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Food hygiene in Ribble Valley by area

In the last month 13 food places across Ribble Valley were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 0 places scored 2 or below, and 46 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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13hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 513 places, last 31 days
0scored 0 to 2last 3 months
46waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Clitheroe (6), Whalley (5) and Billington (3). The middle Ribble Valley area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Clitheroe (95%), Whalley (89%) and Billington (86%).

Every area, ranked

1ClitheroeBB761995%012
2WhalleyBB75989%07
3BillingtonBB73786%04
4LongridgePR31875%010
5RibchesterPR303100%00
6ChatburnBB702–01
7GisburnBB702–02
8ReadBB1202–00
9SimonstoneBB1202–00
10ChippingPR301–01
11MellorBB201–00
12OsbaldestonBB201–00
13SabdenBB701–03
14SlaidburnBB701–00
15Bolton by BowlandBB700–01
16WilpshireBB100–02

“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

No food place in Ribble Valley was given 2 or below in the last three months.

Top marks this month

13 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

46 food places across Ribble Valley are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Clitheroe (12), Longridge (10), Whalley (7), Billington (4) and Sabden (3). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Takeaways and sandwich shops1275%0
Schools and colleges10100%0
Pubs, bars and clubs9100%0
Restaurants and cafés989%0
Shops888%0
Care homes and nurseries475%0
Supermarkets2–0
Distributors1–0
Hotels and B&Bs1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Clitheroe (6), Whalley (5), Billington (3) and Longridge (1). The middle Ribble Valley area had 0.

How many Ribble Valley food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 56 food places in Ribble Valley given a score in the last three months, 50 (89%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

No food place in Ribble Valley was given a score of 2 or below in the last three months.

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.