Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
James Walker

Three Scottish fish and chip shops ranked among best in UK - see the full list

A NUMBER of Scottish fish and chip shops have made a list of the very best in the UK.

The Times newspaper’s list of the very best 18 chippies features three Scottish shops, including two in East Lothian.

The Rocketeer in North Berwick – located in an old coastguard station overlooking Milsey Bay – was ranked third on the list and was also a winner in 2023’s inaugural Scottish Chippy Awards.



East Coast in Musselburgh also made the list, sitting at 11th place.

The ranking praised their Stornoway black-pudding fritters and haggis bites alongside their cod, haddock, and twice-cooked chips.

The Bay Fish & Chips in Stonehaven came eighth.

Former Drywite Young Fryer of the Year, Calum Richardson, is at the helm of this Aberdeenshire chippy that brings sustainability to the fore in their menu.



Whitehead’s Fish & Chips in Yorkshire, meanwhile, took the crown.

Below is the full list:

1. Whitehead’s Fish & Chips, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire

2. Les and Rita’s Fish Bar, Rhyl, Denbighshire

3. The Rocketeer, North Berwick, East Lothian

4. French’s Fish Shop, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

5. The Haven, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire

6. Bennett’s Fish & Chips, Weymouth, Dorset

7. Morton’s, Ballycastle, Co Antrim

8. The Bay Fish & Chips, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

9. Lighthouse Fisheries of Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire

10. The Mermaid, Barmouth, Gwynedd

11. East Coast, Musselburgh, East Lothian

12. Steel’s Corner House Restaurant, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire

13. Fraser’s, Penzance, Cornwall

14. Fishers, Hunstanton, Norfolk

15. Maggie’s, Hastings, East Sussex

16. The Magpie Café, Whitby, North Yorkshire

17. VC Jones, Whitstable, Kent

18. Lewis’s Fish Restaurant, Seahouses, Northumberland

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.