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Food hygiene in Greenwich by area

In the last month 27 food places across Greenwich were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 8 places scored 2 or below, and 114 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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27hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 527 places, last 31 days
8scored 0 to 2last 3 months
114waiting 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: Greenwich (18), Lee (10) and Eltham (10). The middle Greenwich area had 2. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Blackheath Royal Standard (93%), Lee (82%) and Eltham (81%).

Every area, ranked

1GreenwichSE101811373%7110
2LeeSE3104982%254
3ElthamSE9102681%213
4WoolwichSE1874764%339
5Well HallSE961471%17
6East GreenwichSE1031872%19
7CharltonSE731275%03
8Eltham ParkSE931060%15
9South EndSE93875%12
10Greenwich PeninsulaSE103667%19
11DeptfordSE1023269%131
12GlyndonSE1822250%319
13Greenwich Town CentreSE1021377%017
14EdgeburySE92771%00
15ColdharbourSE92475%00
16Blackheath Royal StandardSE311493%00
17Charlton RiversideSE71560%08
18Horn ParkSE121580%01
19KidbrookeSE31560%11
20New ElthamSE91475%12
21Avery HillSE913100%03
22Middle ParkSE912–01
23PlumsteadSE180475%011
24Shooters HillSE1803100%00
25Abbey WoodSE201–05
26ThamesmeadSE201–05

“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

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

New food places

114 food places across Greenwich are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Greenwich (110), Lee (54), Woolwich (39), Deptford (31) and Glyndon (19). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés4271%2
Shops3063%2
Takeaways and sandwich shops2162%3
Care homes and nurseries1681%0
Schools and colleges11100%0
Pubs, bars and clubs6100%0
Food makers and packers475%0
Other caterers3100%0
Mobile caterers3100%0
Distributors2–1
Supermarkets1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Greenwich (18), Lee (10), Eltham (10), Woolwich (7) and Well Hall (6). The middle Greenwich area had 2.

How many Greenwich food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 139 food places in Greenwich given a score in the last three months, 103 (74%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 8 places in Greenwich were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 3 scored 1 and 5 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.