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UK food hygiene · Hertsmere

Hertsmere.
863 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Hertsmere with its official FSA hygiene rating. 79.4% score a 5. 14 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.68
Avg FSA
574
venues scored 5/5
14
scored 0 or 1

Hertsmere food hygiene in one minute

  • 863 food venues tracked in Hertsmere, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.68 out of 5 across 723 rated venues.
  • 574 venues scored 5/5 (79.4%).
  • 14 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Hertsmere in context

Hertsmere tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.68 across 723 rated venues.

79.4% of Hertsmere venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

14 Hertsmere venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.94% of rated stock, which puts Hertsmere above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Hertsmere 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 Hertsmere scores

723 rated · 140 awaiting
5
574 venues
79.4%
4
98 venues
13.6%
3
34 venues
4.7%
2
3 venues
0.4%
1
14 venues
1.9%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 1

    Tiny Giants Pre-School

    Caring Premises · WD6 2ND

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    A&D Minimarket

    Retailers - other · EN6 5DA

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Paya

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD7 7AL

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Shish N Spice

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EN6 5DB

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    Liberty African Shop

    Retailers - other · WD6 4DY

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Borehamwood Food & Wine

    Retailers - other · WD6 1AW

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Millie's Caribbean Kitchen

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD6 2FQ

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    Seaworld

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD6 1QX

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    Lakeside Chinese Takeaway

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD6 2NY

    Oct 2025

  • 1

    101 Food Centre

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · EN6 1BW

    Jul 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Hertsmere 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.

  • ?

    Coopers Croft Care Home

    stale · 1516mo

    Caring Premises · EN6 4AE

    Jan 1900

  • ?

    Boots UK Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WD7 7LB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    1070 Kitchen @ Immanuel College

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · WD23 4EB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Abbey Lodge

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · WD23 3AH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    ACA Live

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · WD6 1AY

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    American Sweet

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · WD6 1DS

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Hertsmere.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

180 venues in Hertsmere

4.7
avg score

Other catering premises

174 venues in Hertsmere

4.8
avg score

Retailers - other

145 venues in Hertsmere

4.4
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

78 venues in Hertsmere

4.4
avg score

Caring Premises

73 venues in Hertsmere

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

62 venues in Hertsmere

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

45 venues in Hertsmere

4.6
avg score

Mobile caterer

43 venues in Hertsmere

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Hertsmere.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Hertsmere, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Hertsmere?

RatingCafe tracks 863 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Hertsmere, 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 Hertsmere?

The average FSA hygiene score across Hertsmere is 4.68 out of 5. 79.4% of rated venues score a 5, and 14 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Hertsmere venues failed their FSA inspection?

Hertsmere currently has 14 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Hertsmere 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 Hertsmere hygiene data?

All Hertsmere 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

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