The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Lewes
South East · 955 registered food establishments · 85.4% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
16 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 37 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 276 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Lewes interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 44 improved 27 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
104 days median · 139 days average
across 313 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 276 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).
Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.
Latest published ratings in Lewes
New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Lewes 2000 FC | → | BN7 2XA |
| 2026-10-15 | Holmansbridge Farm Shop & Poultry | → | BN8 4TD |
Latest changes in Lewes
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Ian Davis Sole Trader | |
| 2026-10-17 | Takeover | LANDPORT Food Store | BN7 2SG |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Dreamy Cakes | |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Fallow Houseplants and Homewares | BN7 2NS |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Deesbees | |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Press Play Films C.I.C | |
| 2026-10-17 | Closed | SJ Bakes | |
| 2026-10-17 | Closed | Landport Foodstores | BN7 2SG |
Contact the council
Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.
These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.
If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.
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