Welcome to Wardhall Dairy

We use our own goat and cow milk to produce a delicious range of cheese, butter and curds and whey.

Please take a look at our products, which include: Wardhall Blue (blue goats cheese), Bridekirk (goat cheese crottin), Gillands Beck (fresh lactic cheese in six flavours), Wardhall Gold (demi-sel cultured cow butter), Wardhall Ivory (demi-sel cultured goat butter), Parsonby (cows cheese), Prospect (fresh goat cheese), Leathers Gill (mature goats cheese flavoured with green peppercorns), Gilcrux (matured cows milk cheese) and an unusual revival of curds & whey.

Our products are all beautifully presented, which makes them great gifts for cheese lovers. Take a look at our growing recipe section, where our local celebrites prepare inspiring dishes using Wardhall Dairy products. Wardhall Dairy was set up in 2007 by Thomas and Lynn Ballantine Dykes on the family farm, Ewe Close, which lies between Gilcrux and Arkleby in north west Cumbria. Lynn hand makes all the products in a small purpose built dairy room on the farm and Thomas is in charge of the paperwork. The dairy is just one of many activities taking place at Ewe Close Farm where ten different types of sheep, cattle and pigs are bred. The aim is also to breed a herd of buffalo to provide milk for mozzarella cheese called 'Mootarella'. The farm will in due course be applying for Rare Breeds Survival Trust Approved Farm Park Status.