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England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life

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Our care homes continue to welcome new residents safely wherever possible

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The 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

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Personally tailored residential care

24-hour personal and practical support provided by well-trained, caring staff

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Later life is for living

Helping people enjoy later life is our passion. It has been for more than 50 years. And today, we offer an impressive choice of housing, care homes and services at almost 1,700 locations across England.

Buy or rent from us and you’ll enjoy a secure and welcoming home from a not-for-profit organisation that puts you at the heart of everything we do, a home where you’ll love living in later life.
 

Our housing options

  • Retirement villages

    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.

  • Care homes

    Care homes

    With more than 50 years of experience, we are an established and trusted not-for-profit care home provider with more than 100 residential homes across the country.

  • Properties for sale

    Properties for sale

    Our leasehold retirement properties 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.

  • Properties for rent

    Properties for rent

    Our retirement properties for rent offer affordable housing options at more than 1,100 locations across the country, providing you with a wealth of choice.

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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

From life-size cutouts of the Queen to Jubilee themed newspaper sheets for fish and chips, residents and colleagues have started preparing for the Jubilee and getting into a celebratory mood.

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News from across Anchor

Colleagues unveil intriguing truffle flavours for in-house competition
23 Jun 2022

Colleagues unveil intriguing truffle flavours for in-house competition

Chefs and colleagues from several of our care homes went head-to-head in a truffle baking competition.

Mayflower Court concludes week of Jubilee celebrations
17 Jun 2022

Mayflower Court concludes week of Jubilee celebrations

Residents at Mayflower Court care home have enjoyed a week of celebrations in honour of the Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum.

Residents reminisce about Queen's coronation and celebrate Jubilee
17 Jun 2022

Residents reminisce about Queen's coronation and celebrate Jubilee

Residents at The Ridings care home shared their memories of the Queen’s Coronation at a special garden party, in honour of her Platinum Jubilee.

Residents share fond memories of Queen’s Coronation
13 Jun 2022

Residents share fond memories of Queen’s Coronation

Residents at Teal Beck House care home welcomed two very special visitors to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Sarah Jones to take over as new Anchor Chief Executive
7 Jun 2022

Sarah Jones to take over as new Anchor Chief Executive

Anchor Hanover Group (‘Anchor’) announces the appointment of Sarah Jones as Chief Executive from 1 August 2022.

Special guest opens gardens at Meadow Court
1 Jun 2022

Special guest opens gardens at Meadow Court

Meadow Court, a retirement community in Southampton, welcomed local MP Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC, and Cllr Simon Martin of Fareham Borough Council, to open the resident’s gardens this week.

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25 May 2022

Walking Football team completes mammoth trek across Great Britain

Our Walking Football group has completed a virtual tour from one end of Great Britain to the other to raise awareness of the importance of physical exercise for older people.

Residents put on their dancing shoes for special visit
19 May 2022

Residents put on their dancing shoes for special visit

This spring Berkeley Court care home in Leeds opened its doors to two dance artists.

Wellbeing 360 finalist for the ukactive Awards 2022
17 May 2022

Wellbeing 360 finalist for the ukactive Awards 2022

Our tailored Wellbeing 360 service has been selected as a finalist for the ukactive Awards 2022 in the Healthy Communities category.

Music4theMind
16 May 2022

Music4theMind

Our care homes launch dementia music therapy programme to support residents living with dementia and upskill carers in their understanding of the power of music.

Resident celebrates her 105th Birthday
12 May 2022

Resident celebrates her 105th Birthday

A St Neots care home resident is turning 105 on Friday 13 May.

Chef of the Year shares her award winning recipes
11 May 2022

Chef of the Year shares her award winning recipes

Verity Sims, the winner of last year's Chef of the Year competition, has published her award winning recipes and shares the inspiration behind her dishes.

How is your spring measuring up?
10 May 2022

How is your spring measuring up?

Our care homes are going head-to-head this spring to see who can grow the tallest sunflower. Learn top tips on how to grow the tallest sunflower and how you can get involved!

Walking 88 miles in aid of Stroke Association
6 May 2022

Walking 88 miles in aid of Stroke Association

A Lincolnshire resident and housing association scheme manager has helped raise £9,250 following an 88 mile walk all the way from Nottingham to Mablethorpe.

Resident fundraises thousands of pounds for Ukraine appeal
4 May 2022

Resident fundraises thousands of pounds for Ukraine appeal

A resident from Larchfield care home in Leeds has been widely praised for fundraising more than £2,000 for those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Local care home has a cracking time with spring chicks
3 May 2022

Local care home has a cracking time with spring chicks

Buckingham Lodge in Aylesbury has hatched eight chicks from eggs in the home.

Celebrating National Pet Day with Robbie – a cheeky Tom Jones loving budgie
11 Apr 2022

Celebrating National Pet Day with Robbie – a cheeky Tom Jones loving budgie

The Manor House is celebrating Robbie the pet budgerigar and his owner, in honour of National Pet Day on Monday 11 April.

Inspirational colleague wins prestigious award for her dedication to residents
5 Apr 2022

Inspirational colleague wins prestigious award for her dedication to residents

Keshia McDonald, a Team Leader at Harden Hall care home won the national Dementia Carer Award on Friday 18 March.

Our response to coronavirus

As England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing to older people, the safety and wellbeing of those living and working in our care homes and retirement communities has always been our priority. Find out about the latest updates and changes in response to advice from government and our regulators.

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The right home for you, now and into the future

We offer a wealth of purpose-built options for your next home, from affordable rented housing to spacious leasehold apartments and luxury retirement villages. Our retirement housing is all designed to offer you a sense of community, security, independence and peace of mind.

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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 retirement properties for rent 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

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

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?

  • Not-for-profit

    Not-for-profit

    First and foremost Anchor is a not-for-profit charitable organisation. Find out more about how we reinvest the money we make into our properties and our values as an organisation.

  • Building on relationships

    Building on relationships

    At Anchor we work hard to get to know the people living with us, build relationships and ensure the service we provide is the one that people want.

  • Meeting your changing needs

    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.

  • Anchor on Call emergency care

    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.

  • Diversity and Inclusion

    Diversity and Inclusion

    Anchor ensures that dignity, equality and justice are central to the way we work, and that the distinctive, diverse and unique contributions of our employees and customers are valued.

  • Be Well resident wellbeing services

    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.

  • Pet friendly

    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.

  • Language support service

    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.

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New retirement property developments

Our ambitious and innovative growth strategy demonstrates our commitment to meeting the changing needs and aspirations of older people. Find out about our development programme to deliver hundreds of new homes.

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