Every food business in the Harrogate area rated in October scored the top 5, from Bettys at Harlow Carr to the reopened Mother Shipton Inn. The full list.

Every food business in the Harrogate area that was given a hygiene rating in October scored the top mark of 5, “very good”. That is 36 out of 36, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register for North Yorkshire Council (FSA ratings), which we downloaded in full on 2 November.

No other month this year comes close. In the three months before, between one in six and one in three premises rated each month came in at 4 or lower. The register holds only each business’s current rating, so earlier months lose any premises that have since been re-rated; the true share of lower scores in those months may have been a little higher.

We counted every premises with an HG or YO51 postcode: Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Pateley Bridge, Boroughbridge and the villages around them. The dates below are the inspection dates the register records. Ratings from inspections late in the month can take a few weeks to appear, so a handful more October results may still be added.

Bar chart of the share of Harrogate-area food premises rated each month that scored 5: July 83 per cent (50 of 60), August 66 per cent (25 of 38), September 84 per cent (41 of 49), October 100 per cent (36 of 36). Source: Food Standards Agency register, 2 November 2026.
Share of each month's ratings in HG and YO51 postcodes that scored 5. Chart by Harrogate Live
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The month in numbers

Month Premises rated Rated 5 Rated 4 or lower
July 60 50 10
August 38 25 13
September 49 41 8
October (so far) 36 36 0

August was the weakest month, with one premises rated 2 and one rated 1.

Every premises rated 5 in October

Names and addresses are as the register records them. Some home-based caterers are listed without a street address.

Harrogate

  • BMI Duchy Hospital, Queens Road (1 October)
  • Woodfield Gospel Hall, Woodfield Grove (6 October)
  • Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms, Harlow Carr Gardens, Crag Lane (8 October)
  • Fairfax Manor Care Centre, Wetherby Road (9 October)
  • Greengables Day Nursery, Hookstone Oval (9 October)
  • A&B Minimarket, Cawthorn Avenue (12 October)
  • Western Primary School, Cold Bath Road (12 October)
  • Harrogate Healthcare Facilities, Harrogate District Hospital, Lancaster Park Road (14 October)
  • Little Crickets Pre School, the County Ground, St Georges Road (16 October)
  • Asda, Bower Road (19 October)
  • Henshaws College, Bogs Lane (21 October)
  • Kerala Groceries Ltd, HG1 (5 October)
  • North Country Pizza, mobile caterer, HG2 (12 October)
  • Sun Inn, Brame Lane, Norwood (8 October)

Knaresborough

  • Caffe Nero, Market Place (5 October)
  • Mother Shipton Inn, Blands Hill, Calcutt (5 October)
  • Goldsborough Church of England Primary School, Goldsborough (5 October)
  • The Lime Tree Cafe, Forest Moor Road (6 October)
  • Canteen Flaxby Produce, WM Morrison Produce, York Road, Flaxby (9 October)
  • Costa, St James Retail Park (14 October)
  • Blind Jacks, Market Place (19 October)
  • The Knaresborough Inn, Bond End (19 October)
  • Nippers Nursery, Wetherby Road (22 October)

Ripon and villages

  • Ivy Bank Campsite Kiosk, Galphay Road, Kirkby Malzeard (8 October)
  • Fountains Church of England Primary School, Grantley (12 October)
  • Wolseley UK Limited, Boroughbridge Road, Ripon (16 October)
  • Hel’s Belles Bakes, HG4 (16 October)
  • The Orchards Recovery Unit, Princess Close, Ripon (19 October)
  • Park Cafe, Barugh Close, Melmerby (20 October)
  • Finger Buffet Catering, HG4 (22 October)
  • The Bruce Arms, Main Street, West Tanfield (23 October)

Nidderdale

  • Sunflowers Day Nursery, Low Wath Road, Pateley Bridge (6 October)
  • The Old Granary, High Street, Pateley Bridge (6 October)
  • Earnshaw’s Herbal Dispensary, High Street, Pateley Bridge (14 October)

Boroughbridge

  • Appleton’s, St James Square (1 October)
  • Tiddlywinks Private Day Nursery, Minskip Road (21 October)

The Mother Shipton Inn got its 5 weeks after it reopened following a £250,000 refurbishment; we covered the reopening in Mother Shipton Inn Knaresborough reopens.

Across the whole area

Of the 1,295 rated premises in HG and YO51 postcodes on the register on 2 November:

  • 1,121 are rated 5 (about 87%)
  • 124 are rated 4
  • 40 are rated 3
  • 6 are rated 2
  • 4 are rated 1
  • none is rated 0

A further 116 are awaiting their first inspection, and 62 are exempt.

What it means for you

  • A rating is a snapshot of the day of the inspection. It covers hygiene, the condition of the premises and how food safety is managed, not the quality of the food.
  • You can look up any premises, and the date it was last inspected, on the FSA’s ratings site.
  • Businesses can appeal a rating within 21 days, ask for a re-inspection once they have made improvements, and publish a right to reply alongside their rating on the FSA site.
  • Ratings come from North Yorkshire Council’s environmental health officers. To report a food hygiene concern, use the council’s food safety pages.