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UK food hygiene · Breckland

Breckland.
1,227 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Breckland with its official FSA hygiene rating. 85.5% score a 5. 13 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.77
Avg FSA
987
venues scored 5/5
13
scored 0 or 1

Breckland food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,227 food venues tracked in Breckland, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.77 out of 5 across 1,155 rated venues.
  • 987 venues scored 5/5 (85.5%).
  • 13 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Breckland in context

Breckland runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.77 across 1,155 rated venues.

85.5% of Breckland venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

13 Breckland venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.13% of rated stock, which keeps Breckland below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Breckland itself, the typical pub/bar/nightclub averages 4.6/5 while a typical other catering premises averages 4.9/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Breckland scores

1,155 rated · 72 awaiting
5
987 venues
85.5%
4
100 venues
8.7%
3
48 venues
4.2%
2
7 venues
0.6%
1
13 venues
1.1%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

  • 5

    Mother Hubbard's

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PE37 7AQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Dorrington House (Dereham)

    new

    Caring Premises · NR19 2DR

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Woodshed Coffee

    new

    Manufacturers/packers · NR16

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Narborough Store Ltd

    new

    Retailers - other · PE32 1SZ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    J Sweet Sensations

    Other catering premises · PE37

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    A & N Perkins Ltd

    Retailers - other · NR17 2AH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Craigo's Swaffham Raceway Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PE37 7QE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Fountain of life Church

    Other catering premises · PE37 7HL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Domino's Pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · NR19 2DL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Violet Cupboard

    Other catering premises · NR17

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Breckland venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

  • ?

    Hilborough Farms Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · IP26 5BT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    James Upson

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · NR16

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    H.W Aldous & Son

    stale · 1504mo

    Farmers/growers · NR16 2DE

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    H M P Wayland Prison Kitchens

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · IP25 6RL

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    FITZROY SUPPORT

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · NR20 4LR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Drive Retail Limited

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NR20

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Breckland.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Other catering premises

246 venues in Breckland

4.9
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

212 venues in Breckland

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

191 venues in Breckland

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

101 venues in Breckland

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

91 venues in Breckland

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

84 venues in Breckland

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

79 venues in Breckland

4.6
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

71 venues in Breckland

4.6
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Breckland.

  • 5

    Mother Hubbard's

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PE37 7AQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Dorrington House (Dereham)

    new

    Caring Premises · NR19 2DR

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Woodshed Coffee

    new

    Manufacturers/packers · NR16

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Narborough Store Ltd

    new

    Retailers - other · PE32 1SZ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    J Sweet Sensations

    Other catering premises · PE37

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    A & N Perkins Ltd

    Retailers - other · NR17 2AH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Craigo's Swaffham Raceway Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · PE37 7QE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Fountain of life Church

    Other catering premises · PE37 7HL

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Breckland, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Breckland?

RatingCafe tracks 1,227 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Breckland, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Breckland?

The average FSA hygiene score across Breckland is 4.77 out of 5. 85.5% of rated venues score a 5, and 13 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Breckland venues failed their FSA inspection?

Breckland currently has 13 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Breckland are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Breckland hygiene data?

All Breckland ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Primary sources

Verify this independently.

RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Breckland data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.