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Food hygiene in North Somerset by area

In the last month 37 food places across North Somerset were given a hygiene score, and 97% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 17 places scored 2 or below, and 51 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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37hygiene scoreslast 31 days
97%scored 536 places, last 31 days
17scored 0 to 2last 3 months
51waiting 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: Weston-super-Mare (15), Nailsea (4) and Winscombe (4). The middle North Somerset area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Nailsea (100%), Portbury (83%) and Easton-in-Gordano (80%).

Every area, ranked
1Weston-super-MareBS22154959%528
2NailseaBS4848100%01
3WinscombeBS254757%10
4PortisheadBS203863%14
5ClevedonBS2121050%35
6WorleBS2221060%14
7CongresburyBS492475%11
8YattonBS4924100%00
9PortburyBS201683%11
10Long AshtonBS4112–02
11UphillBS2312–01
12Easton-in-GordanoBS200580%11
13KewstokeBS2202–11
14PillBS2002–17
15BackwellBS4801–00
16ChurchillBS2501–01
17WringtonBS4001–01

“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

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

New food places

51 food places across North Somerset are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Weston-super-Mare (28), Pill (7), Clevedon (5), Portishead (4) and Worle (4). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business
Restaurants and cafés3551%8
Shops2090%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops1540%6
Pubs, bars and clubs1354%0
Care homes and nurseries1385%0
Hotels and B&Bs850%2
Other caterers580%0
Supermarkets3100%0
Schools and colleges3100%0
Food makers and packers2–0

North Somerset, 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 Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset and Wiltshire councils. Figures for North Somerset as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in North Somerset. 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 Somerset had the most food hygiene inspections?

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Weston-super-Mare (15), Nailsea (4), Winscombe (4), Portishead (3) and Clevedon (2). The middle North Somerset area had 0.

How many North Somerset food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 117 food places in North Somerset given a score in the last three months, 76 (65%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 17 places in North Somerset were given 2 or below: 1 scored 0, 9 scored 1 and 7 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.