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UK food hygiene · Flintshire

Flintshire.
1,287 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Flintshire with its official FSA hygiene rating. 87.4% score a 5. 12 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.82
Avg FSA
1,053
venues scored 5/5
12
scored 0 or 1

Flintshire food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,287 food venues tracked in Flintshire, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.82 out of 5 across 1,205 rated venues.
  • 1,053 venues scored 5/5 (87.4%).
  • 12 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Flintshire in context

Flintshire runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.82 across 1,205 rated venues.

87.4% of Flintshire venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

12 Flintshire venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.00% of rated stock, which keeps Flintshire below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Flintshire itself, the typical pub/bar/nightclub averages 4.6/5 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 Flintshire scores

1,205 rated · 82 awaiting
5
1,053 venues
87.4%
4
123 venues
10.2%
3
10 venues
0.8%
2
7 venues
0.6%
1
12 venues
1.0%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 1

    Harun's

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CH6 5AE

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    Spar

    Retailers - other · CH5 2HU

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    The Mill Tavern

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CH6 5LQ

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Hope Cottage Farm Shop

    Retailers - other · CH4 0NN

    Oct 2025

  • 1

    The Crown Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · LL18 6DN

    Sept 2025

  • 1

    Top Shop

    Retailers - other · CH8 7AP

    Aug 2025

  • 1

    Parkfields Community Centre Kids and Youth Club

    Other catering premises · CH7 1TB

    Jul 2025

  • 1

    Bridge Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CH5 2QN

    Jun 2025

  • 1

    Buckley Express

    Distributors/Transporters · CH7 3AE

    May 2025

  • 1

    The Holywell Diner

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CH8 7TF

    Apr 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Flintshire 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.

  • ?

    Griffiths Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CH5 2HU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    W H Smith

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CH4 0DP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Vittoria Healthcare Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CH5 3DH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Vantage Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CH4 0NR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Vape Room

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CH5 1SX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sports Direct

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CH4 0DP

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Flintshire.

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

Retailers - other

285 venues in Flintshire

4.7
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

202 venues in Flintshire

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

148 venues in Flintshire

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

140 venues in Flintshire

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

137 venues in Flintshire

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

102 venues in Flintshire

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

85 venues in Flintshire

5.0
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

46 venues in Flintshire

5.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Flintshire.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Flintshire, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Flintshire?

RatingCafe tracks 1,287 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Flintshire, 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 Flintshire?

The average FSA hygiene score across Flintshire is 4.82 out of 5. 87.4% of rated venues score a 5, and 12 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Flintshire venues failed their FSA inspection?

Flintshire currently has 12 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Flintshire 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 Flintshire hygiene data?

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