Residential Care Home Wickford, Essex - The Laurels Care Home

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Real Care

Feels Like Home

Welcome to The Laurels, delivering high quality private residential and respite care in the heart of Essex

Find Your New

Home-from-Home

A comfortable, safe environment offering the care you need to make your stay an enjoyable one.

Quality Care

in The Heart of Essex

Offering quality private residential and respite care for the elderly and people with dementia

Welcome to Our Summer 2026

Open Day

We are happy to announce that The Laurels Care Home is having an open house event for people who may be looking for long term residential care, or short term respite care for elderly and infirm relatives in the Essex and Basildon area.

Our doors will be open to welcome new resident enquiries from 10:00am until 4:00pm on Saturday 29th August 2026. There is no need to make a prior appointment to view the care home, and same-day assessment will be available if required. For more information please call us on 01268 764 105, or click to make and enquiry. We look forward to seeing you.

The Laurels review score based upon verified client reviews.

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"My wife has received excellent care since being here. Nothing has been too much trouble. She has settled down very well. Would not want her to be anywhere else."
Chris W (Husband of Resident) 22.10.2024
"The staff at The Laurels are amazing! They always go above and beyond. Cannot recommend it highly enough. A home from home for my loved one."
J C (Daughter of Resident) 18.10.2024
"I would recommend The Laurels very highly and I feel like it is a second home to Mum."
B G (Daughter of Resident) 08.11.2024
"Their care has adapted to her new circumstances with ease. I'm so pleased that they can be relied on and thankful that I need not worry about her."
G (Daughter of Resident) 18.10.2024
"My mum has been in the Laurels for a year now, my mum could not walk when she first arrived, now she is walking around, talking to residents..."
B G (Daughter) 24.09.2025
"Excellent care home, staff really know the residents and tailor care to suit the individual...."
B (Daughter) 09.06.2026

Residential Care Home Wickford—offering high quality private care for the elderly in the heart of Essex.

Located approximately 30 miles east of London within the Borough of Basildon, The Laurels Residential Care Home Wickford offers a high standard of private accommodation for residential and respite care for the elderly, and people with dementia.

Upon arrival at the home, we hope that you immediately sense that The Laurels is a happy, comfortable and a safe environment, and that we will do everything possible to make your stay an enjoyable one.

Our facilities include…

31 single bedrooms – 27 with en-suite
TV lounge and Dining room
In-house commercial laundry
Regular organised entertainment

Passenger lift
Weekly and seasonal menus
Visiting hairdresser, chiropodist
Specialist lifting and bathing equipment

Our philosophy of care

At The Laurels residential care home Wickford, we believe compassionate care requires building on our employees skills through teamwork, transparency and shared experiences, where we all strive together for the best outcomes to provide a standard of excellence, which embraces fundamental principles of good practice.

Our Residents have given to Society and paid their dues – in return we believe it’s our duty to place them at the centre of all we do, caring for them with dignity and respect; a hallmark of the The Laurels philosophy.

For more information, or if you would like to make an enquiry please call our Home Manager Fiona Crickmore on 01268 764 105, or use the contact form below to get in touch, we look forward to hearing from you.

Residential Care Home Wickford — Real care feels like home

Our Reports & Reviews

In such a competitive market, finding suitable accommodation for the specific needs of your loved ones can be difficult. Many care homes offer comparable level of staffing, quality of facilities, and convenient locations, but your final choice should alway be based on who you can trust. At the Laurels residential care home Wickford, you can be confident in the quality of care we provide from number of positive reviews we’ve received, and the score awarded by the UK healthcare regulatory bodies.