The Knowle Care Home
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The Knowle Care Home, established in 1986, is a leading residential and dementia care facility in Preston, Lancashire. The original building was created from…
- Care home
- The Knowle Care Home
- Location
- Preston, Lancashire, Preston, PR2 1AJ
- Care types
- Residential, Dementia
- CQC rating
- Requires Improvement
- Latest CQC inspection
- 23 January 2024
- Beds
- 32
- Funding accepted
- Self Funding (Private), Local Authority, Local Authority with Top Up, NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
- Phone
- 01772 700 700
- CQC location ID
- 1-119202169
Rated 3.6/5 from 8 Google reviews.
What families say
Families have mixed experiences with The Knowle Care Home, with some praising the respectful and caring staff, great atmosphere, and comfortable facilities. However, others have raised concerns about inadequate staffing, poor communication, and a lack of attention to residents' basic needs, such as hydration and…
What the CQC says
Rated Requires improvement by the CQC on 9 March 2024.
Requires improvement — the service is not performing as well as it should and CQC has told it how to improve. What this rating means
The five key questions
- Safe
- Requires improvement — Are people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?
- Effective
- Good — Does the care achieve good outcomes and follow best practice?
- Caring
- Good — Are staff kind, respectful and compassionate?
- Responsive
- Good — Is care organised around each person’s needs?
- Well-led
- Requires improvement — Is the home well run, open and always improving?
What has changed
- Overall rating unchanged at Requires improvement since June 2022.
- Still needs work: Safe — Requires improvement; Well-led — Requires improvement.
Source: Care Quality Commission — read the full CQC report. Last checked by CareFinder on 7 September 2026.
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