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Who we are
About the farm
We are Allison and Jonathan Raper, a husband and wife team who have run Teesdale Cheesemakers since 2016; since 2019 we have been based at Cheesedale, Pond Farm in Butterknowle, a 20-acre (about 8 ha) smallholding. Using cow's milk from the family dairy farm we hand-make award-winning soft, semi-soft and crumbly cheeses (such as Teesdale Blue, White Hilton, Barney Brie and Doris); we rear rare breed pigs on the whey, and Allison grows fruit and veg and keeps bees. We welcome visitors to our little shop and Café Cheesedale, with dairy tours and cheese tastings, cheese making days, two glamping lodges and a vintage caravan; our cheeses are also sold in our online shop.
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What we raise
Livestock
Here we list the animals we keep, with breed and headcount. Open a row and we show you what we process from them (milk, meat, eggs, honey…) and which of our products we sell.
Bees
- Honey
Cattle
- Cheese
- Blue cheese „Teesdale Blue”
- White Hilton
- Bloomy-rind (camembert-style) „Barney Brie”
- Doris
- Ronnie
- Allison's Garlic Special · herbed / spiced
- Blue cheese „Bishop Blue”
- Blue cheese „Durham Blue”
- Copley Crumble
- Teesdale Dessert Cheese Velvet · flavoured
- Cheese
Goats
- Cheese
- Teesdale Goat
- Blue cheese „Nanny Blue”
- Cheese
Pigs
- Ham, bacon & smoked meats
- Streaky bacon · rare / endangered breed
- Sausages & salami
- Fresh sausage · rare / endangered breed
- Ham, bacon & smoked meats
More of our products
- Cheese
- Cheese · gift pack, tasting set / selection
Processing & crafts
Dairy processing / cheesemaking, meat processing / butchery
Sales channel
- Farm-gate sales
- Online shop
- Gastronomy
Product categories
Product groups
Area
The farm's size category is based solely on the area of land, not on the scale of official revenue.
8 ha (19.8 acre) · small (5–50 ha)Farming method / certification
Community farming
Languages spoken
EnglishLocation
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