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Welltower

Abbeycrest Nursing Home

Nursing home in Reading, Oxfordshire

Operated by Aria Healthcare Group

CQC Good70 bedsDementiaNursing
NeighbourhoodCultural HubGreen SurroundingsWell Served
What do these badges mean?
  • Cultural Hub — An excellent range of libraries, museums, galleries, theatres and community venues within easy reach (OpenStreetMap).
  • Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
AddressEssex Way, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RG
Beds70

About

Abbeycrest Nursing Home, operated by Welltower, is a 70-bed care home in Reading, Berkshire. It provides nursing, residential and dementia care for older people and those living with dementia.

The home was rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2019, with all key questions — Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led — graded Good.

Care provided

Dementia
Nursing
Residential

Specialist care

Dementia
Older people (65+)

What's nearby

GP surgery950 m
A&E: Royal Berkshire Hospital4.0 miles
Pub or bar350 m
  • 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. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsLimited
  • Play SpaceSparse
  • Golf CourseAmple
  • Public ParkLimited
  • Tennis CourtAmple
  • Bowling GreenLimited
  • Playing FieldSparse

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsSparse
  • Restaurants & CafesLimited
  • Retail ShoppingLimited
  • SupermarketsLimited
  • TakeawaysLimited

Local crime statistics

809 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)

Top categories:

violent crime32%
Shoplifting20%
Anti-social behaviour11%
Other theft8%

Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile

Care fee trajectory

Indicative weekly fee over time, against the local authority cost-of-care rate, for pricing transparency.

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

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Local health safety net

Abbeycrest Nursing Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 4 miles away. The local GP practice is SONNING COMMON HEALTH CTR, 0.6 miles away, rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Royal Berkshire Hospital · 4 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Outstanding
SONNING COMMON HEALTH CTR · 0.6 mi

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

Part of Aria Healthcare Group

Abbeycrest Nursing Home is one of 24 homes run by Aria Healthcare Group on AskBart. See how the group's homes are rated and where it operates.

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Information last reviewed September 2026.

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