The best rated towns in the UK for food hygiene

Name: The best rated towns in the UK for food hygiene
Creator: Food Standards Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Data as of 24 August 2026.

Rank	Name	Council	Average rating	Rated businesses
1	Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	5.000	172
2	Preston (Preston)	South Ribble	5.000	79
3	Egglescliffe	Stockton On Tees	5.000	55
4	Hale (Trafford)	Manchester	4.988	82
5	Sturminster Newton	Dorset	4.978	89
6	Yarm	Stockton On Tees	4.974	76
7	Retford	Bassetlaw	4.972	248
8	Ashtead	Mole Valley	4.968	63
9	Gillingham (Dorset)	Dorset	4.965	85
10	Ellesmere	Shropshire	4.965	57
11	Dorchester (Dorset)	Dorset	4.962	209
12	Tetbury	Cotswold	4.958	72
13	Upton (Dorset)	Dorset	4.958	71
14	Worksop	Bassetlaw	4.956	315
15	Thornaby-on-Tees	Stockton On Tees	4.955	224
16	Mitcheldean	Forest of Dean	4.955	67
17	St Ives (Cornwall)	Cornwall	4.952	166
18	Wellesbourne	Warwick	4.952	62
19	Sherborne	Dorset	4.951	142
20	Blandford Forum	Dorset	4.950	202
21	Rhosllannerchrugog	Wrexham	4.949	197
22	Knutsford	Cheshire East	4.948	191
23	Formby	Sefton	4.947	132
24	Blaenau Ffestiniog	Gwynedd	4.947	76
25	Lingfield	Tandridge	4.947	57
26	Holmes Chapel	Cheshire East	4.944	54
27	Longtown	Cumberland	4.943	87
28	Emsworth	Havant	4.941	68
29	Eynsham	West Oxfordshire	4.940	149
30	Lydney	Forest of Dean	4.940	134
31	Bawtry	Bassetlaw	4.940	50
32	Weston (Dorset)	Dorset	4.939	82
33	Redruth	Cornwall	4.938	129
34	Ramsgate	Thanet	4.936	422
35	Calverton	Gedling	4.933	75
36	Coleford (Forest of Dean)	Forest of Dean	4.932	103
37	Weymouth	Dorset	4.930	485
38	Richmond	North Yorkshire	4.928	222
39	Billingham	Stockton On Tees	4.927	206
40	March	Fenland	4.927	150
41	Dartmouth	South Hams	4.927	110
42	Wrexham	Wrexham	4.926	475
43	Broadstairs	Thanet	4.925	265
44	Wimborne Minster	Dorset	4.925	254
45	Cinderford	Forest of Dean	4.924	105
46	Witney	West Oxfordshire	4.923	183
47	Haydon Bridge	Northumberland	4.923	91
48	Derry City and Strabane	Causeway Coast and Glens	4.923	65
49	Wombourne	South Staffordshire	4.923	65
50	Carterton	West Oxfordshire	4.922	167
51	Reading	West Berkshire	4.922	90
52	Newent	Forest of Dean	4.922	51
53	Lincoln	North Kesteven	4.921	253
54	Crossways	Dorset	4.921	189
55	Ferndown	Dorset	4.920	137
56	Stamford Bridge	East Riding of Yorkshire	4.920	50
57	Longton	South Ribble	4.919	74
58	Bosham	Chichester	4.918	134
59	Padstow	Cornwall	4.918	98
60	Chipping Campden	Cotswold	4.918	61
61	Margate	Thanet	4.917	579
62	Saltburn-by-the-Sea	Redcar and Cleveland	4.917	180
63	Somercotes and Swanwick	Bolsover	4.917	132
64	Midhurst	Chichester	4.917	72
65	Eston	Redcar and Cleveland	4.916	191
66	Camborne	Cornwall	4.916	119
67	Bourton-on-the-Water	Cotswold	4.915	213
68	Whitley Bay	Northumberland	4.915	71
69	Ipswich	Ipswich	4.914	861
70	Shaftesbury	Dorset	4.914	93
71	Moreton-in-Marsh	Cotswold	4.914	81
72	Woolavington	Somerset	4.913	69
73	Brynteg	Wrexham	4.912	251
74	Hayle	Cornwall	4.912	136
75	Ponteland	Northumberland	4.910	89
76	Settle	North Yorkshire	4.910	67
77	Weston Rhyn	Shropshire	4.909	66
78	Stansted Mountfitchet	Uttlesford	4.908	87
79	Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll	Anglesey	4.908	65
80	Swanage	Dorset	4.906	202
81	Chichester	Chichester	4.905	326
82	Hexham	Northumberland	4.905	179
83	Bridport	Dorset	4.904	250
84	Perranarworthal	Cornwall	4.903	62
85	Alnwick	Northumberland	4.902	245
86	Cheltenham	Tewkesbury	4.902	112
87	Highbridge	Somerset	4.902	92
88	Robertsbridge	Rother	4.902	51
89	Washingborough and Heighington	North Kesteven	4.901	162
90	Linton (South Cambridgeshire)	South Cambridgeshire	4.901	91
91	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Lisburn and Castlereagh City	4.899	79
92	Selsey	Chichester	4.898	245
93	Horley (Reigate and Banstead)	Crawley	4.898	88
94	Clifton (Nottingham)	Nottingham City	4.898	88
95	Horndean	Havant	4.898	59
96	Holyhead	Anglesey	4.897	252
97	Cramlington	Northumberland	4.897	175
98	Guisborough	Redcar and Cleveland	4.897	136
99	Stockton-on-Tees	Stockton On Tees	4.896	614
100	Criccieth	Gwynedd	4.896	67

Ranked among towns with at least 50 rated businesses. Top 100 shown.

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

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