How We Help

A full range of care

The Royal Alfred was set up primarily as a charity for seafarers, offering them accommodation and nursing support.

We have built on our expertise over the years, adapting with changing times and what our residents most need from us. Today we offer a full range of nursing care, dementia care, residential care, and sheltered flats. We also now offer more specialised dementia care, following completion of our new annexe in July 2011.

We pride ourselves on offering seafarers a safe haven, particularly in old age, illness or adversity, but we feel the same about anyone facing the same challenges and seeking somewhere they can live peacefully and comfortably, with as much or as little practical help from us as they require. Non-seafarers are welcome and respite care is also available.

Family Feel

The unique environment of care and support, and the seafaring ‘family feel’ we create at the home, really becomes clear when you visit the Royal Alfred for yourself: we even have a bar, important for mariners but unusual for care homes! For a guided tour of the home and grounds, please call us now on 01737 353763, email us, or complete our Online Enquiry Form.

Alternatively, please take our online Virtual Tour.

Read on for more information on the Weston Acres estate and Belvedere House; Support for Seafarers; Respite Care and our New Specialised Dementia Care Unit.