Harwood House
Care home in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
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).
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About
Harwood House is a 35-bed care home in Cookham Dean, near Maidenhead in Berkshire. It provides nursing care from qualified nurses, and it also offers non-nursing help for people who value their independence but need support with some daily tasks. Other services include day care, recovery support for people leaving hospital, palliative care, short-term stays and dementia care.
The home's own description highlights wellbeing activities, meals, and gardens, and it describes a building valued for its architecture. The Care Quality Commission rated Harwood House Requires Improvement overall in its 2026 report. Its key questions were rated Good for effective, caring and responsive care, and Requires Improvement for safe care and well-led management.
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.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsSparse
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAdequate
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenLimited
- Playing FieldAdequate
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesLimited
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsSparse
- TakeawaysLimited
Local crime statistics
234 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 Windsor and Maidenhead council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £1,144 |
| 2025 | £1,184 |
What Windsor and Maidenhead council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees
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Local health safety net
Harwood House is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Wexham Park Hospital, 7.6 miles away. The local GP practice is COOKHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, 1.1 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Maidenhead
Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.
Alzheimers Dementia Support
The charitable purposes of the Company are to provide a wide varied range of Services to support, Guide, inform, stimulate and comfort People living with Dementia, their Carers and families within…
Wye Valley Volunteers Incorporating Good Neighbours
Provides services to those in need including a community transport scheme, home visiting, lunch club and coffee mornings for the elderly. The WVV Community Minibus facilitates several of these…
Marlow Age Concern
Day Care Centre/Stroke Club/Transport Service
Age Concern Flackwell Heath and Loudwater
A Day Centre for the elderly providing stimulating activity, freshly cooked lunches, shopping, and the companionship of peers.
Age Concern Twyford & District
Senior Social Club for people 55 and over, Lunch club. Anything for the benefit of the elderly in the six parishes of our area.
Bluebells Day Centre
Bluebells Day Centre, based at the Christ Church Centre in Henley on Thames, provides social engagement, activities, games and outings for dementia sufferers and respite for their carers.
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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