Rydal Care Home
Rydal Road, Darlington, DL1 4BH · Darlington · North East
CQC’s records also hold a deregistered registration with this name at this postcode: Rydal Care Home, Tamaris Healthcare (England) Limited, deregistered 7 Dec 2016.
What the record says
Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 3 years old, and 7 of this operator's 25 rated homes are below Good — this one and 6 others.
- Below Good on
- EffectiveRequires improvement, published 6 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs oldWell-ledRequires improvement, published 6 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 3 years old — published 6 Jun 2023, 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 Minster Care Management Limited's 25 rated homes, 7 are below Good — this one and 6 others. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
- Care type
- Care home with nursing
- Beds
- 60
- Registered with CQC
- 5 Dec 2016
- Run by
- Minster Care Management Limited
- Part of
- Minster Care Group · 66 services
- Phone
- 01325369329
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 | 6 Jun 2023 |
| Effective | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 6 Jun 2023 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Feb 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 20 Feb 2019 |
| Well-led | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 6 Jun 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 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 26 other locations
Other active services registered to Minster Care Management Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Abbeywell Court | Good, published 4 Nov 2024 | Staffordshire |
| Amberley House Care Home | Requires improvement, published 8 Jun 2026 | Cornwall |
| Broadgate Care Home | Good, published 20 Nov 2025 | Nottinghamshire |
| Chestnut Lodge | Good, published 9 Mar 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Ealing |
| Diamond House | Requires improvement, published 11 May 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Leicester |
| Duncote Hall Nursing Home | Requires improvement, published 12 Aug 2021rating 3+ yrs old | West Northamptonshire |
| Elm House Residential Care Home | Not yet rated | Cheshire East |
| Elm Lodge | Good, published 9 Apr 2024 | Ealing |
| Falcon House Care Home | Requires improvement, published 25 Mar 2026 | Nottinghamshire |
| Freeland House Nursing Home | Good, published 31 May 2024 | Oxfordshire |
| Grays Court | Good, published 27 Jun 2023rating 3+ yrs old | Thurrock |
| Hillcrest House | Requires improvement, published 15 Oct 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Cornwall |
…and 14 more. See the full group view.
Data as published by CQC to 1 Sep 2026 · source: CQC
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- 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?
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See a sample and order →Similar services nearby
Nearest first — a place to look around, not a ranking. Other care homes with nursing within 5 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.
- Willow Green Care Homeabout 0.2 miles · Darlington · 63 bedsGood, published 7 Oct 2023
- Eastbourne Care Homeabout 0.4 miles · Darlington · 41 bedsRequires improvement, published 18 Sep 2025
- Hundens Parkabout 0.7 miles · Darlington · 49 bedsGood, published 23 Mar 2021rating 3+ yrs old
- Ventress Hall Care Homeabout 1.3 miles · Darlington · 106 bedsNot yet rated
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-3091399847
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.