Food hygiene in Torridge by area
In the last month 9 food places across Torridge were given a hygiene score, and 89% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 1 place scored 2 or below, and 4 food places are waiting for their first inspection.
Darker means more hygiene scores published. Tap an area for its page.
Check your own street
See food hygiene and everything else that’s changing right round your home. Free, no sign-in.
Every area, ranked
| 1 | NorthamEX39 | 3 | 11 | 82% | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Westward Ho!EX39 | 3 | 8 | 88% | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | HolsworthyEX22 | 3 | 6 | 83% | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | BidefordEX39 | 1 | 14 | 79% | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | AppledoreEX39 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Great TorringtonEX38 | 0 | 6 | 100% | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | AbbotshamEX39 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | AshwaterEX21 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DoltonEX19 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Halwill JunctionEX21 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | HartlandEX39 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | High BickingtonEX37 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | WinkleighEX19 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
“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
- Joiners Arms was rated 1 (major improvement necessary) on 3 September 2026. Bideford · Pubs, bars and clubs
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
- Harpers Farm Supplies Holsworthy · Shops · 30 September 2026
- Encompass Training Great Torrington · Hotels and B&Bs · 29 September 2026
- Ocean Kave Westward Ho! · Other caterers · 29 September 2026
- Whitstone C P School Pyworthy · Schools and colleges · 29 September 2026
- Ranch And Roost Westward Ho! · Takeaways and sandwich shops · 24 September 2026
- Half Time Hatch Holsworthy · Takeaways and sandwich shops · 23 September 2026
- Holsworthy Community College Holsworthy · Schools and colleges · 23 September 2026
- Seahorse Fish And Chips Northam · Takeaways and sandwich shops · 11 September 2026
8 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.
New food places
No newly registered food places have appeared in the last month.
4 food places across Torridge are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Bideford (2), Abbotsham (1), Appledore (1), Great Torrington (1) and Northam (1). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.
By kind of business
| Pubs, bars and clubs | 11 | 64% | 1 |
| Takeaways and sandwich shops | 10 | 90% | 0 |
| Shops | 6 | 100% | 0 |
| Restaurants and cafés | 6 | 100% | 0 |
| Hotels and B&Bs | 4 | 100% | 0 |
| Care homes and nurseries | 4 | 75% | 0 |
| Other caterers | 2 | – | 0 |
| Schools and colleges | 2 | – | 0 |
| Food makers and packers | 2 | – | 0 |
| Mobile caterers | 2 | – | 0 |
Torridge, 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 Torridge as a whole count the food places whose nearest area is in Torridge. 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 Torridge had the most food hygiene inspections?
Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Northam (3), Westward Ho! (3), Holsworthy (3), Bideford (1) and Appledore (1). The middle Torridge area had 0.
How many Torridge food places score 5 for hygiene?
Of the 49 food places in Torridge given a score in the last three months, 43 (88%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.
Have any Torridge food places scored 0, 1 or 2 recently?
Yes. In the last three months 1 place in Torridge was given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 1 scored 1 and 0 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.