The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Wirral

North West · 2,362 registered food establishments · 73.4% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

62 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 84 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 11 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

297Opened (12m)
308Closed (12m)
5Relisted (12m)
84Takeover (12m)
465Rating changes (12m)
24Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 171 improved 136 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 1,651
4 358
3 174
2 40
1 24
0 3
Awaiting inspection 11
Exempt 101

Time to first published rating

24 days median · 52 days average
across 226 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 11 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 Wirral

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
2026-10-10 Palm Coffee Lounge 4 → 5CH62 3PQ
2026-10-10 The Gate Social Supermarket 3 → 5CH41 2UE
2026-10-10 Tuk Tuk Thai 4 → 5CH45 4QW
2026-10-10 Rubens Coffee 3 → 5CH48 0RD
2026-10-10 Golden Wheel Fish and Chips 4 → 5CH63 3AL
2026-10-10 Wallasey Rugby Club 1 → 5CH45 8RH

Latest changes in Wirral

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-10Opened Best one moretonCH46 8SB
2026-10-10Opened Hoylake PFSCH46 5NA
2026-10-10Opened The FerryCH44 8DF
2026-10-10Opened Mango fish chipsCH46 2QE
2026-10-10Opened Shakes and CakesCH45 4JG
2026-10-10Opened M1 Coffee & CoCH45 2PB
2026-10-10Takeover The smash king WallaseyCH44 8AA
2026-10-10Takeover Huang’s KitchenCH46 7TB

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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