Docorix lists 5,380 care homes registered to support people with learning disabilities in England, Scotland and Wales, in 898 towns and cities. 4,329 hold a current CQC rating and 3,746 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. Together they are registered for 67,261 beds.
CQC register data updated 11 October 2026
These homes are registered by the CQC to support people with learning disabilities, and many also support autistic people. Ask how the home helps people build independence and daily-living skills, how communication needs are met, and how positive behaviour support is used. The CQC report describes what inspectors found.
Map shows the providers on the current results page.
Learning disability care homes by county
- Essex 206
- Suffolk 35
- Norfolk 101
- Cambridgeshire 52
- Hertfordshire 97
- Bedfordshire 79
- London 503
- West Sussex 84
- Kent 230
- Hampshire 181
- Oxfordshire 20
- East Sussex 126
- Surrey 96
- Berkshire 83
- Buckinghamshire 67
- Isle of Wight 15
- Somerset 116
- Dorset 55
- Bristol 35
- Gloucestershire 107
- Cornwall 71
- Devon 141
- Wiltshire 89
- Derbyshire 95
- Nottinghamshire 147
- Leicestershire 95
- Lincolnshire 118
- Northamptonshire 74
- Rutland 2
- West Midlands 306
- Worcestershire 46
- Staffordshire 139
- Herefordshire 36
- Warwickshire 51
- Shropshire 54
- Lancashire 70
- Greater Manchester 112
- Cheshire 54
- Cumbria 35
- Merseyside 103
- County Durham 55
- Tees Valley 83
- Tyne and Wear 92
- Northumberland 20
- South Yorkshire 128
- West Yorkshire 182
- East Riding of Yorkshire 65
- North Yorkshire 71
- Merthyr Tydfil 16
- Blaenau Gwent 10
- Bridgend 18
- Caerphilly 38
- Cardiff 49
- Carmarthenshire 46
- Ceredigion 13
- Conwy 28
- Denbighshire 24
- Flintshire 9
- Gwynedd 21
- Isle of Anglesey 9
- Monmouthshire 15
- Neath Port Talbot 37
- Newport 23
- Pembrokeshire 38
- Powys 17
- Rhondda Cynon Taf 38
- Swansea 44
- Torfaen 10
- Vale of Glamorgan 37
- Wrexham 18
Learning disability care homes by town or city
- Birmingham 130
- Nottingham 88
- Bristol 62
- Manchester 57
- Leicester 56
- Stoke-on-Trent 56
- Colchester 55
- Swansea 52
- Cardiff 49
- Norwich 47
- Southampton 47
- Bedford 46
- Sheffield 43
- Leeds 40
- Doncaster 36
- Liverpool 36
- Reading 36
- Hull 35
- Plymouth 34
- Gloucester 32
- Huddersfield 32
- Wolverhampton 31
- Lincoln 30
- Bournemouth 29
- Ilford 29
- Rotherham 29
- Stockton-on-Tees 29
- Sunderland 28
- Barry 27
- Ashford 26
- Mansfield 26
- Shrewsbury 26
- Middlesbrough 25
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne 24
- Northampton 24
- Taunton 24
- Chesterfield 23
- Clacton-on-Sea 23
- Coventry 23
- Wirral 23
- Barnsley 22
- Burton-on-Trent 22
- Swindon 22
- Worthing 22
- Derby 21
- Milton Keynes 20
- Neath 20
- Weston Super Mare 20
- Basingstoke 19
- Folkestone 19
- Kettering 19
- St-Leonards-on-Sea 19
- Warrington 19
- Bradford 18
- Dover 18
- Fareham 18
- Harrogate 18
- Pontefract 18
- Sutton 18
- Westcliff-on-Sea 18
Showing the 60 towns with the most; use the search to find the rest.
Who runs learning disability care homes?
- 18NHS
- 4,322Independent
- 854Charity / not-for-profit
- 186Council-run
Taken from the CQC register: “NHS” means run by an NHS body or providing NHS primary care; “Independent” is the CQC’s word for a provider that is not an NHS body – a company, partnership or individual. It says who runs the service, not who pays: many independent providers deliver NHS- or council-funded care. Charities and community interest companies are shown separately, where the register or the provider’s name says so. Use the All · NHS · Private switch at the top of any directory page to browse one kind only.
Paying for a care home
- Council-funded
- Your council may pay some or all of the fees after a care needs assessment and a financial assessment (means test). Not every home accepts the council’s rate, and some ask for a top-up paid by a relative.
- Self-funded
- In England you usually pay for your own care if you have savings and assets worth more than £23,250. Below that, the council may help.
- NHS continuing healthcare
- If your main need is a health need, the NHS can pay for the full cost of your care. It depends on an assessment, not on your savings.
- NHS-funded nursing care
- In a nursing home, the NHS pays a contribution towards care given by a registered nurse, whoever is paying the rest.
The CQC register does not record which types of funding each provider accepts, so always ask the provider – and get the answer in writing before you commit.
Official guidance: NHS: paying for your own careNHS: when the council might payNHS continuing healthcareNHS-funded nursing careGOV.UK: ask for a needs assessment
General guidance for England, not financial advice. Rules and charges change – check the official pages above.
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Other types of service
- Care homes 15,926
- Home care agencies 14,924
- Supported living services 4,877
- Dentists 12,324
- GP surgeries 7,386
- Private GPs and doctors 2,812
- Mental health services 933
- Hospitals 1,098
- Clinics 914
- Scans, tests and screening 771
- Urgent treatment centres 189
- Community health services 505
- Ambulance services 342
- Hospices 212
- Private consultants
- NHS services 9,372
- Independent services 37,574
Contains CQC data © Care Quality Commission.
