The Avenues Care Centre
Care home in Margate, Kent
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About
The Avenues Care Centre is a 62-bed residential care home in Margate. It supports people with a range of needs including dementia care, learning disabilities, sensory impairments and Parkinson's. The home accepts both long-term and short-term residents. The home is rated Requires Improvement by the Care Quality Commission, with all five key-question areas (Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led) assessed at Requires Improvement in the 2023 report.
The Avenues Care Centre provides personalised care alongside an active lifestyle. It supports residents with varying mobility needs and maintains specialist staff trained across multiple care specialisms.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 3 March 2023 · Last inspected 23 January 2023
Inspectors visited The Avenues Care Centre, a 62-bed residential home for older people and people living with dementia, when 53 people were living there. People and relatives said they felt safe, but inspectors found that risks were not always identified or planned for, and that some people had no care plan at all. Medicines were not always managed safely, and staffing levels at times delayed people receiving their medicines.
- People were supported to stay as independent as possible.
- Decisions about care followed the least restrictive approach and people's best interests, with people supported to have choice and control.
- The home was found to be clean, and people could receive visitors when they wished.
- After accidents and safeguarding concerns, action was taken to keep people safe.
- Some risks to people were not identified, and care was not consistently planned to keep people safe, including for two people with no care plan.
- Medicines were not always managed safely, so people's medicines may not have been fully effective.
- Recruitment and staff training were not robust enough to confirm staff were suitable and skilled to meet people's needs, and there were not always enough staff on duty.
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Facilities
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected April 2025
What's nearby
- Near a main road
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
- AllotmentsSparse
- Play SpaceAmple
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsAmple
- TakeawaysPlentiful
Local crime statistics
429 recorded crimes in the local area (July 2026)
Top categories:
Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
Fees depend on the room and the care needed, so ask the home for a written quote. Check who pays with the funding calculator, or see what Kent council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £1,063 |
| 2025 | £1,187 |
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Local health safety net
The Avenues Care Centre is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, 1 miles away. The local GP practice is THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.6 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Community & connection in Margate
Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.
Age UK Thanet Limited
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The Pipeline Youth Initiative
Pipeline provides a number of free services such as detached youth work provision within Thanet wards. Education program within schools on STI's, drugs and alcohol, self esteem. A single decker…
East Kent Independent Dementia Support
EKIDS provide a range of support groups for those living with dementia and their carers across Thanet and East Kent. The support groups enable carers to gain access to help and advice from the…
Age Concern Sandwich Centre for the Retired
Provision of Transport to enable clients to visit our "pop in" centre - provision of snacks, meals, bathing,choropody and Advocacy Services
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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