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UK food hygiene · Charnwood

Charnwood.
1,473 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Charnwood with its official FSA hygiene rating. 79.6% score a 5. 11 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.68
Avg FSA
1,027
venues scored 5/5
11
scored 0 or 1

Charnwood food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,473 food venues tracked in Charnwood, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.68 out of 5 across 1,291 rated venues.
  • 1,027 venues scored 5/5 (79.6%).
  • 11 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Charnwood in context

Charnwood tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.68 across 1,291 rated venues.

79.6% of Charnwood venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

11 Charnwood venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.85% of rated stock, which keeps Charnwood below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Charnwood itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.5/5 while a typical other catering premises averages 4.8/5, 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 Charnwood scores

1,291 rated · 182 awaiting
5
1,027 venues
79.6%
4
161 venues
12.5%
3
68 venues
5.3%
2
24 venues
1.9%
1
7 venues
0.5%
0
4 venues
0.3%
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.

Overdue inspection

Charnwood 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.

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    The Windmill

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · LE11 1BU

    Jan 1901

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    Greenwood Grazing Company

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · LE12

    Jan 1901

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    Seven Rise Yoga

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE4

    Jan 1901

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    Whisk & Fable

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · LE4

    Jan 1901

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    Photo Cakes

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · LE12

    Jan 1901

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    BakeHouse

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · LE7

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Charnwood.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

277 venues in Charnwood

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

256 venues in Charnwood

4.7
avg score

Other catering premises

242 venues in Charnwood

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

181 venues in Charnwood

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

140 venues in Charnwood

4.5
avg score

Mobile caterer

108 venues in Charnwood

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

93 venues in Charnwood

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

90 venues in Charnwood

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Charnwood.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Charnwood, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Charnwood?

RatingCafe tracks 1,473 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Charnwood, 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 Charnwood?

The average FSA hygiene score across Charnwood is 4.68 out of 5. 79.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 11 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Charnwood venues failed their FSA inspection?

Charnwood currently has 11 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Charnwood 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 Charnwood hygiene data?

All Charnwood 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.

Across the UK

Other cities on RatingCafe.

All cities

Birmingham

10,108 venues

4.29 avg

Leeds

7,251 venues

4.67 avg

North Yorkshire

6,975 venues

4.78 avg

Glasgow

6,528 venues

4.6 avg

Manchester

6,452 venues

4.5 avg

Somerset

6,027 venues

4.84 avg

Highland

5,792 venues

4.56 avg

Westminster

5,561 venues

4.45 avg
Primary sources

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