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UK food hygiene · Newark and Sherwood

Newark and Sherwood.
1,118 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Newark and Sherwood with its official FSA hygiene rating. 87.6% score a 5. 10 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.79
Avg FSA
908
venues scored 5/5
10
scored 0 or 1

Newark and Sherwood food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,118 food venues tracked in Newark and Sherwood, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.79 out of 5 across 1,037 rated venues.
  • 908 venues scored 5/5 (87.6%).
  • 10 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Newark and Sherwood in context

Newark and Sherwood runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.79 across 1,037 rated venues.

87.6% of Newark and Sherwood venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

10 Newark and Sherwood venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.96% of rated stock, which keeps Newark and Sherwood below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Newark and Sherwood itself, the typical pub/bar/nightclub averages 4.5/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Newark and Sherwood scores

1,037 rated · 81 awaiting
5
908 venues
87.6%
4
74 venues
7.1%
3
29 venues
2.8%
2
16 venues
1.5%
1
9 venues
0.9%
0
1 venues
0.1%
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

    Southwell Fish And Chips

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · NG25 0EN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    1A Sandhills Park

    Caring Premises · NG24

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    1 Mountney Place

    Caring Premises · NG24

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Community Centre

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NG22 9RN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Cherry Tree House

    Caring Premises · NG22 0HF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Positive Independence

    Caring Premises · NG24 5BL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Baseri

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NG24 1BG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Newark Rowing Club

    Pub/bar/nightclub · NG24 4SE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Red Lion Public House

    Pub/bar/nightclub · NG14 7GP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Little Nippers At Python Hill

    Caring Premises · NG21 0JZ

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Newark and Sherwood 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.

  • ?

    New Look

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NG24 1XT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Millets

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NG24 1XT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Lombard Street Mental Health Service

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · NG24 1XP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Jacaranda Brewing Company Limited

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · NG25 0TW

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Hockerton Housing Project

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · NG25 0QU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    HMP Lowdham Grange Main Kitchen

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NG14 7DA

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Newark and Sherwood.

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

Retailers - other

329 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.8
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

255 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

134 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

103 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

91 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

70 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

50 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

39 venues in Newark and Sherwood

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Newark and Sherwood.

  • 5

    Southwell Fish And Chips

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · NG25 0EN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    1A Sandhills Park

    Caring Premises · NG24

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Community Centre

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NG22 9RN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    1 Mountney Place

    Caring Premises · NG24

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Cherry Tree House

    Caring Premises · NG22 0HF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Baseri

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · NG24 1BG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Newark Rowing Club

    Pub/bar/nightclub · NG24 4SE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Positive Independence

    Caring Premises · NG24 5BL

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Newark and Sherwood, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Newark and Sherwood?

RatingCafe tracks 1,118 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Newark and Sherwood, 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 Newark and Sherwood?

The average FSA hygiene score across Newark and Sherwood is 4.79 out of 5. 87.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 10 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Newark and Sherwood venues failed their FSA inspection?

Newark and Sherwood currently has 10 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Newark and Sherwood 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 Newark and Sherwood hygiene data?

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