Online ordering system for Knowsley takeaways and restaurants

Chefzi is an online ordering system for takeaways and restaurants in Knowsley: your own ordering site and branded Android app (iOS coming soon), 0% commission, plans from £9 a month billed yearly, first month free with no card, month to month with no contract. The FSA register lists 112 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 152 restaurant and café premises in Knowsley (pulled 13 November 2026).

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How many takeaways and restaurants Knowsley has

Knowsley registers 836 food businesses of every kind with the Food Standards Agency. 112 of them are takeaway or sandwich shop premises and 152 are restaurants, cafés or canteens. Among the 35 councils the FSA lists in the North West, Knowsley is number 28 for takeaway premises.

Restaurants and cafés (152) outnumber takeaways (112), but takeaways are still about 13% of the 836 food premises of every kind that Knowsley registers.

Takeaway density: 6.8 premises per 10,000 residents (population 163,723, ONS mid-2025 estimate), below 9.1 across the UK and 11.1 in the North West. Visitors and commuters are not counted in the population, so town centres read high.

Hygiene results for takeaways

95 takeaway premises in Knowsley have a published rating. 45.3% of them hold a 5, against 62% across England (-16.7 points), and 17.9% are rated 0 to 2. In the North West as a whole, 54.1% of rated takeaways hold a 5, so Knowsley is below its region.

16 takeaway premises are shown as awaiting inspection and 48 (43%) had a rating date in the last 12 months. The share rated 0 to 2 is higher than the England average (5.8%), so a visible good rating on your own site helps. How hygiene ratings work for takeaways.

What stands out in Knowsley

• Takeaways are a bigger part of the picture here than in most places: there are 1.4 restaurants and cafés for every takeaway in Knowsley, against about 2.3 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
• L36 alone holds 25% of the takeaway premises in Knowsley (28 of 112), so a kitchen there is competing with a dense cluster for the same customers.
• Knowsley has the fewest takeaway premises of the 5 council areas in Merseyside.
• Restaurants and cafés here do much better on hygiene ratings than takeaways: 72% hold a 5 against 45.3% for takeaways.
• 14% of takeaway premises (16) are still awaiting their first inspection, which usually means recent openings, so new competitors are arriving.

The kitchens behind the names in Knowsley

Counting premises whose trading name contains a cuisine word (a rough guide, not a cuisine census), Knowsley has 2 words that reach 10: 16 fish and chip, 14 pizza.

Counts are premises, takeaway plus restaurant and café, whose registered trading name contains the word. A name without the word is not counted, so treat them as a floor.

Chinese or noodle edges ahead of the national rate in Knowsley: 8 of 264 food premises (3.0%), against 2.5% across the UK (FSA, 13 November 2026). 3 of the 8 are in L36, a district with 28 registered takeaways of every kind. Indian or curry names are rarer than average: 2 of 264 (0.8%, against 2.2% across the UK). These are name-keyword counts, a floor rather than a census.

Postcode districts and delivery zones

Knowsley has takeaways in 10 postcode districts, and the three with the most are L36 (28), L32 (21), L34 (18).

Half of the food premises in Knowsley are within 1.7 miles of the centre, 67% within 3 miles and 100% within 10. That suits a close zone with a low minimum order plus a wider zone with a higher minimum and a delivery fee. Chefzi's delivery zones are set by postcode or radius, with a minimum order and fee per zone.

Late-night hot food in Knowsley: the council's own page

Serving hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am normally needs a late night refreshment licence under the Licensing Act 2003, issued by the local council. Knowsley's council publishes its process here: Knowsley council licensing page (checked 13 November 2026). Check it before you open your ordering hours past 11pm.

The general rules, the 11pm to 5am window and what to ask are in the late night refreshment licence guide. Chefzi lets you set collection and delivery hours separately, so ordering hours can follow whatever your licence conditions say. This is general information, not legal advice.

Knowsley and the areas around it

Main places in the Knowsley council area include Kirkby (about 45,600 people in the 2021 built-up area).

Part of Merseyside, with Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.

Nearest council areas by the centre of their food premises (distance between centres):

Set-ups for the kitchens here: Fish and chips, Pizza, or online ordering for takeaways.

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Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), Open Government Licence v3.0, pulled 13 November 2026. Takeaway/sandwich shop and restaurant/café/canteen business types.
• Office for National Statistics, 2021 Census built-up area populations.
• Council licensing page linked above, opened 13 November 2026.