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Takeaways in County Durham

We know of 483 takeaways across County Durham. 332 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 74% of those are rated 4 or 5, 169 with the top score of 5. 17 are rated 2 or below, which means the inspector found things that needed putting right. The rating is about hygiene, not how the food tastes.

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483takeawaysacross County Durham
74%rated 4 or 5of 332 with a rating
169rated 5very good
17rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings across County Durham

5169Very good
478Good
368Generally satisfactory
212Improvement necessary
15Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

332 of the 483 takeaways have a rating. 27 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.

Rated 5, most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Takeaways by area

Annfield Plain 14Aycliffe Village 1Aykley Heads 7Barnard Castle 6Beamish 1Bearpark 1Belmont 8Benfieldside 6Bishop Auckland 29Blackhall Colliery 9Blackhall Rocks 2Blackhill 35Bowburn 3Brandon 2Brasside 1Browney 2Burnopfield 4Carrville 21Castleside 1Catchgate 13Chester-le-Street 19Chilton 2Chilton Lane 3Claypath 30Cockfield 1Consett 36Cornforth 2Coundon 3Coundon Grange 2Coxhoe 8Craghead 2Crook 12Crossgate 27Crossgate Moor 2Croxdale 1Dawdon 15Delves Lane 5Dipton 1Durham 47Easington 3Easington Colliery 7Eldon 7Eldon Lane 2Elvet 26Esh Winning 4Ferryhill 19Ferryhill Station 4Fishburn 4Framwellgate Moor 41Frosterley 1Gainford 1Gilesgate 13Grange Villa 3Great Lumley 2Greencroft 11Hamsterley 1Harelaw 5High Handenhold 1High Pittington 1High Shincliffe 1Hobson 2Horden 23Howden-le-Wear 2Kelloe 1Lanchester 3Langley Moor 9Langley Park 4Leadgate 27Low Westwood 1Meadowfield 9Middlestone Moor 3Middleton-in-Teesdale 2Murton 10New Brancepeth 1New Kyo 7New Shildon 13Newfield 7Newton Aycliffe 16Newton Hall 3Ouston 2Parkhill 2Pelton 9Pelton Fell 3Perkinsville 11Peterlee 23Pity Me 16Quaking Houses 2Quarrington Hill 1Sacriston 4Seaham 26Sedgefield 4Shildon 17Shincliffe 1Shotley Bridge 2Shotton Colliery 9Sleepy Valley 3South Church 7South Hetton 2South Pelaw 27Spennymoor 22St Helen Auckland 15Stanhope 2Stanley 26Sunnybrow 7Tanfield Lea 3Tantobie 3Templetown 18Thornley 3Tow Law 3Trimdon 4Trimdon Colliery 4Trimdon Grange 3Trimdon Station 3Trimdon Village 4Tudhoe 3Ushaw Moor 2West Auckland 10West Cornforth 2West Pelton 2West Rainton 1Wheatley Hill 8Willington 7Wingate 4Wolsingham 1

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Takeaways by type

Restaurants and takeaways by what they serve across County Durham.

Indian restaurants 71Chinese restaurants 92Pizza places 119Fish and chip shops 90

Questions people ask

What does a food hygiene rating of 3 mean?

A 3 means hygiene standards were found to be generally satisfactory. The scale runs from 5 (very good) down to 0 (urgent improvement necessary). The inspector looks at how food is handled and stored, the state of the kitchen and building, and how the business keeps food safe. It says nothing about how the food tastes.

Which takeaways in County Durham have a 5 hygiene rating?

169 of the 332 rated takeaways across County Durham scored 5 at their last inspection, including Pizza 4 u, UK Pizza and Pizza Uno Durham.

How often are takeaways inspected?

The council decides from how much risk a business poses: the highest-risk places can be inspected every six months, lower-risk ones every year or two, sometimes longer. A business that has put things right can ask to be re-inspected. Each rating here shows when it was given.

Do takeaways have to display their hygiene rating?

Not in England: showing the sticker is up to the business, though most with a good score do. In Wales and Northern Ireland it’s the law. You can look any rating up on the Food Standards Agency’s website, or on each business’s page here.

Other things people look for

RestaurantsCafésPubs and barsIndian restaurantsChinese restaurantsPizza placesFish and chip shopsBakeriesSupermarketsCorner shopsButchersFloristsClothes shopsCharity and second-hand shopsBike shopsChemistsOpticiansHairdressersBarbersBeauty salonsNail salonsTattoo studiosDentistsDoctorsPhysiosChiropractors and osteopathsMassageGymsYoga and pilatesMartial arts

Food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency, checked every night. Listings from Overture Maps, the Food Standards Agency and © OpenStreetMap contributors. Missing one? Tell us.