Your guide to residential and nursing care homes including specialist learning disability, respite, EMI and dementia in North England. For further information click on a home in the list below or alternatively select one of the counties or major cities of the region from the list on the right hand side.

The largest single city in North England is Sunderland but the conurbation of Tyneside, which includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Hebburn, Jarrow and North and South Shields have a larger total population which makes up 80% of the population of Tyne and Wear.

Demographically, among the more interesting statistics for the North East include: it has the highest heart attack and lung cancer rates for men in the UK, the lowest rate for HIV infection, the the highest birth rate for women under 20 in England. It also has the highest rate of trade union membership and the largest number of practising Christians in the UK.

As of the 2001 census there were 295,106 people aged over 70 living in the North East, approximately 11.7% of the total population.

• Fairfield House

  Mental health
  40 Grainger Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8RY

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• Jubilee Nursing Home

  Older People, Physical disability
  Thornhill Crescent, Sunderland, SR2 7AD

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• Barchester Newlands Care Centre

  Dementia, Older People
  Newlands Park, Workington, CA14 3NE

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• Risedale at Abbey Meadow

  Dementia, Learning disability, Mental health, Physical disability...
  Duchy Court, Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0BF

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• Ashlea Mews Care Home

  Mental health, Older People, Physical disability, Sensory impairment...
  Stanhope Parade, South Shields, NE33 4BA

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• Elderwood

  Dementia, Older People
  Westmoreland Street, Darlington, DL3 0FB

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• Alan Shearer Short Break Service

  Learning disability, Physical disability, Sensory impairment
  West Denton Hall, West Denton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 7LT

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• Bridge View

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability
  Ashington Drive, Choppington, NE62 5JF

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• Lindisfarne Hartlepool

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People, Physical disability...
  Masefield Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4JY

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• Picktree Court

  Dementia, Older People
  Picktree Court, Off Picktree Lane, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3WY

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Places in North England with care homes

• Cleveland and Teesside care and nursing homes
• Durham care and nursing homes
• Northumberland care and nursing homes
• Tyne and Wear care and nursing homes