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Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens

West Buckland Road, Wellington, Somerset TA21 9PH
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Chelston Park Nursing and Residential Home and Chelston Gardens Dementia Nursing Home are two standalone homes that sit on the same site.

Chelston Park specialises in nursing and Chelston Gardens in dementia care. The homes are close to Wellington and six miles from Taunton. Exit at Junction 26 of the M5, the drive to Chelston takes less than five minutes.

Chelston Park provides first-class nursing facilities in a homely atmosphere. The...  

Care Provided by Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens

Primary Care Categories

  • Older Person Care
  • Dementia

Length of Stay

  • Permanent Care
  • Respite Care

Care Types Provided

  • Residential Care
  • Nursing Care
  • Dementia Residential Care
  • Dementia Nursing Care
  • For a maximum of 86 Service Users

Dementia Care Types

  • Mild Dementia
  • Moderate Dementia
  • Advanced/Complex Dementia

Other Care Provided

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Convalescent Care
  • Day Care

Facilities

  • Own Furniture if required
  • Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
  • Smoking not permitted
  • Minibus or other transport
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair Access
  • Gardens
  • Residents Kitchenette
  • Phone Point in own room
  • Television point in own room
  • Residents Internet Access

Funding & Fees

Weekly Charges per Person

Type of carePermanentRespite
Nursing Care£1,400 - £1,950N/A
Nursing Dementia Care£1,950 - £1,950N/A

Our fees depend on the care package in line with your needs and the type of accommodation required. Fees are usually reviewed annually in April. Any increase in the fee results from inflation, the provision of additional care and services, or as a result of factors beyond our control. These include regulatory and general economic changes affecting the care sector. Fees may be reviewed more frequently in response to these factors.

If you do not meet the criteria for NHS CHC, but require nursing care, the NHS pays a contribution towards the cost of the nursing care. This is called NHS-funded nursing care (FNC). The FNC is paid directly to the home by the government and will be added to the fee we agree with the resident.

Contact Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens 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)

Support you may be entitled to

  • If you chose a care home based in England, you may be eligible for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC), which helps cover the cost of nursing. This is worth £267.68 per week and is usually paid directly to the care home.

Good to Know

Owner

  • Chelston Park Nursing & Residential Home Ltd
  • Private Owned

Person in charge

  • Jo Girdler(Care Director)

Local Authority / Social Services

Admission Information

  • Ages 65+

Care Home Design/Build

  • Purpose Built: Yes
  • Year Purpose Built: 2007
  • Last Refurbishment: 2024
  • Number of floors: 3

Room Information

  • Single Rooms (76)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms (5)
  • Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (60)
  • Couples/Companion Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (5)

Visiting

  • Visitors are very welcome. Chelston's preferred visiting times are 10-4 each day, but the home is flexible based on resident and visitor requirements.

Parking

  • Visitor parking is clearly marked and is close to the entrances of both Chelston Park and Chelston Gardens.

Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens Reviews (24)

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Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens has a Review Score of 9.2 (9.198) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens has 24 reviews.

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Review from Isabel K (Friend of Resident) published on 27 May 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Very helpful & caring staff. The coffee shop has added to the lovely atmosphere in Chelston Gardens.

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Review from Jayne S (Daughter of Resident) published on 13 March 2026 Submitted via Postal Card
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Our entire family feel very fortunate to have found Chelston Gardens. The care afforded my father has been oustanding on all fronts. The care and attention he receives has made the last 2 years a pleasure for him and our family. The staff are amazing. They treat my father like a person and character in his own right. We will always be eternally grateful to the team, from the management right down to his cleaners. All superb. Thank you.

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Review from Andrew P (Son of Resident) published on 27 October 2025 Submitted via Website
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What a wonderfull place with exceptional nursing and attentive staff who were really interested in those for whom they were supporting and looking after . We could not have wished better care for the final weeks of my fathers life.

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Review from J H (Wife of Resident) published on 28 August 2025 Submitted via Postal Card
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I find the care my husband is receiving very good. I sometimes wish there could be a few activities he would join in with, what is on offer.

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Review from Peter L (Husband of Resident) published on 28 August 2025 Submitted via Postal Card
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The care provided at Chelston Gardens is exemplary with all staff providing very high quality nursing and assistance to all residents whatever the level of their condition. The nursing staff at all grades are always open and approachable and couldn't be more helpful & there are regular meetings for relatives at which managers and senior nursing staff provide invaluable updates on nursing practice, services provided and plans for the future. I can't praise everyone enough from senior managers through to Ancillary staff all of whom deserve the highest praise for their hard work and support.

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Review from Christine M (Wife of Resident) published on 22 August 2025 Submitted via Postal Card
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The care at Chelston Park is excellent from the first day they enter the care home. The staff find the needs of the resident & work to help them settle. Management listen to the relatives comments and suggestions. The nourish compute program is excellent and is reassurance to the relatives to keep an eye on the residents care and which staff are responsible for each day. The activities staff try to get all residents involved in activities. Those who are not capable of joining in group activities spend time one to one & find out which films or programs the residents prefer & make sure they can see their screen.

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Review from Alison W (Daughter of Resident) published on 27 January 2025 Submitted via Postal Card
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From the moment we walked through the door of Chelston Park and Chelston Gardens, we knew our mother would be in safe hands. The quality of the caring team was exceptional. Everyone was treated with dignity and respect whatever their need. The entertainment was outstanding with activities every day to occupy residents. We were kept informed and consulted on mum's care needs. The app was particularly helpful as a relative living away. We cannot recommend highly enough Chelston and if we need to access care again, it will be first on the list.

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Review from Dee W (Daughter of Resident) published on 16 January 2025 Submitted via Postal Card
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Having visited several care homes in the area (all very good) a visit to Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens made to decision to choose it for my father, very easy. From first contact with the manager over the phone and the friendly welcome from every member of staff I met, everything felt right. Now, several months on, the care my father has been receiving is excellent, I can't speak too highly of the staff, nurses, care assistants, cleaning staff and admin all go above and beyond. To hear my previously independent father say he is happy here is all I can wish for.

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Review from J C (Husband of Resident) published on 11 November 2024 Submitted via Postal Card
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Wife has been a resident for two years with increasing dementia. Foreign care staff do not have the skill to approach residents with the happy, friendly style which residents miss from their past friends and family. Activities are generally suited to those who are mobile and with hand/eye co-ordination. Hard to find staff for long periods when they take their breaks together.

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Review from Amanda L (Daughter of Resident) published on 17 October 2024 Submitted via Postal Card
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Cannot thank Chelston Gardens' team enough for the wonderful care for my dad. Dad's dementia journey has not been straight forward, having lost his wife of 50 years recently as well as losing his home. He has experienced challenges which the team have managed, always trying to seek a solution. I feel content knowing dad is in the best place for him.

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Review from Lesley B (Daughter of Resident) published on 18 September 2024 Submitted via Postal Card
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All care staff are very friendly, hardworking and kind. The facilities in Chelston Gardens are excellent, and the rooms are always very clean and comfortable. My mother came to Chelston Gardens in May and has settled well. Nothing is ever too much trouble, and we are always made to feel welcome at visits, tea and coffee are always made available.

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Review from R H (Niece of Resident) published on 14 June 2024 Submitted via Postal Card
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My aunt has been in Chelston since Oct 2021. Her care has been excellent and I felt like all the staff genuinely cared for her, giving me peace of mind that I had definitely made the right choice. Two weeks ago she had a stroke from which she could not recover. The care and consideration shown to her and us, her family during her last days was second to none. Chelston is a wonderful home, with the most amazing and friendly staff, whom I cannot thank enough.

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Review from Susan W (Daughter of Resident) published on 27 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card
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My family would have no hesitation in recommending Chelston Gardens to anyone who needed dementia care.

All aspects of the home were excellent. The staff were all kind and caring. They all worked extremely hard to provide a clean/safe environment for the residents. The home tried hard to stimulate the residents through activities/musical entertainment and visiting animals.

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Review from Mary R (Sister of Resident) published on 8 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card
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My brother has been at Chelston Park since 2018 ad there has never been a moment when I have doubted that he gets excellent care. He, himself feels that it is now his home. Chelston Park is also very welcoming to friends and family members, this helps to promote the feeling of it being one big family.

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Review from Kay H (Daughter of Resident) published on 31 August 2022 Submitted via Postal Card
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The level of care and consideration for personal welfare exceeds the 'standard'. My mother is happy at Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens Care Home and wishes to remain there. Safeguarding measures arose and the staff professionally and quickly addressed them, involving partner agencies. This had led my mother to feel reassured and safe having been "listened to" which has always been her greatest wish. She now feels empowered to take control of matters arising and which affected her. I can only praise the care home management to the highest degree - thank you.

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Review from K B (Husband of Resident) published on 28 October 2020 Submitted via Postal Card
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From the initial contact, last year, up to the present time, the care and the financial advice has been excellent.

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Review from Michelle H (Daughter of Resident) published on 14 October 2020 Submitted via Postal Card
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Chelston Gardens is a very happy, friendly and welcoming care home. It's spotlessly clean at all times and the food is fantastic.

The staff are all great and it feels like an extended family. We feel my dad (who has dementia) is well cared for and very safe.

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Review from J R (Respite Resident) published on 28 July 2020 Submitted via Postal Card
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I moved in to be with my husband during lockdown. I like the house and gardens very much and most of the staff have been first-class. I wish my own mother could have come here.

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Review from S G (Wife of Resident) published on 20 January 2020 Submitted via Website
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My husband has been cared for here for some time.
The care is excellent and the staff are cheerful, kind, professional and maintain residents' dignity. Staff seem to be regularly updated with training in what is a very demanding sector of care work. Staff turnover is low.
Rooms are bright and decently sized.
Cleanliness: excellent and never a smell that shouldn't be there.
Food is varied and well-presented. It feels cooked with love!

Recent radio programmes recounting care-home horror stories underlined to me just how fortunate we are with Chelston.

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Review from H S (Daughter of Resident) published on 4 October 2019 Submitted via Postal Card
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During the 18 months my father was in your care he was treated with dignity and respect. The staff's friendly and professional manner included us as a family.
We have been impressed with the quality of care and believe this comes from good training and quality of leadership from the top.

The family are grateful for the kindness and humour shown to our father. We felt we could leave him safely in the care of your dedicated team for the last 18 months of his life. Thank you.

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Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 30 December 2017
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  • EffectiveGood
  • ResponsiveGood
  • SafeGood
  • Well-ledOutstanding
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Jo Girdler
Jo GirdlerJob Title:Care Director

The Care Director and Registered Manager at Chelston Park.

- B.Sc. (Hons) in Health and Social Care, Diploma in Community Health (D/N)
- Certificate in Cardio-Thoracic Nursing (ENB 249)

- Registered Nurse

Frequently Asked Questions about Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens

What types of Care is Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens registered for?

Older Person Care, Dementia are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.

How many Rooms does Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens have?

There are 76 Single Rooms and 5 Couples/Companion Rooms.

What are the Facilities & Services at Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens?

Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Smoking not permitted, Minibus or other transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Residents Kitchenette, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room, Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.

How far is Chelston Park & Chelston Gardens to the centre of Wellington?

1.1 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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