The best farm shops near Manchester
4.7 from 4,113 reviews across 12 farms
Farm shops across the Cheshire plain and the Pennine edge, ranked by their visitors. 12 farms made the list.



4.7 from 4,113 reviews across 12 farms
Farm shops across the Cheshire plain and the Pennine edge, ranked by their visitors. 12 farms made the list.



Tagg Lane DairyRaw milk farm in Bakewell, Derbyshire4.7 (1757 reviews)Tagg Lane Dairy produces raw Jersey milk at Monyash, near Bakewell. The milk is sold whole and untouched, with nothing added to enhance or stabilise it, and the dairy has become known for its gelato and speciality coffee as well. There is even a small caravan site if you want to stay close by.
You can buy raw Jersey milk at the dairy on Tagg Lane or order through the online shop, with bottles running from six up to twenty litres. The shop is open Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 5pm, and 10am to 5pm at weekends.
Milk MaidsHoney farm in Bolton, Greater Manchester4.8 (1297 reviews)Milk Maids is an award winning family dairy farm at Over Hulton in Bolton, where the family has cared for the land and the cows for over 70 years. Milk from their own herd is bottled daily and sold either pasteurised or raw, and it also goes into their handcrafted gelato ice cream, with 24 flavours that change every month.
The farm shop sells the milk and ice cream alongside free range eggs from Staveley's Eggs, and you can order online for click and collect. The shop is open six days a week, closed on Tuesday, and opens a little earlier for anyone just after milk and eggs.
Riverside OrganicHoney farm in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester4.3 (385 reviews)Forster's Farm Shop is a fifth generation family run organic farm that has lived and farmed the estate around Haigh Woodland Park for 60 years. The animals graze the surrounding pastures, and the family rears organic, grass fed beef and lamb for the shop, following a policy of organic when possible, then free range and local.
The shop in the Kitchen Courtyard sells the farm's own beef and lamb, homemade sausages, burgers and dry cured bacon, free range chicken and pork, organic vegetables, cheeses and dairy, and artisan jams, relishes and chutneys. Spend £20 or more and they will cover your parking.
Gazegill OrganicsButcher in Clitheroe, Lancashire4.5 (250 reviews)Gazegill Organics is an organic farm at Rimington in Lancashire that has been farmed by the Robinson family for nearly 500 years, now with Emma Robinson and Ian O'Reilly at the helm. Shorthorn dairy cows graze heritage wildflower meadows, and the farm keeps traditional British rare breeds, farming at low intensity with nature and sustainability front of mind.
Their A2 raw milk is organic, unpasteurised and unhomogenised, and the award winning online butchery delivers organic grass fed beef, veal, lamb, mutton, pork and chicken across mainland UK, alongside a deli range. There is a farm shop at Gazegill itself, open Monday to Saturday.
Hill Farm Real FoodButcher in Tarporley, Cheshire East4.9 (105 reviews)Hill Farm Real Food comes from the Aidley family's regenerative organic farm at Tarporley, where the cattle are certified Pasture for Life and fed on grass alone. The herd blends Normande, Friesian, Jersey and Ayrshire breeds, producing A2 milk, and everything the farm sells is grown on the farm itself.
The shop covers raw milk, kefir, yoghurt, cream, cheese, whey and broths along with grass fed beef, pork, poultry, eggs, herbal teas and even skincare. Order online for home delivery or collect from the farm, and if something is sold out, the shop restocks on Fridays at 12 noon.
Hassop Family FarmFarm shop in Bakewell, Derbyshire4.8 (103 reviews)Hassop Family Farm is the Dilks family's organic dairy farm at Hassop in the Peak District. They hold that the best milk starts with happy, healthy cows, farming organically with real care for the animals, the land and the soil, and plenty of customers reckon they can taste the difference.
The farm shop, which carries a 5 star hygiene rating, sells their organic milk both pasteurised and raw, along with ice cream, coffee, milkshakes, cakes and much more, and milk vending machines mean you can fill a bottle straight from the farm.
Cliftons FarmRaw milk farm in Preston, Lancashire4.9 (83 reviews)Cliftons Farm has been home to the Parkinson family since 1967, in the village of Inglewhite in rural Lancashire, and was the first certified organic family dairy farm in the north of England. Thomas and Iris Parkinson milk certified organic Jersey cows for raw milk, raw cream, raw butter, natural live yoghurt, cheese and ghee, raise the male calves for beef butchered on site, and keep organic free range hens for eggs.
The farm shop opens daily and only sells what the farm produces, down to fruit pots from the orchard. A local delivery round covers parts of the North West, a courier service reaches England and Wales, and it is worth phoning ahead because some products are seasonal or limited.
Pulford Farm ShopRaw milk farm in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen4.7 (44 reviews)Pulford Farm Shop sits at the dairy at Bent Farm, part of Pulford Farm Dairies, a family dairy farm on the border of Blackburn and Darwen in Lancashire. Three generations of the Fielding family work here, milking a herd of pedigree Holstein cows, and the business has delivered fresh milk to local homes and shops for more than 50 years. The farm is Red Tractor assured and won British Farming Family Business of the Year at the 2015 British Farming Awards.
The shop opens seven days a week with home reared meats, fresh produce, eggs, jams, chutneys and puddings, alongside milk bottled at their own dairy, both unpasteurised and pasteurised, and their probiotic natural yoghurt. Doorstep delivery rounds run throughout the year, whatever the weather.
Moss Valley Market GardenFarm shop in Sheffield, Derbyshire5 (34 reviews)Moss Valley Market Garden grows organic and biodynamic certified vegetables and fruit in the Moss Valley in south Sheffield, on the Sheffield Organic Growers site at Hazlehurst Lane. The growers use purely natural techniques to regenerate the soil and support biodiversity, and in the summer months roughly 90% of the veg in the bags is grown to biodynamic standards on site.
The farm runs a veg bag scheme with five sizes of bag, delivered free to the door on a Thursday or Friday across west, south and north Sheffield, or collected from local collection points. Orders can be weekly or fortnightly, first bags come with a free bottle of Sheffield organic apple juice, and visits to the garden are by appointment.
Forster's Farm ShopFarm shop in Wigan, Greater Manchester4.8 (22 reviews)Forster's Farm Shop is run by a fifth generation family of organic farmers who have lived and farmed on the estate surrounding Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan for 60 years. Their animals graze the pastures around the park, and you will often spot them in the fields as you drive in. The family rear organic, grass fed beef and lamb for the shop.
Alongside their own meat they make sausages, burgers and dry cured bacon, and stock free range chicken and pork, organic vegetables, dairy products, cheeses, artisan jams, relishes and chutneys. The shop sits in the Kitchen Courtyard at the park and opens Tuesday to Sunday.
Red Lodge FarmRaw milk farm in Wakefield, West Yorkshire4.9 (18 reviews)Red Lodge Farm is a family run dairy farm at Kirkhamgate near Wakefield, in the Swainson family since the late 1800s and now one of Yorkshire's largest suppliers of raw milk. The free range herd of Holstein Friesian cows is milked by a voluntary robot, so the cows choose when to be milked, and the milk is sold unpasteurised and unhomogenised straight from the farm gate.
Alongside the raw milk there are free range eggs laid daily by the farm's hens and bantams, and raw honey from hives kept on the edge of the bluebell woods. Buy at the farm on its open days or arrange a delivery.
Unthank Hall FarmHoney farm in Dronfield, Derbyshire4.8 (15 reviews)Unthank Hall Farm is a family farm at Holmesfield in Derbyshire raising native Dexter cattle, born, reared and finished on grass and grown slowly for proper flavour. Outdoor reared pigs and sheep share the farm, and everything is high welfare and fully traceable.
The meat is sold as boxes through their online shop, from grass fed Dexter beef and hogget to outdoor reared pork, gourmet sausages, homemade pies and their own Unthank honey. A cut to your spec option lets you reserve beef, pork or hogget butchered your way, and you can collect from the farm or choose local or UK nationwide delivery.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
