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Care homes in Dumfries & Galloway
31 care homes in Dumfries & Galloway, run by 22 providers. Of the 30 with Care Inspectorate grades, 19 (63%) have no area graded below Good.
Registered services
31
run by 22 providers
Average grade
4.1 / 6
Scotland: 4.3. The mean of each service's key-question grades.
Graded in the last 12 months
74%
23 of 31. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.
Care home occupancy
93%
of adult care home places occupied, March 2025 (Public Health Scotland).
How care homes in Dumfries & Galloway are graded
Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 30 of 31 have published grades; the rest have not been graded yet.
- Excellent (6) 0
- Very good (5) 3
- Good (4) 16
- Adequate (3) 10
- Weak (2) 1
- Unsatisfactory (1) 0
Care homes in Dumfries & Galloway
| Service | Town | Lowest grade | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allanbank Care Home | DUMFRIES | 5 Very good | Mar 2026 |
| Dunmuir Park Respite Unit | Castle Douglas | 5 Very good | Oct 2025 |
| Mannering Avenue | Dumfries | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Abbey Gardens Nursing Home | Dumfries | 4 Good | Aug 2025 |
| Alma McFadyen | Dalbeattie | 4 Good | Sep 2026 |
| Atkinson Road Respite | Dumfries | 4 Good | Jun 2026 |
| Barlochan House Care Home | Castle Douglas | 4 Good | Jun 2026 |
| Burnfoot Coach House | Lockerbie | 4 Good | Mar 2026 |
| Claremont House | Dumfries | 4 Good | Sep 2026 |
| Cumloden Manor Nursing Home | Newton Stewart | 4 Good | Dec 2025 |
| Dryfemount Care Home | Lockerbie | 4 Good | Mar 2026 |
| Fleet Valley Care Home | Gatehouse of Fleet | 4 Good | Jul 2025 |
| Lochduhar | Dumfries | 4 Good | Feb 2026 |
| Lydiafield Care Home | Annan | 4 Good | Dec 2025 |
| Merse House | KIRKCUDBRIGHT | 4 Good | Jun 2026 |
| Notwen House | Lockerbie | 4 Good | May 2026 |
| Senwick House | Kirkcudbright | 4 Good | Aug 2026 |
| Thorney Croft | STRANRAER | 4 Good | Sep 2026 |
| Trinity House | Lockerbie | 4 Good | Mar 2026 |
| Annan Court | Annan | 3 Adequate | Jul 2026 |
| Bankfoot House | Moffat | 3 Adequate | Sep 2026 |
| Belmont Care Centre | Stranraer | 3 Adequate | Jun 2025 |
| Carlingwark House | CASTLE DOUGLAS | 3 Adequate | Sep 2026 |
| Charnwood Lodge | DUMFRIES | 3 Adequate | Jun 2026 |
| Cornwall Park | NEWTON STEWART | 3 Adequate | Jan 2026 |
| Goldielea Care Home | Dumfries | 3 Adequate | Aug 2026 |
| Munches Park House | DALBEATTIE | 3 Adequate | Jun 2025 |
| West View (Monreith) Ltd | Newton Stewart | 3 Adequate | Oct 2025 |
| Westfield | Lockerbie | 3 Adequate | Sep 2025 |
| Queensberry Care Home | Sanquhar | 2 Weak | Jul 2026 |
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Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.
Where care homes are in Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfries 8 Lockerbie 5 Castle Douglas 3 Newton Stewart 3 Annan 2 Dalbeattie 2 KIRKCUDBRIGHT 2 Stranraer 2 Gatehouse of Fleet 1 Moffat 1 Sanquhar 1 Thornhill 1
The wider picture in Dumfries & Galloway
- 103 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
- 20,677 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 24,688 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
- 39% of registered care services reported staff vacancies at 31 December 2024 (SSSC and Care Inspectorate; all types of service).
Common questions
How many care homes are there in Dumfries & Galloway?
There are 31 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.
How are care homes in Dumfries & Galloway graded?
The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 30 of these have published grades. For 19 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 1 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.
How recently have they been inspected?
23 of the 31 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.
How do I choose one?
Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.
Other care in Dumfries & Galloway
Nurseries and day care for children 83 Childminders 63 Care at home services 44 Housing support services 35 Care homes 31 All care in Dumfries & Galloway
Source: Care Inspectorate open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as at 30 September 2026. Grades are never changed or estimated here. This is not a recommendation or care advice: see how to use this site and about the data.