Distinctively good cheese from the heart of the Lake District.

The Lake District Creamery

Over the last 100 years, generations of families have worked at our creamery, making it central to the local community. It is these dedicated, highly skilled cheese makers who are at the heart of the Lake District Cheese Company.

Cheese making is as much an art as it is a science and we take great pride in what we do and believe this is reflected in the unique flavour of our cheese.

We have a dedicated team at the Lake District Creamery, but it all starts with the farmers!

Cumbria is one of the richest dairy farming areas in the country with dairy farms spread throughout the Eden Valley, the Solway Plain, along the west Cumbrian coast and around the beautiful area of Kendal.

* Due to seasonal peaks and troughs in milk production we occasionally take extra milk from neighbouring areas outside Cumbria and in South West Scotland.

A Rich Dairy Heritage

It was in Aspatria Market Hall in February 1888 that a group of farmers took the decision to build a dairy on land leased from Sir Wilfred Lawson alongside Maryport & Carlisle Railway. They created the West Cumberland Dairy Company and used locally produced milk to make cheese, cream and two brands of butter, ‘Daisy’ and ‘Buttercup’.

The newly formed farmers co-operative hit hard times just a few years after opening and was bought by Carricks of Low Row, near Brampton in Cumbria. Under new ownership the Aspatria Dairy flourished.

The creation of the Milk Marketing Board in 1934, brought further changes as the board recognised that the dairy was well positioned for the collection, manufacture and distribution of locally produced milk. The Creamery became the first in England to be re-built by the newly formed Milk Marketing Board.

Today the Lake District Cheese Company has returned to its roots and is once again owned by a farmers co-operative.

Meet The Farmers

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