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Birkdale Tower Care Home

Residential care home in Southport, registered for 55 beds. Regulated by CQC.

Requires improvement
Last inspected about 4 years ago
Last inspected 2021-10-15

This rating was inherited from a previous registration rather than earned at a fresh inspection.

What the inspectors scored

Area assessedRating
Caring Good
Safe Requires improvement
Effective Requires improvement
Responsive Requires improvement
Well-led Requires improvement

Details

Type of care
Residential care home
Registered places
55
Address
8 Oxford Road, Southport, PR8 2JR
Telephone
01704773333
Registered provider
Sandstone Care North West Limited
Registered manager
Kenwright, Liam
Registered since
2025-09-24
Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Southport
Regulator record
View on cqc.org.uk

At 55 beds it is larger than 93% of the 76 residential care homes in Sefton.

Evidence and freshness

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CareFacts record ID
e1-23876820561
Regulator location ID
1-23876820561
Current source release
CQC active locations, archived 2026-10-07
CareFacts data rebuilt
2026-10-07
Inspection evidence
Latest published date 2021-10-15

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Who this service is for

The operator’s wider record

Sandstone Care North West Limited runs 7 services in the UK with 481 beds. Across the estate:

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