Lulworth House Dementia Residential Care Home

Care home in Maidstone, Kent

Operated by Nellsar

CQC Good42 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).
AddressQueens Avenue, Maidstone, ME16 0EN
Beds42

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About

Lulworth House Dementia Residential Care Home is a dementia-focused residential care home in Maidstone, Kent, with 42 registered beds. The home is rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission, with Good grades across Safe, Effective, Caring and Responsive care, though Well-led was rated as Requires Improvement in the 2020 inspection report.

The home provides residential dementia care and is part of a care group operating homes across the South East.

What inspectors found

CQC: Good

Report published 2 March 2020 · Last inspected 7 January 2020

Inspectors rated this dementia care home good overall, with the report describing the service as caring and well-supported. Staff were said to be kind and to involve people in their care through regular meetings, and meals and activities were reported as well received and tailored to individual interests. The report describes medicines as well managed and end-of-life care as personalised.

Strengths noted
  • Staff were described as caring, compassionate and kind, with positive feedback about care staff
  • People were involved in their care through regular meetings and their dignity and privacy were respected
  • Activities were wide-ranging, regularly reviewed and person-centred
  • Medicines were managed well by trained staff and end-of-life care was individual to each person
Areas to improve
  • Quality monitoring systems did not identify inconsistencies in people's risk assessments and safe recruitment
  • The report describes the service as not consistently well-led

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 July 2026

What's nearby

GP surgery800 m
A&E: Maidstone Hospital1.0 miles
Pub or bar100 m
  • Near a main road

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

  • AllotmentsAmple
  • Play SpacePlentiful
  • Golf CourseLimited
  • Public ParkPlentiful
  • Tennis CourtAmple
  • Bowling GreenAdequate
  • Playing FieldAdequate

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsPlentiful
  • Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
  • Retail ShoppingPlentiful
  • SupermarketsPlentiful
  • TakeawaysAmple

Local crime statistics

573 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)

Top categories:

Violent crime34%
Anti-social behaviour21%
Shoplifting12%
Criminal damage & arson8%

Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile

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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 Kent pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£1,063
2025£1,187

What Kent council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees

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Local health safety net

Lulworth House Dementia Residential Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Maidstone Hospital, 1 miles away. The local GP practice is BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 0.5 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Maidstone Hospital · 1 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE · 0.5 mi

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.

Charity

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,…

2.5 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1062723)
Charity

Working Against Loneliness Together (Walt)

WALT helps to combat loneliness and social isolation in the ME5 postcode area of Medway

7.1 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1209551)
Charity

Mccabe Day Centre Group

Provision of lunches and other social activity for older people

7.5 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1015413)
Charity

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…

7.8 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1133023)

Part of Nellsar

Lulworth House Dementia Residential Care Home is one of 10 homes run by Nellsar 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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