
I find the staff friendly and always willing to help with any concerns I have. Mum is happyJ G(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

A lovely home with kind, caring staff who look after the residents so well.I A(Great Great-Niece of Resident/Service User)

I immediately felt at ease when I dropped my husband off for respite care.Sally C(Wife of Resident/Service User)

I find the staff friendly and always willing to help with any concerns I have. Mum is happyJ G(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

A lovely home with kind, caring staff who look after the residents so well.I A(Great Great-Niece of Resident/Service User)

I immediately felt at ease when I dropped my husband off for respite care.Sally C(Wife of Resident/Service User)

Bamfield Lodge Care home is surrounded by parks and open spaces in South Bristol and is within easy access to local amenities and leisure facilities.
The home provides nursing, residential and dementia care both on a permanent, or respite basis. Residents also have access to a spacious back garden with a sun-trap, ideal for the summer months.
Activities at Bamfield are designed to enhance the residents' well-being, encourage social interaction, and...
Care Provided by Barchester Bamfield Lodge Care Home
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Physical Disability
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 60 Service Users
Dementia Care TypesMild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
Mild Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "mild dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Memory problems such as misplacing items and not be able to recall recent events (however, in some forms of dementia a person's memory may be unchanged)
- Difficulties thinking through problems and planning, making decisions
- Language and communication issues such as finding it difficult to recall the appropriate word in a conversation or following a conversation
- Poor orientation, getting lost in areas previously familiar to them
- Difficulty judging distances (more falls than usual)
- Changes in their normal mood including anxiety and depression
- In certain types of dementia, personality and behaviour changes may be present alongside or instead of issues with memory or concentration.
Moderate Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "moderate dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Worsened memory problems. Not always recognising own family members and friends. Repeating the same questions over and over again
- Worsened language and communication issues, forgetting what they are saying mid-sentence. Not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- More frequent confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Advanced Dementia
Someone living with our definition of "severe dementia" might experience some or all of the following:
- Severe memory problems. Not recognising family members and friends. Not being able to recall their own name
- Severe language and communication issues, not being able to understand what someone else is saying
- Severe confusion, e.g. about the time of day or where they are, including their own home
- Apathy, depression and anxiety
- Believing things that aren't true (paranoia)
- Frequent hallucinations
- Lack of emotional control, quick to anger, fearfulness, sadness
- Loss of inhibition
- Difficulties sleeping or waking during the night and behaving as though it is daytime - loss of circadian rhythm.
Verbally or physically aggressive behaviour
If your loved one displays this type of behaviour you may need a care home that has specially trained staff. Verbal/physical aggression is often defined:
- Consistent shouting and screaming
- Verbal abuse
- Physical abuse
How we define Dementia Care Types
- Mild Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Convalescent Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public Transport
- Minibus or other transport
- Lift
- Wheelchair Access
- Gardens
- Bar/Café
- Residents Kitchenette
- Phone Point in own room
- Television point in own room
- Residents Internet Access
Funding & Fees
Weekly Charges per Person
This Weekly Fee rate is an indication only of a typical standard fee rate for a resident living in a standard, comfortable room. A final Weekly Fee rate will be confirmed once we have carried out a pre-admission needs assessment. For nursing care, Weekly Fee rate will be dependent on personal needs.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Barchester Bamfield Lodge Care Home for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Barchester Bamfield Lodge Care Home to confirm what's included and get a personalised quote:
Funding Types Accepted
- Self-Funding (Private)
- Local Authority with Top-up
- Local Authority
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
Good to Know
Group / Owner
- Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Dorina Davey(Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Mixed (no single-gender units)
- Ages 65+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2024
- Number of floors: 3
Room Information
- Single Rooms (60)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (60)
Barchester Bamfield Lodge Care Home Reviews (89)
Barchester Bamfield Lodge Care Home has a Review Score of 9.4 (9.434) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Barchester Bamfield Lodge Care Home has 89 reviews.
Beautiful surroundings and good care.
All consider Bamfield Lodge their home and want to remain here for the rest of their days.
Thank you for your kind review of Bamfield lodge we are glad you appreciate the care and attention given in our home.
The carers do a fine job in what can be very difficult circumstances.
It takes a special kind of person to do this job. They must be committed.
Thank you.
Thank you for such a lovely review of our care and team here at Bamfield Lodge. We are committed to delivering the best care and experiences for all our residents. The team will be so pleased to hear your words which we will share with them.
Pleasant surroundings and helpful staff.
Thank you for your lovely review of our care and team here at Bamfield Lodge. We are committed to delivering the best care and experiences for all our residents. The team will be so pleased to hear your words which we will share with them.
It is one of the best homes no faults whatsoever.
Thank you so much for your amazing review. The team at Bamfield Lodge will be delighted.
Mum has been cared for in the home for a number of years and has been well looked after. Staff appear very kind and attentive and the activities they have organised are stimulating.
Thank you for your positive comments about our home, it's great to hear how pleased you are with the care your mum is receiving here at Bamfield Lodge. Our Magic Moments Club offers an exciting programme of activities to suit a range of interests, including a number of trips and outings. Thanks again for your review, the team will be delighted to hear your feedback.
Staff were wonderful, so attentive to all patients.
We also enjoyed our time with them all.
Thank you for your positive comments about our home, it is great to hear how happy you are with the care your cousin is receiving here at Bamfield Lodge. Your lovely feedback will be passed onto the team.
As a daughter, I feel Mum is in the right place. She is well looked after by some members of staff. They go out of their way (above and beyond). We have some bad days where Mum has had some agency staff on and they have not been treating her nicely which has been reported and we do hope this situation will not happen again!
Thank you for your positive comments about our home, it is great to hear that you’d recommend Bamfield Lodge to others. Whilst we are actively recruiting and adding to our dedicated team, we have used some agency support to ensure that we always work at safe staffing levels which is reviewed on a...
Friendly, approachable staff. Good looking home with lovely surroundings. About 10-12 staff I know well as they were here when Mum came here. I rely enormously on these staff for 'confidence'. This is extremely important to me as I need to know Mum's interests are paramount when I cannot visit (I try to visit every day).
Negatives:Very low staff numbers here over the weekend (although this has improved of late). Huge turnover of agency staff.
Thank you for taking the time to review our home, we are pleased to hear you find our team “friendly” and “approachable” and that you’d recommend Bamfield Lodge to others. With regards to staffing, we always operate at safe levels, including over the weekend and this is regularly reviewed to...
Everyone is very caring and helpful.
Thank you for your positive comments about our home, it is great to hear that you would recommend Bamfield Lodge to others. I see there are a few areas you feel we could improve upon, if there's anything you'd like to discuss further then please feel free to pop in and see the Home Manager for a chat at any time.
I would advise prospective residents to be aware!
We make every effort to ensure our easy to read Terms and Conditions are discussed and agreed upfront with both our residents and Next-of-Kins, and any additions are...
I would like to commend Bamfield on the care and support they gave my grandmother particularly in the last days and weeks of her life. I witnessed compassionate and caring staff who treated my grandmother as if she was their own. Bamfield were also accommodating toward family and friends visiting in the last days. Overall I highly recommend Bamfield.
The home is always spotless and smells lovely. I am always proud to bring anyone in to visit Mum.
I visit Bamfield Lodge Care Home most months to help take a church service. I play the guitar to accompany the hymns we sing. I also sing solos, read from the bible, speak and pray alongside a retired minister. I have found that the residents are always well dressed and very clean. They are clearly very well cared for. The home has recently been re-decorated and the lounge where we hold our services has plenty of light and is very smart with excellent furnishings. There is also a lovely garden which the lounge and restaurant overlook. The staff are extremely caring, friendly and very accommodating. Although neither I nor any of my friends or family have received any care at this care home, I have seen and experienced enough for me to conclude that this is a very well run home and I would, therefore, have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone looking for a suitable care home in which to place a loved one. I haven't eaten the food or seen the rooms and thus cannot comment on them.
The rooms are beautiful and very spacious, lovely big windows, large ensuite bathroom lovely furniture.
I'd be happy to live here myself especially once the buzzer system is sorted out by the new manager.
The activities are very good an the ladies who run it are perfect for the job. I'm especially pleased that members of a church come once a month to give such an uplifting service and chaplaincy available in the week.
The new manager's willingness to listen, to communicate with us and with Brighterkind and to cooperate with representatives from social services and the NHS, are having a very positive effect on my friend's general wellbeing.
Niggles have been addressed promptly, then followed up, specialist technological equipment enabling greater independence, provided by the NHS, has been installed in my friend's new room, one to one visits from within and outside Bamfield Lodge are active, pre-booked theatre and shopping expeditions using a Brighterkind minibus have, and will still, take place - all now helping my friend to feel valued and loved every day.
As a frequent visitor to the care home, it has been a pleasure to observe the manager interacting with residents in a cheerful, courteous, respectful and dignified manner. Seemingly, in his short time with us, he appears to have achieved more for my friend, and possibly for the residents in general, than most of his predecessors. Given longer, I'm sure this improvement would reflect favourably in the ratings I have given.
My dad was taken into hospital. He is the carer of my mother was dementia. Benfield Lodge were quick in helping me to care for Mum for a week. Lovely staff. All the residents seem very happy.
Many thanks.
When you walk into Bamfield Lodge Care Home, it's bright and airy. All the staff seem happy to work there which was a big decision as to where mum was going to live. All the staff are very helpful and friendly. There is always something going on in the afternoon for the residents.
I felt the need to leave a review after a visit to Bamfield Lodge as I was so impressed. Initially, the warm reception that I received was very friendly, professional and immediately put me at ease. The home is bright, open, welcoming, spotlessly clean and has a relaxed feel to the place, homely. There is always a member of staff on hand and there seems to be a good team on board, all helping each other to achieve the best possible care experience. The carers are jolly and look happy in their roles and the residents reflect this in their demeanour. The home also has a new manager on board who seems to want the absolute best for the residents at Bamfield and is prepared to do his utmost to achieve it. There are activities planned for every day of the week and family and friends can visit and join in with the fun whenever they would like to. Visiting hours are very flexible. Overall I was really impressed and would recommend this home to my friends and family without hesitation.
Activities are varied and my mother is encouraged to participate.
Always a friendly face and the carers know the residents and their families.
But mostly I never find any smells that you seem to find in nursing homes. Long may this last and thank you to all the staff for their continued hard work.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 29 July 2022Good
- CaringGood
- EffectiveGood
- ResponsiveGood
- SafeGood
- Well-ledGood
Inspection ratings
We rate most services according to how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led they are, using four levels:
- Outstanding - The service is performing exceptionally well.
- Good - The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.
- Requires Improvement - The service isn't performing as well as it should and we have told the service how it must improve.
- Inadequate - The service is performing badly and we've taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.
- Not rated - we have not yet rated this area of the service, this is normally because the assessments we have carried out have been focused on other key questions.
Bed Vacancies
Please contact us for latest vacancies.
News (4) & Events (0)
- 20 Jan 2026
The children from Perry Court visited our care home today and brought so much joy with their songs and dances. They helped residents with quizzes, shared conversations, and took the...
- 15 Jan 2026
We want to share a huge shout-out to the incredible Christopher Copeland! Chris is a familiar face here at Bamfield Lodge; when he isn’t visiting his lovely mum, Jenny, he...
- 15 Jan 2026
Today we celebrated The King’s birthday in true style! We were lucky enough to have the main man himself enter the building... aka the amazing Andy T! ?Andy delighted our...
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Awards / Recognitions (32)
- 09 Jun 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- 09 Jun 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
- 15 Apr 2026Recipient: Barchester Healthcare Ltd
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Barchester Bamfield Lodge Care Home.
Meet the Team (12)

My door is always open to anyone considering care for themselves or for a loved one. Please do not hesitate to contact our home, and I will do my utmost to assist you in whatever way I can.
My passion is to ensure that our residents are provided with the very best of care, dignity, respect and support to enable them to live a healthy and happy life in our home.
I look forward to welcoming you to our home.

Hello, my name is Attila and I am the Clinical Deputy Manager here at Bamfield Lodge. I have over a decade of experience in the care sector, I bring not only my expertise as a Registered Nurse but also experience from various senior roles that I have fulfilled across a number of care settings including being a General Manager, Deputy Manager and Clinical Lead.
I thoroughly enjoy supporting residents at Bamfield and working alongside a wonderful team.

My name is Elias and I have dedicated to providing compassionate care .
I am passionate about this role as it allows me to utilize my skills to make a meaningful impact on our residents' health and well-being. At Bamfield Lodge, we foster a nurturing environment where our residents feel like part of a big family. I am committed to enhancing their quality of life and ensuring they receive the highest standard of care.

Lavinia enjoys getting to know our residents and families and likes the strong community feel of our home.
My absolute goal is to make sure myself and the team make our residents happy, provide them with all they need all along with the highest standards of care. Making a difference to our residents is extremely important to me.

I have worked in the care sector for many years, working with various people who are on different stages of their dementia journey. I am passionate about giving my resident the best care possible. I have been working for Bamfield lodge since 2022 as a senior carer, and was promoted to head of unit in 2023.

Amy joined the team in 2022 as a care assistant, she loves spending time with the residents, joining in with activities and ensuring that our residents have a great experience every day. Amy is our training champion to ensure good quality in the home supporting all of the staff with their training to maintain our high standards of care for our residents.

Daniela has worked in Barchester homes for a number of years, and leads the way for junior care assistants. Daniela has very high standards and she ensures that residents are having a good day - every day! We are very lucky to have Daniela with our team.

Sue joined Bamfield Lodge in September 2024.
Sue has a prestigious background, Sue is highly organized and detail-oriented, and she manages schedules, and resources efficiently, demonstrating strong problem-solving abilities when faced with challenges.

I have join Bamfield Lodge this year I enjoy working here, staff are friendly and have lots of laughs with the residents.
I lived in South Africa for 6 years where I trained to be a hairdresser.
I decided to join Barchester to broaden my experience in the caring sector because I have a genuine passion for helping and caring for others.

Hi, I'm Pete, the Maintenance Manager at Bamfield Lodge.
I've been part of this amazing team recently, and I absolutely love working here! I've been in the maintenance industry for almost 20 years, but my experience at Bamfield Lodge is unlike any other. I really enjoy interacting with the residents and find it extremely fulfilling to help out wherever I can.

Hi, I'm Kinga, I'm the Home Administrator.
I have been working as an administrator for many years and I was proud to join the Barchester team here at Bamfield Lodge.
As a strong believer in positive thinking in workplace, I bring in my years of experience and it is my pride and joy to work with such an excellent, passionate and thriving team in a beautiful home.
My role at Bamfield Lodge involves supporting with the finance, recruitment, and administration of the home.If you ever need any help regarding the above, my door is always open.

I am Jose and I have worked within the healthcare sector for over 10 years. My background is supporting those living with dementia. My passion is providing extraordinary care with a person-centred approach. My ultimate aim is to ensure our residents feel safe, comfortable and their wishes and choices are respected.
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