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Food hygiene in Wiltshire by area

In the last month 47 food places across Wiltshire were given a hygiene score, and 91% of them got the top mark of 5. Over three months, 11 places scored 2 or below, and 139 food places are waiting for their first inspection.

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47hygiene scoreslast 31 days
91%scored 543 places, last 31 days
11scored 0 to 2last 3 months
139waiting for a first inspectionusually new or under new owners

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Most inspected this month: Devizes (7), Trowbridge (4) and Chippenham (3). The middle Wiltshire area had 0. Over three months, the highest share of 5s among areas with at least five scores was in Melksham (90%), Royal Wootton Bassett (86%) and Wyndham Park (82%).

Every area, ranked

1DevizesSN1071567%113
2TrowbridgeBA1441080%115
3ChippenhamSN1531164%18
4MelkshamSN1231090%15
5WiltonSP233100%01
6WarminsterBA122967%07
7Royal Wootton BassettSN42786%04
8AmesburySP42475%02
9CorshamSN1324100%03
10TidworthSP92475%11
11Bemerton HeathSP222–01
12BulfordSP422–00
13DurringtonSP422–01
14SalisburySP112450%415
15Wyndham ParkSP111182%011
16MarlboroughSN81771%05
17WestburyBA131650%04
18CalneSN111580%06
19LaverstockSP11475%11
20AldbourneSN81367%01
21MalmesburySN161367%00
22MilfordSP11367%10
23TisburySP313100%00
24Bradford on AvonBA1512–07
25Collingbourne DucisSN812–00
26LudgershallSP1112–00
27BishopdownSP111–00
28Hampton ParkSP111–00
29Ridgeway FarmSN511–00
30SeendSN1211–01
31Sutton BengerSN1511–00
32St Paul'sSP201850%310
33The CloseSP101753%213
34The FriarySP101759%111
35HilpertonBA1403100%01
36LacockSN150367%00
37PewseySN90367%01
38CrickladeSN602–00
39MereBA1202–00
40RowdeSN1002–00
41Bishops CanningsSN1001–01
42BoxSN1301–02
43BromhamSN1501–00
44ColerneSN1401–01
45Derry HillSN1101–01
46EdingtonBA1301–00
47Great BedwynSN801–00
48HarnhamSP201–00
49LynehamSN1501–02
50PurtonSN501–01
51RamsburySN801–00
52SherstonSN1601–01
53StavertonBA1401–01
54WylyeBA1201–00
55BemertonSP200–01
56BowerhillSN1200–01
57ChitterneBA1200–01
58HoltBA1400–01
59HorningshamBA1200–01
60HullavingtonSN1400–01
61Market LavingtonSN1000–01
62NetheravonSP400–01
63North BradleyBA1400–01
64Old SarumSP400–02
65PotterneSN1000–01
66Sutton VenyBA1200–01
67West LavingtonSN1000–02
68WestwoodBA1500–01
69WinsleyBA1500–01
70YarnbrookBA1400–01

“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

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

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

New food places

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

139 food places across Wiltshire are registered with their council and waiting for a first hygiene inspection, the most near Trowbridge (15), Salisbury (15), Devizes (13), The Close (13) and The Friary (11). They are usually new businesses or ones under new owners, and each area’s page lists them.

By kind of business

Restaurants and cafés5161%6
Pubs, bars and clubs4279%1
Takeaways and sandwich shops2972%1
Shops1974%2
Care homes and nurseries1182%0
Schools and colleges888%0
Hotels and B&Bs667%0
Mobile caterers5100%0
Other caterers450%1
Supermarkets4100%0
Distributors1–0

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

Over the last month, the most hygiene scores were published for Devizes (7), Trowbridge (4), Chippenham (3), Melksham (3) and Wilton (3). The middle Wiltshire area had 0.

How many Wiltshire food places score 5 for hygiene?

Of the 180 food places in Wiltshire given a score in the last three months, 131 (73%) got the top mark of 5, meaning hygiene is very good.

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

Yes. In the last three months 11 places in Wiltshire were given 2 or below: 0 scored 0, 7 scored 1 and 4 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.