Food hygiene in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole by area
In the last month 14 food places across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole were given a hygiene score, and 79% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 5 places scored 2 or below, and 192 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 | BournemouthBH2 | 5 | 31 | 68% | 2 | 45 |
| 2 | SandbanksBH13 | 2 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | PooleBH15 | 1 | 12 | 67% | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | West CliffBH2 | 1 | 9 | 78% | 0 | 22 |
| 5 | ChristchurchBH23 | 1 | 8 | 75% | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | PokesdownBH7 | 1 | 8 | 75% | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | OakdaleBH15 | 1 | 5 | 60% | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Ensbury ParkBH9 | 1 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | SterteBH15 | 1 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | WestbourneBH4 | 1 | 3 | 67% | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MoordownBH9 | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | WickBH6 | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | East HoweBH10 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | BoscombeBH1 | 0 | 6 | 50% | 1 | 22 |
| 15 | BranksomeBH12 | 0 | 4 | 75% | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | CharminsterBH8 | 0 | 4 | 75% | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Lower ParkstoneBH14 | 0 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | ParkstoneBH14 | 0 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | SpringbourneBH8 | 0 | 4 | 50% | 0 | 14 |
| 20 | Upper ParkstoneBH12 | 0 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | WintonBH9 | 0 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | HighcliffeBH23 | 0 | 3 | 33% | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | IfordBH6 | 0 | 3 | 67% | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | LongfleetBH15 | 0 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Penn HillBH14 | 0 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 18 |
| 26 | Branksome ParkBH13 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Old TownBH15 | 0 | 2 | – | 1 | 11 |
| 28 | SouthbourneBH6 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | Talbot VillageBH10 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Turlin MoorBH16 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | WallisdownBH12 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | AlderneyBH12 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Bear CrossBH11 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | BroadstoneBH18 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 6 |
| 35 | BurtonBH23 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | CreekmoorBH17 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | HamworthyBH15 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | MuscliffBH9 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Queens ParkBH8 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | RossmoreBH12 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 7 |
| 41 | Talbot WoodsBH3 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Canford CliffsBH13 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | Friars CliffBH23 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | LittledownBH7 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 45 | MudefordBH23 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 |
| 46 | NorthbourneBH10 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | PurewellBH23 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 48 | SomerfordBH23 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 |
| 49 | Stanley GreenBH15 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 5 |
| 50 | StanpitBH23 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 |
“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
- Mi Ya Japanese Restaurant was rated 2 (improvement necessary) on 28 August 2026. Westbourne · Restaurants and cafés
- Lyo Cafe was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 25 August 2026. Bournemouth · Restaurants and cafés
- LA Chicken Bournemouth Ltd was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 18 August 2026. Pokesdown · Takeaways and sandwich shops
- New Capital was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 23 July 2026. Old Town · Takeaways and sandwich shops
- Portelet Lodge Care Home was rated 2 (improvement necessary) on 16 July 2026. Boscombe · Care homes and nurseries
A score shows how things were on the day of the inspection. Businesses can appeal, and can ask for a new inspection once they have made improvements, so check the Food Standards Agency’s page for the latest.
Top marks this month
- Brownsea Castle Catering Sandbanks · Hotels and B&Bs · 28 September 2026
- Cafe Villano Sandbanks · Restaurants and cafés · 28 September 2026
- Twynham School Christchurch · Schools and colleges · 24 September 2026
- Axis RDY ltd Bear Cross · Other caterers · 23 September 2026
- Chineside West Cliff · Restaurants and cafés · 16 September 2026
- Mokobo Burger Pokesdown · Restaurants and cafés · 15 September 2026
- Adastral Fish and Chips Canford Heath · Takeaways and sandwich shops · 11 September 2026
- Drumconner Care Home (with Nursing) Westbourne · Care homes and nurseries · 11 September 2026
- Little Chicks Nurseries LTD East Howe · Care homes and nurseries · 11 September 2026
- Liva Cafe Bournemouth · Restaurants and cafés · 11 September 2026
- Poole High School Sterte · Schools and colleges · 11 September 2026
11 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.
New food places
No newly registered food places have appeared in the last month.
192 food places across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Bournemouth (45), Poole (27), Boscombe (22), West Cliff (22) and Penn Hill (18). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.
By kind of business
| Restaurants and cafés | 33 | 67% | 2 |
| Care homes and nurseries | 22 | 86% | 1 |
| Takeaways and sandwich shops | 14 | 50% | 2 |
| Shops | 7 | 86% | 0 |
| Schools and colleges | 4 | 50% | 0 |
| Hotels and B&Bs | 2 | – | 0 |
| Other caterers | 2 | – | 0 |
| Mobile caterers | 2 | – | 0 |
| Supermarkets | 1 | – | 0 |
| Pubs, bars and clubs | 1 | – | 0 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 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 every council we cover. Figures for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. 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.
See our sources and their licences. Figures update every night.
Food hygiene in every area
Questions people ask
Which areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole had the most food hygiene inspections?
Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Bournemouth (5), Sandbanks (2), Poole (1), West Cliff (1) and Christchurch (1). The middle Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area had 0.
How many Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole food places score 5 for hygiene?
Of the 88 food places in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole given a score in the last three months, 63 (72%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.
Have any Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?
Yes. In the last three months 5 places in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 3 scored 1 and 2 scored 2. Each is listed on this page with its date. A low score shows how things were on the day of the inspection.
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.