Woodlands
Beacon Road, Crowborough, TN6 1UD · East Sussex · South East
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 6 years old.
- Age of rating
- 6 years old — published 5 Dec 2019. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 3 of Sussex Housing and Care's rated homes are Good or better.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home without nursing
- Beds
- 40
- Registered with CQC
- 21 Jan 2011
- Run by
- Sussex Housing and Care
- Phone
- 01892653178
- Website
- www.sussexhousing.org.uk
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 without nursing
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Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Dec 2019 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Dec 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Dec 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Dec 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 5 Dec 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 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 2 other locations
Other active services registered to Sussex Housing and Care. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Court | Good, published 18 Nov 2024 | West Sussex |
| Saxonwood | Good, published 8 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old | East Sussex |
Data as published by CQC to 8 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Coming out of hospitalIf this follows a hospital stay: the discharge decision, reablement, and what to ask the ward.
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- 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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Other services in Crowboroughregistered for at least one of the same groups this service supports, listed with the strongest CQC ratings first. A place to look around — not a recommendation, and not an assessment of anyone’s needs.
- High Broom Care HomeCrowborough · 38 bedsOutstanding, published 31 Dec 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- BaronsmedeCrowborough · 4 bedsGood, published 28 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs old
- Heather ViewCrowborough · 74 bedsGood, published 14 May 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- The VinesCrowborough · 14 bedsGood, published 4 Jan 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-124984233
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 8 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.