The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Sefton
North West · 2,391 registered food establishments · 83.8% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
53 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 65 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 150 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Sefton interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 77 improved 91 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
69 days median · 114 days average
across 536 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 150 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 Sefton
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 | Cantinetta | → | L23 2UN |
| 2026-10-22 | Gate Of India | → | L22 5PQ |
| 2026-10-21 | Palmyra | → | L22 1RD |
| 2026-10-21 | BigBites | → | L22 0LD |
| 2026-10-17 | Ranchers Chicken and Pizza | → | L20 3ET |
| 2026-10-16 | Hesketh Coffee & Bakehouse | → | PR9 7JX |
Latest changes in Sefton
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Opened | Little Haus of Homemade | |
| 2026-10-16 | Opened | Bare Bites | |
| 2026-10-16 | Opened | Starbucks | L10 3LN |
| 2026-10-16 | Opened | Totally D'vine Catering Ltd | PR8 6BT |
| 2026-10-16 | Opened | Iguana Soul | PR8 1AN |
| 2026-10-16 | Opened | Bubu Toast & Coffee | L21 8JP |
| 2026-10-16 | Closed | Crafty Bar | |
| 2026-10-16 | Closed | Tibo’s | PR9 0RZ |
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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