Food hygiene in Bath and North East Somerset by area
In the last month 3 food places across Bath and North East Somerset were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 0 places scored 2 or below, and 1 food places are waiting for their first inspection.
Darker means more hygiene scores published. Tap an area for its page.
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Every area, ranked
| 1 | PaultonBS39 | 3 | 6 | 83% | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | WhitchurchBS14 | 2 | 2 | – | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | KeynshamBS31 | 1 | 5 | 80% | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Chew MagnaBS40 | 0 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | SaltfordBS31 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Temple CloudBS39 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
“Last month” and “3 months” count the hygiene scores published within each area’s circle. “Scored 5” is the share of the last three months’ scores that were a 5; it needs at least three. “Waiting” is food places registered but not yet inspected. Areas overlap, so one place can count in more than one. Tap a column to sort.
Scored 0 to 2 in the last three months
No food place in Bath and North East Somerset was given 2 or below in the last three months.
Top marks this month
- Noahs Ark Pre-School Paulton · Schools and colleges · 30 September 2026
- Little Stars Nursery Paulton · Care homes and nurseries · 23 September 2026
- Hawker Atelier Keynsham · Other caterers · 22 September 2026
3 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.
New food places
- Noahs Ark Pre-School Paulton · 7 October 2026
1 food places across Bath and North East Somerset are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Whitchurch (2) and Keynsham (1). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.
By kind of business
| Takeaways and sandwich shops | 4 | 50% | 0 |
| Schools and colleges | 2 | – | 0 |
| Restaurants and cafés | 2 | – | 0 |
| Shops | 2 | – | 0 |
| Care homes and nurseries | 1 | – | 0 |
| Other caterers | 1 | – | 0 |
| Pubs, bars and clubs | 1 | – | 0 |
| Supermarkets | 1 | – | 0 |
| Distributors | 1 | – | 0 |
Bath and North East Somerset, last three months. The share scoring 5 needs at least three scores.
How food hygiene ratings work
Every place that serves, sells or makes food is inspected by its council’s food safety officers, and the Food Standards Agency publishes the score. Officers look at how food is handled and stored, the state of the building and its cleaning, and how the business manages food safety. The score runs from 0 to 5:
- 5: very good
- 4: good
- 3: generally satisfactory
- 2: improvement necessary
- 1: major improvement necessary
- 0: urgent improvement necessary
How often a place is inspected depends on the risk, so a busy kitchen is visited more often than a shop selling packaged food. New businesses wait for a first visit before they get a score.
Where the figures come from
Scores come from the Food Standards Agency’s food hygiene rating data, published under the Open Government Licence, for Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset and Wiltshire councils. Figures for Bath and North East Somerset as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Bath and North East Somerset. Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. A score appears here when the agency publishes it, which can be a few weeks after the inspection.
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Questions people ask
Which areas of Bath and North East Somerset had the most food hygiene inspections?
Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Paulton (3), Whitchurch (2) and Keynsham (1). The middle Bath and North East Somerset area had 0.
How many Bath and North East Somerset food places score 5 for hygiene?
Of the 15 food places in Bath and North East Somerset given a score in the last three months, 12 (80%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.
Have any Bath and North East Somerset food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?
No food place in Bath and North East Somerset was given a score of 2 or below in the last three months.
What do food hygiene ratings mean?
Food Standards Agency scores run from 0 to 5: 5 is very good, 4 good, 3 generally satisfactory, 2 improvement necessary, 1 major improvement necessary and 0 urgent improvement necessary. Council officers give the score after an inspection of hygiene, the building and how food safety is managed.