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.

• Jubilee House Therapy Centre

  Mental health, Older People, Physical disability
  Eamont Park, Eamont Bridge, Penrith, CA10 2BN

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• Newtown House

  Older People
  Stanhope, Bishop Auckland, DL13 2PG

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• Doric View Short Break Service

  Learning disability
  Station Road, Penshaw, Penshaw, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7LB

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• The Manor House Whickham

  Dementia, Older People
  The Bank Top, Whickham, Gateshead, NE16 4AT

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• Elizabeth House

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability
  Elizabeth Terrace, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, TS3 6HE

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• Hawthorn House

  Learning disability
  St Godrics Close, Framwellgate Moor, Durham, DH1 5PJ

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• Nether Place Nursing Home

  Older People
  Chestnut Hill, Keswick, CA12 4LS

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• Derwentside Dementia Care Centre

  Dementia, Older People
  157 Durham Road, Blackhill, Consett, DH8 5TH

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• The Bridgings Limited (Middlesbrough)

  Learning disability
  116-118 Woodlands Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BP

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• Bryony Park Nursing Home

  Dementia, Older People, Sensory impairment
  Thompson Road, Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 2SH

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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