WH Smiths

London Heathrow Airport

Heads up: WH Smiths no longer shows up in the latest Food Standards Agency data for Hillingdon. It may have closed, changed its name or moved. The rating below is the last one the FSA published for it.

Food hygiene rating Exempt

Exempt from rating

WH Smiths in London Heathrow Airport is exempt from needing to be hygiene rated.

What does this rating mean?

WH Smiths in London Heathrow Airport is exempt from needing a hygiene rating. This happens when a business has been checked by a food safety officer and met the pass criteria, but does not fit the rating scheme itself.

Usually these businesses are low risk, and often they are not really a “food business” at all - think newsagents, chemists or visitor centres that happen to sell the odd biscuit.

Where is it?

Commercial Unit Dcl13, Terminal 5 Departures Level,
Wellington Road,
London Heathrow Airport,
TW6 2GA

This is the official Food Standards Agency hygiene badge for WH Smiths. The data is published by the FSA under the Open Government Licence.

Who inspects WH Smiths?

Food hygiene at WH Smiths is inspected by Hillingdon, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/foodsafety or [email protected].

Questions about WH Smiths

What is WH Smiths’s food hygiene rating?

WH Smiths in London Heathrow Airport is exempt from needing to be hygiene rated.

When was WH Smiths last inspected?

WH Smiths was last inspected by Hillingdon on 1 May 2019.

What do the food hygiene scores mean?

The rating combines three checks made on the day of the inspection: how hygienically food is handled, the cleanliness and condition of the premises, and how confident the inspector is that management will keep standards up. A higher overall score, from 0 up to 5, means fewer problems were found.

Has WH Smiths closed down?

WH Smiths no longer appears in the latest Food Standards Agency data for Hillingdon, which usually means it has closed, changed name or moved. The rating shown here is the last one the FSA published for it.