The best farm shops near Manchester
4.7 from 6,878 reviews across 15 farms
Farm shops across the Cheshire plain and the Pennine edge, ranked by their visitors. 15 farms made the list.
4.7 from 6,878 reviews across 15 farms
Farm shops across the Cheshire plain and the Pennine edge, ranked by their visitors. 15 farms made the list.
Our Cow Molly Dairy Ice CreamRaw milk · Sheffield, South Yorkshire4.8 (2030 reviews)Our Cow Molly is a family run dairy farm at Dungworth on the edge of Sheffield, where the herd's own milk and cream are turned into small batch ice cream on the farm. The scooping cabinet runs from classics like chocolate and strawberry to Bakewell Tart, Wild Cherry Cheesecake and Cora's Chaos, with a couple of sorbets and take home tubs in two sizes.
Fresh milk is just as much of the story, with a vending machine shop at the farm open long hours every day and a doorstep delivery round. The ice cream parlour itself opens daily through the school holidays.Tagg Lane DairyRaw milk · Bakewell, Derbyshire4.7 (1781 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 MaidsRaw milk & eggs · Bolton, Greater Manchester4.8 (1314 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.
Pembertons Farm Shop & DairiesRaw milk, meat & eggs · Lytham Saint Annes, Lancashire4.7 (393 reviews)Pembertons is a traditional working family farm at Birks Farm on Ballam Road in Lytham, on the Lancashire Fylde coast, delivering milk to local doorsteps for three generations. Pembertons Dairies has been established for over 130 years, and the milkmen still deliver up to four times a week across Lytham, Ansdell, St Annes, Moss Side and Marton in returnable glass pint bottles, with pasteurised, semi skimmed, skimmed or raw milk available in plastic containers alongside cream, butter, eggs and yogurts.
The farm shop, opened in 2017 after a 20 year plan in the making, stocks the farm's own free range milk and cream, a butchers counter of farm reared or locally sourced meat, groceries and a hot food pantry, with a Milk Cabin at the farm open 24 hours. The farm is also known well beyond Lancashire through Tom Pemberton's Farm Life YouTube channel, which shares the day to day of Birks Farm.
Riverside OrganicMeat & eggs · Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester4.3 (389 reviews)Riverside Organic is an organic farm shop and cafe at Shipbrook Hill Farm in Whatcroft near Northwich, Cheshire selling homegrown organic beef and lamb plus organic vegetables, fruit and veg boxes.
Gazegill OrganicsRaw milk & meat · 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.
The Milk HouseRaw milk · Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester4.5 (228 reviews)The Milk House is a raw milk stop at Home Farm in Comberbach, near Northwich. Unpasteurised, unhomogenised milk is sold through a vending machine and dispensed into reusable glass bottles, so regulars can skip the plastic, and everything sold is sourced locally.
Alongside the milk there are milkshakes in a long run of flavours, from classic chocolate to bubblegum, and homemade cakes join the shelves at weekends. The machine is open every day from early morning until evening.
Hill Farm Real FoodRaw milk, meat & eggs · Tarporley, Cheshire East4.9 (107 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 FarmRaw milk · Bakewell, Derbyshire4.8 (106 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 & eggs · 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.
Naked MilkRaw milk · Preston, Lancashire4.8 (62 reviews)Naked Milk is raw, unpasteurised whole milk produced fresh at Gracemire Farm in Treales, near Preston. Nothing is done to the milk beyond the essentials, so it keeps the natural structure, flavour and richness it has as it leaves the well cared for herd.
The milk is sold from a self service honesty box at the farm, open every day from early morning until evening, so you can call in whenever suits and help yourself. If you have a question, the farm is happy to take a phone call.
Pulford Farm ShopRaw milk, meat & eggs · Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen4.7 (45 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 · 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.
Bell Fold FarmRaw milk, fruit, veg & eggs · Preston, Lancashire4.9 (36 reviews)Bell Fold Farm is a traditional family run farm shop on Moorside Lane near Preston, kept by the same family throughout its long history. The focus is on freshness and provenance, with fresh eggs and seasonal fruit and vegetables at the heart of the offering.
Alongside its own staples the shop stocks locally made cheeses, jams, marmalades, chutneys and lemon curd. It is open Monday and Wednesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm, and on Tuesday mornings from 9am to 12pm.
Red Lodge FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · Wakefield, West Yorkshire5 (20 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.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
