Clanfield Residential Care Home
Care home in Kettering, North Northamptonshire
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- 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).
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About
Clanfield Residential Care Home is a 30-bed care home in Kettering, North Northamptonshire, providing long-term care, respite care and day care. It is registered to support people with dementia and physical disabilities. The home is set within two acres of landscaped grounds and offers communal lounges and a conservatory.
Clanfield was rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2022. It was rated Good for Safe, Caring, Responsive and Well-led care, and Requires Improvement for Effective care.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 17 August 2022 · Last inspected 6 July 2022
Inspectors visited in July 2022 and rated Clanfield Residential Care Home good, up from requires improvement at its previous inspection. The report describes a positive, person-centred culture with kind and compassionate interactions between staff and people using the service. Safety systems, medicines management, recruitment and infection control were found to be in place, and people were supported to make their own choices.
- Systems support people's safety, with needs assessed and monitored and timely referrals made to health professionals
- Medicines are managed safely by trained staff whose competence is checked
- Staff are recruited with full checks and follow infection prevention guidance, including for COVID-19
- Quality monitoring covers all aspects of the service, and relatives' feedback from a recent survey was positive
- Some staff did not always recognise or understand the individual support people needed, particularly at mealtimes, so person-centred care was inconsistent
- Inspectors recommended improving person-centred dementia care
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.
Care provided
Specialist care
Facilities
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected August 2026
What's nearby
- Set back from main road noise
- Fire station about 750 m away
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 CourseLimited
- Public ParkSparse
- Tennis CourtLimited
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesSparse
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsSparse
- TakeawaysSparse
Local crime statistics
394 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dementia 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 North Northamptonshire council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £870 |
| 2025 | £915 |
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Local health safety net
Clanfield Residential Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Kettering General Hospital, 8.1 miles away. The local GP practice is THE MEADOWS SURGERY, 0.5 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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