The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in North Devon

South West · 1,478 registered food establishments · 83.5% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

29 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 33 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 270 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

228Opened (12m)
310Closed (12m)
13Relisted (12m)
33Takeover (12m)
318Rating changes (12m)
29Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 73 improved 66 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 1,115
4 140
3 42
2 16
1 18
0 5
Awaiting inspection 95
Exempt 47

Time to first published rating

100 days median · 128 days average
across 472 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 270 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 North Devon

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
2026-10-08 Annie And The Flint 4 → 2EX34 9EY
2026-10-07 Kentisbury Grange Hotel 5 → 2EX31 4NL
2026-10-03 Beyond the Break Awaiting inspection → 2EX33 1LF
2026-10-03 Dollys Cafe 4 → 1EX34 9BD
2026-10-02 14forty Awaiting inspection → 5EX34 8BH
2026-10-02 Rockford Inn Awaiting inspection → 5EX35 6PT

Latest changes in North Devon

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-02Opened Sundays SortedEX32 8NA
2026-10-02Opened Soul BowlsEX31 1SH
2026-10-02Opened GOKZKUKITEX32 8NW
2026-10-02Closed Village HallEX34 0HR
2026-10-02Closed SandunesEX34 7BT
2026-09-30Opened Ye Olde GlobeEX34 9SG
2026-09-30Opened Dice and a SliceEX34 9AS
2026-09-30Opened E J GaytonEX31 2NA

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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