Care home
Sandholme Fold
Residential care home in Halifax, Calderdale
Anchor
Sandholme Fold
Residential care home in Halifax, Calderdale
Operated by Anchor
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).
About
Sandholme Fold is a 44-bed care home in Halifax, run by Anchor, providing residential care for older adults. The home is registered to deliver care and support to residents requiring later-life accommodation and personal care.
The Care Quality Commission rated Sandholme Fold as Requires Improvement in 2025. All five key-question areas — Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led — received the same Requires Improvement rating. Families considering the home are encouraged to review the full CQC report for detailed information about the home's performance and any improvement actions.
Care provided
Specialist care
Facilities
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected July 2026
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. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceAdequate
- Golf CourseAdequate
- Public ParkLimited
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAdequate
- Restaurants & CafesLimited
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsLimited
- TakeawaysSparse
Local crime statistics
652 recorded crimes in the local area (July 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 Calderdale council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees
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Local health safety net
Sandholme Fold is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 2.4 miles away. The local GP practice is THE NORTHOLME PRACTICE, 0.2 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Halifax
Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.
Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees
Age UK Calderdale and Kirklees exists to promote the well-being of all older people in Calderdale and Kirklees, recognising their right to independence, fulfilment, dignity and choice, working…
The Maurice Jagger Centre for the Disabled and Elderly of Calderdale
Our objectives are to promote the welfare of all ages and less able of Calderdale. We do that by providing a day centre for the purpose of recreation and other leisure time activities in the…
Memory Lane Cafe Calderdale
We aim to tackle loneliness and social isolation. We provide support for people affected by dementia, other memory problems, and social isolation. We run fortnightly pop-up cafes in Sowerby Bridge…
Community Transport Calderdale Ltd
Provision of transport to those residents of Calderdale and Kirklees who cannot access alternatives for reasons of disability (mental & physical), ill health, old age, geographical isolation,…
Mencap in Kirklees
The provision of high quality support and advice to meet the needs of children, young people and adults with a learning disability. This includes support and advice to families and carers. The…
Hoot Creative Arts
Hoot main activity is providing a diverse range of quality creative arts activities with proven benefits in improving mental health and well being.We work with adults with mental health needs,…
Part of Anchor
Sandholme Fold is one of 132 homes run by Anchor 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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