Care & Mobility Services in Kent

Barchester Healthcare. 62-bed purpose-built care home opened 2026. Facilities: café, cinema, spa bathroom on each floor, hair salon, gardens.

Grounds have level paths with small slopes, wheelchair/mobility-scooter friendly; the motte path is steep in places. Access inside the castle itself is limited by stairs and narrow corridors.

Independent bookshop with a published accessibility statement. Source: thefolkestonebookshop.co.uk/accessibility (via search snippet - direct fetch was blocked in this session, so page content not independently re-verified beyond the search index).

Verified via the AccessAble access guide for 'Tesco Dover Extra' (accessable.co.uk/tesco/access-guides/tesco-dover-extra), documenting Blue Badge parking, step-free access, a lift and an accessible toilet. Store location cross-checked via Tesco's own store locator. Note: large out-of-town supermarket in the Whitfield/White Cliffs Business Park area, within Dover district but not Dover town centre.

CQC Good rating (improved from prior rating), inspected 23 Apr-17 May 2024. Operated by Barchester Healthcare.

Only CQC Outstanding-rated home care provider in Medway. CQC Outstanding in Effective & Caring. Winner of Home Care Award 2026.

Caremark (Thanet) is a home care in Margate.

Meridian Community Care (Canterbury) is a home care in Canterbury.

Serves Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham and surrounding areas.

Operated by Care UK.

Legal provider: Mid Kent Senior Care Limited. CQC rating from 2019 inspection, reconfirmed via 2023 evidence review. Source: cqc.org.uk/location/1-529337022.

Rating cross-referenced via CQC location page and an aggregator site; primary CQC PDF could not be re-fetched directly (site blocked automated access).

Operated by Carewise Homes. Location ID 1-13054419061.

Covers Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and South West Kent. CQC location ID 1-9304774101.

CQC-registered as The Garden of Kent Homecare LTD t/a The Garden of England Homecare.

Avante Home Care and Support Service is a home care in Faversham.

Franchise of Home Instead network. Phone number not confirmed in available sources - recommend pulling from CQC contact page before publishing.

Serves Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Maidstone. Registered office: Hearts of Oak House, Pembroke Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1XR. Alternative contact 01892 575499.

Provides personal, dementia and respite care in clients' own homes.

CQC location ID 1-125744411 (provider ID 1-101671512, Meridian Community Care Limited). Overall rating Good as a domiciliary care agency providing personal care to adults in their own homes in the Dover area. Verified via CQC register and cross-checked against provider website and NHS service listing.

Operated by Anchor Hanover Group.

CQC Outstanding rating for Caring. Operated by Thanet Lifestyle Care Limited. Serves Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs and surrounding areas.

Managed by Swale Borough Council with supporting charitable trust. Verified via miltoncreek.co.uk and visit-swale.co.uk.