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Village View Farm food hygiene rating

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · Derbyshire Dales

Village View Farm holds a 3: generally satisfactory. The restaurant met the legal standard, but the inspector recorded enough minor issues that it fell short of a good or very good rating.

The rating: 3 - Generally satisfactory

The rating dates from 29 July 2025, 11 months ago. Councils typically re-inspect higher-risk businesses every six months to two years, with well-run, low-risk places visited least often, so this is a normal gap.

Address: Richard Lane, Tideswell, Derbyshire

How it compares in Derbyshire Dales

In Derbyshire Dales, 64% of rated places manage a 5, so Village View Farm sits behind roughly 694 nearby businesses. 11% of the borough shares its 3.

Every rated food business in Derbyshire Dales
5 out of 5 526 64%
4 out of 5 168 20%
3 out of 5 90 11% ← Village View Farm
2 out of 5 24 3%
1 out of 5 10 1%
0 out of 5 2 <1%

A further 84 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

An inspection scores three things: how food is handled, the physical condition of the premises, and how much the inspector trusts management to keep standards up. At Village View Farm none of the three raised a concern, the overall rating is only ever as strong as its weakest area, so a clean sweep is what produces a high score.

Questions about Village View Farm

What is Village View Farm's food hygiene rating?

Village View Farm has a food hygiene rating of 3 out of 5 (generally satisfactory), given by Derbyshire Dales Council on 29 July 2025.

Is Village View Farm safe to eat at?

A 3 means the restaurant met the legal standard, so it is lawful to eat there, but the inspector recorded issues that stopped it scoring higher. It is the middle of the scale.

When was Village View Farm last inspected?

Village View Farm was last inspected on 29 July 2025, 11 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by Derbyshire Dales Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Village View Farm?

The inspector scored three areas. Hygienic food handling was rated "generally satisfactory", the cleanliness and condition of the building "generally satisfactory", and confidence in the management of food safety "good". Lower concern in all three is what earns a high overall rating.

How does Village View Farm compare to other places in Derbyshire Dales?

64% of the 820 rated food businesses in Derbyshire Dales hold the top rating of 5, while Village View Farm holds a 3. 90 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

Derbyshire Dales Council inspects Village View Farm and sets the rating; the Food Standards Agency publishes it. Neither the business nor this site can change a rating, a business that disagrees can appeal to its council, and can request a re-inspection once it has fixed the problems.

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Village View Farm is one of 20 rated food businesses in Tideswell. See every hygiene rating in Tideswell

Derbyshire Dales inspects and rates 904 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in Derbyshire Dales

The official record is held by the council: http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/fhrs

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