Popular Heysham pub awarded food hygiene rating

The Royal Hotel on Main Street in Heysham Village was handed the rating after assessment on February 10.

The scheme gives businesses a rating from 5 to 0, with a 5 rating being the highest, and reflects the standards of food hygiene found on the date of inspection.

These are the restaurants, takeaways, cafes and bars to have a new five star rating published in February.

A 4 rating means hygiene standards are good.

The Royal has been a pub since the 17th century.