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Wilton House Nursing Home

Wilton Drive, Darlington, DL3 9RE · Darlington · North East

37 beds · operated by Popular Care Ltd

CQC overall rating
Good15 Dec 2023

Diligence verdict

Rated Good overall, but the rating is 2 years old.

Age of rating
2 years old — published 15 Dec 2023. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
All 3 of Popular Care Ltd's rated homes are Good or better.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Who this service supports

The groups this service is registered with CQC to support. Registration says who a service may care for — it is not a quality judgement, and it is not a recommendation.

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What it provides

Care home with nursing

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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeGood15 Dec 2023
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Jun 2018
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Jun 2018
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old29 Jun 2018
Well-ledGood15 Dec 2023

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 2 other locations

Other active services registered to Popular Care Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Astune Rise Nursing HomeGood29 Feb 2020rating 3+ yrs oldRedcar and Cleveland
Peterlee Care HomeGood26 Nov 2025County Durham

Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
27 Jan 2011
Beds
37
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-114102342

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.