Charing
Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home
Care home in Maidstone, Kent
Operated by Charing
What do these badges mean?
- 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).
Do you run Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home? Manage this listing free.
About
Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home is a 52-bed care home in Maidstone, Kent, operated by Charing. It is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, with all key questions — Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led — also graded Good in its most recent inspection report, published in 2021.
The home provides residential care to older adults in the South East of England.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 19 May 2021 · Last inspected 23 April 2021
Inspectors who visited in April 2021 found that people and relatives were satisfied with the care at Chippendayle Lodge, which is home to older people, most living with dementia. Staff were praised for being caring, friendly and professional, and for reassuring people calmly when they were anxious. Safeguarding, risk management, staffing levels, recruitment, medicines and infection control were all found to be in order.
- Staff were described as caring, friendly and professional, and responsive to people's emotional needs
- Risks to people were identified and managed in ways that still supported independence
- Medicines were stored, given, audited and reviewed regularly, and the service worked with other health care organisations
- Staff were recruited safely and there were enough of them to meet people's needs
- Activities had been reduced because the service lacked an activity coordinator and because of the pandemic
- The service was working on improving activities based on residents' wishes and choices
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Facilities
What's nearby
- 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 SpaceLimited
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkLimited
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenLimited
- Playing FieldLimited
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsLimited
- Restaurants & CafesLimited
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysLimited
Local crime statistics
573 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
Top categories:
Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | 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 Kent council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £1,063 |
| 2025 | £1,187 |
What Kent council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees
Weighing up the options? Compare a care home with care at home, or check who pays with the means-test calculator.
Local health safety net
Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Maidstone Hospital, 8.7 miles away. The local GP practice is LEN VALLEY PRACTICE, 2 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Maidstone
Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.
Age UK Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge
We operate a range of services supporting older within the Borough including Day care facilities, Independent Living Service, Foot care, Bathing, Befriending, Exercise and Socialise sessions,…
Working Against Loneliness Together (Walt)
WALT helps to combat loneliness and social isolation in the ME5 postcode area of Medway
Mccabe Day Centre Group
Provision of lunches and other social activity for older people
Age UK Kent Rivers
Age UK Medway provides a range of support and care services for older people in the Medway and Kent areas. We are committed to providing high quality services enabling older people to live safely…
Part of Charing
Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home is one of 11 homes run by Charing on AskBart. See how the group's homes are rated and where it operates.
More care homes near Maidstone
Information last reviewed October 2026.
Reviews from families
No reviews yet. If someone close to you lives or lived at Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home, your experience helps other families.
Write a review
Make an enquiry
Free, independent help
Talk to an adviser
Not sure where to start with care home fees or funding? Ask Bart, our AI assistant, answers questions about funding, care types and what to look for straight away. For anything you’d rather talk through, leave your number and a person from AskBart calls you back within one working day.
We don’t sell your details or take commission from homes, so the advice is the same whichever home you choose.
Do you run Chippendayle Lodge Residential Care Home?
This profile is built from the public CQC register and independent data. Claim it — free — to add a description, fees, vacancies and photos. Spotted something wrong? Let us know and we’ll fix it.