Where to buy raw milk near Manchester
4.7 from 6,929 reviews across 15 farms
Farms selling raw drinking milk within reach of Manchester. 15 farms made the list.
4.7 from 6,929 reviews across 15 farms
Farms selling raw drinking milk within reach of Manchester. 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 (386 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.
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.
Green Oaks FarmRaw milk & meat · Knutsford, Cheshire East4.9 (136 reviews)Greenoaks Farm is a small farm on Ostlers Lane in Mobberley, Cheshire, milking its own herd for raw milk that is simply filtered and chilled before bottling. They also make whole milk, gently pasteurised but never homogenised so the cream still rises to the top, along with milkshakes in flavours from vanilla to salted caramel. Grass fed beef is reared on the farm, and hives on site provide honey, cared for by a local beekeeper.
Please pre order milk before travelling, by email or a message on social media, then collect from the farm, open daily. Beef is sold frozen as individual cuts on a first come first served basis, and the whole milk is also stocked by a handful of local shops and a milk delivery round.
Halton FarmsRaw milk & eggs · Congleton, Cheshire East4.6 (182 reviews)Halton Farms is Tom and Karen's dairy farm at Chance Hall Farm in Cheshire, where 500 crossbred cows are milked and another 300 heifers grow on at nearby Townsend Farm. Tom's father arrived on the Rode Hall Estate as a tenant farmer in 1968 with 30 cows, and Tom farmed in the partnership that grew from that start before the couple formed Halton Farms Ltd in 2012.
In 2016 they opened The Milk Shack, where a vending machine sells raw milk alongside pasteurised milk, milkshakes, cheese, eggs, cakes and butter. Since 2018 the farm has also run tours for schools, colleges and community groups, giving a real behind the scenes view of dairy farming.
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.
The Milking ParlourRaw milk & eggs · Clitheroe, Lancashire4.8 (98 reviews)The Milking Parlour is a small family run farm in Sabden, selling raw milk fresh from their grass fed Friesian herd through a self service vending machine at Cockshots Farm. The milk is tested regularly, and the machine also serves raw milk milkshakes.
Alongside the milk you can pick up local cheeses, eggs and butter. Milk and milkshakes can be paid for by cash or card, but the eggs, cheese and butter are cash only, so bring some change if you want the full haul.
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.
McLintock's DairyRaw milk & eggs · Oldham, Greater Manchester4.6 (84 reviews)McLintock's Dairy is a family run dairy at Ralph's Farm in Denshaw, with a history going back to the 1930s and a pedigree herd of Holstein Friesian cows. The farm bottles whole, semi skimmed, skimmed and raw milk, much of it in glass, and supplies homes as well as local schools, cafes and restaurants around Saddleworth.
Deliveries arrive on the doorstep before 8am, Monday to Saturday depending on your area, and the round covers most of Oldham. Alongside milk you can order cream, yoghurt, eggs, butter, bacon, juice and fresh milkshakes, and new customers register through the WhatsApp form on the website.
Barton Brook DairyRaw milk · Preston, Lancashire4.5 (86 reviews)Barton Brook Dairy is a third generation family dairy farm on Station Lane in Barton, just north of Preston, home to an award winning herd of 120 milking cows. Raw milk and raw milk milkshakes are sold straight from the farm every day from 8am to 7pm, in half litre, one litre and two litre sizes, with click and collect on the way.
In 2016 farm manager Phil and his wife Sara set out to diversify beyond difficult supermarket milk prices, and after a visit to an ice cream convention chose gelato over the usual farmhouse ice cream, inspired by Phil's time in Florence. Today Sara makes over 30 flavours on the farm using the herd's own milk, served Wednesday to Sunday from the farm, and there is even a lactose and sugar free gelato for dogs. The herd is milked in a robotic parlour and has its own barn to relax in.
Hoscar Moss Milk ShopRaw milk · Ormskirk, Lancashire4.9 (58 reviews)Hoscar Moss Milk Shop is a family run dairy venture at Sandyways Farm on Hoscar Moss, near Ormskirk. The farm has produced milk here for a long time and has more recently opened its own shop, so people can buy pure, traditional raw milk straight from the source.
The shop keeps generous hours, open every day from 7.30am to 8.30pm, and the milk is sold unprocessed, just as it comes from the herd. If you want to know more before you visit, the farm can be reached by email.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
