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Food hygiene in Rochford by area

In the last month 7 food places across Rochford were given a hygiene score, and 100% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 3 places scored 2 or below, and 26 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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7hygiene scoreslast 31 days
100%scored 57 places, last 31 days
3scored 0 to 2last 3 months
26waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Rochford (3), Hullbridge (3) and Rayleigh (2). The middle Rochford area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Rochford (83%), Hullbridge (80%) and Rayleigh (80%).

Every area, ranked

1RochfordSS431283%05
2HullbridgeSS531080%14
3RayleighSS62580%112
4BattlesbridgeSS1111–01
5CanewdonSS411–00
6HawkwellSS50367%01
7Great WakeringSS302–05
8HockleySS501–01

“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

  • Royal Oak was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 21 August 2026. Rochford · Pubs, bars and clubs
  • Gold Lion was rated 2 (improvement necessary) on 19 August 2026. Hullbridge · Takeaways and sandwich shops
  • Spice Hut was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 22 July 2026. Rayleigh · Takeaways and sandwich shops

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

7 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

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

26 food places across Rochford are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Rayleigh (12), Great Wakering (5), Rochford (5), Hullbridge (4) and Battlesbridge (1). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés6100%0
Care homes and nurseries4100%0
Takeaways and sandwich shops40%2
Pubs, bars and clubs333%1
Supermarkets1–0
Mobile caterers1–0
Hotels and B&Bs1–0
Other caterers1–0
Schools and colleges1–0
Distributors1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Rochford (3), Hullbridge (3), Rayleigh (2), Battlesbridge (1) and Canewdon (1). The middle Rochford area had 1.

How many Rochford food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 23 food places in Rochford given a score in the last three months, 17 (74%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

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