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Food

The list below is not comprehensive, but illustrates the wide range of local products available throughout Cumbria.
For more suppliers please check out Made in Cumbria's up-to-date directory.
Meanwhile, here is some food for thought:
 
 

A TASTE OF LAKELAND - local and speciality food, Ambleside, 015394 32319 www.atasteoflakeland.co.uk/

ABBOTS READING - naturally-produced meat, Tony Wood, Abbots Reading Farm, Haverthwaite 015395 31203

AYLESIDE BAKERY - Valerie & Margaret Potter, Alston, 01434 381898
 

BARNGATES BREWERY - John Lloyd, Barngates, Ambleside, 015394 36575 www.drunkenduckinn.co.uk/

BARWISE ABERDEEN ANGUS - meat, Carolyn Fletcher Barwise Hall, Appleby, 017683 53430

BAYCLIFFE FARM SHOP - fresh local meat & poultry; eggs, pies & confectionery, 01229 869257

BESSY BECK trOUT FARM - smoked rainbow trout & smoked trout pate/wet rainbow trout, Newbiggin-on-Lune, 015396 23303 www.bessybecktrout.co.uk/

BLENCATHRA BAKERY - home-made cakes, puddings, scones & savouries, High Row Farm, Threlkeld, 017687 79256

BORDER COUNTY FOODS - free range and rare breed pork, 'Old County Original' sausage, Austen & Jackie Davies, The Old Vicarage, Crosby on Eden, 01228 573500 www.cumberlandsausage.net/

BORWICK FOLD FARM - ready meals/mobile catering, Liz Park, Crook, 015394 88734

BROMLEY GREEN FARM - certified Aberdeen Angus beef & lamb (all beasts born and reared on the farm), Norma Thompson, Bromley Green Farm, Ormside, Appleby, 017683 53327

BROUGHTON VILLAGE BAKERY - bakery/organic produce/farmers markets, Emma Powell & Allan Rayden, Prince's Street, Broughton-in-Furness, 01229 716284

BUCKLES FARM - lamb & pork, Rachel Buckle, Buckle's Farm, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, 017683 41917

BURBUSH PENRITH Ltd - Bakery/delicatessen/meat/smoked fish, Tim Butbush, The Eden Game Bakery, Gilwilly Road, Penrith 01768 863841 www.burbush.co.uk/
 

CARRS FLOUR MILLS Ltd - retail flour, breadmaker blends, Makefresh home-make yoghurt, Caroline Dale, Carlisle, 01228 554600 www.carrs-flourmills.co.uk/

CARTMEL VALLEY GAME - Suzanne & Jonathon Stott 015395 36413

CARTMEL VILLAGE SHOP - Sticky Toffee Pudding, local & speciality food, The Square, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands 015395 36201 www.stickytoffeepudding.co.uk/

CHEESE SHOP, THE - local & international cheeses, deli products, speciality bread, & ice cream, Phil & Jane Latham, Kendal indoor market, 07791 559486

CHURCHMOUSE CHEESES - Cheeses (80% British), local & deli produce, John Natlacen, Kirkby Lonsdale 015242 73005 www.churchmousecheeses.com/

CONISTON LODGE - confectionery/preserves/award-winning Christmas puddings, Elizabeth Robinson, Coniston Lodge Private Hotel, Coniston, 015394 41201 www.coniston-lodge.com/

COUNtrY CUTS ORGANIC MEATS - lamb, beef & mutton (national delivery), James &Elaine Phizacklea, Santon Bridge, Carlisle, 019467 26256

COUNtrY FARE - bakery/confectionery/preserves & pickles, Dianne Halliday, Dalefoot, Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, 017683 72519 www.country-fare.co.uk/

COUNtrY FLAVOUR - preserves & fudges, Christopher Keogh, 15 High Street, Kirkby Stephen, 017683 71124

COUNtrY HARVEST - Ingleton. Local and speciality foods 015242 42223 www.country-harvest.co.uk/

COUNtrY PUDDINGS - traditional puddings inc sticky toffee, ginger, chocolate fudge & Christmas Lynne Mallinson, Lodge Farm, Dacre, Penrith, 017684 86675

COWMIRE HALL - Damson gin, Oliver & Vicky Barratt, Cowmire Hall, Crosthwaite, 015395 68200 www.cowmire.co.uk/

CREAM OF CUMBRIA - butter, buttermilk scones, rum & brandy butter, cheesecakes, Sue Forrester, Howberry, Blackford, Carlisle, 01228 675558

CUMBRIAN FELLBRED - Milnthorpe, dedicated to supplying only top quality Beef, Lamb and Pork and much more from the Lakes, Dales and Fells of Cumbria, Dudley Carruthers, 015395 63232 www.fellbred.co.uk/

CUMBERLAND MUSTARD - mustards/raspberry vinegar/pickled cherries & cranberries, Geoff Cole or Marilyn Avens, 16 Hill House Lane, Alston 01434 381135 www.cumberlandmustard.com/

CUMBRIA FUDGE & TOFFEE - old fashioned sweets, P. Anderton, Kirkby Stephen, 01768 341276

CUMBRIAN MAID - frozen yoghurt, Audrey Rigby, Dalegarth, Mascelles, Lindal in Furness 01229 462909
 

DAVID KNIPE - eggs/poultry/ducks, Gateside Cottage, Levens 015395 60287

DEMELS - award-winning Sri Lankan chutneys & pickle, The Barn, Gawithfield, Arrad Foot, Ulverston 01229 861012 www.demels.co.uk/

DENNEYS - award-winning black pudding & fine meats, Liz Clarke, Woodside Farm, Gilpin Bridge, Kendal 015395 52498

DENT BREWERY Paul Goodyear/Martin Stafford Hollins, Cowgill, Dent 015396 25326 www.dentbrewery.co.uk/

DERWENT BREWERY Frank Smith, Station Road industrial estate, Silloth, 016973 31522

DISTINGTON VICTORIAN WALLED GARDEN ASSOCIATION - plants/herbs/vegetables to buy - Aiden Wilcox 01946 834645

D'S HOMEMADE DELIGHTS - cakes, biscuits & fruit pies, Denise Edmondson, High Mansriggs, Ulverston, 01229 582440
 

ENGLISH LAKES ICE CREAM - ice cream & sorbets (diabetic ice cream also available), Peter and Frances Fryer, Kendal, 01539 721211 www.lakesicecream.com/

E-TEAS - Speciality teas, Paul Simbeck Hampson, 015395 58924
 

FAIRGROUND, THE - Fair Trade tea, coffee, drinking chocolate & sugar (wholesale), Neil & Sue Ferguson, Staveley, 01539 822823 www.fairgroundcoffee.co.uk/

FARMER SHARP - specialists in prime Herdwick lamb, & Galloway beef. Also Cumberland ham & bacon, sausages & Herdwick lamb sausages. UK mail order, Andrew Sharp, Diamond Buildings, Lindal in Furness 01229 832860 www.farmersharp.co.uk/

FARRERS - tea & coffee merchants (Fair Trade also available), Richard & Vicki Powell, 9 Shap Road industrial estate, Kendal, 01539 720020 www.farrers.com/

FLOOKBURGH POTTED SHRIMPS - fish from Fleetwood, fresh & potted shrimps, flounders, cockles, sea bass, salmon (in season). Ian McClure 015395 59109

FOOD FROM THE FELLS - locally-reared meat & seasonal produce direct from the farm, Lorna Tampling-Scullion, Rheged, 01768 895598 www.foodfromthefells.co.uk/

FURNESS FISH, POULtrY & GAME SUPPLIES - producers Morecambe Bay potted shrimps, fresh fish, fresh seafood, smoked fish & assorted game pies, mail order service, Les Salisbury/Clare Worrall Stockbridge Lane, Ulverston 01229 585037 www.morecambebayshrimps.co.uk/
 

HAWKSHEAD BREWERY Alex Brodie, Town End, Hawkshead, 015394 36111 www.hawksheadbrewery.co.uk/

HAWKSHEAD RELISH COMPANY - award-winning relishes/ mustards/sauces & Hawkshead whig bread mix, Mark Whitehead or Geoff Monkman, c/o Whigs of Hawkshead, The Square, Hawkshead 015394 36614 www.hawksheadrelish.com/

HAWKSHEAD trOUT FARM - organic produce/fresh produce/ smoked fish, Nigel Woodhouse The Boat House, Ridding Wood, Hawkshead 015394 36541 www.hawksheadtrout.com/

HESKET NEWMARKET BREWERY - Michael Parker, Old Crown Barn, 016974 78066 www.hesketbrewery.co.uk/

HIGH SEAS SEAFOODS - creative seafood, ready to cook, Paul Barrah, Unit 30, Holme Mills Industrial Estate 01524 781014

HOLKER FOODS OF EXCELLENCE - salt marsh lamb from local farms on the Holker Hall estate 015395 58313 www.foodsofexcellence.co.uk/

HOLME FARM DAIRY ICE CREAM - David & Brenda Lawrence Holme Farm, Meathop Road, Grange-over-Sands 015395 32991

HONEYPOT, THE - Hawkshead, Local & speciality food 015394 36267 www.thehoneypotinhawkshead.co.uk/

HOWBARROW ORGANIC FARM - meat/eggs/fresh produce/organic produce, Julia Sayburn/Paul Hughes Cartmel 015395 36330 www.howbarroworganic.demon.co.uk/
 

INNA PICKLE - preserves & pickles, Steve Jones or Alan Pybus 015394 45092
 

JEAN'S PANtrY - chocolate cake, apple pies, ginger biscuits, almond tarts etc, Jean Mason, 4 Scaur Terrace, Tebay 015396 24413

JEREMY'S SOUPS Ltd - award- winning soups & sauces, Helen & Jeremy Kent, The Old Canteen, Unit 4, Appleby Business Park 017683 53311
 


KENDAL FOODHALL - Local & speciality food, 01539 720323

KENDAL ROUGH FELL SHEEP MEAT PRODUCERS lamb, Hilary Wilson 015396-24661 / Steve Dunning 015396-24418 / Brian Knowles 01539 823258

KENNEDYS FINE CHOCOLATES - The Old School, Orton 015396 24781 www.kennedyschocolates.co.uk/

KESWICK BREWING COMPANY - The Old Brewery, Brewery Lane, Keswick 017687 80700 www.keswickbrewery.co.uk

KESWICK TRUFFLE COMPANY - handmade truffles, Ian Hascamp, Unit 9, Blencathra Business Centre, Threlkeld Quarry Park, Keswick, 017687 79136 www.lakelandspecialities.co.uk/

KItrIDDING FARM SHOP - traditionally reared Swaledale lamb, home-bred beef & home-made sausages, Stewart & Christine Lambert, Lupton 015395 67484 www.kitridding.co.uk/

 

LAKEFRESH TURKEYS - Fiona Gilmour, Dacre Banks Farm, 01768 486284

LAKELAND FOODS - jams, marmalades, sauces, honey, shortbread, Stan Hascamp, Threlkeld, Keswick, 017687 79136

LAKELAND FREE RANGE EGGS - Bannerigg Farm, Windermere 015394 43362

LAKELAND SANDWICH & BAGUETTE CO. - John & Melanie Tennant 01539 737637

LAKELAND VINTNERS - Wine Merchants 01539 821999

LAKELAND WILLOW WATER - Lisa Dagge, Flookburgh, 015395 59452 www.willowwater.com/

LOW SIZERGH BARN FARM SHOP - Local and speciality food 015395 60426 www.lowsizerghbarn.co.uk

LUCY'S OF AMBLESIDE - Local & speciality food 015394 32288

LUNE VALLEY BEEF PORK & LAMB Elaine Dean, Nether Hall Farm, Mansergh, Kirkby Lonsdale 015242 73193
 

MANSERGH HALL FARM SHOP - meat/fresh produce, Jim Hadwin, Mansergh Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale 015242 71397

MILLBECK FARM - Herdwick lamb & Aberdeen Angus beef, Eric Taylforth, Great Langdale, 015394 37364
 

NEW VILLAGE TEA ROOMS - ready meals (frozen soups, bakes and puddings), Christine Evans, Orton, 015396 24886
 

OAK ST BAKERY - bakery/confectionery, Ruth & Phil Eastwood, 1 Oak Street, Windermere 015394 48284

OAKROYD BAKERY - Bentham & Ingleton, 015242 61219/41064

OLD DAIRY BAKING - baking/jams & marmalade/ lemon curd, Jane Merritt, Barkin House, Gatebeck, Kendal 015395 67277

OLD SMOKEHOUSE & TRUFFLES CHOCOLATES - award-winning smoked foods/game/meat/fish/cheese, Georgina Perkins / Jo Hampson Brougham Hall, Brougham, Penrith 01768 867772 www.the-old-smokehouse.co.uk

ORTON FARMERS MARKET www.ortonfarmers.co.uk
 

PAIN DE PARIS bakery, Staveley 01539 822102

PERIVOLI OLIVE OIL CO - olives, olive oil & Mediterranean produce, Ruth Wharton, Blencathra Business Centre, 017687 79879

PLUMGARTHS FARM SHOP - meat & local food, Lakeland Food Park, 01539 736300
 

QUIGGINS - confectionery, Daniel Quiggin, Low Fellside, Kendal, 01539 720668 www.quiggins.co.uk
 

RICHARD WOODALL - sausages, bacon, speciality meats, Richard or Colin Woodall, Lane End, Waberthwaite 01229 717237

ROMNEYS - confectionery, George Romney Ltd, Mintsfeet Road North, 01539 720155

ROUNDHILL FARM - beef & bakery, Paula Parkinson, Kirkstone Road, Ambleside, 015394 33301
 

S C FARMING - jams, chutneys, venison & Dexter beef, Annette Cook Moss Howe Farm, Witherslack 015395 52585

SADDLEBACK FOODS & SMOKERIE - fresh, smoked & cured meats, game, poultry & fish. Ready meals, pates, speciality sausages & cheeses, Jane Farkins, Scarfoot, Plumpton, Penrith, 01768 885599

SARAH NELSON'S GRASMERE GINGERBREAD SHOP - Church Cottage, Grasmere 015394 35428

SAVIN HILL FARM - rare breed free-range beef & pork, Michelle Partington The Barn Owls, Savin Hill, Lyth 015395 68410

SILLFIELD FARM PRODUCTS Westmorland cheese, Mallerstang ewes cheese, rare breed pork & own-farmed wild boar, also hand-raised speciality pies & dry-cured bacon, Peter Gott, Sillfield Farm, Endmoor 015395 67609

SLACK'S LIMITED - producers of home-cured bacon & traditional sausage, mail order service, Michael Slack, Newlands Farm, Raisbeck, Orton 015396 24667

SOUTH LAKES ORGANIC MILK - Frank Morphet, Swarthmoor Hall Farm, 01229 586153

STAFF OF LIFE - Italian-style savoury loaves, fruited teabreads, Kendal Wygges, bespoke breads & seasonal specials, Simon Thomas, off Finkle Street, Kendal 01539 741240

STAINTON MEATS - pork & lamb, Peter & Rose Woof, Storth End Farm, Stainton 015395 60674

STONEYHEAD HALL FARM - traditionally-reared pork, John Noble, Sun-biggin, Orton 015396 24456

STRAWBERRY BANK LIQUEURS - beer/damson gin/flavoured sherries, Mike & Helen Walsh Lakelands Food Park, Plumgarths, 015395 68812
 

THE WATERMILL - stoneground organic flours, tearoom and mill shop, Little Salkeld, Penrith, www.organicmill.co.uk THINK DRINK - apple juice & locally-brewed beers, John Sheard, Clarks Cottage, Dent 015396 25148

THORNBY MOOR DAIRY award-winning goats, cows and ewes milk cheeses, Carolyn &Leonie Fairbairn, Crofton Hall, Thursby, Carlisle 016973 45555

TIRRIL BREWERY - Chris Tomlinson at the Queen's Head, Tirril, 01768 863219

TOWN END DAIRY - Chestnut Road, 015394 42357
 

ULTIMATE PLUM PUDDING COMPANY - Christmas & chocolate puddings/brandy butter, 01539 733329
 

VILLAGE BAKERY - bakery/confectionery/organic produce/preserves, The Village Bakery, Melmerby 01768 881515
 

WASDALE WATER Ltd - bottlers & suppliers of spring water, Peter & Morag Ferris, Windsor Farm, Wasdale 019467 26249

WENSLEYDALE CHEESE - Hawes Creamery 01969 667664

WESTMORLAND SERVICES - local & speciality foods, M6 services, Tebay: Farm Shop West (northbound) and Farm Shop East (southbound), 015396 245111 www.westmorland.com/

WILSONS, J.E. & SONS - confectionery, The Mint Cake Works, Kendal, 01539 720279

WINDERMERE ICE CREAM & CHOCOLATE CO - Steve Duffin, Back Ellerthwaite Road, Windermere, 015394 47876

WOODEN SPOON FUDGE COMPANY - Claire Waller, 1 Colton Cottages, Colton, Ulverston, 01229 861029
 

YATES BREWERY - Graeme Baxter, Ghyll Farm, Westnewton, 016973 21081