Crosby Close
1-2 Crosby Close, St Albans, AL4 0AT · Hertfordshire · East of England
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 7 years old, and 2 of this operator's 20 rated services are below Good.
- Age of rating
- 7 years old — published 23 May 2019, and no newer rating had been published by 1 Sep 2026. A re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- This operator's rated services
- Of MacIntyre Care's 20 rated services, 2 are below Good — not this one. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 12
- Registered with CQC
- 23 Mar 2011
- Run by
- MacIntyre Care
- Part of
- MacIntyre Care · 21 services
- Phone
- 01727833142
- Website
- www.macintyrecharity.org
Contact details as recorded by CQC — we don’t hold fees, vacancies or waiting lists, so those are worth asking about directly.
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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Care home with nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 23 May 2019 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 23 May 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 23 May 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 23 May 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 23 May 2019 |
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 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 20 other locations
Other active services registered to MacIntyre Care. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| 42a Haddon | Good, published 15 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| Anvil Close | Good, published 14 Jan 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Wandsworth |
| Ceely Road | Good, published 10 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Buckinghamshire |
| Daubeney Gate | Good, published 25 Apr 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| Hubbard Close | Good, published 17 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Central Bedfordshire |
| MacIntyre Ampthill Support | Good, published 13 Jan 2026supported living service | Central Bedfordshire |
| MacIntyre Central Hub | Good, published 2 Dec 2023 | Milton Keynes |
| MacIntyre Hertfordshire | Requires improvement, published 17 Oct 2023 | Hertfordshire |
| MacIntyre Leicester | Outstanding, published 11 Jun 2026supported living service | Leicestershire |
| MacIntyre North West Hub | Not yet rated | Warrington |
| Marley Grove | Good, published 17 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
| Monro Avenue | Good, published 2 Apr 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Milton Keynes |
…and 8 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
CQC publishes registrations and ratings. It holds nothing at all about fees, current vacancies, staffing levels, or the building itself — there is no field anywhere for door widths, hoists, wet rooms or ground-floor rooms. So no site, including this one, can tell you those. They are worth asking directly — the number is above.
- What are the fees, and what do they not include?
- Do you have a vacancy now, and would you hold a room?
- How many staff are on at night, and how are transfers staffed?
- What change in someone’s needs would mean they had to move, and can I see that in the contract?
More on what to look for and ask on a visit —including what an occupational therapist would check for particular needs — at choosing a care home.
- Take the visit checklistWhat to look for and the questions to ask when you visit — the things a rating cannot tell you.
- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
- Ask the council for a needs assessmentFree, whatever the savings, and the formal route to arranged care and funding.
- Understand who paysThe means test, what happens to the home, and NHS Continuing Healthcare.
- How to read this ratingWhat the words mean, the five key questions, and why the date matters.
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Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes with nursing within 10 miles, registered for at least one of the same groups this service supports. Distance is straight line between registered addresses. Not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- Fonthill Houseabout 2.2 miles · St Albans · 64 bedsOutstanding, published 1 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Allington Court Care Homeabout 3 miles · St Albans · 44 bedsRequires improvement, published 19 Jan 2024
- Shaftesbury New Court Placeabout 6.1 miles · Borehamwood · 24 bedsGood, published 5 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs old
- The Cedar Gardens Care Limitedabout 8.4 miles · New Barnet · 45 bedsGood, published 26 Jun 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-119126184
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 1 Sep 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01 Sep 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.