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Mail Order & Cheese Shops
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Mail Order
If you do not live
near a good cheese shop or are looking for something different there
are some excellent Mail Order companies and retailers who offer a wonderful selection. Look out for the cheese shops
written in blue.
London
 Hamish Johnston
Fine Cheeses, 48 Northcote Road, Battersea, SW11
Tel - 0207 738 0741
www.hamishjohnston.com
Specialists in British
farmhouse cheeses, this busy, well-stocked shop also runs
a wholesale business out in East Anglia. They always have
two or three cheeses of the week for customers to sample,
in fact they don't like to let anyone to leave without sampling
something new. In addition, they carry a range of olive
oils and everything for the keen cook from preserved lemons
to salted anchovies.
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 Jeroboams, 96 Holland Park Avenue, W11 - *Mail
Order
Tel - 0207 727
9359
www.jeroboams.co.uk
This small chain of independent
shops, located in and around London, always supplies a wonderful
range of wines and cheeses from Britain and Europe which
are mainly from small farms and matured in their ripening
rooms. There is also an excellent selection of tracklements
(pickles to those that don't know), honey, olive oils, charcuterie,
fresh breads, pastries and excellent custom-built sandwiches.
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La Fromagerie,
2-4 Moxon Street, W1
Tel - 0207 7935 0341
www.lafromagerie.co.uk
Patricia Michelson
stocks a wonderful range of mainly raw milk artisan cheeses,
which are matured in her ripening rooms, artisan cheeses
and other products in Britain and Europe to put in her two
shops, (La Fromagerie is also at 30 Highbury Park, London
N5; 020 7359 7440). Every surface is filled with discoveries
to satisfy the most ardent cheese lover. See the website
for a busy calender of food and wine events. Mail order
and wholesale available.
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Mortimer & Bennett, 33 Turnham Green Terrrace, W4
- Mail Order
Tel - 0208 995 4145
www.mortimerandbennett.com
Set in
one of London's premier suburban streets for foodies, Dan
Mortimer's long established local emporium offers a good
range of quality products. As well as high quality biscuits,
pastries, breads pates, charcuterie, chocolates and pasta,
mainly sourced in France and Italy, he keeps a range of
excellent farmhouse cheeses from British and Ireland.
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 Neal's Yard Dairy, 17 Shorts Garden, WC2
Tel - 0207 240 5700
www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
One of Britain's best known
cheese shops, who have for the last 25 years supported producers
of unpasteurised cheese. All are handmade, using traditional
methods, selected for their character and ripened in their
cellars. Cream, yoghurt, butters and fresh bread are also
available. Wholesale and mail order.
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Paxton & Whitfield, 93 Jermyn Street, SW1 - *Mail
Order
 Tel - 0207 930 0259
Mail Order - 01608 650660 www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk
Established in St. James's for nearly 200 years, this
foodie landmark offers an anthology of cheeses from
around the world as well as some of Britain's finest traditional
hams, pork pies, chutneys, biscuits and a selection of excellent
wines. Most of the cheeses are artisan produced and displayed
on marble or wooden shelves with an olde worlde look but
modern temperature and quality control systems. Wholesale
and mail order a speciality as well as an established Cheese
Club
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The Cheeseboard,
26 Royal Hill, Greenwich, SE10
Tel - 0208 305 0401
www.cheese-board.co.uk
The determined proprietor Michael
Jones has stuck to his original idea of specialising in
cheese, and the shop is stocked at any time with well over
100 of Britain and Europe's finest cheeses. Freshly baked
bread, home-made chutney and a selection of wines mean you
have all you need for perfect cheeseboard.
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 The Real Cheese Shop, Barnes High Street, SW13Tel - 02088 786 676 |
Bath
Paxton & Whitfield,
1 John Street - *Mail Order
Tel - 01225 466 403
Mail Order - 01608 650660 www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk
The Paxton &
Whitfield shop occupies a charming building in Bath with
views towards Queens Square. Enjoy a great selection of
artisan cheeses from Britain and continental Europe; you
will find a special focus on cheeses from the South West.
Beyond the cheeses you will find a full selection of fine
food, wine and cheese related accessories.
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 The Fine Cheese Company, 29 & 31 Walcot Street
- *Mail Order
Tel - 01225 483
407
www.finecheese.co.uk
With over 200
cheeses on display, this classy outlet run by owner Ann-Marie
Dyas has one of the biggest ranges of British and European
cheeses anywhere. Plus they now offer their own range of
superb biscuits designed to match the different types of
cheese. Not to mention great wines, breads and wonderful
oils. Look on their website for advice about how to look
after your cheese when you've brought it. Mail Order and
wholesale service available.
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Birmingham
Paxton & Whitfield,
27-29 Wharfside Street - *Mail Order
 Tel - 0121 632 1440
Mail Order - 01608
650660 www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk
Opened in June
2004, the Paxton & Whitfield shop includes the first
Cafe Paxton. As well as being able to select from a great
range of british and continental european artisan cheeses,
fine food and wine, you can also enjoy a relaxing break
in the fully licensed Cafe. Take time to savour the freshly
prepared dishes, many made with the great ingredients you
can buy in store.
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Brighton
Home Brighton
32 Egremont Place
Brighton
BN2 0GA
Tel: 01273 674 456
Home is your new licensed cafe deli by Queen's Park, serving breakfast, lunch, cakes and other treats. We offer coffee, teas, an extensive range of soft drinks, beers and a fantastic wine list
Open 7 days a week
Tel - 0121 632 1440
Mail Order - 01608
650660 www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk
Opened in June
2004, the Paxton & Whitfield shop includes the first
Cafe Paxton. As well as being able to select from a great
range of british and continental european artisan cheeses,
fine food and wine, you can also enjoy a relaxing break
in the fully licensed Cafe. Take time to savour the freshly
prepared dishes, many made with the great ingredients you
can buy in store.
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Cambridgeshire
Smiths of Oundle - 01832
274 396 - Nr Peterborough
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Cheshire
The Cheese Shop,
116 Northgate Street, Chester
Tel - 01244 346240
www.chestercheeseshop.com
Carole Faulkner has been running
this haven for cheese lovers for the last 20 years. She
stocks over 200 cheeses including several local varieties,
which she ripens in her own cellars. A well-designed website
always has special offers, a cheese of the week, plus an
extensive list of all the British and European cheese you
can have delivered to your own home.
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Cumbria
Low Sizergh Barn,
Low Sizergh Farm, Sizergh, Kendal
Tel - 015395 60426
www.lowsizerghbarn.co.uk
 Situated in a converted 17th-century
stone barn spread over three floors, this outlet is part
of a working dairy farm. Downstairs every available space
is packed with jars, bottles, tins and baskets full of exotic
and local produce as well as a counter full of wonderful
mainly British cheeses. Upstairs is a craft/gift gallery
and a Café where large slices of cakes made from Cumbrian
recipes can be devoured while you watch the cows being milked.
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Dorset
Sabins Fine Food,
5 Hound Street, Sherborne
Tel - 01935 816 037
Re-invigorated by the arrival
of Jeremy Mercer three years ago, this generously stocked
deli carrys a range of 50 cheeses, including many locally
produced such as Dorset Blue Vinney and Keen's award-winning
mature cheddar. They also sell ham off the bone, a selection
of pates including wild boar and chicken liver, home-made
smoked salmon and bread as well as Borough Hill cider.
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Durham
The Cheese &
Wine Shop - 01325 384 803 - Darlington
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Gloucestershire
Daylesford Farm
Shop, Daylesford, Nr Stow on the Wold
Tel - 01608 731 700
www.daylesfordorganic.com
Known locally as the Harrods
of the Cotswolds it is set in a collection of beautifully
restored Cotswold stone barns. Alongside the award winning
Daylesford Cheese and organic breads are their own Wootton
organic meals, great vegetables, plus soups, cakes, jams
and chutneys made by the chef. The café menu is simple and
seasonal, the flowers always white and the aroma from the
bakery weakens even the most hardened shopper. This is a
destination, not just a shop!
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Longborough Farm
Shop, Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh
Tel - 01451 830 469
www.longboroughfarmshop.com
Kathryn and her team have created
a real farm shop focusing on seasonal and regional products
including, fruit, vegetables, herbs and a range of plants
from their own farm. The forty or so mainly British Cheeses
are in good condition. Many of the cakes and biscuits are
"home-made", the shelves are stacked with everything from
fudge to free range eggs and the fresh frozen fruits, beans
and vegetables are very popular.
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The Cheeseworks,
5 Regent Street, Cheltenham
Tel - 01242 255 022
Proprietor Ben Axford stocks
around 150 cheeses from Britain, France and Spain, but makes
the most of local producers, stocking both single Gloucester
(white) and double Gloucester (orange), Stinking Bishop
as well as the award-winning unpasturised Cerney goat's
cheese. He also sells charcuterie, olives, a selection of
chutneys, biscuits and fine chocolates.
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Maby's Food & Wine - 01451
870 071 - Stow on the Wold
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Hampshire
Harvest Delicatessen,
46 West Street, Alresford
Tel - 01962 733 189
What was once a tiny village
shop has expanded to around three times its size thanks
to the efforts of co-owners Sandra and Nigel Connor.
As well as creating a relaxed and friendly environment,
they stock high quality meats, pates, pies, bread baked
on the premise, chutneys etc. As for cheese, they carry
around 120 varieties with special emphasis on Britain's
finest.
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J K's Deli, Station
Road, New Milton
 Tel - 01425 629 081
JK's Deli opened
it's doors to the public in June 2004. The idea being to
bring specialty products and fine foods to the people of
New Milton and the surrounding area, from superb olives
to hams, pastas & chutneys. Plus an extensive range
of cheeses including some excellent local ones. Come and
see, taste and buy our fine range of products which is constantly
being extended.
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Barrington's
Deli - 01489 789 967 - Southampton
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Herefordshire
The Mousetrap - 01568 615 512
- Leominster
The Mousetrap - 01432 353 423
- Hereford
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Lancashire
 Cheesie Tchaikovsky, 38 York Street, Clitheroe,
Lancs BB7 2DL Tel - 01200 428 366
Cheesie Tchaikovsky stock an
exciting range of British cheeses such as Shorrocks Black
Beauty, Norsworthy Goat and Isle of Mull as well as continental
classics like Epoisses de Bourgogne, Idiazabal and Beaufort.
We also have a delicious range of olives, continental meats,
preserves, olive oils and if you are very lucky you might
find Jan's
handmade bread for sale.
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Lincolnshire
The Cheese Society, 1 St Martin's
Lane, Lincoln - *Mail Order
Tel - 01522 511
003
www.thecheesesociety.co.uk
Order by phone,
email, on-line, or visit Kate O'Meara's shop in Lincoln
stocked with over 200 cheeses that features mainly unpasteurised
British. You can order as little as 200gm and it will arrive,
wrapped in wax paper and ready to eat. As well as cheese,
you can buy all sorts of associated paraphernalia from cheese
larders to Parmesan knives.
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 Simpole Clarke - 01780 480 646 - Stamford
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Nottinghamshire
The Cheese Shop
Nottingham Ltd - 01159 419 114 - Nottingham
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Oxfordshire
Oxford Cheese
Company, 17 Covered Market, Oxford
Tel - 01865 721 420 
www.oxfordfinefood.com
One of the very few cheese shops
that sells nothing but cheese, its owner, Baron Robert Pouget,
individually selects most of the English cheeses and imports
the European ones direct from Rungis in Paris, the biggest
cheese market in Europe. Cheeses, including their own -
Oxford Blue (made to the Baron's own recipe), Oxford
Isis (rind washed with mead) and Oxford Goat Cheese
- can be delivered to shops and clients from Cheltenham
to London.
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Wells Stores,
Peachcroft Farm. 12 Acre Drive, Abingdon
 Tel - 01235 535 978
www.wells-stores.co.uk
For the last 15 years owner
Gill Draycott's enthusiasm has created an emporium for cheese
lovers. Close to 250 mainly British cheeses vie for your
attention, plus a wide range of cakes, quiches and puddings.
After you've agonised over which cheeses to buy try the
café for tea and a slice of crispy lemon cake or perhaps
a plate of goat's cheese and roasted peppers.
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Cotswold
Deli & Cheese Shop - 01608 642 843 - Chipping Norton
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The
Granary Delicatessen, 30 High Street, Watlington
 Tel - 01491 613 585
www.granarydeli.co.uk
We are a tiny traditional shop
in Watlington, reputedly the smallest town in England, nestling
in the shadows of the Chilterns. We stock over
150 cheeses, many award winners and many coming from UK
farmhouse producers. We also stock a range of specially
selected store cupboard basics, including savoury biscuits,
savoury preserves, drinks and nibbles and much much more.
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Shropshire
The Mousetrap,
Mark & Karen Hindle, 6 Church St, Ludlow
Tel - 01584 879 556
www.mousetrapcheese.co.uk
Mark Hindle's tiny cheese shop
has been open for business in the heart of the foodie paradise
that is Ludlow for the last two years. He stocks about 100
mainly British cheeses, including Monkland and little Hereford,
both made by his wife, Karen: Monkland resembles a creamy
Caerphilly, while Little Hereford, based on an original
recipe, is somewhere in between a Cheddar and a Caerphilly.
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Sussex
Corbin's, 23
High Street, Uckfield
Tel - 01825 766 670
www.corbins-delicatessen.co.uk
Corbin's combines a cheese counter,
specialising in farmhouse cheeses, particularly local varieties,
with all you would expect from a good quality delicatessen.
They are also well known for their traditional ham on the
bone, sandwiches made to order, homemade salads, olives,
Italian bread, ground coffee and individually prepared hampers.
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Horsham Cheese Shop, 20 Carfax, Horsham
 Tel - 01403 254 272
www.horshamcheeseshop.co.uk
Established in
1981, and now under the careful ownership of Walter Osterreicher,
this cheese emporium goes from strength to strength, specialising
in British favourites such as Blue Vinney and Colston Bassett
with some local cheeses. They also sell sausage rolls and
cakes as well as a lovely honey mustard.
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Say Cheese, Riverside,
Cliffe High Street, Lewes
Tel - 01273 487 871
Part of a food hall housed in
a building dating from the 1750s, this tiny shop, run by
Eleanor & David Robins, is packed to the rafters with
all manner of tasty delicacies. Cheese include the best
Lancashire, Wensleydale and Cheshire, but they specialise
in local cheeses from Sussex, Surrey and Kent made from
sheep, goat and cow's milk, also pates, teas, coffees and
Cumbrian air-dried ham.
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Warwickshire
 Paxton & Whitfield, 13 Wood Street,
Stratford upon Avon - *Mail Order
Tel - 01789 415544
Mail Order - 01608
650660 www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk
Low ceilings and
beams are part of Stratford upon Avon and the Paxton &
Whitfield shop has both, giving an intimate atmosphere for
the extensive and mouth-watering array of british and continental
european artisan cheeses and other delicious foods.
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Worcestershire
Ansteys, St Peters
Garden Centre, Broomhall, Worcester
Tel - 01905 820 232
www.ansteys.com
Cheesemakers Colin & Alyson
Anstey have set up a shop in their local garden centre and
the venture has proved highly successful. They stock 50
or so mainly British cheeses, many of which are handmade
locally and are clearly labelled with brief tasting notes.
Small truckles of their own cheeses make excellent gifts:
there's a Double Worcester, an Old Worcester and a cheese
laced with Worcestershire sauce. Plus chutneys, biscuits,
oils and everything for local foodies.
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Yorkshire
The Cheeseboard,
1 Commercial Street, Harrogate
 Tel - 01423 508 837
The Cheeseboard
of Harrogate is one of Yorkshire's finest cheese shops. Behind
a glossy black frontage lies an emporium of delicious cheeses
and fine foods. With friendly, enthusiastic staff it's no
wonder the loyal clientele have been supporting the delicatessen
for 23 years
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Wensleydale Cheese
Shop, Wensleydale Creamery, Gayles Lane, Hawes
Tel - 01969 667 664
www.wensleydale.co.uk
You can watch Wensleydale being
made through an excellent viewing gallery and then enjoy
the large shop, restaurant and excellent museum. Most of
the cheeses to buy and eat are produced in the creamery.
Huge freshly baked scones sit on the counter demanding to
be eaten. A must for the family, special tours and tastings
for cheese addicts can be arranged. You never knew there
were so many different Wendleydales - blue veined, smoked,
with cranberries, or apricots, the list goes on.
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Country
Harvest - 01524 242 223 - Carnforth
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Wales
Le Gallois Deli - 02920 235
483 - Cardiff
This is a list of Cheesemakers
and Cheese Shops who sell cheese in New Zealand that I know
of. If you can recommend any new ones I would be delighted to hear from you.
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