The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Lewes
South East · 951 registered food establishments · 85.7% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
14 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: 46 improved 25 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | Impact Food Group @ Seaford Head School - Upper Site | → | BN25 4LX |
| 2026-10-06 | Zaib's Homemade Foods | → | |
| 2026-10-03 | Newhaven Curry House | → | BN9 9PN |
| 2026-10-01 | Stud Farm Coffee Barn | → | BN7 3HZ |
| 2026-10-01 | The Macs Farm | → | BN6 8GT |
| 2026-10-01 | Patisserie Lewes | → | BN7 1JA |
Latest changes in Lewes
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | Opened | Embers Coffee Company LTD | |
| 2026-10-10 | Opened | Wild Alchemy Foods | |
| 2026-10-10 | Closed | Kappadokya | BN10 7EU |
| 2026-10-10 | Closed | Cafe Ganges | BN8 5QX |
| 2026-10-10 | Closed | The Hub | BN10 8RH |
| 2026-10-10 | Closed | Peacehaven & Telscombe Access Group | BN10 8BB |
| 2026-10-10 | Closed | Dill | BN7 2BP |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | Skyn & Glo |
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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