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UK food hygiene · Mid Sussex

Mid Sussex.
1,355 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Mid Sussex with its official FSA hygiene rating. 83.3% score a 5. 22 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.71
Avg FSA
1,026
venues scored 5/5
22
scored 0 or 1

Mid Sussex food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,355 food venues tracked in Mid Sussex, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.71 out of 5 across 1,231 rated venues.
  • 1,026 venues scored 5/5 (83.3%).
  • 22 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Mid Sussex in context

Mid Sussex runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.71 across 1,231 rated venues.

83.3% of Mid Sussex venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

22 Mid Sussex venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.79% of rated stock, which puts Mid Sussex above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Mid Sussex itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.2/5 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 Mid Sussex scores

1,231 rated · 124 awaiting
5
1,026 venues
83.3%
4
112 venues
9.1%
3
56 venues
4.5%
2
15 venues
1.2%
1
21 venues
1.7%
0
1 venues
0.1%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Football Fun Factory (Mid Sussex)

    Caring Premises · RH15 9EA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Chocabox Community Gift Shop East Grinstead

    Retailers - other · RH19 3DE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Eight Bells

    Pub/bar/nightclub · RH17 5QW

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Summer Adventure Camp

    Caring Premises · RH19 4NG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Holiday Heroes

    Caring Premises · RH17 6HB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Baked By Maisie

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · RH15

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Holiday Heroes

    Caring Premises · RH16 3NL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-operative Food

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · RH17 5BY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Silvas

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · RH15 0AB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Poppy's Kitchen

    Other catering premises · RH16

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Mid Sussex 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.

  • ?

    The Sportsman

    stale · 1516mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BN6 9LQ

    Jan 1900

  • ?

    Limpio Storage Solutions Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · RH11 9NG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wickes

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · RH19 1QY

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wickes

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · RH15 9QU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Waterstones

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · RH19 1AW

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    W H Smith

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · RH16 4LQ

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Mid Sussex.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

290 venues in Mid Sussex

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

228 venues in Mid Sussex

4.5
avg score

Other catering premises

197 venues in Mid Sussex

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

169 venues in Mid Sussex

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

117 venues in Mid Sussex

4.6
avg score

School/college/university

89 venues in Mid Sussex

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

82 venues in Mid Sussex

4.2
avg score

Mobile caterer

80 venues in Mid Sussex

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Mid Sussex.

  • 5

    Summer Adventure Camp

    Caring Premises · RH19 4NG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Eight Bells

    Pub/bar/nightclub · RH17 5QW

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Football Fun Factory (Mid Sussex)

    Caring Premises · RH15 9EA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Chocabox Community Gift Shop East Grinstead

    Retailers - other · RH19 3DE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Co-operative Food

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · RH17 5BY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Holiday Heroes

    Caring Premises · RH17 6HB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Holiday Heroes

    Caring Premises · RH16 3NL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Baked By Maisie

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · RH15

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Mid Sussex, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Mid Sussex?

RatingCafe tracks 1,355 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Mid Sussex, 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 Mid Sussex?

The average FSA hygiene score across Mid Sussex is 4.71 out of 5. 83.3% of rated venues score a 5, and 22 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Mid Sussex venues failed their FSA inspection?

Mid Sussex currently has 22 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Mid Sussex 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 Mid Sussex hygiene data?

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