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Food hygiene in Folkestone and Hythe by area

In the last month 3 food places across Folkestone and Hythe were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 1 place scored 2 or below, and 41 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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3hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 53 places, last 31 days
1scored 0 to 2last 3 months
41waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Folkestone (2) and Sandgate (2). The middle Folkestone and Hythe area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Folkestone (79%), Sandgate (75%) and Saltwood (60%).

Every area, ranked

1FolkestoneCT2022479%013
2SandgateCT2022475%012
3HytheCT210757%13
4DymchurchTN290540%03
5SaltwoodCT210560%00
6DungenessTN2902–00
7New RomneyTN2802–03
8SeabrookCT2102–00
9HawkingeCT1801–01
10St Marys BayTN2901–01
11LyddTN2900–02
12LymingeCT1800–01
13LympneCT2100–02

“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

  • Lazy Shack was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 5 August 2026. Hythe · Shops

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

3 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

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

41 food places across Folkestone and Hythe are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Folkestone (13), Sandgate (12), Dymchurch (3), New Romney (3) and Hythe (3). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés2492%0
Shops825%1
Other caterers5100%0
Pubs, bars and clubs520%0
Takeaways and sandwich shops450%0
Care homes and nurseries367%0
Mobile caterers2–0
Food makers and packers1–0
Schools and colleges1–0
Hotels and B&Bs1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Folkestone (2) and Sandgate (2). The middle Folkestone and Hythe area had 0.

How many Folkestone and Hythe food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 54 food places in Folkestone and Hythe given a score in the last three months, 38 (70%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

Have any Folkestone and Hythe food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?

Yes. In the last three months 1 place in Folkestone and Hythe was given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 1 scored 1 and 0 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.