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Food hygiene in North Devon by area

In the last month 17 food places across North Devon were given a hygiene score, and 82% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 9 places scored 2 or below, and 30 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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17hygiene scoreslast 31 days
82%scored 514 places, last 31 days
9scored 0 to 2last 3 months
30waiting 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: Ilfracombe (8), Combe Martin (2) and Mortehoe (2). The middle North Devon area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Ilfracombe (80%), Lynmouth (71%) and Lynton (71%).

Every area, ranked
1IlfracombeEX3481580%25
2Combe MartinEX342560%00
3MortehoeEX3422–00
4WoolacombeEX3422–02
5BarnstapleEX3111850%210
6LynmouthEX351771%00
7LyntonEX351771%00
8BickingtonEX3112–01
9CroydeEX3311–01
10BrauntonEX330450%14
11South MoltonEX360333%12
12FremingtonEX3102–00
13InstowEX3901–11
14Bishops NymptonEX3600–01

“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

14 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

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

30 food places across North Devon are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Barnstaple (10), Ilfracombe (5), Braunton (4), South Molton (2) and Woolacombe (2). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business
Restaurants and cafés3361%4
Takeaways and sandwich shops1040%2
Shops989%0
Pubs, bars and clubs367%1
Hotels and B&Bs367%0
Mobile caterers2–0
Supermarkets2–1
Care homes and nurseries1–0
Schools and colleges1–1

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Ilfracombe (8), Combe Martin (2), Mortehoe (2), Woolacombe (2) and Barnstaple (1). The middle North Devon area had 0.

How many North Devon food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 64 food places in North Devon given a score in the last three months, 40 (63%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 9 places in North Devon were given 2 or below: 1 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.