1 & 2 Flax Cottages
Residential care home in Choppington, registered for 9 beds. Regulated by CQC.
Requires improvement
Inspected within the last year
Published 2025-09-29
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Safe | Requires improvement |
| Effective | Good |
| Caring | Requires improvement |
| Responsive | Requires improvement |
| Well-led | Requires improvement |
Details
- Type of care
- Residential care home
- Registered places
- 9
- Address
- 1 & 2 Flax Cottages, Fernlea Drive, Scotland Gate, Choppington, NE62 5SR
- Telephone
- 01670530247
- Registered provider
- Lifeways Community Care Limited
- Registered since
- 2013-06-04
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- Regulator record
- View on cqc.org.uk
At 9 beds it is smaller than 10% of the 60 residential care homes in Northumberland.
Who this service is for
- Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder
- Older People
- Physical Disability
- Younger Adults
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Learning disabilities
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- Physical disabilities
The operator’s wider record
Lifeways Community Care Limited runs 52 services in the UK with 626 beds. Across the estate:
- 28 good
- 9 need improvement
- 1 poor
Other residential care homes in Northumberland
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Outstanding Last inspected about 6 years ago
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Outstanding Last inspected about 6 years ago
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Outstanding Inspected within the last year
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Percy House
Run by Percy House Limited
Outstanding Last inspected about 6 years ago -
Foxton Court
Run by HC-One No.2 Limited
Good Inspected within the last year -
Acomb Court
Run by HC-One No.2 Limited
Good Inspected within the last year -
Good Last inspected about 3 years ago
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Good Last inspected about 5 years ago
Source: CQC HSCA Active Locations, 4 August 2026. Ratings and inspection dates are published by CQC and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.