Pub - Bar - Nightclub
Food Hygiene Rating for The Blinking Owl Inn
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The Blinking Owl Inn is a pub.
The Blinking Owl Inn is located in the village of North Newington.
Rating: 1 - Major Improvement NecessaryLast inspected: Sat 24 May 2025OX15 6AEfhrs

Major Improvement Necessary
Location
Local authority
Inspection details
Food Hygiene & Safety Procedures
Improvement Necessary (15)
Some major non-compliance with legal requirements. More effort required to prevent a fall in standards.
Structural Compliance
Improvement Necessary (15)
Some major non-compliance with legal requirements. More effort required to prevent a fall in standards.
Confidence in Management
Major Improvement Necessary (20)
Varying record of compliance. Poor appreciation of hazards and control measures. No Food Safety Management System.
- Overall food hygiene rating
- 1 - Major Improvement Necessary
- Date of last inspection
- 24 May 2025
- FHRS ID
- 221865
- Business type
- Pub - Bar - Nightclub
- Business name
- The Blinking Owl Inn
- Address
- Blinking Owl Inn Main Street, North Newington, Oxfordshire
- Responsible local authority
- cherwell
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