Freestones Residential Care Home
Care home in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire
What do these badges mean?
- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
About
Freestones Residential Care Home is a 20-bed care home located in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire. The home provides residential care and is registered to support older people who require support with daily living.
The Care Quality Commission inspected the home in 2025 and rated it as Requires Improvement overall. All five key questions — Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led — were also rated as Requires Improvement.
What's nearby
- Near a main road
- Ambulance station about 650 m away
- Fire station about 350 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
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkLimited
- Tennis CourtLimited
- Bowling GreenLimited
- Playing FieldAdequate
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesSparse
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsSparse
- TakeawaysAdequate
Local crime statistics
354 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 North Northamptonshire council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees
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Local health safety net
Freestones Residential Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Kettering General Hospital, 7.2 miles away. The local GP practice is ALBANY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.1 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC (nearest to the town centre), by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Wellingborough
Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.
Shire Community Services Ltd
The charity provides a range of services including Wellibus, a door to door community transport scheme, a Volunteer Wellbeing Car Service and Shopmobility for the elderly, disabled and individuals…
Northamptonshire Carers
The provision throughout Northamptonshire of services to adult carers and to young carers, including support, advice and information services and Regulated Care, to include provision of services…
Glamis Hall for All
Glamis Hall for All provides a community centre and an affordable day centre for people over 50 living in the area who otherwise would be socially isolated or whose carers are in need of…
Serve
Serve is a voluntary organisation and a registered charity providing services and assistance to older people, adults with disabilities, and their carers in North Northamptonshire and surrounding…
Valley of Hope Church
We run a mobile Food-Bank to provide relief to those in short term crisis in Higham Ferrers and the surrounding towns.We also provide 'Higham Ferrers Free 4 All Music' to aid Mental Health and…
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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