A SEVERNSIDE pub has been handed a new four-out-of-five food hygiene rating.

The Ship Inn at Framilode was given the score after an assessment on July 5, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

It means that of the Stroud district's 95 pubs, bars and nightclubs with ratings, 68 have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.

Food hygiene ratings reflect the standards of hygiene found on the date of the inspection by the local authority.

It is not a guide to food quality.

The Ship sits next to the old Stroudwater Canal close to the River Severn and is ideal for walkers.