Where to buy raw milk near London
4.7 from 5,277 reviews across 15 farms
Farms selling raw drinking milk within reach of London, ranked by rating. 15 farms made the list.
4.7 from 5,277 reviews across 15 farms
Farms selling raw drinking milk within reach of London, ranked by rating. 15 farms made the list.
Boydells Dairy FarmRaw milk · Braintree, Essex4.8 (1059 reviews)Boydells Dairy Farm is a small working sheep dairy at Wethersfield, five miles north of Braintree in the north Essex countryside. It is run by the Threadgold family, Roy and Cherry, with their son Kiley now in charge, and sheep milk has been produced here since 1987. The farm covers 42 hectares, all of it grass grown to feed the animals, some of it cut for hay. Around 300 milking ewes and their offspring make up the bulk of the livestock, alongside cattle, goats, pigs and poultry, plus a pony, a donkey and a llama.
Milking takes place in a modern rapid exit parlour in batches of 18 ewes, and the family make their prize winning cheese Plumley, yogurt in various flavours and their well known Yoggipops sheep yogurt ice lollies. Their milk also goes to other cheesemakers, including the makers of Lord of the Hundreds. They are members of the British Sheep Dairying Association. The farm is open to the public from April to the end of August with guided, hands on tours that include the sheep milking, and there is a small shop selling refreshments and dairy produce, a picnic and play area and free parking.Middle FarmRaw milk & meat · Lewes, East Sussex4.5 (1033 reviews)Middle Farm is a 625 acre working family farm on the South Downs at West Firle, near Lewes in East Sussex, farmed by the Pile family for over sixty years and now run by Helen and Rod with their sons Joe, Noah and Gulliver. The farm keeps a pedigree Jersey herd, all named after apples and pears, and describes their raw milk as a hug in a glass, free from interference and additives, with apple pomace from the farm's daily pressing in the cows' diet.
One of the country's first farm shops opened here in the 1960s and now offers more Sussex produced food and drink than any other, beside a butcher's shop selling additive free meat reared at Middle Farm and on local Sussex farms, a cosy tearoom, and a cider barn holding a national collection of over 100 draught ciders and perries. The open farm welcomes families every day to meet the Jersey calves, sheep, goats, pigs and chicks.DawliciousRaw milk & eggs · Hertford, Hertfordshire4.9 (585 reviews)Dawlicious is the Daw family's dairy at Amwell Place Farm in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, home to Barry, Jenny and Claire and their national award winning Bluegrass and Bluerock Jersey herd. The cows graze the fields for six months of the year, and the raw Jersey milk is never older than 24 hours, completely unpasteurised and unhomogenised, with no Bovaer additive in the feed.
Milk is sold from the vending machine at the farm every day, alongside Claire's Dawlicious ice cream made on site from the same milk, local free range eggs and local natural honey. Orders of 20 litres or more must be pre ordered by phone, payment is cash or card, and there is no delivery.
Park Farm BrastedRaw milk · Westerham, Kent4.9 (306 reviews)Park Farm is a third generation dairy farm at Brasted, near Westerham in Kent, farmed by the Edgar family and trading as Edgar and Son. The farm milks pedigree Jersey cows and produces raw milk, pasteurised milk and ice cream using sustainable farming practices.
Milk is sold from the vending machine at the farm, open every day from 8am to 6pm. The farm also hosts school visits and offers catering, and larger orders can be arranged by phone or email.
Tablehurst FarmRaw milk & meat · Forest Row, East Sussex4.6 (404 reviews)Tablehurst Farm is a biodynamic farm at Forest Row in East Sussex whose award winning farm shop has grown from a tiny one day a week operation back in the 1990s. The butcher's counter sells the farm's own biodynamic beef and lamb and organic pork and chicken, with nitrate free bacon cured and smoked on site, and the six hectare garden supplies over ninety varieties of biodynamic fruit and vegetables.
The shop also stocks bread baked on the farm by Fermento Bakery, eggs from Orchard Eggs, cheeses from High Weald Dairy and around fifty savoury pies and ready meals from the farm's own Pie Kitchen. Raw milk from the grass fed Jersey herd, whose calves stay with their mothers until they can graze, is sold from a vending machine outside the shop, so bring your own container.
Plaw Hatch FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · East Grinstead, East Sussex4.7 (350 reviews)Plaw Hatch Farm is a 200 acre community owned biodynamic farm on the edge of the Ashdown Forest near Sharpthorne, held by a charitable trust and farmed biodynamically for forty years. It is a true mixed farm, with a dairy herd providing raw milk, cheese, yoghurt and cream, beef cattle, sheep, pigs and laying hens, and a 12 acre garden of seasonal fruit and vegetables, with close to 500 acres farmed in all within a 12 mile radius.
The farm shop sells all the farm's own produce plus organic goods from local suppliers, open 9am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and closed Sundays and bank holidays. There is an open farm policy too, so pick up a map in the shop and take the farm walk to see how the land and animals are kept.
Udderly Fresh Raw MilkRaw milk · Buckingham, Buckinghamshire4.8 (292 reviews)Udderly Fresh Raw Milk is the Barker family's dairy at North Hill Farm near Winslow in Buckinghamshire. The family takes a gentle, unhurried approach to milking, on the belief that healthy, unstressed cows live longer and give better milk, and the raw milk is sold every day from a vending machine at the farm.
There is a farm shop with a milkshake bar and a raw milk coffee station, and an online store that bottles milk during afternoon milking and has it on your doorstep the next day, though it cannot ship to Scotland, the Isle of Wight or the Isle of Man. Raw honey produced at the farm, local jams, milkshakes and homemade cakes can be added to a milk order.
Wayside FarmRaw milk · Kings Langley, Hertfordshire4.3 (557 reviews)Wayside Farm is one of only two remaining Jersey herd dairy farms in Hertfordshire, farmed by Charlie Wray on the outskirts of Kings Langley. Its 156 acres carry 75 Jersey cows and 70 young animals, nearly all born on the farm, on a county council holding first set up for officers returning from the First World War.
Raw Jersey milk is sold at the farm seven days a week, and a small farm shop opens Thursday to Sunday. Call in at the gate, or ring Charlie ahead of your visit if you want to check on milk.
Charlie's Farm ShopRaw milk, meat & eggs · Pulborough, West Sussex4.7 (317 reviews)Charlie's Farm Shop sits on Southview Farm at Bury near Pulborough in West Sussex, where the Hughes family have been producing milk since 1919, starting with a herd of 7 Guernsey cows. Ian and Julie Hughes began selling unpasteurised milk in 1980, and the family are now the longest standing sellers of raw milk in Sussex.
The shop has an on-site butchery, with beef from the farm hung for 21 to 28 days, milk-fed pork and rose veal, alongside raw milk, local cheese, seasonal fruit and vegetables, eggs, bread and Sussex wines and beers. A fish stall visits the car park on Thursday lunchtimes, and orders can be placed by email.
Meadow Cottage FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · Bordon, Hampshire4.8 (110 reviews)Meadow Cottage Farm is a family run dairy at Headley, near Bordon, built around a pedigree Jersey herd, with a Jersey and Hereford cross providing beef as well. The farm produces unpasteurised milk along with cream and ice cream, all made with the richness Jersey milk is known for.
You can buy direct from the farm, which is open daily from 8am to 6pm, and the produce also travels across the south east through farmers' markets, farm shops, delis and restaurants.
Lodge FarmRaw milk · Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes4.8 (94 reviews)Lodge Farm is a small dairy farm on Cranfield Road at North Crawley, near Newport Pagnell, run by the Adderson family. The farm holds to traditional ways of working, producing raw milk from its own herd and rearing its own pigs for pork and calves for rose veal, with animal welfare taken seriously.
Milk and meat are sold directly from the farm, which opens Monday to Saturday and closes on Sunday. It is worth calling or texting ahead to check availability, especially for the raw milk, so you catch it at its freshest.
Hook & SonRaw milk · London, Greater London4.5 (86 reviews)Hook & Son is a father and son raw dairy business, Phil and Steve Hook, who farm at Longleys Organic Farm at Hailsham in East Sussex, on the edge of the Pevensey Levels. The herd is organic and 100% grass fed, the cows known by name, and this listing is the family's permanent shop at Borough Market in London.
The shop sells raw milk, raw cream, raw butter and ghee, raw yoghurt, kefir and pasteurised products, along with grass finished beef and rose veal from the herd. If you cannot get to the market, everything can be ordered online for doorstep delivery, direct from the farm.
Winterdale CheesemakersRaw milk · Sevenoaks, Kent4.8 (41 reviews)Winterdale Cheesemakers hand makes Winterdale Shaw, a traditional cheddar style cheese, using unpasteurised milk from the family's own dairy farm high on the North Downs above the village of Wrotham in Kent. The Betts family have farmed since 1495 and set up the dairy in 1950; Robin and Carla Betts began cheesemaking in the 2000s, and the cheese is cloth bound and matured for ten months in cellars built into the chalk downs.
Everything is made carbon neutrally using the farm's own green energy from the sun, wind and ground, and the cheese has been supplied to names from Fortnum and Mason to Wimbledon and The Goring Hotel. The Cheese Barn on Platt House Lane opens every Saturday morning from 10am to 2pm, where visitors can watch the cheesemaking, peek into the maturing cave and buy raw milk, raw cream, raw milk cheese and butter. The family also sells raw cows milk and cheese at Shipbourne farmers market on Thursday mornings.
Splash FarmRaw milk · Arundel, West Sussex5 (23 reviews)Splash Farm is a family run dairy farm at Burpham near Arundel, inside the South Downs National Park in West Sussex. The herd is grass fed all year round and completely closed, with every cow reared on the farm from its own cow families, and calves stay on either as dairy replacements or as Aberdeen Angus beef calves. The cows are milked twice a day, at 5.30am and 2.30pm.
A self service vending machine at the farm sells raw milk, slowly pasteurised small batch milk and milkshakes in six flavours. Buy a reusable glass bottle on your first visit or bring your own and refill it each time, and if you fancy staying, the farm also has shepherds huts.
Hackhurst FarmRaw milk & meat · Hailsham, East Sussex5 (20 reviews)Hackhurst Farm at Lower Dicker in East Sussex is an agroecological farm where holistic grazing sits alongside wellbeing days, yoga and barn hire. The dairy is run in collaboration with Imogen and David of Butterworth Farmers, whose herd of Dexter and Jersey cows is grass fed throughout the year, with calves staying beside their mothers to suckle until they wean themselves.
The raw milk is sold straight from the fridge at the farm and at farmers markets in Preston Park, Shoreham and Heathfield, with cheese and meat available too. To buy, text or email Imogen and collect directly from the farm.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
