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Parish Bakery on Barnes High Street gets top hygiene rating

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The Barnes Times newsroom
18 October 2026 · Follow-up

The Parish Bakery at 13 Barnes High Street was rated 5, the top mark, on 9 October, about a month after it registered as a food business.

The Parish Bakery at 13 Barnes High Street, Barnes, has been given a food hygiene rating of 5, the highest available, following an inspection by Richmond council on 9 October.

The bakery registered as a food business in early September and had been awaiting its first inspection. The rating shows the inspection has now happened. None of the sources we have seen gives a date for opening to customers.

A top score at the first visit is a good start for a new food shop on the High Street. The date the doors open is the question that remains.

The facts
  • The Parish Bakery at 13 Barnes High Street, Barnes, SW13 9LW, has a food hygiene rating of 5.
  • The rating date was 9 October 2026 and the authority is Richmond-upon-Thames.
  • The business registered as a food business in early September and was awaiting its first inspection.
  • The source does not give an opening date for the bakery.
Sources and evidence

Every factual claim in this story is linked to the evidence behind it. Where the newsroom has added judgement or framing, it is listed separately. Sources accessed 18 October 2026.

  1. ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1949828 (food standards agency register)
  2. /stories/bakery-registers-at-13-barnes-high-street (source)
Claim by claim (4 facts, 1 editorial judgements)
  • The Parish Bakery at 13 Barnes High Street, Barnes, SW13 9LW, has a food hygiene rating of 5. — food standards agency register, 2026-10-09
    “The Parish Bakery 13 Barnes High Street, Barnes, London, SW13 9LW. Hygiene rating: 5”
  • The rating date was 9 October 2026 and the authority is Richmond-upon-Thames. — food standards agency register, 2026-10-09
    “Rating date: 2026-10-09 Authority: Richmond-Upon-Thames”
  • The business registered as a food business in early September and was awaiting its first inspection. — source, 2026-09-08
    “Bakery registers at 13 Barnes High Street”
  • The source does not give an opening date for the bakery. — food standards agency register, 2026-10-09
    “Type: Retailers - other”
  • Judgement: A top score at a first inspection is a good start for a High Street that does well when its food shops are busy.