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Food hygiene in Waltham Forest by area

In the last month 17 food places across Waltham Forest were given a hygiene score, and 65% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 32 places scored 2 or below, and 36 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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17hygiene scoreslast 31 days
65%scored 511 places, last 31 days
32scored 0 to 2last 3 months
36waiting 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: Walthamstow (13), Leyton (6) and Leytonstone (2). The middle Waltham Forest area had 2. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Higham Hill (40%), Leytonstone (38%) and Hale End (33%).

Every area, ranked

1WalthamstowE17139424%2226
2LeytonE1063426%129
3LeytonstoneE112838%02
4Higham HillE172540%01
5Upper WalthamstowE1711613%32
6ChingfordE4150%33
7Hale EndIG80633%03
8Highams ParkE40633%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

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

11 places scored 5 in the last 31 days.

New food places

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

36 food places across Waltham Forest are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Walthamstow (26), Leyton (9), Hale End (3), Chingford (3) and Highams Park (2). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés5725%16
Takeaways and sandwich shops2516%5
Shops234%8
Care homes and nurseries1250%1
Schools and colleges580%0
Food makers and packers333%0
Pubs, bars and clubs2–0
Supermarkets2–1
Other caterers2–0
Importers and exporters1–1
Hotels and B&Bs1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Walthamstow (13), Leyton (6), Leytonstone (2), Higham Hill (2) and Upper Walthamstow (1). The middle Waltham Forest area had 2.

How many Waltham Forest food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 133 food places in Waltham Forest given a score in the last three months, 32 (24%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 32 places in Waltham Forest were given 2 or below: 14 scored 0, 17 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.