Border Cottage Care

Border Cottage Care is a home care agency based in Castleford, in the Wakefield council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Please see below all the areas we cover. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, sleeping nights, waking nights and 24-hour care. The agency has been registered since November 2013.

At its latest inspection, published August 2019, the CQC rated Border Cottage Care Good, which means the CQC found the service performing well and meeting its expectations. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Border Cottage Care has told us it charges £28.95 an hour for hourly visits, a figure reported to us by the agency, so treat it as a guide rather than a quote, in September 2026. Two visits a day of an hour each comes to about £405 a week. That is close to the typical hourly rate in Wakefield.

On how it works, the agency says: 30 minute visits. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 71 registered home care agencies in Wakefield. Others working the same area include Home Instead Castleford and Selby, Healing Hands Care and Caremark (Wakefield), 4 of which have a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.