Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire has a rich food and drink heritage that runs far deeper than most people realise. This is one of only three counties in England where Stilton cheese can legally be produced, home to dairies that have been hand-making cheese since 1913. Its brewing history stretches back centuries, with the city's soft sandstone caves once providing natural cold storage for fermentation, and today the county is home to over 30 independent breweries. The Bramley apple originated here, from a pip planted in Southwell in 1809, and the original tree is still bearing fruit.

Beyond the headline names, Nottinghamshire is full of producers who are easy to miss. Family butchers rearing their own cattle and processing on site. Beekeepers managing hives across the county's farmland and wildflower meadows. Micro bakeries baking sourdough in small batches with heritage grains. Organic growers delivering seasonal boxes to local postcodes. Gin distillers, cider makers, chocolatiers, and sauce producers working from kitchens, farms, and industrial units across the county.

These producers are often harder to find than they should be. Many don't have the marketing budgets or digital presence to compete with supermarket convenience, even though their products are fresher, travel fewer miles, and keep money circulating in the local economy.

That's what Sustainfind is here to change. Enter your postcode and we'll show you every independent food and drink producer within 20 miles of your door. We limit our radius to 20 miles because that's the range where local delivery stays genuinely low-carbon, using Royal Mail's consolidated local network rather than long-distance haulage through national sorting hubs. What you see on our platform, you can genuinely call local.