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Food hygiene in Dorset by area

In the last month 68 food places across Dorset were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 2 places scored 2 or below, and 57 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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68hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 568 places, last 31 days
2scored 0 to 2last 3 months
57waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

Darker means more hygiene scores published. Tap an area for its page.

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Most inspected this month: Bridport (8), Bothenhampton (6) and Dorchester (5). The middle Dorset area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Weymouth (100%), Rodwell (100%) and Melcombe Regis (100%).

Every area, ranked
1BridportDT682993%03
2BothenhamptonDT661493%03
3DorchesterDT152396%04
4ChickerellDT359100%02
5FerndownBH2241493%00
6SwanageBH1941385%11
7FordingtonDT141090%03
8Wimborne MinsterBH2147100%01
9WeymouthDT4324100%05
10RadipoleDT338100%00
11ShaftesburySP737100%01
12SherborneDT937100%00
13FortuneswellDT536100%01
14PortlandDT536100%02
15CharlestownDT435100%01
16Blandford ForumDT112888%03
17GillinghamSP826100%04
18StudlandBH1926100%00
19Blandford St MaryDT1125100%01
20ChiswellDT525100%02
21CastletownDT524100%02
22FleetDT323100%00
23RodwellDT4112100%01
24Melcombe RegisDT4110100%01
25VerwoodBH3116100%02
26EastonDT513100%00
27WarehamBH201367%12
28BeaminsterDT812–01
29PuddletownDT212–00
30WesthamDT412–02
31WestonDT512–00
32WoolBH2012–01
33BroadwindsorDT811–00
34Charlton DownDT211–00
35CrosswaysDT211–00
36DurwestonDT1111–00
37MotcombeSP711–00
38SouthillDT411–00
39Winterborne SticklandDT1111–00
40Lyme RegisDT701369%00
41West BayDT606100%00
42West MoorsBH2205100%00
43PoundburyDT104100%01
44CranborneBH2103100%00
45Ashley HeathBH2402–01
46Burton BradstockDT602–00
47CharmouthDT602–00
48Holton HeathBH1602–00
49St LeonardsBH2402–01
50Sturminster NewtonDT1002–02
51UptonBH1602–01
52Wyke RegisDT402–00
53YetminsterDT902–00
54AlderholtSP601–00
55Bere RegisBH2001–00
56EypeDT601–00
57LittlemoorDT301–00
58LodersDT601–00
59Lytchett MinsterBH1601–00
60Maiden NewtonDT201–00
61MarnhullDT1001–00
62MartinstownDT201–00
63StoboroughBH2001–00
64SymondsburyDT601–00
65West ParleyBH2201–00
66Cerne AbbasDT200–01
67Corfe MullenBH2100–01
68Langton MatraversBH1900–01
69Lytchett MatraversBH1600–01
70MarshwoodDT600–01
71MorcombelakeDT600–01
72StalbridgeDT1000–02
73UpweyDT300–01

“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

68 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.

57 food places across Dorset are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Weymouth (5), Dorchester (4), Gillingham (4), Blandford Forum (3) and Bothenhampton (3). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business
Restaurants and cafés8693%0
Shops3594%0
Care homes and nurseries32100%0
Pubs, bars and clubs2796%0
Other caterers2387%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops2295%0
Schools and colleges13100%0
Mobile caterers1191%1
Hotels and B&Bs9100%0
Importers and exporters1–0
Supermarkets1–0
Food makers and packers1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Bridport (8), Bothenhampton (6), Dorchester (5), Chickerell (5) and Ferndown (4). The middle Dorset area had 0.

How many Dorset food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 261 food places in Dorset given a score in the last three months, 247 (95%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

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