Hartley Park Care Home

Care home in Plymouth

CQC Outstanding66 beds
NeighbourhoodGreen SurroundingsWell Served
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).
AddressHartley Road, Hartley, Plymouth, PL3 5LW
Beds66

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About

Hartley Park Care Home is a purpose-built care home for 66 residents in Plymouth, Devon. It specialises in nursing care, dementia residential care, dementia nursing care, and dementia palliative care, and also provides personal care and treatment of diseases, disorders and injuries. The home is situated in a conservation area in the city centre.

The Care Quality Commission rated Hartley Park Care Home Outstanding overall in 2019. It was rated Good for safety and effectiveness, and Outstanding for caring, responsiveness and leadership.

What inspectors found

CQC: Outstanding

Report published 18 November 2019 · Last inspected 9 October 2019

Inspectors found a home where people and their relatives described staff as kind and caring, with staff seen as making extra efforts so residents felt valued and content. Activities are planned around each person's past work, interests and hobbies, and the home works to reduce isolation and keep links with the local community. The report describes an atmosphere that respects privacy and dignity, with people's views sought regularly about their care.

Strengths noted
  • Relatives and people said staff were kind and caring, and staff were described as going beyond the usual to make people feel loved and happy.
  • Activities are matched to each person's previous employment, interests and hobbies, and the home has active community links, including bringing younger and older people together.
  • People take part in decisions about staffing, including recruitment and meeting prospective staff, and staff use a range of communication methods, some involving technology, to understand what people want.
  • Medicines are managed safely, medicines for people living with dementia are used only as a last resort, and staff are trained in line with current best practice.

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.

Food hygiene rating

Very good

Food Standards Agency · inspected April 2026

What's nearby

GP surgery950 m
A&E: Derriford Hospital1.9 miles
  • 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.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsPlentiful
  • Play SpaceAmple
  • Golf CourseSparse
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtAmple
  • Bowling GreenAdequate
  • Playing FieldPlentiful

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAmple
  • Restaurants & CafesAmple
  • Retail ShoppingSparse
  • SupermarketsAmple
  • TakeawaysPlentiful

Local crime statistics

377 recorded crimes in the local area (July 2026)

Top categories:

Violent crime53%
Anti-social behaviour15%
Criminal damage & arson8%
Other theft8%

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 Plymouth pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£879
2025£979

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Local health safety net

Hartley Park Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Derriford Hospital, 1.9 miles away. The local GP practice is PEVERELL PARK SURGERY, 0.6 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Derriford Hospital · 1.9 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
PEVERELL PARK SURGERY · 0.6 mi

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

Community & connection in Plymouth

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

Charity

Community Regeneration Outreach Projects Ltd

To promote activities and educational opportunities for local residents and surrounding areas of Plymouth. The centre offers a warm friendly environment where people can relax and enjoy the…

1.5 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1085090)
Charity

Plymouth Age Concern

Plymouth Age Concern (known as Age UK Plymouth) exists to care for and work with people over the age of 50 and their carers in and around the City of Plymouth to improve the quality of their life…

1.7 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (281820)
Charity

The Elder Tree Limited (Voluntary Visiting Service)

The Elder Tree provides an extensive support and befriending network for isolated and vulnerable older people resident in Plymouth.

1.8 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1124248)
Charity

Plymouth Music Zone Limited

PMZ's an award winning charity using music to reach out and transform the lives of some of the most disadvantaged children, young people and vulnerable adults. Music Leaders deliver music…

1.9 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1100878)
Charity

Dementia Friendly Parishes Around the Yealm

For the public benefit to promote individual and inclusive dementia friendly based activities and services for people with dementia, their carers and families in the communities of the parishes of…

5.4 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1180354)
Charity

Tavistock Community Transport Association

It provides community transport services in the Tavistock, West Devon and East Cornwall areas through the operation of the Tavistock Country Bus.

7.5 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1171763)

Information last reviewed October 2026.

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