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Food hygiene in Wigan by area

In the last month 40 food places across Wigan were given a hygiene score, and 98% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 11 places scored 2 or below, and 111 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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40hygiene scoreslast 31 days
98%scored 539 places, last 31 days
11scored 0 to 2last 3 months
111waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Wigan (10), Pennington (9) and Leigh (9). The middle Wigan area had 1. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Laithwaite (83%), Newtown (83%) and Bedford (80%).

Every area, ranked

1WiganWN1104356%341
2PenningtonWN792673%114
3LeighWN792576%116
4WallgateWN371867%127
5LongshootWN162556%129
6BedfordWN761080%01
7Wigan PierWN351765%125
8HindleyWN242152%08
9Low GreenWN242050%07
10ShevingtonWN64757%22
11Hag FoldM4631942%216
12OrrellWN531675%18
13SwinleyWN131644%26
14Far MoorWN531377%06
15Platt BridgeWN231070%01
16ScholesWN131070%013
17SpringfieldWN63850%22
18Beech HillWN63667%22
19LaithwaiteWN53683%03
20HaighWN23580%02
21Ashton-in-MakerfieldWN422941%212
22TyldesleyM2922737%119
23AthertonM4621937%219
24HindsfordM4621937%218
25BlackmoorM2921747%012
26StandishWN621267%22
27AbramWN22978%02
28GidlowWN62743%25
29Higher EndWN523100%02
30CrookeWN622–00
31Standish Lower GroundWN622–00
32BrynWN412143%211
33North AshtonWN412148%210
34Town GreenWN411443%28
35Bottling WoodWN11944%01
36WhelleyWN11944%03
37Howe BridgeM461825%15
38ShakerleyM291838%111
39NewtownWN51683%03
40Rose BridgeWN11580%05
41Goose GreenWN31450%00
42HawkleyWN31450%00
43PembertonWN51475%03
44Worsley MesnesWN31450%00
45HighfieldWN313100%01
46Lamberhead GreenWN51367%02
47Marsland GreenWN71367%00
48PoolstockWN31367%02
49Spring BankWN513100%01
50Marsh GreenWN512–02
51Marus BridgeWN312–00
52LongshawWN511–01
53Mosley CommonM2801844%06
54AstleyM2901747%013
55MaryleboneWN10729%03
56GolborneWA30617%05
57LowtonWA30617%05
58NorleyWN50367%03
59Orrell PostWN50367%02
60AspullWN202–01
61Aspull MoorWN202–01
62Higher InceWN202–04
63Ince-in-MakerfieldWN302–04
64Kitt GreenWN502–02
65Lane HeadWA302–01
66Spring ViewWN302–00
67WestleighWN702–02
68WinstanleyWN302–01
69Edge GreenWN401–01
70Hindley GreenWN201–01
71Lower InceWN301–01
72New SpringsWN201–00
73Shevington ValeWN601–00
74Stubshaw CrossWN401–01
75ThornhillWN101–00
76BamfurlongWN200–01
77Higher FoldsWN700–02

“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

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

New food places

111 food places across Wigan are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Wigan (41), Longshoot (29), Wallgate (27), Wigan Pier (25) and Atherton (19). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés5756%3
Shops3861%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops2631%4
Care homes and nurseries2488%1
Schools and colleges1362%1
Pubs, bars and clubs922%0
Supermarkets863%0
Hotels and B&Bs333%1
Mobile caterers2–0
Food makers and packers2–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Wigan (10), Pennington (9), Leigh (9), Wallgate (7) and Longshoot (6). The middle Wigan area had 1.

How many Wigan food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 182 food places in Wigan given a score in the last three months, 102 (56%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 11 places in Wigan were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 5 scored 1 and 6 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.