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UK food hygiene · Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean.
783 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Forest of Dean with its official FSA hygiene rating. 94.7% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.94
Avg FSA
638
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

Forest of Dean food hygiene in one minute

  • 783 food venues tracked in Forest of Dean, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.94 out of 5 across 674 rated venues.
  • 638 venues scored 5/5 (94.7%).
  • 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Forest of Dean in context

Forest of Dean runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.94 across 674 rated venues.

94.7% of Forest of Dean venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

Within Forest of Dean itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.9/5 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 Forest of Dean scores

674 rated · 109 awaiting
5
638 venues
94.7%
4
32 venues
4.7%
3
4 venues
0.6%
2
0 venues
0.0%
1
0 venues
0.0%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 3

    Parkend Village Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL15 4JA

    Jan 2026

  • 3

    The George

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL15 6TA

    Oct 2025

  • 3

    The Golden Kitchen/Emperor

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · GL17 0AT

    Sept 2025

  • 3

    Sixteen Community Cafe LLP

    stale · 19mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL16 8BA

    Oct 2024

  • 4

    Kilcot Inn

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL18 1NA

    Jan 2026

  • 4

    Castleford House Care Home

    Caring Premises · NP16 7LF

    Nov 2025

  • 4

    Cafe Rosie

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL18 1DL

    Oct 2025

  • 4

    Post

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL14 1AA

    Apr 2025

  • 4

    Saj Indian Limited

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · GL14 2PL

    Mar 2025

  • 4

    The Severn Bore

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL2 8JX

    Feb 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Fabioni's

    Mobile caterer · GL18

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-op

    Retailers - other · GL18 1PS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mia-Rose

    Caring Premises · GL15 6BU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hips Harbourside

    Takeaway/sandwich shop

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Corner Butchers Shop

    Retailers - other · GL15 5SE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    New Inn

    Pub/bar/nightclub · GL14 3AR

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Wheelie Loaded

    Mobile caterer · GL15

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hanley Farm Shop

    Retailers - other · NP16 7LL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Countryside Day Nursery

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL19 3RH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Forest Naturals Kitchen

    Retailers - other · GL15

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Forest of Dean 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.

  • ?

    Old White Hart Inn

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · GL16 8AW

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    @1

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL18 1DB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    A Cup Of Char Cake

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · GL14

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Ashridge Farm

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · GL16 8NX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Baked Bliss

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · HR8

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Being Peace

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GL17 0DX

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Forest of Dean.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

244 venues in Forest of Dean

4.9
avg score

Retailers - other

190 venues in Forest of Dean

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

67 venues in Forest of Dean

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

62 venues in Forest of Dean

5.0
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

58 venues in Forest of Dean

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

54 venues in Forest of Dean

5.0
avg score

Caring Premises

42 venues in Forest of Dean

4.9
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

40 venues in Forest of Dean

5.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Forest of Dean.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Forest of Dean, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Forest of Dean?

RatingCafe tracks 783 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Forest of Dean, 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 Forest of Dean?

The average FSA hygiene score across Forest of Dean is 4.94 out of 5. 94.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Forest of Dean venues failed their FSA inspection?

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

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