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.

• Kibblesworth Specialist Care Centre

  Older People
  Front Street, Kibblesworth, Gateshead, NE11 0YJ

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• Thornbury Care Centre

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People
  58 Thorndale Road, Thorney Close, Sunderland, SR3 4JG

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• Croft House Care Home

  Alcohol dependence, Dementia, Drug dependence, Mental health...
  Carlyle Cresent, Shotton Colliery, Durham, DH6 2PB

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• The Manor House Barnard Castle

  Dementia, Older People
  John Street, Barnard Castle, DL12 8ET

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• Wensleydale

  Learning disability
  109 Wenslydale Avenue, Penshaw, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7PD

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• Astune Rise Nursing Home

  Dementia, Older People
  114 High Street, Eston, Middlesbrough, TS6 9EJ

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• Cartmel Old Grammar

  Older People
  Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7SG

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• The Pines Residential Care Home

  Dementia, Older People
  1 Woodbine Terrace, Ashington, NE63 8PP

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• Derwentside Dementia Care Centre

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

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• No 10 Fifth Row

  Learning disability
  10 Fifth Row, Linton Colliery, Morpeth, NE61 5SL

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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