Suppliers South West England
Dorset Down sheep
The suppliers listed here are based in South West England, but many supply across the UK (see each entry offering Mail Order).
Covers - Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
See our buying guide for advice on what to look for when buying mutton.
Organic suppliers are indentified thus:
Dorset Meat Company
Available by: Mail Order
Contact: Telephone 01747 811077 Email here
Facebook: @DorsetMeatCompany
Cowleaze, Church Lane, Sutton Waldron, Shaftesbury, Dorset DT11 8PB
Contact person: Nick Somper
About us: We sell a range of locally reared grass fed high welfare mutton. We are online only and deliver across the UK every Wednesday Thursday and Friday
Range of mutton products: A range of fresh cuts or selection boxes
Breed: Texel
Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 2+ years
Hanging period: 7+ days
Season available: all year round
Eversfield Organic
Organic
Available from: Mail Order & We have 2 farm shops, one in Tavistock and one in Totnes. We can do collections from both.
Contact: Telephone 01837 871400 email here
Ellacott, Bratton Clovelly, Devon EX20 4LB
Contact person: Anna Elliot
About us: Eversfield Organic is a beef farm located in Devon, we offer an online ordering service plus we also have 2 shops. We work with local farmers to ensure we buy fresh local meat which we butcher to order onsite.
Product Range: All products are freshly cut, as individual items or in selection boxes
Breed: A mixture of breeds from a range of lowland farms around the South West
Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 2 years +
Hanging period: a few days
Season available: Limited seasonality - throughout the summer, supply can be intermittent
Field and Flower
Available by: Mail Order
Contact: Telephone 0203 735 8005 Email here
Stockwood Farm Buildings, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6TA
Contact person: James Flower
About us: Reared across the South West of England, our mutton is free-range and high-welfare. We deliver our mutton straight from our farms to your door, all kept cool in our temperature-controlled chill boxes.
Range of mutton products: We supply diced mutton, cannon, chops, rump, rack and leg (bone-in or boned and rolled)
Breed: Suffolk & Texel cross
Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 2 years
Hanging period: 5 days
Season available: all year round
Great Cotmarsh Farm
Organic
Available by: Mail Order and collection from premises
Contact: Telephone 07718 584615 Email here
Cotmarsh, Broad Town, Wiltshire, SN4 7RA
Contact person: Katie Allen
About us: We are committed to native breeds and a pasture-fed livestock farming system. Munching on lots of delicious natural pasture, allows our mutton sheep to develop a really full flavour. The joints are typically bigger than you would find in one of our lamb boxes. After hanging, our mutton is expertly butchered by the award-winning Jesse Smiths in Cirencester. The mutton is supplied in individually vacuum packed cuts, which are frozen and labelled and delivered in environmentally friendly wool-insulated boxes.
Range of mutton products: Each half mutton box provides the following cuts: Shoulder of mutton - Left on the bone Leg of mutton - Tied, and left on the bone Rack of mutton - French trimmed Loin Chops - Four, cut from the loins Mint & Apricot Burgers - Four 6oz gluten free burgers made with chump, breast & neck fillet. Mince - One 500g pack made with chump, breasts and neck fillet.
Breed: Portland and Castlemilk Moorit
Ewes or Wethers: wethers Age: 2 years+
Hanging period: 10-14 days
Season available: all year round
Kimbers Farm Shop
Available from: Mail Order & farm shop
Contact: telephone 01963 33177 email here
Linley Farm, Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 9HD
Contact people: Naomi or Ruth Kimber
About us: We have a small flock of ewes and we work with other local farmers. We are lucky to have a small slaughterhouse in our town so food miles are minimal. We have 2 master butchers with 50+ years experience between them
Main mutton products: Fresh butchered meats
Breed: Zwartble x Charllois
Ewes or Wethers: Ewes Age: 3 years +
Hanging period: 7-14 days
Season available: all year round
Cuts or Boxes: Cuts
Langley Chase Organic Farm
Organic
Available from: Local delivery or collection from the farm
Mutton awards: 18 Organic Food Awards; 2 Star Great Taste Award; Gold Taste of the West Awards
Contact: Telephone 07855284470 email here
The Farm Office, Langley Chase Organic Farm, Kington Langley, Wiltshire, SN15 5PW
Contact person: Jane Kallaway
About us: Award-winning organic rare-breed Manx Loaghtan mutton and lamb that has been hung for 14 days.
Breed: Manx Loaghtan
Ewes or Wethers: ewes Age: 4-5 years
Hanging period: 14 days
Season available: all year round
Cuts or Boxes: Whole or half mutton, prepared to individual specification.
Lovaton Farm
Available by: Mail Order and from Farm
Contact: Telephone 07895 097328 email here
Lovaton Farm, South Tawton, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2RA
Contact person: Jane Barber
About us: We are a family farm on the fringe of North Dartmoor, producing Dexter x beef, Gloucester Old Spot pork and Lleyn lamb, hogget and mutton. Raised in an environmentally friendly manner on grass clover and herbs, our products have won us nearly 80 awards (see below).
Mutton Awards: None yet for mutton, but for our hogget Great Taste Awards 3 star for hogget shoulder and 3 star for hogget leg plus Taste of the West - Gold for hogget leg
Breed: Lleyn
Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 2+ years
Hanging period: 10-14 days
Season available: all year
Cuts or Boxes: both
Lydiard Oxford Down
Available by: Mail Order or pre-arranged Farm collection
Contact: Telephone 01793 881215 email here
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 3NY
Contact person: Lindsay Rumming
Description: Born and reared on the farm, and butchered in our on site butchery.
Breed: Oxford Down
Ewes or Wethers: Ewes Age: 4+ years
Hanging period: 14 days
Season available: from May onwards. Frozen also available
Cuts or Boxes: both
Organic Butchery
Organic
Available from: Mail Order & collection from farm
Contact: Telephone 01460 279509 email here
Facebook: organicbutchery
About us: Starting life as an organic farm in the heart of the West Country, The Organic Butchery sources the highest quality organic grass-fed and wild meats, sustainable fish and organic free-range poultry from trusted local suppliers.
Product Range: Frozen cuts - joints, chops, mince and offal
Breed: Lleyn cross texels
Ewes or Wethers: Ewes Age: 2 years +
Hanging period: 7 days
Season available: all year round
Cuts or Boxes: cuts
Pipers Farm
Available by: Mail Order or Shops
Contact: Telephone 01392 881380 email here
Cullompton, Devon EX15 1SD
Contact people: Peter & Henri Greig
Description: Multi-award-winning farmers and butchers. Retailing online and through two local farm shops.
Breed: Swaledale
Ewes or Wethers: ewes Age: 5-6 years
Hanging period: 21 days
Season available: October to May
Cuts or Boxes: both
Other Outlets:
Pipers Farm Butchers Shop, 57 Magdalen Road, Exeter EX2 4TA; Powderham Castle Food Hall, Kenton, Exeter EX6 8JE
Pret a Portland
Available by: Usually delivered to local customers on collection from the butcher
Contact: telephone 01747 841256 / 07947 020130
Facebook: @pretaportland email here
Grove Close, Pen Selwood, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 8NE
Contact person: Fiona MacKenzie
About us: Small quantities of Rare Breed Portland mutton available seasonally to order. The flock is grazed on the North Dorset / Somerset border. Sheep are slaughtered and butchered locally, hung for two weeks and cut to customer requirements. Available as half or whole boxed, and delivered locally. Portland mutton was regarded as a local delicacy in Georgian England and is now listed in the Slow Food Ark of Taste. Portland sheep mature slowly, producing exceptional hoggett and mutton. The meat is fine grained and with a great depth of flavour.
Product range: Fresh cuts; Merguez sausages sometimes available
Breeds: Portland, Bluefaced Leicester Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 3 years+
Hanging period: 14 days Season available: Seasonal, autumn/winter
South Yeo Farm West
Available by: Mail-order and collection from the farm
Contact: Telephone 01837 810569
Facebook: SouthYeoFarmWest email here
South Yeo Farm West, Northlew, Okehampton, Devon EX20 3PS
Contact person: Debbie Kingsley
About us: At South Yeo Farm West we rear rare and native breeds of cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry, and farm to preserve and enhance our wonderfully diverse flora and fauna. We sell all our meat, livestock, lambskins and raw wool direct to you, the customer.
Product range: Fresh meat
Breeds: Herdwick, Whiteface Dartmoor, Welsh Mountain Badger Face
Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 3 - 10 years
Hanging period: 14 days+
Season available: usually May and September
Cuts or Boxes: Half or whole mutton boxes butchered to your requirements
Steeptonbill Farm
Available by: Farm Shop (open 7 days a week)
Contact: Telephone 07891 079615 email here
Facebook: steeptonbillfarm
Catherines Well, Milton Abbas, Nr Blandford, Dorset DT10 0AT
Contact person: Steve Gould
About us: Small holding with sheep, pigs and garden vegetables
Product range: Fresh and frozen cuts
Breeds: Romney cross Texel
Ewes or Wethers: ewes Age: 3 years+
Hanging period: 8 days
Season available: All year round
The Thoroughly Wild Meat Co. Ltd
Available by: Mail Order
Contact: Telephone 01749 321021 Email here
The Butchers Shop, 1 High Street, Castle Cary, Somerset BA7 7AN
Contact people: Andrew & Lavinia Moore
About us: Suppliers of rare breed and speciality meat. Seasonally available salt marsh mutton and salt marsh and rare breed lamb, as well as beef and pork.
Breed: Mainly South Wales Mountain cross or Suffolk cross
Ewes or Wethers: mainly ewes Age: 3 years +
Hanging period: 10-14 days
Season available: Spring and Autumn
Cuts or Boxes: both
Other Outlets: Shows & markets – see website.
Tregullas Farm
Available by: Mail Order & Collection by appointment
Contact: Telephone 01326 290122 email here
Facebook page: Tregullas Farm
Lighthouse Road, Lizard, Nr Helston, Cornwall TR12 7NL
Contact people: Rona & Nevil Amiss
About us: Grass-fed mutton, lamb and goat produced on this National Trust farm on the Lizard in Cornwall.
Breed: Hebridean cross
Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 2½-4 years
Hanging period: 7-10 days
Season available: August to January
Cuts or Boxes: either
Other Outlets: Local farmers markets
Verwill Farm
Organic
Available from: Mail Order and farm Shop
Contact: Telephone: 07541862432 Email here
Facebook Page: @verwillfarm
Verwill Farm, Combe Martin, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 0PE
Contact Person: Dominic Elson
About us: Organic upland farm in Exmoor, rearing rare and native breeds for sale as hogget and mutton. All grass-fed, to very high welfare standards. Customers are welcome to visit the farm to collect their box, learn about our nature recovery projects and to meet the sheep.
Breed: North Ronaldsay, Exmoor Horn, Jacob, Shetland, Balsay, Blue-faced Leicester
Ewes or Wethers: both Age: 2-3 years
Hanging period: At least 10 days
Season available: year round
Cuts or Boxes: both - Selection boxes in various sizes, every kind of cut joint, also minced or diced.
Westmorland Farm Shops
Available from: M5 Gloucester Motorway Services
Contact: Telephone 01452 813254
M5 Northbound (J12-11a) Brookthorpe, Gloucester GL4 0DN
About us: A farm shop in Gloucester Services on the M5 northbound and southbound. All produce sold is locally-produced within 30 miles, with the animals slaughtered just a few miles away. Produce can be ordered ahead for later collection.
Breed: various
Ewes or Wethers: ewes Age: 2-3 years
Hanging period: Variable in on-site maturing room
Season available: year round
Cuts or Boxes: cuts
Other Outlets: M6 Motorway Services (J38-39) north and southbound.