Further information 32 Local Food Directory A TASTE OF BOWLAND Forest of Bowland AONB Local Food Directory You will also find our directory in the local produce section of the website, visit www.forestofbowland.com If you discover producers who you think should be included in this directory, please contact us and we will add them to the database [email protected].We will include producers at our discretion, they must be in the AONB itself or within 2km of the boundary, or mainly serving people and businesses in the AONB. For details of producers in other parts of Lancashire, please contact Made in Lancashire at www.madeinlancs.co.uk For details of producers in other parts of North Yorkshire visit www.northyorkshirelocalfood.co.uk or www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/dy We do all we can to make sure the information in this directory is correct. However, we cannot be responsible for the accuracy of this information or the way in which you use it.
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A TASTE OFBOWLANDForest of Bowland AONB Local Food Directory
You will also find our directory in the localproduce section of the website, visitwww.forestofbowland.com
If you discover producers who you think shouldbe included in this directory, please contact usand we will add them to the [email protected] will includeproducers at our discretion, they must be in the AONB itself or within 2km of the boundary,or mainly serving people and businesses in the AONB.
For details of producers in other parts ofLancashire, please contact Made in Lancashire atwww.madeinlancs.co.uk
For details of producers in other parts of NorthYorkshire visit www.northyorkshirelocalfood.co.ukor www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/dy
We do all we can to make sure the informationin this directory is correct. However, we cannotbe responsible for the accuracy of thisinformation or the way in which you use it.
Introduction
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Buying local…
Reduces food miles and congestion andpollution on our roads
Food miles are the distance which food travelsfrom ‘farm to fork’. Evidence shows that thisdistance is increasing both internationally and onUK roads.
Food miles create road congestion, noise,disturbance and pollution.They also increase theneed for refrigeration, packaging and processingof our food.
Improves the freshness of your food and causesless stress for livestock
Local food is less likely to need processing,preservatives and packaging, so it should arriveon your plate fresher and healthier than foodwhich has been transported for many miles.Livestock suffer stress when transported and thiscan affect the quality of their meat.This meanslocally butchered meat tends to be tastier as wellas fresher.
Welcome to the Forest of Bowland Local Food Directory.In this publication you will find information about local businesses,both within and close to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,which produce food and drink.
Buying local products is important for many reasons, not onlybecause it supports the economy, but also because theseproducts are part of the fabric of our distinctive landscape.
Helps us to understand how and where food is produced
Buying local, often face-to-face at the farm shopor farmers’ market, helps us to reconnect withthe land and its farmers. It helps us to find outhow and where food is produced and when it isbest to buy certain products, and to buy ourfavourite delicacies with confidence.
Supports the farmers who manage our preciouslandscape and protect the environment
Local producers are often farmers looking todevelop a niche market by creating value-addedproduce which will allow them to carry onfarming.This often involves stocking rare breedsand using traditional methods andenvironmentally friendly farming practices.
So buying local food helps farmers to preserveour special landscapes, protects and increases therange of plant and animal species in the area, andprovides a long-term future for farming.
Supports the local economy by supportingfarmers, distributors and processors
It’s not only farmers who depend on localproduce. Others in the supply chain – thedistributors, processors and retailers – are alsoinvolved. Buying local helps to keep all thesepeople in employment and, importantly, keepsthe money in the local area too.
Supports the social structure and localdistinctiveness of an area
Over-centralisation of food has meant the loss ofregional and seasonal variety, local crafts and asense of belonging in the community. It has led toa decline in small family farms, local abattoirs,small shops and more – all of them unable tocompete in today’s global market.
The Forest of Bowland AONB
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The primary purpose of the AONB is toconserve and enhance the natural beauty of thearea, whilst meeting the social and economicneeds of landowners, farmers and communities.AONB status has helped the area to maintain itsspecial qualities. Its beautiful scenery and prettyvillages are some of the area’s key attractions.
The Forest of Bowland AONB is a very specialplace for wildlife, and the moors are an especiallyimportant breeding ground for upland birds.Bowland is one of the few remaining breedingsites in England for hen harriers (a nationallythreatened bird). It is also the home of theperegrine falcon and Britain's smallest bird ofprey - the merlin.The damp unimproved uplandpastures attract large populations of wading birdsin spring and summer including curlew, lapwing,
snipe and redshank.There are also valuablewildflower meadows, woodlands and geologicalfeatures within the AONB.
The AONB has a secondary duty to cater forrecreation and tourism, but only if this isconsistent with protecting the natural beauty ofthe area. It is for this reason that we arepromoting sustainable tourism in the Forest ofBowland: tourism which depends on the area’senvironment, and which will conserve andimprove that environment, not detract from it.For example, Bowland offers wonderfulopportunities for quiet enjoyment such as bird-watching, cycling, fishing and horse-riding. Andwith newly opened access land, the area nowoffers some of the most remote and ruggedwalking in the north west.
The Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) covers312 square miles of rural Lancashire and North Yorkshire. It is a nationallyprotected landscape because of its unspoiled and richly diverse landscapes,wildlife and heritage. It stretches from the wooded cloughs of the Lune Valleyin the north to the majestic sweep of Pendle Hill in the south, and from thequiet lanes of Eldroth and Lawkland in the east through the pastoral RibbleValley to Beacon Fell and Abbeystead in the west.
The Forest of Bowland is gaining a reputation for fine food and localproduce, so why not seek out some local producers and try it yourself? Use our directory to find the food you’re looking for and visit the suppliersand retailers.There are also several farmers’ markets around Bowland where you can meet the producers and try and buy their food.
Without food production our countryside wouldlook very different. Farming methods haveshaped our land – creating field patterns with drystone walls and hedgerows, farmsteads, barns andworking villages. By supporting the farmers whochoose to carry on farming, you can help protectthis living landscape. Several farmers are rearingtraditional breeds (White Park cattle andHerdwick sheep, for example) and usingtraditional methods (for example, heather-rearedlamb) to bring you the very best flavour andfreshness – try it and buy it!
As the Forest of Bowland is a sheep and cattle-farming area, you’ll find delicious local lamband beef, as well as pork and even wild boar! The area also offers classic and modern varietiesof Lancashire cheese, milk and ice cream andsupports several organic farms and market gardens.
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Farmers’ markets are an increasingly popular wayto buy local. People like them as they are a wayto meet several producers face to face, andthere is always the opportunity to chat and tofind out more about how and where the food is produced.
Markets usually take place once or twice amonth in some of our market towns andgateways to Bowland. Our cheese, meat andvegetable producers are usually well represented.
Bentham – High Bentham Market Hall – 1st Saturday in the month, 9.30am to 1.00pm
Fence – the Sparrow Hawk pub – Last Sunday of the month, 9.30am to 2.00pm
Grimsargh – Village Hall3rd Saturday in the month, 9.00am to 2.00pm
Lancaster – Market Square – 2nd Saturday in the month, 9.30am to 3.00pm
Settle – Market Square – 2nd Sunday in the month, 9.30am to 3.00pm
Skipton – Canal basin – March to September, 10.00am to 4.00pm
There are also regular markets at Longridge,Garstang, Bentham, Settle and Clitheroe.
Northern Harvest also delivers to homes in thearea. For more details visitwww.northernharvest.co.uk.
You can purchase much of the local producelisted in the directory direct from the produceror by phone or mail order. Some producershowever do not have the facilities to sell fromsite and sell their produce to local delicatessens,farm shops, butchers or at farmers’ markets,markets and supermarkets. Many quality localbutchers serve as retail outlets to meatproducers and farmers across Bowland, who areselected for their skill and expertise to providecuts of the finest quality. The focus for many ofthe producers is to put quality above volume toenable the creation of an excellent meat productwith traceability from farm to fork. When visitingyour butcher, why not ask what local meat theyhave available?
There are several high quality farm shops in andaround Bowland. The farm shops mostly stocktheir own produce including meat, dairy, eggs,vegetables and fruit.To provide a full range of freshquality produce, farms also buy in from other localand regional producers. Huntley’s at Samlesbury,Fairfield Farmshop at Clayton le Dale,TasteDelicatessen & Cheesie Tchaikovsky in Clitheroeand Old Holly Farm at Garstang are all goodexamples and are located just outside the AONB,but stock a wide variety of local produce; on-sitecafes also provide an opportunity to sample someof the quality produce the area has to offer.
Part of the enjoyment of eating local food is itsfreshness, and eating food in season is the bestway to really taste the difference. Eatingseasonal food also brings you natural varietyand food at its nutritional peak.Wild food ishere too – look out for bilberries on themoors, and damsons, sloes and elderflowers inthe hedgerow.
So, what’s in season?
Winter: Local pheasant, baked ham, sausagesand winter vegetables such as brussels sprouts,leeks, onions and parsnips.
Spring: The first spring eggs, chicken, earlyherbs, purple-sprouting broccoli, cauliflowers,salad leaves and cabbages.
Summer: River trout, fresh lamb, lettuces, springonions, new potatoes, herbs, bilberries,damsons and soft fruit.
Autumn: Grouse, apples, tomatoes, pumpkins,plums, blackberries, sloes and wild mushrooms.
Bowland lamb, pork and beef are now availableall year round.
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The following symbols are used to highlight the various foodtypes available from each producer:
Bashall Barn has developed a reputation as acentre for excellence in the Ribble Valley forthe food it makes and sells. Famous for itshome made cakes, meals and ice cream.
Ann Forshaw's dairy is a long established dairyfarm, rearing pure breed Friesian cows forover 40 years. Since 1980s, Ann and her familyhave been producing a wide range of yogurtsthat are now sold nationally.
The Bowland Beer Company startedoperating in April 2003, brewing on a oneBrewers Barrel (BBL). It is now producingbeer that is loved by landlords and theircustomers across Bowland.
Formed in 2000 as a subsidiary of Bowlandfarmers co-operative to serve the tradinginterests of its farmer members in the Forest of Bowland. Selling beef, lamb and pork.
Outlets: telephone and mail order,local butchers and restaurants.
The Wild Boar Park first opened the farm tothe public in 1999 diversifying from traditionalfarming practices. It is also worth a visit inorder to purchase the wild boar meat sold atthe farm shop.
Outlets: on-site shop.
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Bowland Outdoor RearedPork, Beef and LambSouth Mire Farm, Lowgill, LA2 8RBTel: 015242 63031Web: www.bowlandpork.co.uk
A small family run business priding themselveson excellent produce. Livestock roam free onrich, unspoilt pastures ensuring meat of thehighest quality.
Outlets: mail order and farmers’ markets.
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Bashall Barn
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Bashall Barn is a people place, run by SimonBarnes and managed by friendly staff whoprovide warm and friendly service with a smile.Established in 2001, the barn sits at the centre ofthe Bashall Hall Estate in the beautiful RibbleValley, surrounded by miles of green and pleasantcountryside with wonderful views and scenery.The barn is changing rapidly as it expands to usethe redundant farm buildings that surround it.
Bashall Barn is committed to selling locallyproduced goods. Products on sale in the farmshop include speciality bacon and sausages,cheese, pickles, preserves and sauces, along withthe finest local ale brewed on site at theBowland Brewery. Increasingly popular are theBashall Barn hampers, which present only thebest ingredients and gifts and can be personalisedto your taste.
They also make their own cakes, scones, readymeals and award-winning ice creams on site in anopen-plan kitchen. Bashall Barn won the Made inLancashire Ice Cream Award in 2005.
You can also enjoy the delicious range ofhomemade produce in the warm and comfybarn café.The café has a licence to sell alcoholand is easily accessible and enjoyable for all.
Specialising in producing high quality, fullytraceable milk products from their own dairyherd, straight from the farm to the customers'doorsteps. Also supply fruit juices, cheese,yoghurt and eggs.
Outlets: doorstep and retail outlets.
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Burn House FarmNewton-in-Bowland, Clitheroe, BB7 3EETel: 01200 446393
Farm assured English home grown lamb.Boxed, vac-packed and cut however thecustomer requires and delivered ready for thefreezer.
Outlets: telephone orders and direct fromthe farm.
Producers of cheese at the family dairy forover 70 years. As well as regional varieties suchas Tasty Lancashire, Double Gloucester andRed Leicester, they also make their own uniqueand popular blue cheese, Blacksticks Blue.
Outlets: various local supermarkets.Please note: no on-site shop.
A family run farm shop producing and sellingtheir own and locally produced fruit andvegetables. The shop has grown from a smallcabin to now using an old shippen where theyused to milk cows.
Outlets: on-site shop.
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The Bowland Beer Company Ltd startedoperating in April 2003, brewing on a onebrewer’s barrel (BBL) plant in a storeroom at theBashall Barn farm shop. In August 2003, a 5 BBLbrewery was installed in an industrial unit inAccrington whilst an old Bashall Barn milkingparlour was converted for the purpose.Thebrewery moved back to Bashall, England'ssmallest town, in late January and brewing startedagain in February 2004.
Every part of the brewery’s business iscontinually reviewed to produce beer that isloved by landlords and their customers.Theseefforts were rewarded in 2004 with a silvermedal at the Peterborough Beer Festival and theBest Bitter for Sawley Tempted at the Norfolkand Norwich Festival.The brewery also won theaward for Best Beer at the Clitheroe BeerFestival in 2006.
The Bowland Brewery is situated a few milesfrom the geographical heart of the UnitedKingdom and the AONB, in an area that typifiesall that is good about our beautiful country.
Burholme FarmWhitewell, BB7 3AUTel: 01200 448244
The Spence Family have been farming cattleand sheep at the farm for 40 years. They arenow offering limited supplies of their farm-reared beef and lamb direct to discerningpeople who appreciate the quality and taste ofreal meat.
Traditional handmade goats cheese, made fromthe Battarbee's own goats milk.The cheese ishard pressed to give it a firm creamy texture.It is then ripened, as mild and creamy or mature.
Outlets: Booths supermarket and direct fromthe farm.
A family run farm with very low stocking rates.The animals are grown slowly and naturally andlive a stress-free life. Producing quality beef,lamb, heather-reared mutton and pork withdelivery to the majority of the UK.
Outlets: telephone and mail order.
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Bowland Forest Foods is owned by a Bowlandfarmers’ cooperative where farmers have joinedtogether to supply their produce direct tocustomers. Located in the heart of the Forest ofBowland, this small company offers a fine rangeof succulent quality meats reared by farmerswho care. All products are processed anddistributed through local, fully licensed andregulated businesses to bring customers meatswhich are both high in quality and assured forexcellent taste.
Bowland Forest Foods works closely withfarmers, butchers and restaurants to provide thevery finest English meat from the Forest ofBowland. Butchers and chefs have been selectedfor their skill and expertise, guaranteeing toprovide superb quality and service.
For a full listing of the butchers, hotels andrestaurants offering Bowland Forest Foodsproduce, please visit the website.The companyhas recently launched a new product – a naturallyproduced, sweet-tasting heather-reared lamb.The lambs roam freely amongst the heather,gorse and bracken, producing a succulent andwholesome flavour – the way lamb should taste.
Organic dairy farm. Some soft fruit andvegetables when in season. Homemade icecream and farmhouse cheese.
Also a small caravan site.
Outlets: on-site.
14Carron Lodge CheesePark Head Farm, Inglewhite, PR3 2LNTel: 01995 640352
A fourth generation farming family producingaward winning Lancashire blue cheese.Including blue-vein real farmhouse cheese,produced on the farm from their pedigreeherd of cows.
Outlets: widely available from food retailersthroughout the north west.
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Location of local food producers Forest of Bowland AONB Map
Food by Breda MurphyAbbots Court, 41 Station Rd,Whalley, BB7 9RHTel: 01254 823446Web: www.foodbybredamurphy.com/
The in-house kitchen prepares classic readymeals to take away both fresh and frozen.Theshop offers a range of quality produceincluding Breda’s own range of jams, chutneysand own label coffee.
Farmhouse Fare Ltd is a manufacturer ofpremium desserts. Products contain no additivesor preservatives and all ingredients could havecome straight from your own kitchen cupboard.
Outlets: mail order, various local supermarketsand small delicatessens.
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Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork
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Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork is a small familybusiness which prides itself on providing excellentproduce. Livestock roams free on the rich, unspoiltpastures of the Forest of Bowland, ensuring pork,beef and lamb of the highest quality.
The pigs are a large white cross-Landrace bredfrom a 40-strong herd of Landrace sows and alarge white boar. Once weaned at 8 weeks ofage, the piglets are reared in outdoor straw-bedded kennels, fed on a natural cereal-baseddiet and organic cheese whey.
Beef is mainly from Aberdeen Angus-cross cattlewhich share their grazing with a small flock of hillsheep producing Texel lambs. All of these arereared slowly and traditionally, eating mainly lushgrass with a cereal and hay diet through the winter.
All the animals are taken to a small local abattoir,and all meat is cut and packed professionally onthe farm.This means that all products can betraced back to their origins and reach you inprefect condition.
The quality of the meat is reflected in thenumber of awards the company has won.Theseinclude Northwest Fine Food’s Producer of theYear, Best Pork and Best Overall Sausage Awardsin 2004, and Best Pork category for the stuffedpork fillet in 2003.
Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork’s produce isavailable at farmers’ markets and food eventsacross the north west.The company specialises inhog roasts and barbeques for special events andfunctions. And you can now enjoy their producethrough a new mail order service.
Family cheese-making business since 1957.Specialists in a full range including creamy, tastyand crumbly Lancashire cheese, using milksourced from the Trough of Bowland. Alsohome to Garstang Blue.
Outlets: various local supermarkets,independent stores and also available from the dairy.
17 Ellel Free Range Poultry The Stables, Ellel Grange, Galgate, LA2 0HNTel: 01524 751200Web: www.ellelfreerangepoultry.co.uk/
In 1997 Susie and Richard Charles (fed up witheating the cotton wool that is marketed underthe name "poultry") reared 75 free-rangebronze turkeys with phenomenal success.Currently still relatively small producers, but alsorearing free-range chickens, guinea fowl and geese.
Outlets: on-site and telephone orders.
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Growing with GraceClapham Nursery, Clapham, LA2 8ERTel: 01524 251723Web: www.growingwithgrace.co.uk
Based on an ethos of 'local food for localpeople'.The organic shop and home deliverybag scheme supply a range of organicvegetables, fruit and dry goods.
Outlets: on-site shop, markets and farmers’ markets.
Sale of 1/2 or full boxed organic prime lambdirect from the farm. Reared on cloverpastures in the heart of the Forest of Bowland.
Outlets: mail order or delivery or collectionfrom the farm.
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Burholme Farm
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Adjacent to the Hodder River in the heart of theForest of Bowland, Burholme farm is one of theoldest farms owned by the Duchy of Lancaster,dating back to the 14th Century. The Spencefamily have been farming cattle and sheep formore than 40 years and until the late 1990’swere also dairy farmers. In 2003 they diversifiedand are now able to offer limited supplies oftheir farm-reared beef and lamb direct to peoplewho appreciate the quality and taste of real meat.
This premium meat will be delivered to youvacuum packed, boxed and labelled, ready todrop straight into your freezer. Each box containsa variety of the most popular cuts.
A family business established in 1947specialising in packing honey, honey productsand organic honey. With an extensive rangeof quality preserves and hand made biscuits,made to their own recipes.
Outlets: on-site shop, health food stores and delicatessens.
Hudons make their own delicious ice creamand sell local milk, eggs, honey, cakes and homecooked ham.
Sandwiches can also be bought in the shoputilising local meat, salads and vegetables.
Outlets: on-site shop.
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Growing with Grace
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Growing with Grace is a social enterprise run asa co-operative (an employee-owned business).Centred on two-acres of greenhouses at theedge of the Forest of Bowland AONB and theYorkshire Dales National Park, this uniqueoperation is a valuable organic productioncentre.The project is based on the principle oflocal food for local people and the greenhouseshelp fill the hungry-gap by extending the growing season.
The organic shop and home-delivery boxscheme provide a range of organic vegetables,fruit and whole foods, making it easier to do allyour organic food shopping in one place.Theyhave a remarkably wide range of productsconsidering the size of the shop, including:
• a full range of organic tinned and pre-packeddry food;
• organic dairy and soya food;
• their own organic vegetables, which can beharvested while you wait; and
• compost which they produce from Craven District Council's garden wastecollection service. The compost is used at thenursery, as well as being available to buy attheir on-site shop.
A family run business, Holwood’s farmhousecheese is a highly prized and sought afterspeciality, made from milk from their awardwinning herd.
Outlets: direct from farm, farmers’ markets,pubs, delicatessens & restaurants.
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Jigsaw Environmental
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Jigsaw Environmental was established on site inApril 2004 by Trinity Partnership (Clitheroe).
This new community enterprise aims to supportlong-term economic development for peoplewith disabilities and those at a disadvantage foreconomic or social reasons. Activity focuses onorganic horticulture and producing certifiedorganic food crops. Accredited training isprovided through a franchise arrangement with alocal college. In November 2004 the group wonthe New Business Start-Up Award from theLancashire Business Environment Association.
Many crops are grown, such as fruit (includinggooseberries and blackcurrants), vegetables(including beetroot, cabbage, corn, peas andbeans) and salad crops (including lettuce,tomatoes and radish).They also grow and sell cutdaffodils in the spring, and pots of hyacinth bulbsfor Christmas and the winter.
Produce is sold on site, at farmers’ markets andthrough several local shops.
This traditional handmade, unpasturisedLancashire cheese has been produced on thefamily farm for 3 generations. Made from themilk of their Friesian Holstein cows using athree-day curd method.Outlets: on-site and Booths supermarket.
Six acre site producing organic certifiedvegetable, fruit and salad crops and deliveringhorticultural training to adults including thosewith learning difficulties.
Outlets: box scheme and also sell directly from the site.
Animals reared in a traditional way on thenorthern edge of the Forest of Bowland.Lamb available in half or full and pork inquarter, half or full, jointed and ready for thefreezer. Bacon and sausage also available.
Outlets: telephone orders.
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Johnson & SwarbrickSwainson House Farm, Goosnargh Lane,Goosnargh, PR3 2JUTel: 01772 865251Web:myweb.tiscali.co.uk/jandsgoosnargh/default.htm
All the poultry are fed via their own mixingplant to their own recipe, which is free fromany additives, growth promoters, antibioticsand medication, producing a high quality bird.
Outlets: mail order via website or telephone.Please note, no shop on-site.
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Leagram Organic Dairy
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This little dairy takes us back to the first placeLancashire cheese was made commercially – allbrought together by the expertise of RobertKitching and his family.
Set in beautiful countryside in the picturesquevillage of Chipping, Leagram Organic Dairyproduces award-winning cheese. Products rangefrom native Lancashire – creamy, crumbly andtasty – to a mild Cheddar, a buttery DoubleGloucester, a smooth Red Leicester and, finally, acreamy, unique sheep’s cheese which uses sheep’smilk from a nearby farm. All county varieties areproduced under organic standards to the highestquality, but they are still made in the traditionalway – by hand and waxed.
As this dairy is small, different varieties can becreated.The newest creation is a Lancashire softcheese, similar to Feta but sweeter.
With 30 years’ experience, Robert Kitching hasalso created a dairy for visitors to see howcheese is made today and a museum to see howcheese used to be made.With the help of thisexpert cheese-maker, who has brought the art ofcheese-making to life in his uniquedemonstrations, Leagram organic cheeses willbring your taste buds alive. Come and take in‘The Cheese Experience’.
Pye Nanny is well known for producingseasonal local vegetables and herbs for you topurchase and enjoy. A new tearoom now alsooffers refreshments with lovely views across to the AONB.
Outlets: on-site.
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Leagram Organic DairyHigh Head Farm Buildings, Green Lane,Chipping, PR3 2TQ • Tel: 01995 61532Web: www.cheese-experience.com
Manufacturer of organic cow and sheep milkcheeses. All hand-made using local ingredients.A small unique family run firm with a qualityproduct.
33 Little Town DairyChipping Lane,Thornley, PR3 2TBTel: 01772 782429Web: www.littletowndairy.co.uk
Making quality yogurt for over 20 years. Alsoproducing freshly baked bread, cakes and pies, awide range of jams, as well as chutneys, picklesand sauces, local fruit and vegetables and meat.
If you have not ever tasted fresh trout thenyou are in for a wonderful experience. Simplycall into the fisheries and ask one of ourfriendly staff to fish you out some fresh troutfor your tea.
Outlets: on-site.
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K & H SandersonBrookside Farm, Moss Side Lane,Thornley, PR3 2NDTel: 01772 784952
Farm fresh free-range eggs. Gloucester old spotoutdoor reared pork (ready for the freezer) all farm born and reared.
Outlets: buy eggs at the farm gate, alsotelephone orders and local delivery.
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Little Town Dairy
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The same family has farmed Little Town for threegenerations. Nestled on the edge of the Forestof Bowland, with breathtaking views of the fells,this family dairy farm specialises in premiumproducts made from the milk of their RSPCAaccredited herd.
Dairy produce includes crème fraiche, smoothiedrinks and farmhouse ice cream in mouth-watering flavours, and luxury thick and creamyyoghurts with real fruit pieces. A wide range ofcheeses from the region (including organic) andfresh local milk, eggs and farmhouse butter arealso available.
The farm stocks a full range of farm-assuredbeef, lamb, pork and chicken, as well as turkeyand duck at certain times of year. All beef isAberdeen Angus, reared on the family farm andhung for between 2 and 3 weeks to givemaximum flavour. Pork is from outdoor-rearedSaddle Back pigs, free to roam the fields, resultingin extraordinary flavour.Their own lambs, grazingon the Bowland fells, produce top quality meat,and there is local Goosnargh chicken and award-winning dry cured bacon.
The farm shop also sells freshly baked bread,cakes and pies, a wide range of jams, preservesand local honey, as well as chutneys, pickles andsauces. Logs, kindling and locally producedcharcoal are also available.
The fresh produce at Little Town changes as itdoes naturally with the seasons of the year.So whether it’s delicious root vegetables for a warming casserole in winter, or the first crop of English strawberries, come and enjoy thevariety on offer in the region, as well as thewonderful views!
British breeds of cattle and sheep, suckled andgrazed on pastures by the River Ribble, givingfiner grained, well-marbled meat and a tender,succulent eating experience.
As well as producing beef and lamb fromtheir own farm they are now producing theirown ice cream 'Uncle Bob's Farmhouse Icecream', using their own Ayrshire and Jerseymilk and cream from Thornber's ofCherrytree.
Outlets: on-site shop.
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Roy Porter Butchers9 Bridge Road, Chatburn, BB7 4AWTel: 01200 441392
A traditional and organic butcher’s shopspecialising in traditionally matured meat fromnative breeds. Also producing delicious home-made pies, their own sausages and dry curedcured bacon, ready meals and various cheeses.
Based in the Quernmore Valley, bottling stilland sparkling spring water at source. Offeringa range of bottled waters in plastic and glassfor both retail and catering consumers.
Award winning English territorial cheesespecialists in Lancashire (traditional).Unique products include Parlick ewes milkcheese and Grandma Singletons Lancashire - a premium Lancashire matured for a minimumof 12 months.
Third generation family run cheese manufacturersest. 1929, producing hand-made Lancashirecheeses. Their products have won many prizes atcheese shows nationally. Their own on-site cheesesmoking facility produces their Smoked Lancashire.
Outlets: Booths and Morrissons supermarkets.
41 42AD & PE ShorrockNewhouse Farm, Ford Lane,Goosnargh, PR3 2FJTel: 01772 865250
Handmade farmhouse Lancashire cheeses, madeby following methods and recipes from fourgenerations of the Shorrock family. Mild andtasty Lancashire and other unusual variationsincluding red onion, chilli and peppercorn.
Outlets: local retailers, mail order,farmers’ markets.
Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board are committed to ensure that your eating and drinking experiencesare the best you can get. By introducing the ‘Taste Lancashire’ quality marque they are able to tell you whichestablishments provide a consistently high quality eating experience along with a commitment to local produce.
The following listing indicates those restaurants carrying the awards as at September 2009. New establishmentsare gaining this quality marque every week. For an up to date listing visist www.visitlancashire.com
How will you know you are eating in a Taste Lancashire establishment? Simple... look for a plaquedisplaying the logo:
Bay Horse InnForton • 01524 791204
Bridge House Farm Tea RoomsWray • 01524 22496
The Carmen Rose Tea RoomsRibchester • 01254 878431
Cobble Hey Farm & GardensClaughton on Brock • 01995 602643
Fence Gate InnFence • 01282 618101
Food by Breda MurphyWhalley • 01254 823446
Gibbon Bridge RestaurantChipping • 01995 61456
Parkers Arms InnNewton in Bowland • 01200 446236
The Inn at WhitewellWhitewell • 01200 448222
The Red Pump InnBashall Eaves • 01254 826227
The Shireburn ArmsHurst Green • 01254 826518
Three FishesGreat Mitton • 01254 826888
Bayley ArmsHurst Green • 01254 826478
Exchange Coffee CompanyClitheroe • 01200 442270
Pendle Heritage Centre Tea RoomsBarrowford • 01282 661702
The PrioryScorton • 01524 791255
The Highest Quality Assured Awardis given to eateries acheiving over 80% intheir assessment.
The Quality Assured Awardis given to eateries acheiving 60~80% in their assessment.
