Care home
Acorn House - Croydon
Residential care home in Croydon
Acorn House - Croydon
Residential care home in Croydon
Operated by Medicrest
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
Acorn House - Croydon is a care home in Croydon, Greater London, with 31 registered beds. It provides residential, dementia and respite care, and offers specialist support for people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with mental health needs.
The Care Quality Commission rated the home Good overall in its report published in 2025. It also graded the home Good for each of its five key questions: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
Care provided
Specialist care
Facilities
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 CourseAdequate
- Public ParkAdequate
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesSparse
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysAdequate
Local crime statistics
1,322 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
Top categories:
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 Croydon council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees
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Local health safety net
Acorn House - Croydon is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 4.8 miles away. The local GP practice is OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Croydon
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Part of Medicrest
Acorn House - Croydon is one of 4 homes run by Medicrest 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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