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UK food hygiene · Pendle

Pendle.
813 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Pendle with its official FSA hygiene rating. 68.1% score a 5. 30 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.40
Avg FSA
517
venues scored 5/5
30
scored 0 or 1

Pendle food hygiene in one minute

  • 813 food venues tracked in Pendle, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.40 out of 5 across 759 rated venues.
  • 517 venues scored 5/5 (68.1%).
  • 30 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Pendle in context

Pendle sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.40 across 759 rated venues.

68.1% of Pendle venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

30 Pendle venues currently score 0 or 1, 3.95% of rated stock, which puts Pendle above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Pendle itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 3.9/5 while a typical mobile caterer 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 Pendle scores

759 rated · 54 awaiting
5
517 venues
68.1%
4
129 venues
17.0%
3
44 venues
5.8%
2
39 venues
5.1%
1
26 venues
3.4%
0
4 venues
0.5%
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

    Dercliffe Care Home Ltd

    new

    Caring Premises · BB9 8RH

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Co-op

    new

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · BB18 6DB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    AHK Cake Designs

    new

    Retailers - other · BB8

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Usmaniyah Indian Takeaway

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BB18 5AA

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Trawden Arms

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BB8 8RU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    POULTRY & MEAT MASTERS LTD

    Manufacturers/packers · BB9 7AA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Christ Church

    Other catering premises · BB9

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Aykroyd Lodge

    Caring Premises · BB10 2LX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Browns Butchers

    Retailers - other · BB18 5HB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Porky's

    Mobile caterer · BB9

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Pendle 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.

  • ?

    Blacko Primary School

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · BB9 6LS

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Hi-jack London

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · BB9

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    ELLIE,s FOOD

    stale · 1504mo

    Farmers/growers · BB9

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Dessert Lab

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · BB8 9JN

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Colne Starbucks

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BB8 9FJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Colne Market Hall

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BB8 0HS

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Pendle.

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

Retailers - other

218 venues in Pendle

4.0
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

143 venues in Pendle

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

107 venues in Pendle

3.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

78 venues in Pendle

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

59 venues in Pendle

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

49 venues in Pendle

4.7
avg score

Mobile caterer

43 venues in Pendle

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

40 venues in Pendle

4.6
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Pendle.

  • 5

    Dercliffe Care Home Ltd

    new

    Caring Premises · BB9 8RH

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Co-op

    new

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · BB18 6DB

    Apr 2026

  • 3

    Captain Cook's

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BB9 9SG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    AHK Cake Designs

    new

    Retailers - other · BB8

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Usmaniyah Indian Takeaway

    new

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BB18 5AA

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Trawden Arms

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BB8 8RU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    POULTRY & MEAT MASTERS LTD

    Manufacturers/packers · BB9 7AA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Christ Church

    Other catering premises · BB9

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Pendle, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Pendle?

RatingCafe tracks 813 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Pendle, 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 Pendle?

The average FSA hygiene score across Pendle is 4.40 out of 5. 68.1% of rated venues score a 5, and 30 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Pendle venues failed their FSA inspection?

Pendle currently has 30 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Pendle 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 Pendle hygiene data?

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