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Food hygiene in Buckinghamshire by area

In the last month 34 food places across Buckinghamshire were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 11 places scored 2 or below, and 137 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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34hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 534 places, last 31 days
11scored 0 to 2last 3 months
137waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Bourne End (5), Gerrards Cross (4) and Chalfont St Peter (4). The middle Buckinghamshire area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Bourne End (82%), Burnham (80%) and Marlow (77%).

Every area, ranked

1Bourne EndSL851182%02
2Gerrards CrossSL941856%12
3Chalfont St PeterSL941560%11
4MarlowSL731377%03
5BurnhamSL11580%015
6Farnham RoyalSL213100%03
7IverSL00450%110
8Farnham CommonSL203100%03
9Iver HeathSL002–02
10Little MarlowSL702–01
11HedgerleySL201–00
12Richings ParkSL001–02
13Tatling EndSL901–01
14ThorneySL001–02
15FulmerSL300–01
16George GreenSL300–01
17Stoke PogesSL200–01
18TaplowSL600–03

“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

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

New food places

No newly registered food places have appeared in the last month.

137 food places across Buckinghamshire are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Burnham (15), Iver (10), Farnham Common (3), Farnham Royal (3) and Marlow (3). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés5360%4
Shops3165%4
Pubs, bars and clubs2576%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops2458%1
Care homes and nurseries2286%1
Schools and colleges13100%0
Other caterers7100%0
Mobile caterers580%0
Supermarkets4100%0
Food makers and packers2–0
Hotels and B&Bs2–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Bourne End (5), Gerrards Cross (4), Chalfont St Peter (4), Marlow (3) and Burnham (1). The middle Buckinghamshire area had 0.

How many Buckinghamshire food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 188 food places in Buckinghamshire given a score in the last three months, 135 (72%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 11 places in Buckinghamshire were given 2 or below: 1 scored 0, 3 scored 1 and 7 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.