The Greater Manchester fish and chip shops with five-star food hygiene ratings

It’s Good Friday, the start of the Easter weekend.

And for many of us that means one thing, in a culinary sense: Fish. And more specifically, a chippy tea.

It’s traditional for Christians to eat fish on Good Friday because ‘Jesus sacrificed his flesh on what is now known as Good Friday’, explains The Marine Stewardship Council.

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“This is why traditionally, people abstain from meaty flesh on Good Friday,” they continue. "Fish is viewed as a different kind of flesh, and so is favoured over meat on Good Friday.”

Most of us take the chance to have a treat on the bank holiday, and indulge in traditional fish and chips, with MEN readers naming their favourites this week.

We’re well-served for chippies in Greater Manchester — so we’ve also whittled down the most hygienic chip shops. We’ve examined Food Standards Agency data to see which fisheries have secured a five out of five rating, and found 202 that fit the bill.

Below is an interactive map to find one near where you live — or if you prefer, we’ve also made a list further down this story, which is sorted alphabetically, borough-by-borough.

The only question left is: Do you want salt and vinegar on that?

Bolton

• A1 Chip Stop

• Chaes Chips

• Chaes Fish And Chips

• Chipsrus

• D & L Sumner Quality Fish & Chips

• Holts Riverside Fish & Chips

• Ian's Fish & Chips Ltd

• John's Chippy

• Micks Chippy

• New Bury Chippy

• Paul's Chippy

• Reel Fish and Chips

• Rigby Chip Shop

• Sue's Chippy

• Sue's Chippy

• Su's Fish and Chips

• The Chip Shop

• The Chippy

• Village Chippy

• Wingates Chippy

Bury

• Armstrongs Fish & Chip Shop Ltd

• Brandlesholme Chippy

• Bridge Street Chippy

• Chips @ No. 8

• Golden Fish

• Goshen Chippy

• Kans Fish and Chips

• Lighthouse Fish Bar

• New World Chippy

• Next Frydays

• Stephens Street Chippery

• Taylor's Fish Bar

• The Fish & Chip Co

• The Fish Bar

• The Town Fryer

• The Welcome Chip Shop

• Tompson's Fish & Chip Shop

• Walmersley Chippy

• Wash Lane Chip Shop

• White Fish Limited

• Wood Street Chippy

Manchester

• Anchors

• Atlantic Fish Bar

• Battered Cod

• Bernie's Fish and Chips

• Brooks Fish & Chip Shop

• Frydays

• Harrys

• Jonesy's Fish & Chips

• Mr Bakers Fish & Chips

• Mr Macs English Fish and Chips

• Mr Mac's Stadium

• Royal Cod

• The Atlantic Fish Bar

• The Chippy On Burton Road

• The Corner Plaice

• Thompsons Fish & Chips

• Three Star Fish and Chips

• Tonys Chippy

• Tony's Chippy

• Wrights Fish & Chips

Oldham

• Big Lamp Chippy

• Brobbins Crispy Cod

• Delph Fish & Chips

• Diggle Chippy

• Foz's Fish Bar

• Frydays

• Frying Pan Fish & Chips

• Golden Sun Chinese Chippy

• Happy Family Chippy

• Hunt Lane Chippy

• Lau's Chippy

• My Chippy

• Oh my Cod!

• Old Road Chippy

• P.T.'s Chippy

• Selwyns English Fish & Chips

• Simply Fish and Chips

• Sun Hing Fish & Chips

• Tang's Chippy

• Village Chippy Limited

• Watersheddings Chippy

Rochdale

• A1 Fish and Chips

• Ali's Chippy

• Crispy Cod

• Eskdale Chippy

• Heywood Fish Bar

• Hill's Traditional Fish & Chips

• Hollins English Fish & Chips

• International Fish & Chips

• Jav's Chippy

• Kings Chippy

• Lucky Fish Bar

• Magdala Chippy

• Middleton Fish Bar

• Shaun's Chippy

• Shauns Fish and Chips Shawclough

• Summit Chippy

• The Mod Cod

• Tommy's Chippy

• Tommy's Fish & Chips

• Tonys Fish & Chips

• White Fish

• Willbutts Lane Chippy

• Wing Lee Fish & Chips

• Zeeshan Fish & Chips

Salford

• Captain Cod

• Chiu's Fish & Chips

• Eccles Fish Bar

• English Chippy

• John's Chippy

• Kingfisher

• Parade Fish Bar

• Phillips Chippy

• Regent Fish Bar

• The Chippy

• The Top Chippy

Stockport

• Atlantic Fish Bar

• Boulevard Fish And Chips

• Cheadle Chippy

• Davenport Fish & Chips

• Fiveways Fisheries

• Goyt Fish Bar

• Hawk Green Fryery

• Heaton Moor Fish Bar

• Lukes Fish And Chips

• Matts Plaice

• Mr Chips

• Stockport Road Chippy

• Taylors Fish And Chips

• The Cosy Cod

• The Fish Dock

• The Little Fish & Chip Shop Ltd

• The Moor Fish Bar

• Town Street Fryer

• Village Chippy

Tameside

• Andys English Fish And Chips

• Church Street Chippy

• Dans Fish Bar

• Freddies Fish Bar

• Grove Fish Bar

• Oxford Street Chippy

• Railway Fish And Chips

• Renfrews Chippy

• Sunny (Fish & Chips)

• The Battered Friar

• The Chippy

• The Greek Chippy

• The Village Chippy

• Wanda Chippy

• Waterloo Chippy

• Wheelers Traditional Fish And Chips

• Wongs Chippy

Trafford

• Altrincham Fish Bar

• Charcoal Grill Fish Bar

• Charlie's Fish and Chip Shop

• Costa's Fish & Chips

• Craven Road Fish & Chips

• Lighthouse Fish Bar

• Lou Macaris Chip Shop

• Pany's Fish Bar

• Partington Fish Bar and Grill

• Seaway Fish And Chips

• The Village Chippy

• Timperley Fish Bar

• WA14 Fish and Chips

Wigan

• A Fine Kettle of Fish

• Andy's Chippy

• Ashton Fish Bar

• Astley Fish and Chips

• Atherton Fish Bar

• Brians Chippy

• Bryn Fish Bar

• Butts Bridge Fish Bar

• Finger Post Chip Shop

• Golborne Fry

• Golden Fry

• Gordon Street Chippy

• Green Lane Chippy

• Grosvenor Street Chippy

• Henrietta Street Chippy

• Higher Folds Chippy

• Jordans Fish & Chips

• Kirkhall Lane Chippy

• Kitt Green Chippy

• Martin's Fish & Chips

• Mediterranean Fish Bar

• Pemberton Fish Bar

• Pepper Lane Chippy

• The Chippy

• The Fish at Goose Green

• The Little Chippy

• The Little Chippy

• The New Chippery

• The Trawlerman

• Tom's Fish and Chips

• Treasure City

• Tsangs Chippy

• Valley Chippy

• Vlora Fish Bar

• Wigan Road Chippy

• Yates Fish & Chip Shop