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Lukestone Care Home
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- 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).
About
Lukestone is a Nellsar care home in Maidstone, Kent, specialising in nursing dementia care and providing 24-hour residential and nursing care across 42 bedrooms in a homely Victorian-style building. Alongside dementia care it offers rehabilitation and physiotherapy, day and weekend care, respite and palliative care.
Secure gardens with raised flower beds surround the home, which includes a large lounge and dining room, a sensory lounge, an on-site hair salon and barber shop and 'Paula's Pantry' tea room in the garden. A Memory Lane theme runs through the corridors, with weekly Namaste sensory sessions, a Resident of the Day programme, minibus outings around Kent and freshly prepared meals, delivered by a team trained in dementia care under the Gold Standards Framework.
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What's in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsPlentiful
- Play SpacePlentiful
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkPlentiful
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysAmple
Local crime statistics
573 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
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Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
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Local health safety net
Lukestone Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 27.8 miles away. The local GP practice is BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 0.3 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
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Information last reviewed September 2026.
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