England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life
Own your perfect retirement home
Beautiful new homes designed to meet the changing needs and aspirations of the next generation of older people
Find out moreWhen it comes to choosing a care home you can trust us
Your loved ones are our loved ones
Find out moreThe right home for you, now and into the future
Buy or rent from us and you’ll find a home where you’ll love living in later life
Find out morePersonally tailored residential care
24-hour personal and practical support provided by well-trained, caring staff
Find out moreOur housing options
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Properties for sale
Our retirement properties for sale offer you the opportunity to own your perfect home with peace of mind that maintenance of the building and grounds will be taken care of.
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Care homes
With more than 60 years of experience, we are an established and trusted not-for-profit care home provider with more than 120 residential homes across the country.
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Properties to rent
Our properties to rent offer affordable housing options at more than 1100 locations across the country, providing you with a wealth of choice.
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Retirement villages
Anchor retirement villages offer a range of luxury retirement properties and state-of-the-art leisure facilities set in the beautiful surroundings of a rural village development.
News from across Anchor

Own your perfect home
Anchor's retirement properties for sale offer you the opportunity to buy a home that is right for you. Ranging from quiet cul-de-sacs to award-winning luxury estates, each Anchor retirement development is unique; however all share the same high standard of construction, responsive management and total commitment to quality customer service.
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Affordable housing options
Our properties to rent for overs 55s offer affordable housing options at more than 1,100 locations across the country and provide you with a wealth of choice. Our rental properties include purpose-built and well maintained studio flats, one, two or three-bedroom properties as well as bungalows.
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Personally tailored residential care
Anchor care homes offer personally tailored residential care in warm, safe and friendly surroundings. Our 24-hour personal and practical support is provided by well-trained, caring staff and is designed to ensure you continue to enjoy maximum independence as well as peace of mind, knowing that help is always at hand.
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Specialist dementia care
We recognise a person living with dementia is, first and foremost, a person – unique and with a rich history of experiences, abilities, skills, knowledge, preferences, desires and personality. Our care homes respond to the individual and support what they can do with a personalised care plan, always looking for opportunities to build on their strengths and abilities.
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Why Anchor?
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Meeting your changing needs
Anchor understands the challenges we all face as we get older. As a valued customer you can be assured that should your needs change in future we will be on hand to offer you help and advice.
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Anchor on Call emergency care
At Anchor we understand that your peace of mind is paramount, Anchor on Call is our emergency call service monitored 24-hours a day.
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Be Well resident wellbeing services
Find out about our range of resident wellbeing services supporting residents to stay active, healthy and feel part of your retirement communities.
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Pet friendly
At Anchor we recognise that pets provide companionship, comfort and love, and therefore have a ‘pet friendly’ policy that covers all of our rented retirement housing and care homes.
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Language support service
Anchor utilizes the skills of our diverse workforce to provide a language support service to help improve communication with our customers who don’t speak English as a first language.