The hygiene scores for every Wetherspoons pub in County Durham has been revealed by the Food Standards Agency. 

Ranking each of the venues out of five stars, the Food Standards Agency are in charge of giving every food and drink business in the UK a score - which rates cleanliness, management of food safety, and hygienic food handling. 

Here's each rating system:

  • 5 – hygiene standards are very good
  • 4 – hygiene standards are good
  • 3 – hygiene standards are generally satisfactory
  • 2 – some improvement is necessary
  • 1 – major improvement is necessary
  • 0 – urgent improvement is required

We have looked at every Wetherspoons pub in County Durham to see the hygiene ratings for each of them. 

This comes after Wetherspoon’s pubs in England, Northern Ireland and Wales clocked up an average food hygiene rating of 4.99 out of 5 overall.

The company’s pubs in England, Northern Ireland and Wales have an average food hygiene rating of 4.99 across 735 rated pubs, with 731 of those achieving the maximum-possible score of five.

Wetherspoon was ahead of pub companies Nicholson’s, Sizzling Pub Co and Young’s and was also rated higher than restaurant and sandwich chains, including Greggs, McDonald’s, Nando’s, Prezzo and Wagamama – although all of these companies also scored highly.

Wetherspoon’s personnel and audit director, James Ullman, said: “We are proud of our pubs’ hygiene ratings.

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“However, we also take it extremely seriously when a pub does not
achieve the maximum rating.

“Where a maximum score is not achieved, we work hard with each pub’s team and local authority to ensure, as quickly as possible, that standards are returned to expected levels.”

Here are the hygiene scores for each Wetherspoons pub in County Durham:

  • The Five Quarter, Hailsham Place, Peterlee, SR8 1AB - Rating: 5/5

  • Hat and Feathers, 57-59 Church Street, Seaham, SR7 7HF - Rating: 5/5

  • The Bishops' Mill, Freemans Place, Walkergate, Durham City, DH1 1SQ - Rating: 5/5

  • The Horse Shoe Inn, 3-4 Church Street, Crook, DL15 9BG - Rating: 5/5

  • The Wicket Gate, 193 Front Street, Chester-Le-Street, DH3 3AX - Rating: 5/5

  • The Grand Electric Hall, 2 Cheapside, Spennymoor, DL16 6DJ - Rating: 5/5

  • The Company Row, The Victoria Centre, Victoria Road, Consett, DH8 5AB - Rating: 5/5

  • The Stanley Jefferson, 5 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NJ - Rating: 5/5