Castle Dene
Throop Road, Bournemouth, BH8 0DB · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · South West
50 beds · operated by Care South, part of Care South
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, with every key question Good and none of this operator's 16 rated homes are below Good.
- Operator's wider portfolio
- All 16 of Care South's rated homes are Good or better. See the operator.
- On the record
- No key question is below Good and the rating is current. This is what a clean CQC record looks like — the checks we can make from the published data raise nothing.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 14 Nov 2024 |
| Effective | Good | 14 Nov 2024 |
| Caring | Good | 14 Nov 2024 |
| Responsive | Good | 14 Nov 2024 |
| Well-led | Good | 14 Nov 2024 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 15 other locations
Other active services registered to Care South. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra House | Good17 Jul 2024 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Beauchamp House Nursing Home | Good9 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Somerset |
| Buxton House | Good23 Sep 2025 | Dorset |
| Care South Home Care Services Dorset | Good8 Dec 2025 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Care South Home Care Services Somerset | Good18 May 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Somerset |
| Dorset House | Good1 Sep 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Elizabeth House | Good29 May 2024 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Fairlawn | Good16 Jan 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Dorset |
| Fern Brook Lodge | Good4 Mar 2020rating 3+ yrs old | Dorset |
| Kenwith Castle Country House Care | Good24 Feb 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Devon |
| Maiden Castle House | Good6 Nov 2025 | Dorset |
| Marjorie House | Good17 Feb 2026 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
…and 3 more. See the full group view.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Need this on paper? The single-site diligence pack on Castle Dene adds full rating history, inspection failure themes quoted verbatim, the operator's whole-portfolio record and Companies House linkage — hand-reviewed, every figure dated. £149 · delivered within 48 hours.
See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 11 Oct 2022
- Beds
- 50
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-14137680055
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.