Banbury Lodge

Banbury Lodge | Residential Addiction, Detox and Eating Disorder Treatment

CQC Rated Good | Specialist Treatment for 16 to 18 Year Olds | Specialised Eating Disorders Treatment | Free Aftercare for 12 Months

Who is Banbury Lodge right for?

Banbury Lodge has operated as a residential detox and rehabilitation centre in Oxfordshire since 2019, treating adults for alcohol dependence, drug addiction and a range of behavioural addictions from a 23-bed clinic, on the edge of Banbury. It is also one of the few clinics in the UK to take under 18’s.

As part of UK Addiction Treatment (UKAT), Banbury Lodge shares the group's wider clinical standards and aftercare network, while running its own admissions, its own house routine and its own day-to-day clinical team. What marks it out within that network isn't really its setting, pleasant as the Oxfordshire countryside is, but a registration few other UK centres hold: treatment for eating disorders and addiction in young people aged 16 to 18, delivered inside the same residential house used for its adult clients.

Most people who come through Banbury Lodge's doors can relate to its longer-standing work with adult alcohol and substance misuse. The youth and eating disorder pathway sits alongside that core programme rather than replacing it, and whether either is the right fit for a particular person is something the clinical team confirms at assessment, not something assumed from a diagnosis alone.

Some co-occurring mental health conditions can also be supported, including anxiety, depression and PTSD, and more complex presentations such as bipolar disorder, BPD or schizophrenia, provided these already carry a professional diagnosis and are currently stable on medication. This, like every admission, is confirmed individually rather than guaranteed in advance.

What addictions and conditions are treated at Banbury Lodge?

Treatment covers a wide span of substance and behavioural addiction, alongside its eating disorder pathway.

Alcohol addiction

Alcohol dependence is the most common reason people come to Banbury Lodge. Where there’s a withdrawal risk, a medically overseen detox runs ahead of the main residential programme rather than alongside it.

Drug addiction

The clinical team works with dependency ranging from cocaine and crack cocaine through to heroin, ecstasy and methamphetamine, the hallucinogen group including cannabis, ketamine and LSD, and less common presentations such as monkey dust, anabolic steroids, and GBL and GHB.

Prescription medication addiction

Dependency on benzodiazepines, opiates, sleeping tablets and certain stimulant medications can constitute genuine addiction and is treated accordingly. Coming off antidepressants, by contrast, usually involves physical dependence and withdrawal rather than addictive use, and is assessed and supported on that basis rather than folded into the same category by default.

Legal highs

Legal highs such as spice, mephedrone and benzo fury are treated under the same clinical framework as other substance dependencies.

Behavioural addiction

Where clinically appropriate, this extends to gambling, gaming, compulsive internet and social media use, food addiction, compulsive shopping, and sex and love addiction.

Eating Disorder

Banbury Lodge runs a dedicated eating disorder pathway for clients aged 16 and over. It covers anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, ARFID, binge eating disorder and related diagnoses, including night eating syndrome, orthorexia, OSFED, pica, purging disorder, rumination disorder and suitability is always confirmed at assessment. Banbury Lodge's detox team provides weekday nursing cover.

What therapies does Banbury Lodge use?

Core clinical therapies

The main programme is built on group therapy, one-to-one counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and the 12-Step model, alongside motivational interviewing and experiential focusing work.

Family and trauma-informed work

Family therapy and trauma-informed work run through much of the clinical programme rather than sitting apart from it, reflecting the CQC’s own observation that staff show particular sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual weight trauma carries in addiction. Family visiting, the family group and pre-discharge family conference are covered in full under family support, below.

Holistic and complementary therapies

Alongside the clinical work, residents have access to mindfulness, meditation, yoga, breathwork and sound therapy, plus a fortnightly pet therapy session. These sit around the core programme rather than in place of it.

How soon can treatment start, and how long does it run?

Stays typically begin with a short medically supported detox, where this is needed, before moving into the main residential programme. Programme lengths run from two weeks through to twelve weeks, with a 90-day pathway for clients wanting a longer period of structured support, and a further week can usually be added where it's clinically appropriate. The eating disorder and under-18 pathways are each built around an initial 28-day stay, with the actual length adjusted through ongoing clinical review rather than fixed from the outset.

Detox is overseen by a medical team including doctor, with nursing cover through the working week and nutritional input throughout, rather than continuous nursing presence around the clock.

Where is Banbury Lodge, and what's on site?

The centre is based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9FA, within reach of Oxford, Birmingham and London by road or rail.

Most of the 23 beds are in private en-suite rooms, with a small number of twin rooms also available. Individual and group therapy takes place in dedicated rooms kept apart from the communal lounge and garden, so sessions and downtime don't bleed into each other. There's an on-site gym for use and meals are prepared by an in-house chef who adapts menus to clinical and nutritional needs, which matters in particular on the eating disorder pathway.

You can look around in advance through the centre's virtual tour before deciding anything.

Why choose Banbury Lodge?

CQC Rated Good

The Care Quality Commission rated Banbury Lodge Good overall in its report published 29 September 2025, with Good ratings across all five domains: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. An earlier focused inspection of its substance misuse services, published in December 2022, also found it Good.

One of a small number of centres treating under-18s

Banbury Lodge holds a registration that lets it treat alcohol and drug addiction, and eating disorders, in young people aged 16 to 18 inside its residential setting, with family visiting, a family group and a pre-discharge family conference built in more deliberately for this age group than is typical elsewhere.

Recognised by major private insurers

Banbury Lodge is a recognised provider for Bupa and AXA, with cover confirmed through assessment by a recognised psychiatrist ahead of admission.

Aftercare that continues past discharge

Every client who completes residential treatment receives twelve months of free aftercare, rather than this being something added on request, with ongoing access to the UKAT Alumni Network for peer support.

What happens in treatment, step by step?

Step 1: A confidential first call

Contact begins with a private conversation with the admissions team, who talk through circumstances and give an initial steer on whether Banbury Lodge is likely to be the right setting.

Step 2: Assessment

A fuller clinical assessment follows, covering the substance or behaviour involved, any co-occurring mental health diagnosis and current medication, and practical details such as mobility and ability to self-care, to confirm the right programme and length of stay.

Step 3: Detox, where this is needed

Detox is managed by the doctor and psychiatrist-led clinical team, with weekday nursing cover and nutritional support throughout.

Step 4: The main residential programme

Clients move into the core programme of group and individual therapy, 12-Step work and holistic sessions, alongside structured routines, meals, and, for younger clients in particular, scheduled family contact.

Step 5: Planning ahead

Before discharge, clients take part in a family conference and discharge planning with the counselling team, then move into twelve months of free aftercare and ongoing access to the Alumni Network.

How are families involved?

Family visiting usually runs on Sunday afternoons, alongside a family group held every other week and a family conference with a member of the counselling team ahead of discharge. For clients on the under-18 pathway, this family contact is built into the programme more deliberately from the outset, reflecting how central parents and carers are to a younger person's recovery.

What does treatment cost, and how do I arrange admission?

Banbury Lodge is primarily self-funded, with fees depending on length of stay and room type, and these are explained directly by the admissions team as part of the first conversation rather than published as a fixed price list. Every admission is confirmed through individual clinical assessment, to make sure the centre can meet that person's needs safely.

Ready to get in touch?

If you or someone you care about is dealing with addiction, an eating disorder, or both, the Banbury Lodge admissions team is ready to talk it through, in confidence and without obligation.

Telephone: 0203 826 8381

Email: help@banburylodge.com

Website: https://www.banburylodge.com/

However someone first makes contact, whether by phone, by email or starting that search online at two in the morning, Banbury Lodge's first job is simply to listen to where they actually are.