Sanctuary Care Limited

Montague Road Care Home

Care home in Felixstowe, Suffolk

Operated by Sanctuary Care

CQC Outstanding24 beds
NeighbourhoodPeaceful Neighbourhood
What do these badges mean?
  • Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
Address14 Montague Road, Felixstowe, IP11 7HF
Beds24

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About

Montague Road Care Home is a 24-bed care home in Felixstowe, East Suffolk, operated by Sanctuary Care Limited. The home was rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in 2019, with particular strengths in responsiveness and leadership. It received Good grades across safety, effectiveness and caring.

The home provides care for residents who need support with daily living. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including public holidays, and can respond to emergency repairs at any time.

What inspectors found

CQC: Outstanding

Report published 24 July 2019 · Last inspected 2 July 2019

Inspectors visited in July 2019 and rated this 24-bed dementia and mental health home outstanding overall. The report describes care that is tailored to each person, with choices respected, meaningful activities, and therapies such as music, animals and doll therapy. Staffing, recruitment, training, safety and the environment were all found to be in order, and leadership was described as very strong.

Strengths noted
  • Care is closely tailored to individual needs and preferences, and people's choices are consistently upheld
  • Activities are meaningful and help reduce isolation, with therapies used to support emotional expression
  • The service is led well, with people and staff involved in decisions and strong systems for monitoring quality
  • Staff relationships with people are described as positive, with enough staff available and safe recruitment

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.

What's nearby

GP surgery300 m
A&E: Ipswich Hospital9.3 miles
Pub or bar100 m
  • Set back from main road noise
  • Fire station about 600 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

  • AllotmentsAmple
  • Play SpaceAdequate
  • Golf CourseLimited
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtAmple
  • Bowling GreenAdequate
  • Playing FieldSparse

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAdequate
  • Restaurants & CafesAmple
  • Retail ShoppingAdequate
  • SupermarketsAdequate
  • TakeawaysAmple

Local crime statistics

86 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)

Top categories:

Violent crime40%
Burglary10%
Shoplifting10%
Anti-social behaviour9%

Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile

Fees and funding

Care typeWeekly feeSource
Residential careFees 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 Suffolk council pays.

Care fee trajectory

Indicative weekly fee by year, against what Suffolk pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£989
2025£1,064

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

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Local health safety net

Montague Road Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Ipswich Hospital, 9.3 miles away. The local GP practice is HOWARD HOUSE SURGERY, 0.2 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Ipswich Hospital · 9.3 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
HOWARD HOUSE SURGERY · 0.2 mi

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

Community & connection in Felixstowe

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

Charity

Felixstowe Old Peoples Welfare Association

The relief of the elderly, being those aged 60 or over, in Felixstowe and the surrounding district by providing facilities which meet their needs and improve their well-being in particular by…

0.3 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1160222)
Charity

Felixstowe Area Community Transport Limited

FACTS Operates a number of wheelchair accessible vehicles. It is structured to provide various transport services for the benefit of those in Felixstowe and the greater Felixstowe peninsular that…

0.5 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1098025)
Charity

Age Concern Harwich and District

We provide social activities to include coffee mornings and lunch club Tuesdays and Thursdays weekly.

6.3 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1084299)
Charity

Rotary Club of Woodbridge Deben

We contribute to National; International and local charities in the community .Our largest local donation was to contribute to purchase a wheelchair for a local teenager and award Dictionary 4Life…

7.9 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1151275)

Part of Sanctuary Care

Montague Road Care Home is one of 123 homes run by Sanctuary Care 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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