Lancaster Board and Sword food hygiene rating

The rating: 4 - Good

This is a fresh result: Lancaster Board and Sword was inspected on 4 June 2026, so the rating reflects what the inspector found very recently.

Address: 28 Sun Street, Lancaster, LA1 1EW

How this rating has changed

Lancaster Board and Sword has improved: it was rated 1 before its inspection on 4 June 2026, and now holds a 4.

The FSA publishes only a business's current rating. This history is our own record of what it has scored since we began watching.

How it compares in Lancaster City

In Lancaster City, 79% of rated places manage a 5, so Lancaster Board and Sword sits behind roughly 865 nearby businesses. 16% of the borough shares its 4.

Every rated food business in Lancaster City

5 out of 5		865	79%
4 out of 5		173	16%	← Lancaster Board and Sword
3 out of 5		44	4%
2 out of 5		12	1%
1 out of 5		5	<1%
0 out of 5		2	<1%

A further 64 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

• Hygienic food handling Generally satisfactory
• Cleanliness & condition of the building Good
• How well they manage food safety Very good

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 Lancaster Board and Sword 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.

Understanding this rating

• What does a 0 food hygiene rating mean? A 0 means the inspector found serious problems and urgent improvement is necessary. It is the lowest rating the scheme gives, but it is not a closure order, and a business with a 0 can, and usually does, keep trading while it puts things right.
• Does a low hygiene rating mean the food is unsafe? A low rating tells you that an inspector found problems on a particular day. It is not a measurement of the food, it is not a prediction, and it is not a verdict on whether you will get ill. It is the best single signal a member of the public has, and it is a snapshot.
• Does a business have to display its hygiene rating? It depends where you are. In Wales and Northern Ireland a food business must display its rating where you can read it before you go in. In England it is voluntary, a business there can legally show you nothing.

More food hygiene ratings near here

Lancaster City inspects and rates 1,165 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in Lancaster City →

The official record is held by the council: http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/foodratings