The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Preston

North West · 1,659 registered food establishments · 79.1% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council

16 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 64 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 108 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

218Opened (12m)
141Closed (12m)
8Relisted (12m)
64Takeover (12m)
365Rating changes (12m)
6Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 58 improved 45 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 1,174
4 200
3 91
2 12
1 7
Awaiting inspection 120
Exempt 55

Time to first published rating

61 days median · 103 days average
across 515 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 108 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 Preston

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.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-26 Mr Booze Awaiting inspection → 2PR1 2EE
2026-10-25 Euro Mini Market Awaiting inspection → 4PR1 3BT
2026-10-21 Cross My Tart and Hope To Pie Awaiting inspection → 5
2026-10-21 SNV Mart International Foods Awaiting inspection → 5PR1 2NN
2026-10-21 Ohannes Burger 3 → 5PR1 2NJ
2026-10-21 Cake Box / Ambala 5 → Awaiting inspectionPR1 3BQ

Latest changes in Preston

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-21Opened Artis_flore
2026-10-21Opened Claudes Bakehouse
2026-10-21Opened Buttercream Bakes Broughton
2026-10-21Opened Candy Doodle @ Flip out prestonPR1 4LQ
2026-10-21Opened Eclipsa Bakes
2026-10-21Closed Hope RecoveryPR1 2NN
2026-10-21Opened Care in Mind
2026-10-21Opened Dunsters FarmPR2 5BB

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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