Care home demand by town: North West
Every town we cover in North West, each a 5-mile care catchment. The figure on each card is beds per 100 residents aged 85+ (national 32.5); green means undersupplied. For the administrative view, see North West by local authority.
Accrington54.7
2,329 beds · 79 homes
Altrincham26.6
2,331 beds · 80 homes
Ashton-under-Lyne40.9
3,751 beds · 99 homes
Bacup37.8
694 beds · 29 homes
Barnoldswick32.8
395 beds · 11 homes
Barrow-in-Furness31.1
513 beds · 11 homes
Blackburn48.2
2,039 beds · 74 homes
Blackpool38.8
2,851 beds · 103 homes
Bolton31.3
2,409 beds · 74 homes
Bootle33
3,754 beds · 110 homes
Burnley46.9
1,643 beds · 52 homes
Bury33.4
2,252 beds · 67 homes
Carlisle29.5
761 beds · 19 homes
Carnforth15.5
142 beds · 5 homes
Cheadle32.2
4,021 beds · 104 homes
Chester39.7
1,378 beds · 31 homes
Chorley47.4
1,734 beds · 56 homes
Clitheroe37.7
555 beds · 17 homes
Cockermouth26.7
171 beds · 7 homes
Congleton26
497 beds · 13 homes
Crewe36.5
1,358 beds · 32 homes
Dalton-in-Furness34.1
722 beds · 17 homes
Darwen50.6
1,409 beds · 43 homes
Deeside8.7
249 beds · 7 homes
Egremont26.1
260 beds · 7 homes
Ellesmere Port39
1,241 beds · 42 homes
Frizington30.8
373 beds · 12 homes
Frodsham29.4
602 beds · 17 homes
Grange-Over-Sands31.6
281 beds · 10 homes
Heywood34.1
3,065 beds · 105 homes
Hyde33
2,687 beds · 68 homes
Kendal30.6
469 beds · 14 homes
Knutsford55.6
1,005 beds · 16 homes
Lancaster35.5
1,101 beds · 36 homes
Leigh33.5
1,775 beds · 45 homes
Leyland42.6
2,150 beds · 70 homes
Liverpool38.3
5,388 beds · 146 homes
Lymm37.1
1,485 beds · 41 homes
Lytham St Annes45.7
2,134 beds · 73 homes
Macclesfield37.9
975 beds · 25 homes
Manchester34.5
4,412 beds · 151 homes
Maryport35.8
285 beds · 15 homes
Middlewich31.3
770 beds · 19 homes
Millom38.8
142 beds · 4 homes
Morecambe36.1
1,109 beds · 38 homes
Nantwich42.5
1,209 beds · 26 homes
Nelson44.7
1,615 beds · 50 homes
Neston23.8
1,042 beds · 36 homes
Newton-le-Willows39.2
2,478 beds · 66 homes
Northwich34.1
865 beds · 22 homes
Oldham39.7
3,542 beds · 107 homes
Ormskirk34.9
900 beds · 21 homes
Penrith14.7
140 beds · 5 homes
Prescot33.4
3,423 beds · 91 homes
Preston45.3
2,054 beds · 65 homes
Rochdale38.6
2,126 beds · 79 homes
Rossendale54.5
1,350 beds · 39 homes
Runcorn31.8
1,182 beds · 36 homes
Sandbach41.5
1,206 beds · 28 homes
Skelmersdale32.5
1,233 beds · 32 homes
Southport51.9
2,264 beds · 73 homes
St Helens34.1
2,137 beds · 61 homes
Stockport32.7
4,102 beds · 101 homes
Tarporley18
132 beds · 3 homes
Thornton-Cleveleys34.5
1,988 beds · 71 homes
Ulverston26.4
249 beds · 7 homes
Wallasey37.4
4,037 beds · 119 homes
Warrington44.7
2,366 beds · 64 homes
Whitehaven31.7
387 beds · 13 homes
Widnes35.9
2,559 beds · 80 homes
Wigan35.6
1,972 beds · 50 homes
Wigton13.7
51 beds · 4 homes
Wilmslow40.6
2,921 beds · 56 homes
Winsford26.9
640 beds · 16 homes
Wirral36
3,401 beds · 106 homes
Workington39.7
442 beds · 18 homes
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Estimates from CQC HSCA Active Locations and ONS population + 2022-based projections under the Open Government Licence. For research and site screening. Updated July 2026.