Cheshire cheese is the oldest named cheese in England, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. Applebys Dairy at Hawkstone Abbey Farm is the last family making traditional handmade clothbound raw milk Cheshire, using milk from their own herd grazing the mineral-rich salty pastures of the Cheshire Plain. Neal Yard Dairy calls it the benchmark of the style. H S Bourne in Malpas has been hand-making Cheshire cheese since 1750, one of the oldest continually operating cheese farms in the country. Joseph Heler on Laurels Farm in Nantwich has produced cheese to time-honoured recipes since 1957.
When your local cheesemaker is under 10 miles away and the supermarket average for dairy is over 350 miles, the quality difference is clear. Browse the dairy and egg producers below to find what is near you.
