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Food hygiene

Food hygiene in Bolton by area

In the last month 30 food places across Bolton were given a hygiene score, and 87% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 45 places scored 2 or below, and 148 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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30hygiene scoreslast 31 days
87%scored 526 places, last 31 days
45scored 0 to 2last 3 months
148waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Bolton (18), Deane (5) and The Haulgh (4). The middle Bolton area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Eagley (86%), Bromley Cross (80%) and Dunscar (80%).

Every area, ranked

1BoltonBL11811143%2764
2DeaneBL351250%218
3The HaulghBL241844%58
4DaubhillBL341346%217
5KearsleyBL423244%429
6Little LeverBL322854%415
7HorwichBL621856%58
8Tonge FoldBL221540%54
9Fernhill GateBL32850%210
10BurndenBL32729%19
11LadybridgeBL32757%18
12FarnworthBL414043%633
13BradshawBL213152%910
14Daisy HillBL511844%313
15Tonge MoorBL211644%62
16WesthoughtonBL511553%214
17HalliwellBL111250%012
18BreightmetBL211136%22
19BlackrodBL611050%25
20New BuryBL411070%07
21HighfieldBL41944%15
22EagleyBL71786%15
23DunscarBL71580%14
24EgertonBL71560%00
25MiddlebrookBL61475%14
26PrestoleeM261425%03
27StonecloughM261425%03
28Darcy LeverBL31333%10
29LostockBL613100%00
30Over HultonBL51367%01
31RingleyM2612–01
32Great LeverBL301136%112
33Moses GateBL401050%39
34Astley BridgeBL10875%04
35Moss BankBL10667%03
36Bromley CrossBL70580%11
37DoffcockerBL10475%05
38HeatonBL10475%03
39SmithillsBL10450%03
40HarwoodBL20333%03
41Bank TopBL102–02
42ChequerbentBL501–14
43Nicholas HillBL501–05
44SharplesBL101–06
45Hunger HillBL300–01
46Markland HillBL100–02
47Middle HultonBL500–01
48WingatesBL500–04

“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

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

26 places scored 5 in the last 31 days; the latest 20 are shown.

New food places

148 food places across Bolton are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Bolton (64), Farnworth (33), Kearsley (29), Deane (18) and Daubhill (17). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Takeaways and sandwich shops5527%21
Restaurants and cafés5345%9
Shops4929%12
Schools and colleges2893%0
Care homes and nurseries2186%0
Other caterers1182%0
Supermarkets729%2
Pubs, bars and clubs540%0
Food makers and packers560%1

Bolton, 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 Bolton as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Bolton. 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 Bolton had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Bolton (18), Deane (5), The Haulgh (4), Daubhill (4) and Kearsley (2). The middle Bolton area had 1.

How many Bolton food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 234 food places in Bolton given a score in the last three months, 113 (48%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

Have any Bolton food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?

Yes. In the last three months 45 places in Bolton were given 2 or below: 5 scored 0, 30 scored 1 and 10 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.