Braehill Lodge care home, Carnoustie

Braehill Lodge

Care home in Carnoustie, Angus

Care Inspectorate: Adequate24 bedsDementia
NeighbourhoodHigh Retirement CommunityPeaceful Neighbourhood
What do these badges mean?
  • High Retirement Community — An above-average share of residents are aged 65 and over (ONS Census) — often a sign of established later-life communities and services.
  • Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
Address2 Balmachie Road, Carnoustie, DD7 7SR
Beds24
Registered managerAndrew Chalmers - Gall

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About

Braehill Lodge is a care home on Balmachie Road in Carnoustie, Angus, with 24 registered beds. It provides dementia care in a setting intended to help residents feel at home. Support is shaped around each resident's preferences, daily routines and wellbeing, and families are encouraged to stay involved in care. The home also serves people from Dundee, Monifieth, Broughty Ferry and Arbroath.

The Care Inspectorate, which regulates the home in Scotland, has graded Braehill Lodge Adequate for how well people's wellbeing is supported, how care and support is planned, its setting, its staff team and its leadership.

Care provided

Dementia

What's nearby

GP surgery950 m
A&E: Ninewells Hospital12.4 miles
  • Set back from main road noise
  • Fire station about 600 m away

Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsSparse
  • Play SpaceSparse
  • Golf CoursePlentiful
  • Public ParkAdequate
  • Tennis CourtAdequate
  • Bowling GreenAdequate
  • Playing FieldAmple

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsSparse
  • Restaurants & CafesSparse
  • Retail ShoppingSparse
  • SupermarketsSparse
  • TakeawaysSparse

Local crime statistics

448 recorded crimes in the Carnoustie and District ward (the 12 months to December 2025)

Top categories:

Theft & dishonesty36%
Violence (non-sexual)16%
Antisocial offences13%
Damage & reckless behaviour12%

Source: Police Scotland management information (provisional, not official statistics), by council ward

Fees and funding

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

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Local health safety net

Braehill Lodge is backed by a local NHS health network. The local GP practice is Carnoustie Medical Group, 0.6 miles away.

Nearest hospital
Name coming soon
Nearest GP
Carnoustie Medical Group · 0.6 mi

Nearest services from Public Health Scotland + postcodes.io, by straight-line distance.

Community & connection in Carnoustie

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

Charity

Monifieth Befriending Scheme

To provide a befriending service for lonely, socially isolated older people and bereaved people living in Monifieth. We provide volunteer befrienders to visit these people on a one to one basis…

4.1 miles away · Source: Scottish Charity Register (SC030685)
Charity

Abbeyfield Monifieth Society Ltd

To provide a safe accommodation for lonely and elderly people. This is done by providing rooms to let for those individuals which allows them use of the communal areas so people do not have to be…

4.1 miles away · Source: Scottish Charity Register (SC000267)
Charity

Age Concern Arbroath

To promote the well-being of elderly people in and around Arbroath by providing services, entertainment and a point of information.

5.9 miles away · Source: Scottish Charity Register (SC040504)
Charity

Dundee U3A

Dundee u3a has been active for over 30 years and is proud to be one of the longest running groups in Scotland alongside Perth & Edinburgh.We have over 40 interest groups and welcome new members.…

6.5 miles away · Source: Scottish Charity Register (SC022156)
Charity

Angus Carers Association

Angus Carers Centre exists to improve the quality of life for all carers in Angus by: * Building meaningful relationships with unpaid carers from all walks of life. * Providing information…

6.7 miles away · Source: Scottish Charity Register (SC026052)
Charity

University Of The Third Age - U3a (Arbroath)

We provide opportunities for people over 50 who are retired or working part time, to participate in activities to expand themselves physically and intellectually. We provide classes for ukulele,…

7.5 miles away · Source: Scottish Charity Register (SC024663)

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Information last reviewed October 2026.

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