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Freshford Cottage Nursing Home
Nursing home in Seaford, East Sussex
Freshford Cottage Nursing Home
Nursing home in Seaford, East Sussex
Operated by Zeenat Nanji & Tasneem Osman
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- 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.
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About
Freshford Cottage Nursing Home is in Seaford, East Sussex, and offers nursing and dementia care for up to 20 registered beds. The home provides round-the-clock care, with registered nurses on duty at all times, and each resident has an individual care plan that is reviewed regularly. Residents' records are kept confidential, and dental, optical and physiotherapy appointments are arranged when needed.
Bedrooms are spread across two floors, linked by a passenger lift, and the building is wheelchair accessible throughout. Residents have a quiet lounge for socialising and relaxing, and a large garden with views of the coast. Meals are freshly cooked on site, with the menu changing weekly. The Care Quality Commission rates the home Requires Improvement overall, with its safe, caring, and responsive areas graded Good, and its effective and well-led areas graded Requires Improvement.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 9 March 2023 · Last inspected 1 February 2023
Inspectors found that people at this 20-bed residential and nursing home were generally happy, and described staff as kind, with choices in their day. Staff were said to understand safeguarding and to support people with medicines, meals and health needs, and the home was clean and well run in many respects. However, the report found that people were not always supported in the least restrictive way, and that policies and systems did not consistently support best-interests and mental capacity practice.
- People said staff were kind and that they could choose how to spend their day
- Staff received regular training and supervision and understood how to keep people safe
- The home was clean and tidy, with infection control systems in place
- The provider regularly checked quality through audits and sought feedback from people, relatives and staff
- Mental capacity and best-interests decisions, and people's choice and control, needed to improve
- Lunchtime meal delivery needed improvement, which the registered manager said would be addressed
- Some people's records needed improvement
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.
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What's nearby
- Set back from main road noise
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What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsSparse
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseAdequate
- Public ParkAdequate
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsSparse
- TakeawaysAdequate
Local crime statistics
88 recorded crimes in the local area (July 2026)
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Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dementia care | Fees on request | — |
| Nursing care | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
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Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £893 |
| 2025 | £929 |
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Local health safety net
Freshford Cottage Nursing Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Eastbourne District General Hospital, 7.7 miles away. The local GP practice is SEAFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE, 0.1 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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Part of Zeenat Nanji & Tasneem Osman
Freshford Cottage Nursing Home is one of 5 homes run by Zeenat Nanji & Tasneem Osman 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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