The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Lichfield
West Midlands · 907 registered food establishments · 73.2% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
48 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 22 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 164 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Lichfield interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 48 improved 77 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
71 days median · 92 days average
across 371 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 164 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 Lichfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | Chasewater Activity Centre | → | WS7 3QY |
| 2026-10-23 | Dough And More Catering/ Handmade Pizza Co | → | |
| 2026-10-23 | Beacon Community Church | → | WS7 2BU |
| 2026-10-23 | The Wishing Whisk | → | |
| 2026-10-23 | Andaz | → | WS7 2ER |
| 2026-10-23 | Thyme Kitchen | → | WS13 8ES |
Latest changes in Lichfield
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | The Breakfast Lodge | WS7 0JY |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | Hayes Meadow Primary School Snack Provision | WS15 4EU |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | The Lichfield Tea Company | |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | Smash Tatty | |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | Lift Rawlett | B79 9AA |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | Zizzi | WS13 6PW |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | Modern Milkman | WS7 3JQ |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | Reenes |
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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