

The organisation works with older people in the Borough of Wigan. We provide a range of services, support, advice and information to enable older people to enjoy an improved quality of life.We…

5.0 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1103022)
Charity

Age UK Bolton

Age UK Bolton is a local self-financing charity, established in 1947 to promote the well-being of all older people (50+) in the metropolitan borough of Bolton.We are also part of the influential…

7.3 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (223240)

Part of Advinia Healthcare

Bedford Care Home is one of 23 homes run by Advinia Healthcare on AskBart. See how the group's homes are rated and where it operates.

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Information last reviewed October 2026.

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