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UK food hygiene · West Oxfordshire

West Oxfordshire.
1,105 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in West Oxfordshire with its official FSA hygiene rating. 93.7% score a 5. 5 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.91
Avg FSA
917
venues scored 5/5
5
scored 0 or 1

West Oxfordshire food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,105 food venues tracked in West Oxfordshire, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.91 out of 5 across 979 rated venues.
  • 917 venues scored 5/5 (93.7%).
  • 5 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

West Oxfordshire in context

West Oxfordshire runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.91 across 979 rated venues.

93.7% of West Oxfordshire venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

5 West Oxfordshire venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.51% of rated stock, which keeps West Oxfordshire below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within West Oxfordshire itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.7/5 while a typical manufacturers/packers averages 5.0/5, 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 West Oxfordshire scores

979 rated · 126 awaiting
5
917 venues
93.7%
4
48 venues
4.9%
3
7 venues
0.7%
2
2 venues
0.2%
1
5 venues
0.5%
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 Plough Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX7 3BY

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    The Water Margin

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · OX28 6BY

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    The Crown Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX20 1TE

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    Bread Bin

    Retailers - other · OX18 3DH

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    Dragons Pearl

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · OX28 5LP

    Jul 2025

  • 2

    The Bell Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX29 7UP

    Jul 2025

  • 2

    Buttercup Bistro

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX28 4DZ

    Feb 2025

  • 3

    The Carpenters Arms

    Pub/bar/nightclub · OX18 4BH

    Feb 2026

  • 3

    The Batt CofE Primary School & St Mary's CofE School

    School/college/university · OX28 6DY

    Feb 2026

  • 3

    Dolce Vita

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX18 3JL

    Aug 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Oxon BBQ Restaurant Chicken And Pizza

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX28 6HJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    W J Castle

    new

    Retailers - other · OX18 4RG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Fleece

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · OX28 4AZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Corn Room Limited

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX28 6BS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-op

    Retailers - other · OX18 2JJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Village Fish 'n' Chips

    Mobile caterer · OX29

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Our Coop Little Pioneers

    School/college/university · OX28 1UD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-op

    Retailers - other · OX18 1PQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-op

    Retailers - other · OX18 1AQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Stir Food Ltd - Henry Box School

    School/college/university · OX28 4AX

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

West Oxfordshire 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.

  • ?

    Haynes Hanson & Clark

    stale · 1504mo

    Importers/Exporters · OX29 4JB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    T G Jones

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · OX28 6AP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Superdrug

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · OX28 6AP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Station Road Garage

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · OX7 6BQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Standlake Ranch

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX29 7UH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    St Hugh Of Lincoln Nursery School

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · OX28 5JZ

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in West Oxfordshire.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

247 venues in West Oxfordshire

4.9
avg score

Retailers - other

239 venues in West Oxfordshire

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

108 venues in West Oxfordshire

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

107 venues in West Oxfordshire

5.0
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

99 venues in West Oxfordshire

5.0
avg score

Mobile caterer

95 venues in West Oxfordshire

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

77 venues in West Oxfordshire

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

60 venues in West Oxfordshire

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in West Oxfordshire.

  • 5

    Oxon BBQ Restaurant Chicken And Pizza

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX28 6HJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    W J Castle

    new

    Retailers - other · OX18 4RG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Co-op

    Retailers - other · OX18 2JJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Fleece

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · OX28 4AZ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Corn Room Limited

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · OX28 6BS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-op

    Retailers - other · OX18 1AQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-op

    Retailers - other · OX18 1PQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Our Coop Little Pioneers

    School/college/university · OX28 1UD

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in West Oxfordshire, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in West Oxfordshire?

RatingCafe tracks 1,105 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in West Oxfordshire, 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 West Oxfordshire?

The average FSA hygiene score across West Oxfordshire is 4.91 out of 5. 93.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 5 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which West Oxfordshire venues failed their FSA inspection?

West Oxfordshire currently has 5 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in West Oxfordshire 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 West Oxfordshire hygiene data?

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