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Longlands Care Home food hygiene rating

Caring Premises · Middlesbrough

Longlands Care Home holds a 3: generally satisfactory. The care premises 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 26 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: 35 Longlands Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 2JS

How it compares in Middlesbrough

In Middlesbrough, 84% of rated places manage a 5, so Longlands Care Home sits behind roughly 949 nearby businesses. 4% of the borough shares its 3.

Every rated food business in Middlesbrough
5 out of 5 868 84%
4 out of 5 81 8%
3 out of 5 42 4% ← Longlands Care Home
2 out of 5 23 2%
1 out of 5 13 1%
0 out of 5 3 <1%

A further 133 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 Longlands Care Home 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.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

The closest food businesses to Longlands Care Home, nearest first, so you can see how it compares to its neighbours.

Business Distance Rating Inspected
Breckon Hill Primary School School/college/university 438 yards away 5 - Very good 21 May 2025
Acklam Iron & Steel Works Athletic Club Pub/bar/nightclub 0.4 miles away 5 - Very good 30 July 2023
Aldi Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets 0.5 miles away 5 - Very good 2 October 2023
Buns & Batter Takeaway/sandwich shop 0.5 miles away 5 - Very good 7 April 2026
Abingdon Primary School School/college/university 0.5 miles away 5 - Very good 16 January 2025
Berwick Hills Primary School School/college/university 0.5 miles away 5 - Very good 7 January 2025
Best Buy Fisheries Takeaway/sandwich shop 0.6 miles away 5 - Very good 28 May 2026
Best Buy Food Store Retailers - other 0.6 miles away 5 - Very good 17 February 2025

Questions about Longlands Care Home

What is Longlands Care Home's food hygiene rating?

Longlands Care Home has a food hygiene rating of 3 out of 5 (generally satisfactory), given by Middlesbrough Council on 26 September 2025.

Is Longlands Care Home safe to eat at?

A 3 means the care premises 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 Longlands Care Home last inspected?

Longlands Care Home was last inspected on 26 September 2025, 9 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by Middlesbrough Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Longlands Care Home?

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

How does Longlands Care Home compare to other places in Middlesbrough?

84% of the 1,030 rated food businesses in Middlesbrough hold the top rating of 5, while Longlands Care Home holds a 3. 42 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

Middlesbrough Council inspects Longlands Care Home 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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