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The Fox Hall Inn food hygiene rating

Pub/bar/nightclub · North Yorkshire

The Fox Hall Inn holds a 3: generally satisfactory. The pub 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 30 September 2025, 9 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: Fox Hall Inn East Layton, DL11 7PW

How it compares in North Yorkshire

In North Yorkshire, 86% of rated places manage a 5, so The Fox Hall Inn sits behind roughly 5,908 nearby businesses. 3% of the borough shares its 3.

Every rated food business in North Yorkshire
5 out of 5 5,364 86%
4 out of 5 544 9%
3 out of 5 212 3% ← The Fox Hall Inn
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 The Fox Hall Inn 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 The Fox Hall Inn

What is The Fox Hall Inn's food hygiene rating?

The Fox Hall Inn has a food hygiene rating of 3 out of 5 (generally satisfactory), given by North Yorkshire Council on 30 September 2025.

Is The Fox Hall Inn safe to eat at?

A 3 means the pub 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 The Fox Hall Inn last inspected?

The Fox Hall Inn was last inspected on 30 September 2025, 9 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 The Fox Hall Inn?

The inspector scored three areas. Hygienic food handling was rated "generally satisfactory", 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 The Fox Hall Inn 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 The Fox Hall Inn holds a 3. 212 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

North Yorkshire Council inspects The Fox Hall Inn 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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The Fox Hall Inn is one of 121 rated food businesses in Richmond. See every hygiene rating in Richmond

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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