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UK food hygiene · Vale of White Horse

Vale of White Horse.
1,029 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Vale of White Horse with its official FSA hygiene rating. 80.6% score a 5. 4 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.71
Avg FSA
761
venues scored 5/5
4
scored 0 or 1

Vale of White Horse food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,029 food venues tracked in Vale of White Horse, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.71 out of 5 across 944 rated venues.
  • 761 venues scored 5/5 (80.6%).
  • 4 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Vale of White Horse in context

Vale of White Horse runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.71 across 944 rated venues.

80.6% of Vale of White Horse venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

4 Vale of White Horse venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.42% of rated stock, which keeps Vale of White Horse below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Vale of White Horse itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.4/5 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 Vale of White Horse scores

944 rated · 85 awaiting
5
761 venues
80.6%
4
117 venues
12.4%
3
49 venues
5.2%
2
13 venues
1.4%
1
4 venues
0.4%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 1

    The George at Upton

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX11 9JJ

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Costa Coffee

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX14 1TP

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    The Butty Wagon

    Mobile caterer · OX14 1RL

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    EAGLE PIZZA

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · OX12 0PT

    Apr 2025

  • 2

    R&R

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX14 3HA

    Feb 2026

  • 2

    The Cherry Tree

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX13 6RZ

    Feb 2026

  • 2

    Vine Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX2 9QN

    Dec 2025

  • 2

    The Old Anchor

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX14 5EN

    Dec 2025

  • 2

    Lucas

    Mobile caterer · OX13

    Sept 2025

  • 2

    Buscot Village Store And Tearoom

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SN7 8DA

    Sept 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Elite Youth Sports / Elite Camps Abingdon

    new

    School/college/university · OX14 1RF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Active Future South Oxfordshire

    new

    Other catering premises · OX12 9BY

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Extraordinary Hare

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX12 8RH

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Costa Coffee

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SN7 7JE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Elite Camps Wantage

    Caring Premises · OX12 8DJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Valentine Food

    Other catering premises · OX12

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sainsburys

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · OX12 9AJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sandwich Express

    Mobile caterer · OX13 5LN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Neha's Kitchen

    Other catering premises · OX11

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Active Future South Oxfordshire

    Other catering premises · OX12

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Vale of White Horse 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.

  • ?

    peter durham and daughters ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · OX2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Bolt Hole Cafe

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX14 3RG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Bear & Ragged Staff

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX2 9QH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    St Michael's School

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · OX13 6SQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sri Balaji Foods

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · OX11

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Oxford African Chopz and Food Limited

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · OX2

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Vale of White Horse.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

193 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

174 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.9
avg score

Retailers - other

156 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.6
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

111 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.5
avg score

School/college/university

105 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

79 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

72 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.4
avg score

Mobile caterer

46 venues in Vale of White Horse

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Vale of White Horse.

  • 5

    Elite Youth Sports / Elite Camps Abingdon

    new

    School/college/university · OX14 1RF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Active Future South Oxfordshire

    new

    Other catering premises · OX12 9BY

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Extraordinary Hare

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX12 8RH

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Elite Camps Wantage

    Caring Premises · OX12 8DJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Costa Coffee

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SN7 7JE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Valentine Food

    Other catering premises · OX12

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sainsburys

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · OX12 9AJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sandwich Express

    Mobile caterer · OX13 5LN

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Vale of White Horse, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Vale of White Horse?

RatingCafe tracks 1,029 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Vale of White Horse, 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 Vale of White Horse?

The average FSA hygiene score across Vale of White Horse is 4.71 out of 5. 80.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 4 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Vale of White Horse venues failed their FSA inspection?

Vale of White Horse currently has 4 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Vale of White Horse 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 Vale of White Horse hygiene data?

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