The Orchard Nursing Home

The Orchard Nursing Home The Orchard offers high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care in a calm, welcoming setting.

Located in a peaceful residential area, our purpose-built home features modern interiors, landscaped gardens, and a range of comfortable spaces. As you step inside there's clean, bright, fresh spaces, and flowers everywhere. We have comfortable lounges, an activity room, hair salon and brand-new bistro full of homemade cakes and freshly brewed coffee. Explore quiet nooks with comfy armchairs, classic novels and books on the shelves. To keep the mind sharp you'll find board games, cards and puzzles. A well-stocked arts and crafts room is the perfect space to spread out and create. We have a wonderful display of photos, drawings, and art for our residents and visitors to enjoy. New residents benefit from a personalised wellbeing plan during their initial 14 days. If you're a little unsure of what type of care is needed, we're happy to help with the details.

Big thanks to our amazing Wellbeing Team for creating this beautiful Christmas balloon arch! 🎄🎈It was made even more spe...
28/12/2025

Big thanks to our amazing Wellbeing Team for creating this beautiful Christmas balloon arch! 🎄🎈
It was made even more special with resident Jean lending a hand and helping bring it all together, adding warmth, creativity, and festive cheer to the process. Moments like these truly capture the joy of shared experiences and community at Christmas. ✨💙

Christmas magic filled the home as Father Christmas made a special visit! 🎅🎄Our very own Father Christmas (home manager ...
27/12/2025

Christmas magic filled the home as Father Christmas made a special visit! 🎅🎄
Our very own Father Christmas (home manager Dumitru) travelled around with his sleigh, delivering Christmas presents to our residents while festive music was booming from his sleigh. The smiles, laughter, and sooooo many happy faces said it all — pure festive joy and heart-warming moments shared by everyone. ✨🎁💙

Our residents had an absolute blast at the Silent Disco! 🎧✨With Christmas music filling their headphones, everyone was s...
27/12/2025

Our residents had an absolute blast at the Silent Disco! 🎧✨
With Christmas music filling their headphones, everyone was singing along to festive favorites, showing off their dance moves, and soaking up the holiday spirit. The room was full of smiles, laughter, and joyful energy—proof that you don’t need loud music to have a wonderfully merry time! 🎄💃🕺💙

We were delighted to recently get involved in the St Albans and District Foodbank reverse calendar in the lead up to Chr...
22/12/2025

We were delighted to recently get involved in the St Albans and District Foodbank reverse calendar in the lead up to Christmas.

Our Customer Relations Manager personally dropped off all the generous donated items and spent some time commenter f on the day.

Rod our head chef made some fresh baked pastries, which were warmly received and very much appreciated.

We would like to thank everyone who has helped donate towards the food bank this year.

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🎶🎹 Musical Afternoon with Malcolm 🎹🎶We were delighted to welcome entertainer Malcolm, who treated our residents to a won...
21/12/2025

🎶🎹 Musical Afternoon with Malcolm 🎹🎶
We were delighted to welcome entertainer Malcolm, who treated our residents to a wonderful afternoon of live music. He sang and played the piano, performing a mix of much-loved old sing-along songs as well as festive Christmas songs and carols. There was plenty of singing along, smiles, and Christmas cheer all round — a truly enjoyable time for everyone!

🎄✨ Christmas Carols & Kindness ✨🎄We were delighted to welcome Maggy and Peter from the Anna Chaplaincy, who joined us fo...
21/12/2025

🎄✨ Christmas Carols & Kindness ✨🎄
We were delighted to welcome Maggy and Peter from the Anna Chaplaincy, who joined us for a lovely, informal Christmas carol service. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed singing along and sharing such a warm and meaningful moment together. To make the visit even more special, they also handed out beautiful handmade gifts to our residents.

These gifts are part of the “Sending Love to Care Homes” project, and we want to say a fantastically huge thank you to everyone involved. Thanks to the kindness and hard work of so many wonderful people, over 1,300 stockings and booties were lovingly made and donated to local care homes. What an incredible achievement!

With heartfelt thanks to all the local churches, community groups, knitters, helpers, and supporters who made this possible — including special thanks to Hilary at Kraft Stationery and the St Albans Brownie packs who helped decorate the booties. These gifts have truly brought smiles and festive joy to our residents. Thank you all — you are amazing ❤️

🎄🎶 Orchards Choir in Full Voice 🎶🎄Our Orchards Choir (made up of our wonderful residents, family and staff) had an amazi...
20/12/2025

🎄🎶 Orchards Choir in Full Voice 🎶🎄
Our Orchards Choir (made up of our wonderful residents, family and staff) had an amazing time singing their favourite Christmas carols. The room was filled with festive cheer, smiles, and (some ☺️) beautiful voices. A special mention to Dennis, our Residents’ Ambassador, who did a fantastic job conducting and leading everyone along. A truly heart-warming and joyful celebration of the season!

☕🍰 Gentlemen’s Day Out 🍰☕The men enjoyed a lovely trip to St Albans Abbey, just as they requested. They spent a relaxing...
20/12/2025

☕🍰 Gentlemen’s Day Out 🍰☕
The men enjoyed a lovely trip to St Albans Abbey, just as they requested. They spent a relaxing time taking in the beautiful surroundings and enjoyed a well-deserved cup of tea and cake together. A wonderful day filled with good company and great conversation.

A special visit to Mix 96.2 📻Our Customer Relations Manager, Natalie recently took Dennis to our local St Albans radio s...
18/12/2025

A special visit to Mix 96.2 📻

Our Customer Relations Manager, Natalie recently took Dennis to our local St Albans radio station, Mix 96.2, where he shared his journey into care, life at The Orchard, and what it means to be our valued resident ambassador.

Dennis did an outstanding job. The conversation was meaningful, engaging and full of smiles as he chatted openly with Steve, the host. 💙

At the end Natalie took the opportunity to thank all the hard working and dedicated staff at The Orchard.

We will be sharing a full story soon, so keep your eyes peeled in the New Year 💫

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🎺🎶 A Fantastic Musical Visit from Beumont School 🎶🎺We were delighted to welcome students from Beumont School, who treate...
17/12/2025

🎺🎶 A Fantastic Musical Visit from Beumont School 🎶🎺

We were delighted to welcome students from Beumont School, who treated our residents to a wonderful performance with their brass band! The music filled the home with energy and joy, and it was lovely to see so many residents tapping along, smiling, and enjoying the live performance. ✨

A huge thank you to the talented students and staff at Beumont School for taking the time to visit and share their music with us. It was a truly uplifting experience and very much appreciated by everyone! 🎶❤️

🐾❤️ A Much-Loved Visitor Returns! ❤️🐾We were thrilled to welcome back Darcy, our wonderful Pets as Therapy dog, for anot...
16/12/2025

🐾❤️ A Much-Loved Visitor Returns! ❤️🐾

We were thrilled to welcome back Darcy, our wonderful Pets as Therapy dog, for another visit to the home! Darcy is always a firm favourite with residents and staff alike, and her visit brought plenty of smiles, cuddles, and happiness. 🐶✨

Everyone loves seeing Darcy come through the door — her gentle nature and wagging tail never fail to lift spirits and brighten the day. We’re already looking forward to her next visit!

Thank you, Darcy, for spreading so much joy — you are always welcome here! 🐾💖

🎶🌟 A Heart-Warming Visit from Cunningham Hill School 🌟🎶We were absolutely delighted to welcome Cunningham Hill School to...
16/12/2025

🎶🌟 A Heart-Warming Visit from Cunningham Hill School 🌟🎶

We were absolutely delighted to welcome Cunningham Hill School today, as 120 wonderful children came to spread some festive cheer! The children sang beautiful Christmas carols in our garden while our residents enjoyed watching and listening from their windows. 🎄❤️

The garden was filled with music, smiles, and the true spirit of Christmas. It was such a touching moment to see the joy on our residents’ faces as they listened along and waved to the children below.

A huge thank you to all the pupils and staff at Cunningham Hill School for such a thoughtful and uplifting visit — it truly brightened everyone’s day! ✨🎶

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129-135 Camp Road
Saint Albans
AL15HL

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+448082235544

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