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Pinder House food hygiene rating

Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · North Yorkshire

Pinder House holds a 4, meaning hygiene standards at the hotel are good. It is a solid result, the inspector found nothing serious, though a 5 was just out of reach.

The rating: 4 - Good

The rating dates from 27 August 2025, 10 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: Pinder House Keighley Road, BD23 2NS

How it compares in North Yorkshire

In North Yorkshire, 86% of rated places manage a 5, so Pinder House sits behind roughly 5,364 nearby businesses. 9% of the borough shares its 4.

Every rated food business in North Yorkshire
5 out of 5 5,364 86%
4 out of 5 544 9% ← Pinder House
3 out of 5 212 3%
2 out of 5 56 1%
1 out of 5 49 1%
0 out of 5 1 <1%

A further 841 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 Pinder House 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 Pinder House

What is Pinder House's food hygiene rating?

Pinder House has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (good), given by North Yorkshire Council on 27 August 2025.

Is Pinder House safe to eat at?

The rating covers hygiene standards found at inspection, not the food itself. At 4 out of 5, the inspector found hygiene standards at this hotel to be good, the top end of the scale.

When was Pinder House last inspected?

Pinder House was last inspected on 27 August 2025, 10 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by North Yorkshire Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Pinder House?

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

How does Pinder House compare to other places in North Yorkshire?

86% of the 6,226 rated food businesses in North Yorkshire hold the top rating of 5, while Pinder House holds a 4. 544 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

North Yorkshire Council inspects Pinder House 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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Understanding this rating

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Pinder House is one of 225 rated food businesses in Skipton. See every hygiene rating in Skipton

North Yorkshire inspects and rates 7,067 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in North Yorkshire

The official record is held by the council: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/

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