Forest of Dean food hygiene: ratings and inspection backlog

Name: Food hygiene ratings for Forest of Dean
Creator: Food Standards Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Data as of 24 August 2026.

807

Registered businesses

4.94

Average rating

9.79%

Awaiting inspection

A computed measure, not a Food Standards Agency statistic.

12.4%

Ratings older than 5 years

Inspection backlog

9.79% of businesses in Forest of Dean are awaiting inspection. The median published rating is 1 year, 10 months old, and the oldest rating still current on the register was given on 19 March 2002. See where Forest of Dean sits nationally on the council backlog league.

Rating distribution

5 stars

656 (94.9%)

4 stars

30 (4.3%)

3 stars

5 (0.7%)

2 stars

0 (0.0%)

1 star

0 (0.0%)

0 stars

0 (0.0%)

Towns in Forest of Dean

A further 191 registered businesses in Forest of Dean have no postcode district that resolves to one of the towns above; they count in the council totals on this page but not in any town page.

Leagues

More on Forest of Dean:Election results (UK Elections)Demographics (UK Demographics)

Source: Food Standards Agency food hygiene ratings data, 24 August 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.