
Always friendly staff who are eager to help. My mother is happy here, therefore I am very happy.Christine C(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

The centre is clearly being well managed, creating a comfortable and relaxed environmentJulia P(Daughter-in-law of Resident/Service User)

Residents are treated extremely well with trips and outings and good entertainmentJon H(Son of Resident/Service User)

Always friendly staff who are eager to help. My mother is happy here, therefore I am very happy.Christine C(Daughter of Resident/Service User)

The centre is clearly being well managed, creating a comfortable and relaxed environmentJulia P(Daughter-in-law of Resident/Service User)

Residents are treated extremely well with trips and outings and good entertainmentJon H(Son of Resident/Service User)

Harbour Care Centre, nestled in the coastal town of Portishead, offers a comprehensive range of personalised care services including residential care, nursing care, and dementia care. The centre provides a supportive and stimulating environment for up to 108 residents. Harbour offers a unique and affordable alternative to Bristol care homes being just a 30 minute drive from the centre of Bristol.
A key feature is the separate specialist dementia care...
Care Provided by Harbour Care Centre
Primary Care Categories
- Older Person Care
- Dementia
- Mental Health Condition
- Physical Disability
- Eating Disorders
- Younger Adults
Length of Stay
- Permanent Care
- Respite Care
Care Types Provided
- Residential Care
- Nursing Care
- Dementia Residential Care
- Dementia Nursing Care
- For a maximum of 108 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
- Advanced/Complex Dementia
Other Care Provided
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- COPD/Pulmonary Disease
- Convalescent Care
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Day Care
Facilities
- Own Furniture if required
- Pet Friendly (or by arrangement)
- Smoking not permitted
- Close to Local shops
- Near Public 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
Fees are based on a needs assessment of the individual coming into the Home.
* For a Premium Room add £50 to the above prices.
**The above prices are based on Direct Debit billing. Any other method of payment will attract a further 2% administration charge.
***Prices are subject to change to reflect a change in your individual care needs and dependency level. We will provide 28 days advance notice of any price change due to a change in your care needs.
****Prices are also subject to annual uplifts to reflect rising cost of care; e.g. staffing, food, utilities etc... We will always provide 28 days’ notice in advance of any price change due to rising costs.
The price(s) shown are provided by the care home. Contact Harbour Care Centre for full pricing details and T&Cs.
Contact Harbour Care Centre 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
Group / Owner
- Hudson Healthcare
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Wayne Price (Home Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services
Admission Information
- Ages 50+
Care Home Design/Build
- Purpose Built: Yes
- Last Refurbishment: 2023
- Number of floors: 3
Room Information
- Single Rooms (108)
- Single Rooms with ensuite Wet Room (108)
Parking
- Own car park.
Harbour Care Centre Reviews (113)
Harbour Care Centre has a Review Score of 9.5 (9.510) out of 10, based on 19 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Harbour Care Centre has 113 reviews.
Our parents were welcomed into Harbour Care Centre, a well facilitated home with a caring and friendly atmosphere. They share a double bedroom which allows them to stay together, both recieving the care they require. The area is light, spacious and nicely decorated with a well managed team providing dedicated and experienced care, adjusted to each resident's needs. A robust week of activities, or a chat in the lounge with a cup of tea, good meal selection plus in-house hairdressing. The unit manager strikes the right balance of compassion and professionalism with regular updates when necessary. This provides us, as a family, the reassurance of excellent on-going care!
My Mother in Law has been here for just over eighteen months now! It's been a very good decision as the care she has received has been amazing! We have got to know most of the staff by name and absolutely adore them all!! She is very content, and her room is modern and comfortable!
We are glad to hear that your mother has settled in so well.
The staff, who are all wonderful treat her as an individual and respect her personal requirements, always happy and professional they are very quick to respond with any health changes. Mum chooses not to participate in activities but a lot is provided and I see a lot of residents enjoying activities and the entertainment the hard working entertainment lady provided.
Thank you, yes our care team are quick to respond to resident needs and enjoy companionable relations with most of our residents.
The care given to my mum has been excellent, she continues to be very happy since arrival at the end of last year. All the staff are careful and considerate and keep us informed of any issues. We are very pleased to have my mum so well cared for.
Thanks for your feedback, the care team will be notified of your positive comments.
Room 5/5 very satisfactory, good storage, interesting view. Dining room is good, but the meals are not very similar to the menu picture. Ground floor and entrance not very inviting. Nobody always on reception, making it not very welcoming. Staff all helpful and caring.
Thanks for your feedback. We are close to redecorating the ground floor and reception. Work should start soon on this. We have also had one of our receptionists leave and have struggled to replace her with a suitable candidate but we are interviewing people now.
Mum has settled in very well, and we feel supported and involved.
Its great to hear that you feel involved, we are a community that works hard to get everyone involved. Great to hear that yoru Mum is supported and enjoying hereself.
My father stayed at Harbour care home for respite, for 2 weeks. But because he was so much happier there I decided to keep him there. It has been so nice to see him happy again.
That is wonderful to hear. People staying at Harbour for respite tend to come back to us again and again. For some people it is the perfect lifestyle choice for them. Many eventualy make the move permanent having made friends and got familiar with all our carers and nurses.
Dad has been here for almost 2 years. The care he has received has been excellent. The staff are kind and considerate and have always been there when he has needed them. It is a well-managed nursing home. The rooms are great, and the community spaces are bright, clean, light and airy. Overall, an excellent nursing home.
Thank you taking the time to leave us your feedback. It is always nice to hear from family members feeling like their loved one is well cared for and is being looked after with compassion. Thank you again for your kind words.
Dad has been a resident since 2023. The care he has received has been exceptional and has greatly contributed to his continued health. All staff are approachable, caring and available to chat when family members visit. Although Dad has limited communication, his reactions when staff interact with him are clearly ones of pleasure and appreciation. As a family, we are all grateful for the fabulous care taken of Dad. Activities provided daily for the residents are varied, engaging and fun. Dad especially loves it when the rabbits come to visit!
The care team will be glad with these statements. The bond between carer and residents is so important and we work really hard to get that right.
We can't thank you enough for the excellent care shown to Lorna.
We would highly recommend this care home. The activities are well planned and second to none.
Cath & Colin.
Thank you for your kind comments, we really do apricate you taking the time to leave us such a positive review.
Excellent care and support.
Thank you Giles for you kind review, we really appreciate it, It lovely to have you Mum with us, It was 6 years ago yesterday that she joined us(04/12/2025) is is currently joint longest stay here at Harbour.
His fluctuating needs are always met with compassionate care, and he is always treated with dignity and respect. It is really nice to see friendly faces as his health has deteriorated, and it is good to know that he can stay in the same room regardless of his needs. He is much happier having continuity in his care, as am I. It is a lovely home with lots of lovely staff.
Thank you for you lovely review Marie, Its been our pleasure to get to know you Dad David over the last 2 years. It's always easy to care for lovely people.
Excellent. A very good service & very good staff.
More than satisfied with the care my wife is receiving. All the staff are very caring and deserve much praise.
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review Gratton. We are very happy to hear you can feel at ease with your lovely wife in our care.
Good to see the manager's door is always open and acknowledges you as you enter, along with the reception staff. I feel that it has been light on staffing in the mornings, getting everybody washed and dressed on occasion. Garden areas are excellent, and meals and outside activities are fantastic and well organised.
Thanks Malcolm. Yes our manager's door is indeed always open so he can greet each and every visitor. Our garden has been turned around last year with children's swings and a slide, with additional garden furniture added and of course our beloved bunnies who call our front garden home. Its now a vibrant place when the weather allows. We get out into it at every available opportunity.
My partner spent the last few weeks of her life at Harbour Care being looked after with gentle respect. She had suffered from Dementia for quite a while, and because of additional medical problems that arose, she had spent periods in Hospital and two other Care Homes in the previous 8 months. No other facility had been able to make myself and her family confident that she was getting the best available care. Every member of staff that we met at Harbour Care, nursing, housekeeping and even the maintenance team were caring kind and considerate, not just to my partner but to us all, her visitors. It was a sad and difficult time for us, but we can look back on it with confidence that my she was made as comfortable as possible by people who knew how to do it and did it with compassion. Thankyou.
Mum has been in Harbour Care Centre since Jan 24. She has settled in really well, helped by bringing her own bed, bedding and personal items. The staff have been kind and helpful on all occasions, meeting mum's needs as her dementia worsens. There is entertainment and activities daily and where possible they are outside the home. All the family who visit mum have been impressed with the care and activities.
The first few weeks were a challenge but all of the staff were all very professional, caring and engaged with the residents very positively. I have been amazed that they have been able to get her to settle to the degree she has.
When you first discover the cost of care it seems like (and is) a lot of money but I can see now why this is the case.
Since arriving, she is in better health and happier than I have seen her in some time. Thank you to all of the team at Harbour Care.
Thank you for your kind review of our staff and services at our Harbour Care Centre. I'll ensure that your kind words are shared with all staff members.
Dad has been at Harbour Care Centres since August. It has been very difficult for us as a family to witness his progression of Alzheimer's. However, dad seems to have settled into Harbour Care really well and is content. The staff are all lovely and do a really good job of supervising dad. Whenever we visit, we are made to feel welcome and always offered a tea or coffee. Dad's room is always clean and tidy. The communal lounge looks lovely with all the Christmas decorations. We are really pleased with the care that dad is receiving.
Thank you for your kind review of our staff and services at Harbour Care Centre. We are glad that you are pleased with everything.
Special thanks to one member of staff in particular - you sort him out!
Amazing Care Home.
Many thanks for your kind review of our staff and services at Harbour Care Centre. We pride ourselves on delivering person-centred specific care to all our residents and we are so pleased when this gets recognised in a review.
Regulatory Rating
Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating
Date: 26 January 2023Good
- 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
7 Bed Vacancies
Posted: 20 August 2026New floor opened up with residential and nursing beds available.
News (2) & Events (0)
- 23 Oct 2025
At Harbour Care Centre, there’s always something going on — and it’s never a one-size-fits-all approach. The activities team works hard to make sure everyone’s day is filled with things...
- 15 Oct 2025
Residents from Harbour Care Centre have been enjoying some fantastic trips out and about around Portishead, getting great exercise and having fun together. Whether its a brisk stroll around the...
There are no upcoming events for Harbour Care Centre.
Awards / Recognitions (0)
There are currently no awards/recognitions posted yet for Harbour Care Centre.
Accreditations
There are no accreditations posted yet for Harbour Care Centre.
Meet the Team (2)

Wayne Price is the Manager of Harbour Care Centre in Portishead, near Bristol. Originally from Bedminster in Bristol, he has devoted most of his professional life to caring for the elderly. Price studied nursing at the University of the West of England in Bristol, qualifying around 2007, though his experience caring for others began at age 17 while looking after his mother, who had motor neuron disease.
His early career included working at several local NHS hospitals, starting as a staff nurse at Bristol General Hospital and eventually becoming a clinical services manager there. He also worked at South Bristol Community Hospital and the Bristol Royal Infirmary, focusing on elderly care and stroke rehabilitation.
After a back injury required him to leave 12-hour nursing shifts, he moved into care home management. His first role as a home manager was at Amarine Graves in Bristol. Before joining Harbour, he managed Pawnsme in North Somerset for Haven Care Homes. Price took a six-month break during the COVID-19 lockdown to adopt his three children.
Wayne joined Harbour Care Centre and oversaw a major transformation. When he arrived, the home had only 18 residents and lacked nurses, but under his leadership, nursing services were reinstated, two additional floors were opened, and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating moved from 'needs improvement' to 'good in all areas'. Price prioritizes a management style based on openness and delegation. He defines a good care home as being full of "fun," ensuring residents are "living" and engaging in their community.

Renata serves as the Deputy Manager at Harbour Care Centre. She has worked in the UK for almost 20 years and previously worked for another company for 13 years. She joined Harbour three or four years ago, about a year after Manager Wayne Price arrived, having known him from previous work.
Renata highly values the atmosphere at Harbour, she expalins "people here are warm, kind, and always smiling, which makes the home feel like family." She champions the use of consistent staff, she rarely utilises agency workers, as staff live on-site, which ensures quality and continuity within the home. There is little staff turnover, because everyone is happy at Harbour Care Centre and that filters down to the residents who form companionable bonds with staff.
As a nurse, she encourages her team—which includes many carers who are highly qualified nurses from overseas—to communicate openly and advises staff to "just treat our residents how you would like to be treat". She recalls a lady who arrived requiring nursing care and expected to be requiring end-of-life care but began walking (first with a zimmer, then without) after 3–4 months of attention and proper feeding. She promotes social engagement, noting that staff often organise their own activities, and dance and sing along with residents.
Renata finds it deeply rewarding when families express profound appreciation for the compassionate care provided and we are lucky to have her.
Frequently Asked Questions about Harbour Care Centre
What types of Care is Harbour Care Centre registered for?
Older Person Care, Dementia, Mental Health Condition, Physical Disability, Eating Disorders, Younger Adults are the registered (by the Care Quality Commission) categories of Care.
How many Rooms does Harbour Care Centre have?
There are 108 Single Rooms.
What are the Facilities & Services at Harbour Care Centre?
Own Furniture if required, Pet Friendly (or by arrangement), Smoking not permitted, Close to Local shops, Near Public Transport, Lift, Wheelchair Access, Gardens, Bar/Café, Residents Kitchenette, Phone Point in own room, Television point in own room, Residents Internet Access are some of the Facilities & Services.
How far is Harbour Care Centre to the centre of Bristol?
7.5 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.
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