Autumn Vale Care Centre
Danesbury Park Road, Welwyn, AL6 9SN · Hertfordshire · East of England
CQC’s records also hold a deregistered registration with this name at this postcode: Autumn Vale Care Centre, GCH (Heath Lodge) Limited, deregistered 8 Jun 2017.
What the record says
Rated Good overall, but the rating is 7 years old.
- Age of rating
- 7 years old — published 14 Aug 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 GCH (Hertfordshire) Ltd's 5 rated homes, none are below Good — including 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
- 69
- Registered with CQC
- 8 May 2017
- Run by
- GCH (Hertfordshire) Ltd
- Part of
- Gold Care Homes · 46 services
- Phone
- 01438714491
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 | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Effective | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 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 — 4 other locations
Other active services registered to GCH (Hertfordshire) Ltd. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Halcyon Days | Good, published 9 Jun 2026 | Hertfordshire |
| Heath Lodge | Good, published 30 Mar 2026 | Hertfordshire |
| Martins House | Good, published 19 Oct 2018rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
| Queensway House | Good, published 2 Dec 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Hertfordshire |
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.
- Heath Lodgeabout 0 miles · Welwyn · 67 bedsGood, published 30 Mar 2026
- Knebworth Care Homeabout 1.1 miles · Knebworth · 71 bedsNot yet rated
- Knebworth Care Homeabout 1.1 miles · Knebworth · 71 bedsGood, published 14 Dec 2023
- Monread Lodgeabout 1.4 miles · Knebworth · 62 bedsRequires improvement, published 20 Feb 2024
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-3616904814
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.