Subway food hygiene ratings
There are 1,960 Subway sites in the United Kingdom with a published food hygiene rating. Each is inspected by its own local council, the chain does not rate itself, and a rating earned in one town says nothing about the branch in the next. 185 sites are in Scotland, which uses a pass-or-improve scheme rather than a score out of five, and so are not counted in the figures below.
How Subway scores
84% of rated Subway branches hold the top score of 5, and 95% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.79 out of 5, comfortably ahead of the roughly 70% of all UK food businesses that hold a 5.
| 5 out of 5 | 1,459 | 84% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 195 | 11% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 60 | 3% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 9 | 1% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 5 | <1% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 0 | 0% |
A further 232 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated Subway branches
14 branches hold a rating of 2 or below. That is 1% of Subway's rated sites. A low rating is not a closure order, the business is required to fix what the inspector found.
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| Branch | Council | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subway WA2 8TW | Warrington | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 13 April 2026 |
| Subway NP4 0XB | Torfaen | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 5 February 2026 |
| Subway YO19 4TA | York | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 21 November 2025 |
| Subway SL5 7HG | Windsor and Maidenhead | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 1 September 2025 |
| Subway HD7 5QG | Kirklees | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 1 April 2025 |
| Subway FY4 3RF | Blackpool | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 8 May 2026 |
| Subway (Town Centre) S40 1AH | Chesterfield | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 23 April 2026 |
| Subway TQ4 6AA | Torbay | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 27 January 2026 |
| Subway CV37 0HZ | Stratford-on-Avon | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 19 January 2026 |
| Subway EC1N 7TS | Camden | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 26 November 2025 |
| Subway CF44 7LA | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 18 November 2025 |
| Subway BL3 2NE | Bolton | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 9 September 2025 |
| Subway L33 7SE | Knowsley | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 10 June 2025 |
| Subway CB1 7DZ | Cambridge City | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 28 May 2025 |
Questions about Subway
What is Subway's food hygiene rating?
Subway does not have a single rating. Every one of its 1,960 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 84% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.79 out of 5.
Is Subway clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 84% of Subway branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 14 branches score 2 or below.
Which Subway has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 14 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 1,728 rated sites.
Who inspects Subway?
Not Subway. Environmental health officers at each site's local council carry out the inspection, unannounced, and set the rating. The Food Standards Agency publishes the result. A chain cannot rate itself, and cannot change a rating.
Where the branches are
The councils inspecting the most Subway branches.
Birmingham, Glasgow City, Liverpool, Manchester, Belfast City, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh (City of)
Other chains
Data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland under the Open Government Licence. Branches are identified from the business names councils publish; one trading under an unusual name may not be counted here. This site is not affiliated with Subway.