Lightwood Road

Type of property

Lightwood Road is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house where people are supported to lead active, independent lives. The property has a kitchen, lounge area, dining room and laundry room. There are two toilets and two shared bathrooms - one with a shower and a bath, the other with a shower. There is also an accessible garden with a patio. Assistive technology is fitted throughout to give you peace of mind. This includes an intercom, an Assi Tech Pager System and a nurse alarm call system.

Valued in your community

At Lightwood Road, people like to be a part of the local community. We are fortunate to be located within walking distance of vibrant cafes, pubs and restaurants, as well as a post office, high-street banks and Longton Library. For people who enjoy walking, Longton Park is a tranquil place to go. Commerce Street Works, the Gladstone Pottery Museum and Enson Pottery Works also provide interesting day trips in the local area. For people who like to stay active, Nuffield Health Stoke Fitness and Wellbeing Gym provides year-round access to a swimming pool, gym and fitness classes. A short bus journey will take you to Stoke-on-Trent, which has larger attractions including Waterworld swimming pool, Festival Retail Park and intu Potteries for shopping, Regent Theatre, the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Tenpin Stoke bowling, an Odeon Cinema and a Cineworld.

Living at this service

Lightwood Road is ideal for an active person aged over 50. At Lightwood Road, we currently support five men and one woman aged between 57 and 83. They have diverse needs, including dementia, learning difficulties, brain injury, physical disabilities, arthritis, cerebral palsy, and blindness. People enjoy sitting in the garden, sensory activities, shopping, singing, music therapy, karaoke, football, listening to music, watching television, shopping, bowling, bingo and being in the community. Lightwood Road is an active household – people choose how they spend their time. We go on regular day trips - Chester Zoo, or the monkey forest at Trentham Gardens are favourites. People here like to stay in a specialised hotel in Blackpool, and every year people choose to watch the local Christmas pantomime.