Cygnet Appletree, near Durham, is a mental health hospital for women that includes Pippin Ward, a specialist PICU service and Bramley Ward, an acute service for women.

Our person-centred service has been designed with wellness in mind, providing a safe and comfortable environment that promotes efficient rehabilitation and recovery. We are dedicated to understand, stabilise and break the traumatic cycles of relapse that can impact service users’ lives.

“My Mum has never understood her diagnosis before…She is getting better and I’m so pleased.”Service user’s daughter

Our services:

Bramley Ward – Opening Spring 2021 – Acute Service for Women
Pippin Ward – Specialist PICU service for women

Our facilities:

En-suite bedrooms
Beauty salon with an on-site beauty therapist
IT café for computer training
Therapy kitchen
Gym / dance studio
Horticulture polytunnel
Outdoor spaces including a netball court

Community links:

Learndirect
New College Durham
Leisure centres
Sunderland FC – provides sports classes
Arts and culture groups
Waddington Street Centre – education and training group

Cygnet Appletree in the news

16th December 2020

The Great Cygnet Christmas Cake off – and the winners are ….

Our Great Cygnet Christmas Cake off competition has now ended and we’ve been absolutely blown away by the amount of entries. Staff and service users have created some truly amazing cake creations, so a huge thank you to everyone who entered.

28th October 2019

Cygnet Appletree to open new acute service for women

Pippin Ward, our new 10 bed female acute service at Cygnet Appletree near Durham, is due to open on Monday 25th November 2019. The service will provide a safe and stabilising environment for women who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.

22nd October 2019

Cygnet Appletree achieves ‘Good’ rating

We are pleased to announce that, following an inspection on 7-8th August 2019, Cygnet Appletree has been rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Cygnet Appletree