Ashbury Lodge Residential Home

261 Marlborough Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 1NW

01793496827

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

6 May 2026

Provider

Coate Water Care Company Limited

Beds

44 beds

About Ashbury Lodge Residential Home

Ashbury Lodge Residential Home is a residential care home in Swindon, offering care for older people, including those living with dementia. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Ashbury Lodge Residential Home provides care and support for up to 44 older people, including those living with dementia. The CQC's most recent assessment found the service was performing well and rated it Good overall, having followed up on breaches identified at the previous inspection.

Inspectors found improvements had been made in relation to safe care and treatment and to governance, and the provider was no longer in breach of these regulations. Fire safety risks had been addressed, incidents and safeguarding concerns were now being handled properly, and the home was clean with effective infection control. Feedback received was positive about the care provided.

Source: CQC assessment, 4 June 2026

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 44 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · SN3 1NW

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Assessment published 4 June 2026. Assessment date recorded: 6 May 2026.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 4 June 2026. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of assessment: 13 May 2026. Ashbury Lodge is a residential care home providing support to up to 44 older people, including people living with dementia. We carried out this inspection to follow up on breaches in regulation identified in the previous inspection and to check whether improvements had been made. We inspected 6 quality statements across the safe and well led domains. Improvements had been made in relation to people’s safe care and treatment and governance. The provider was no longer in breach of these regulations.
Accidents and incidents were now being followed up appropriately and learning from incidents was taking place.
Safeguarding incidents were now being shared appropriately with all relevant authorities.
The risks relating to fire doors had been addressed and appropriate equipment was in place to maintain people’s safety. Staff were following people’s care plans where risks were identified.
The service was clean and there were effective control measures to reduce the risk of infection spreading.
The registered manager now had systems to ensure effective oversight of the service.

Safe: Good
Effective: Good
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Read Ashbury Lodge Residential Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Ashbury Lodge Residential Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Ashbury Lodge Residential Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Ashbury Lodge Residential Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees