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Box Tree Cottage Residential Home

Care home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Box Tree Cottage Residential Home

Care home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

CQC Good14 beds
NeighbourhoodCultural HubGreen SurroundingsWell Served
What do these badges mean?
  • Cultural Hub — An excellent range of libraries, museums, galleries, theatres and community venues within easy reach (OpenStreetMap).
  • Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
Address16 Way Lane, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9NQ
Beds14

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About

Box Tree Cottage Residential Home is a 14-bed care home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The home is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, with all five key questions — Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led — assessed as Good in the 2020 report.

Food hygiene rating

Very good

Food Standards Agency · inspected August 2026

What's nearby

GP surgery500 m
A&E: Addenbrooke's Hospital6.7 miles
Pub or bar150 m
  • Near a main road

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 SpaceSparse
  • Golf CourseLimited
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtSparse
  • Bowling GreenSparse
  • Playing FieldLimited

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsSparse
  • Restaurants & CafesLimited
  • Retail ShoppingLimited
  • SupermarketsSparse
  • TakeawaysSparse

Local crime statistics

582 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)

Top categories:

Violent crime24%
Shoplifting23%
Anti-social behaviour15%
Other theft7%

Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile

Fees and funding

Care typeWeekly feeSource
Residential careFees on request—
Funding accepted
Not stated

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Care fee trajectory

Indicative weekly fee by year, against what Cambridgeshire pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£871
2025£918

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Local health safety net

Box Tree Cottage Residential Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Addenbrooke's Hospital, 6.7 miles away. The local GP practice is WATERBEACH AND COTTENHAM SURGERIES, 0.3 miles away.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Addenbrooke's Hospital · 6.7 mi
Nearest GP
WATERBEACH AND COTTENHAM SURGERIES · 0.3 mi

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

Community & connection in Cambridge

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

Charity

Cambridge Dial A Ride Limited

Cambridge Dial a Ride operates a door to door minibus service for the elderly and disabled residents of Cambridge. It caters for individual members and group hire activities.

1.2 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1053924)
Charity

Cambridge Victoria Homes

The cambridge victoria homes provide subsidised accommodation, associated facilities and financial support for the elderly and infirm over 60 years of age; in particular but not exclusively to…

1.4 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1177888)
Charity

Cope (Cambridgeshire Older People's Enterprise)

To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially disadvantaged community of older people within Cambridgeshire (the area of benefit) in such a way that they are better able to…

1.6 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1110887)

Information last reviewed October 2026.

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