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UK food hygiene · Wigan

Wigan.
2,539 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Wigan with its official FSA hygiene rating. 54.1% score a 5. 70 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.19
Avg FSA
1,251
venues scored 5/5
70
scored 0 or 1

Wigan food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,539 food venues tracked in Wigan, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.19 out of 5 across 2,311 rated venues.
  • 1,251 venues scored 5/5 (54.1%).
  • 70 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Wigan in context

Wigan sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.19 across 2,311 rated venues.

54.1% of Wigan venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

70 Wigan venues currently score 0 or 1, 3.03% of rated stock, which puts Wigan above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Wigan itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 3.6/5 while a typical mobile caterer averages 4.7/5, 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 Wigan scores

2,311 rated · 228 awaiting
5
1,251 venues
54.1%
4
508 venues
22.0%
3
371 venues
16.1%
2
111 venues
4.8%
1
64 venues
2.8%
0
6 venues
0.3%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Yo! To Go!

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WN2 3AT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Buddies

    School/college/university · WN2 4HD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Cest La Vie Catering

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN4

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Edge Community Grocery

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN3 5AB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hare & Hounds

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA3 2DP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Tele Cater

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA3

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Happy Pizza

    Mobile caterer · WN7

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Ashton Food Pantry

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN4 9PL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Greenhalgh's

    Retailers - other · WN3 6RN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Greggs PLC (within Asda Stores)

    Retailers - other · WN5 0XA

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Wigan 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.

  • ?

    Hydrogen Drinks Co Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA3

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Whitesmiths

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN1 1XA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Slimming World Franchise

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · M46

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wigan Mum's Kitchen

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WN1 1PX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wiggo

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN1 1XD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wild Grill Leigh

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WN7 1DP

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Wigan.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

886 venues in Wigan

4.4
avg score

Retailers - other

480 venues in Wigan

3.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

372 venues in Wigan

3.6
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

231 venues in Wigan

4.2
avg score

School/college/university

197 venues in Wigan

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

179 venues in Wigan

4.6
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

89 venues in Wigan

4.4
avg score

Mobile caterer

82 venues in Wigan

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Wigan.

  • 5

    Buddies

    School/college/university · WN2 4HD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Yo! To Go!

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · WN2 3AT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Edge Community Grocery

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN3 5AB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Cest La Vie Catering

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN4

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hare & Hounds

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA3 2DP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Tele Cater

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WA3

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Happy Pizza

    Mobile caterer · WN7

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Ashton Food Pantry

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WN4 9PL

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Wigan, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Wigan?

RatingCafe tracks 2,539 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Wigan, 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 Wigan?

The average FSA hygiene score across Wigan is 4.19 out of 5. 54.1% of rated venues score a 5, and 70 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Wigan venues failed their FSA inspection?

Wigan currently has 70 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Wigan 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 Wigan hygiene data?

All Wigan 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

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