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Food hygiene in Kirklees by area

In the last month 19 food places across Kirklees 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 66 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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19hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 519 places, last 31 days
11scored 0 to 2last 3 months
66waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Huddersfield (5), Gomersal (3) and Birstall (3). The middle Kirklees area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Chickenley (80%), Longwood (75%) and Milnsbridge (75%).

Every area, ranked

1HuddersfieldHD154151%225
2GomersalBD1931656%14
3BirstallWF1731471%13
4RawthorpeHD53475%01
5LittletownWF1521765%04
6LiversedgeWF1521765%04
7MillbridgeWF1521669%04
8HillhouseHD121533%012
9BatleyWF1721443%29
10FlushWF1521471%03
11HeckmondwikeWF1621471%03
12FartownHD221145%07
13HonleyHD92771%01
14DewsburyWF1312040%510
15HighfieldsHD111856%016
16LindleyHD311765%17
17Folly HallHD111560%09
18AspleyHD111464%112
19LongwoodHD311275%15
20MilnsbridgeHD311275%05
21Denby DaleHD81667%01
22EdgertonHD21667%04
23Lower HoptonWF141650%04
24MirfieldWF141650%03
25Taylor HillHD41650%13
26BirkbyHD21560%04
27Clayton WestHD81540%02
28KirkheatonHD51540%12
29ScissettHD81540%02
30HightownWF151475%00
31NorristhorpeWF151450%02
32BoothroydWF131367%03
33BrackenhallHD213100%00
34CarlinghowWF1713100%02
35CowcliffeHD21367%00
36Hartshead MoorBD191367%00
37KirkburtonHD813100%01
38MarshHD113100%02
39Windy BankWF151367%00
40BattyefordWF1412–02
41FixbyHD212–00
42LinthwaiteHD712–01
43NethertonHD412–00
44SlaithwaiteHD712–00
45TowngateWF1412–01
46Armitage BridgeHD411–01
47Berry BrowHD411–01
48HighburtonHD811–00
49MelthamHD911–00
50Lascelles HallHD501030%24
51AlmondburyHD40933%25
52CleckheatonBD190967%02
53BirkenshawBD110850%02
54BirchencliffeHD30771%12
55LockwoodHD40729%12
56Primrose HillHD40633%14
57Thornton LodgeHD10633%02
58ChickenleyWF120580%01
59EarlsheatonWF120560%11
60SkelmanthorpeHD80540%02
61CowlersleyHD40475%04
62Cross BankWF170425%04
63HolmfirthHD9040%05
64NewsomeHD40450%11
65OakesHD304100%01
66Salendine NookHD304100%02
67Batley CarrWF17030%14
68GolcarHD70333%12
69Grove PlaceHD50333%12
70HunsworthBD190333%01
71MoldgreenHD50333%14
72RavensthorpeWF130333%01
73RoberttownWF150367%02
74Savile TownWF120333%10
75WooldaleHD9030%00
76BenomleyHD502–02
77DaltonHD502–10
78Lower CumberworthHD802–00
79New MillHD902–00
80OutlaneHD302–10
81PaddockHD102–01
82SheepridgeHD202–00
83ThornhillWF1202–01
84WaterlooHD502–10
85WildspurHD902–01
86BrockholesHD901–00
87Crosland MoorHD401–01
88Hanging HeatonWF1701–00
89HartsheadWF1501–00
90HealeyWF1701–01
91Hinchliffe MillHD901–00
92Little GomersalBD1901–00
93MarsdenHD701–00
94MountHD301–10
95NetherthongHD901–01
96QuarmbyHD301–02
97ScholesBD1901–00
98ShepleyHD801–00
99Shepley Lane HeadHD801–00
100SoothillWF1701–01
101StaincliffeWF1701–11
102ThongsbridgeHD901–01
103Thornhill LeesWF1201–01
104UpperthongHD901–01
105Beaumont ParkHD400–01
106HepworthHD900–01
107Jackson BridgeHD900–01
108ScholesHD900–01
109Upper CumberworthHD800–01

“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

19 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

66 food places across Kirklees are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Huddersfield (25), Highfields (16), Aspley (12), Hillhouse (12) and Dewsbury (10). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Takeaways and sandwich shops4231%4
Restaurants and cafés3754%3
Care homes and nurseries2475%0
Shops2050%1
Other caterers875%1
Pubs, bars and clubs863%0
Schools and colleges580%0
Hotels and B&Bs367%1
Mobile caterers1–0
Food makers and packers1–1

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Huddersfield (5), Gomersal (3), Birstall (3), Rawthorpe (3) and Littletown (2). The middle Kirklees area had 0.

How many Kirklees food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 149 food places in Kirklees given a score in the last three months, 79 (53%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 11 places in Kirklees were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 8 scored 1 and 3 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.