Main facts
- Housing with care, Close care housing
- 36 flats, bungalows. Built in 1993 and renovated in 2006. Sizes studio, 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom
- Close Care scheme with on-site care staff (24 hours / 7 days), non-resident management staff
- Lift, lounge, dining room, garden, conservatory, hairdressing salon, bar/pub, assisted bathing facility
- Whole site accessible by wheelchair. Access to site easy, but less so for less mobile people. Distances: bus stop 30 yards; shop 400 yards; post office 475 yards; town centre 400 yards; GP 450 yards; social centre 420 yards
- Regular social activities include music, theatre, cinema outings, river trips, shopping trips, pub lunches, crosswords, knitting, art classes, poetry reading, outside speakers etc., organised by Mrs Annie Gillett. Some meals available. New residents accepted from 65 years of age. Both cats & dogs generally accepted, but not to be replaced (cats have to be house cats, dogs must be kept on lead. Noisy etc pets cannot stay. Residents/ their family must care for any pets.)
- Leasehold
- Care provider: Thamesfield
- Developed by Retirement Villages Ltd
Info updated: 18/03/2009. Update info