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UK food hygiene · Lancaster

Lancaster.
1,150 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Lancaster with its official FSA hygiene rating. 76.2% score a 5. 14 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.66
Avg FSA
815
venues scored 5/5
14
scored 0 or 1

Lancaster food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,150 food venues tracked in Lancaster, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.66 out of 5 across 1,070 rated venues.
  • 815 venues scored 5/5 (76.2%).
  • 14 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Lancaster in context

Lancaster tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.66 across 1,070 rated venues.

76.2% of Lancaster venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

14 Lancaster venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.31% of rated stock, which puts Lancaster above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Lancaster itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.1/5 while a typical other catering premises 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 Lancaster scores

1,070 rated · 80 awaiting
5
815 venues
76.2%
4
187 venues
17.5%
3
44 venues
4.1%
2
10 venues
0.9%
1
13 venues
1.2%
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

    Queen Victoria Tea Bar

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LA4 5NN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Morrisons Daily

    new

    Retailers - other · LA4 6NB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Primrose Neurological Centre

    Caring Premises · LA3 3QP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Land + Sea

    Mobile caterer

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Salt Marsh Lamb

    Mobile caterer

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Morecambe Bay Chowder Co

    Mobile caterer · LA5 9FG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Breakaway Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LA1 2TY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Little Learners (Galgate) Nursery & Pre-School

    Caring Premises

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Lune Brew Co

    Manufacturers/packers · LA2 0PR

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Althams Fine Foods Ltd

    Manufacturers/packers · LA3 3AZ

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Lancaster 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.

  • ?

    Nether Kellet Village Hall

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · LA6 1EY

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    AK Flavour/Marios Kebab House/AK Desert

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · LA3 1UB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Bangtan, Hawkins Diner, Patty Guy

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · LA4 4SZ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Bennett's Sweet Treats

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · LA1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Hub Uniform shop & Cafe

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LA1 4XQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Cornerstone

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LA1 1PX

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Lancaster.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

255 venues in Lancaster

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

174 venues in Lancaster

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

155 venues in Lancaster

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

128 venues in Lancaster

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

124 venues in Lancaster

4.1
avg score

Caring Premises

94 venues in Lancaster

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

76 venues in Lancaster

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

55 venues in Lancaster

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Lancaster.

  • 5

    Queen Victoria Tea Bar

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LA4 5NN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Morrisons Daily

    new

    Retailers - other · LA4 6NB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Primrose Neurological Centre

    Caring Premises · LA3 3QP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Land + Sea

    Mobile caterer

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Salt Marsh Lamb

    Mobile caterer

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Morecambe Bay Chowder Co

    Mobile caterer · LA5 9FG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Breakaway Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LA1 2TY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Little Learners (Galgate) Nursery & Pre-School

    Caring Premises

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Lancaster, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Lancaster?

RatingCafe tracks 1,150 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Lancaster, 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 Lancaster?

The average FSA hygiene score across Lancaster is 4.66 out of 5. 76.2% of rated venues score a 5, and 14 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Lancaster venues failed their FSA inspection?

Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster hygiene data?

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