1 & 2 Flax Cottages, Choppington

Requires improvement
Address 1 & 2 Flax Cottages,Fernlea Drive, Scotland Gate,Choppington, NE62 5SR
Phone 1670530247
Beds 9
Type Care home without nursing
Provider Lifeways Community Care Limited

CQC Inspection Breakdown

Safe Requires improvement
Effective Good
Caring Requires improvement
Responsive Requires improvement
Well-led Requires improvement

Specialisms

Caring for adults under 65 yrsLearning disabilitiesCaring for adults over 65 yrsPhysical disabilities

About 1 & 2 Flax Cottages

Situated in the NE62 postcode district of Choppington, Northumberland, 1 & 2 Flax Cottages operates as a residential care home. The home is operated by Lifeways Community Care Limited and has capacity for 9 residents. Following their latest inspection on 29/09/2025, the Care Quality Commission rated 1 & 2 Flax Cottages as Requires improvement. Across the five inspection categories, the home scored Good for Effective; Requires Improvement for Safe and Caring and Responsive and Well-led. The home caters to a range of needs, including caring for adults under 65 yrs, learning disabilities, caring for adults over 65 yrs and physical disabilities. The service supports learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, older people, physical disability, younger adults. The NE62 postcode area has 3 registered care homes with a combined 110 beds.

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Data from the Care Quality Commission, last updated 2026-03-13. View on CQC website