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The best butchers in Essex

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Organised lists 8 farms in Essex, including 8 butchers, 8 farm shops and 1 honey farm. 6 deliver to your door.

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  1. 1Thomas Joseph ButcheryThomas Joseph ButcheryButcher in Brentwood4.8 (237 reviews)Thomas Joseph Butchery is a butcher's shop at Coxtie Green Farm in Brentwood, founded by Tom Joseph and built around dry aged, grass fed beef and ethically sourced meat. The counter and online store run from grass fed and dry aged beef through Golden Herd UK Wagyu to free range pork, Iberico and Basque Ibaiama pork, grass fed lamb and free range poultry. Beyond the meat there are artisanal cheeses, organic dairy and butter, raw honey and smoked and cured produce. You can visit the shop in person or order online for nationwide delivery, with next day delivery on orders placed by 11am Wednesday to Saturday.
  2. 2Deersbrook FarmDeersbrook FarmButcher in Braintree4.5 (64 reviews)Deersbrook Farm is a family run farm at Shalford Green near Braintree in Essex, producing 100% grass fed British beef and rare breed, free range pork. The beef is PFLA certified and matured for 28 days, and the farm runs its own butchery and farm shop on Littles Lane. Buy at the shop, or order meat boxes for collection or national delivery, from a taster box up to larger family selections. There are also dinner kits, BBQ packs and a monthly meat box that adds local free range chicken, lamb and wild game to the farm's own beef and pork.
  3. 3Lauriston FarmLauriston FarmButcher in Maldon4.7 (29 reviews)Lauriston Farm is a charitable, community owned biodynamic farm on the Blackwater Estuary at Goldhanger in rural Essex, where staff work alongside adults with a learning disability in every part of farm life, from the veg garden to the craft room. The whole farm is certified biodynamic, and its rare breed Shetland cattle and North Ronaldsay sheep are 100% pasture fed. Two acres of vegetables supply a box scheme, three markets a month, the farm shop and Manningtree Wholefood Store, and the animals provide grass fed beef and lamb, organic undyed knitting yarn and sheepskins. Open days, educational walks and courses in biodynamics run through the year, and the gardens, fields and facilities are all wheelchair accessible.
  4. 4Brick Kiln FarmBrick Kiln FarmFarm shop in Colchester4.9 (19 reviews)Brick Kiln Farm is a farm on Turkey Cock Lane at Stanway, on the edge of Colchester, with a farm shop selling fresh, homegrown and locally sourced produce. What is on the shelves follows the seasons, so the pick changes through the year as crops come ready. Alongside its own growing, the shop stocks goods from producers nearby, keeping money in the local farming community. It is an in person shop, open mornings from Monday to Saturday. The farm's own website is a coming soon page for now, so a quick look at their Facebook page before a special trip is worth it.
  5. 5FFarm2TableFarm shop in Bishop's Stortford4.6 (20 reviews)Farm2Table is a butchery business at Great Hallingbury near Bishop's Stortford, selling free range, locally sourced meat. Orders can be tailored to exactly what you want, and boxes are delivered to the door in insulated chilled containers that keep everything cold in transit. There is also a shop at the Church Road units where you can browse the counter or collect a pre order, and the team run butchery experiences for anyone wanting to learn the trade. Delivery runs nationwide midweek, with Saturday deliveries for local postcodes.
  6. 6Wild & Rooted Humphreys FarmWild & Rooted Humphreys FarmFarm shop in Chelmsford4.9 (12 reviews)Wild and Rooted Farming raises grass fed beef, pasture raised chicken and KellyBronze Christmas turkeys at Humphreys Farm in Great Waltham, near Chelmsford in Essex. The cattle move frequently to fresh pasture in the manner of wild herds, a way of grazing that improves soil health and biodiversity while keeping the animals happy and healthy, with full traceability from field to plate. Order online for courier delivery, local delivery on Friday mornings, or collect from the farm on Saturdays between 10am and 12 noon, when walk ins are welcome. Alongside beef in every cut the shop lists pies, bone broth, beef dripping, biltong, honey from the farm and dog bones.
  7. 7MFMagness Farms ButcheryButcher in Saffron Walden5 (9 reviews)Magness Farms Butchery is a family run farm butchery at Taylors Barns in Wimbish, near Saffron Walden. High animal welfare sits at the centre of how the farm operates, and the counter carries the farm's own produce alongside beef, chicken, pork and lamb, from 28 day dry aged ribs and sirloins to burgers, sausages and marrow bones. Order meat boxes and individual cuts through the online shop, or visit in person Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm and Saturday, 9.30am to 2.30pm. Private butchery and refrigerated trailer hire are offered as well.
  8. 8Colletts FarmColletts FarmButcher in ColchesterColletts Farm, now trading as Tim and Sophie's Farm, is a small family run farm on the Suffolk border producing English Longhorn beef, grass fed lamb and rare breed Middle White pork, sold direct from the farm. A micro dairy makes raw Jersey milk from their herd of Jersey cows, along with raw cream, butter and ice cream, and animal welfare shapes how the whole place runs. The farm shop sells individual cuts and meat boxes plus homemade pork pies, pasties, sausage rolls, Scotch eggs and award winning Ruff Puff pies. It opens Monday to Saturday, and you will also find the family at Colchester Farmers Market on the first Saturday of each month and Bures market on the second.
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