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UK food hygiene · Blackpool

Blackpool.
1,678 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Blackpool with its official FSA hygiene rating. 77.9% score a 5. 27 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.63
Avg FSA
1,308
venues scored 5/5
27
scored 0 or 1

Blackpool food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,678 food venues tracked in Blackpool, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.63 out of 5 across 1,678 rated venues.
  • 1,308 venues scored 5/5 (77.9%).
  • 27 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Blackpool in context

Blackpool tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.63 across 1,678 rated venues.

27 Blackpool venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.61% of rated stock, which puts Blackpool above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Blackpool itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Blackpool scores

1,678 rated · 0 awaiting
5
1,308 venues
77.9%
4
197 venues
11.7%
3
129 venues
7.7%
2
17 venues
1.0%
1
27 venues
1.6%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    McGraths

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 2DG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Gleneagles

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 5BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Queen Victoria

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY4 1EU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Gabrielles

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 2DG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Newlands Hotel

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 5BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mornington Hotel

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY4 1BE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Clifton House

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 5BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Hotel Libra

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 4BT

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Ellan Vannin

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 2LD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Braeside Hotel

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY2 9SH

    Apr 2026

Overdue inspection

Blackpool 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.

  • 5

    New Philly Family Bar

    stale · 147mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · FY1 5BL

    Feb 2014

  • 4

    Coco Beach Hotel

    stale · 129mo

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 6EE

    Aug 2015

  • 5

    Abbey Lodge

    stale · 106mo

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 4BX

    Jul 2017

  • 4

    Shores Hotel

    stale · 103mo

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 5DH

    Oct 2017

  • 5

    Sonora Park

    stale · 96mo

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 4TA

    May 2018

  • 4

    St James Hotel

    stale · 94mo

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 1RZ

    Jul 2018

By type

What's in Blackpool.

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

Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house

420 venues in Blackpool

4.7
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

332 venues in Blackpool

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

275 venues in Blackpool

4.3
avg score

Retailers - other

274 venues in Blackpool

4.5
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

107 venues in Blackpool

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

105 venues in Blackpool

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

49 venues in Blackpool

5.0
avg score

Other catering premises

48 venues in Blackpool

5.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Blackpool.

  • 5

    McGraths

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 2DG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Newlands Hotel

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 5BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Clifton House

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 5BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Gabrielles

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 2DG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Queen Victoria

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY4 1EU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mornington Hotel

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY4 1BE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Gleneagles

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY1 5BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Braeside Hotel

    new

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · FY2 9SH

    Apr 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Blackpool, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Blackpool?

RatingCafe tracks 1,678 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Blackpool, 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 Blackpool?

The average FSA hygiene score across Blackpool is 4.63 out of 5. 77.9% of rated venues score a 5, and 27 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Blackpool venues failed their FSA inspection?

Blackpool currently has 27 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Blackpool 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 Blackpool hygiene data?

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