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Find a great Butcher in your region

Proper butchers’ shops are a bit like vinyl records. Once they were ubiquitous, then they were chucked out in favour of more easily mass-produced formats, and now they’re revered again due to their superior quality and traditional feel. On the map above and listed below are the traditional butchers that we love and recommend so far, and many are running exclusive GFC member offers……

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  • Be guided to great places in the East Midlands & further afield
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    Bouverie Lodge & ‘Through the Gate’ Cafe

    A 210-acre bison and venison farm and cafe selling its own meat in its own shop. Named one of The Telegraph’s 50 best food outlets outside London…

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    Dickies

    Set on a family farm in the middle of the Vale of Belvoir, Dickies can only be described as a ‘destination’ butchery…

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    Fen Farm Venison

    At Fen Farm near Sleaford, the deer are free range, well cared for and fed on Fenland grass. The result is outstanding venison…

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    Fruit Pig Butchery

    Fruit Pig are an East Anglian butchery producing rare fresh-blood black puddings, white puddings, haggis and slow-cured bacons from traditional breeds…

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    Grasmere Farm Butchers Market Deeping

    A south Lincolnshire pork farm with three excellent butchers shops selling products made from meat raised, butchered and prepared at HQ, from sausage rolls to tenderloin steaks…

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    Grasmere Farm Butchers Stamford

    An award-winning south Lincolnshire pork farm with three excellent butchers shops selling products from meat raised, butchered and prepared on the farm – from sausage rolls to prime tenderloin….

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    H. Hellett & Sons Butchers

    A traditional family butcher with its own abattoir at the back of the shop. Helletts has traded in this shop since the early 20th century…

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    Hambleton Farms Fine Foods

    Hambleton Farms Fine Foods of Oakham in Rutland is a farm, bakery, butchery and deli, creating enticing and award-winning food…

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    Hartwell’s and Towbury Court Fine Foods

    A traditional, family run butcher’s and deli in Northamptonshire. The butcher’s sells meat produced on Elliott’s own farm and the deli provides a large selection of handmade foods…

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    Hicksons of Bassingham

    City pop-ups may be popular, but 120 years of practise makes perfect for this award-winning Bassingham butchery business…

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    Johnny Pusztai at JT Beedham & Son

    Ex-Observer Food Monthly’s Producer of the Year. Britain’s best butcher?

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    Legges of Bromyard

    Legges butchers, deli and pie shop in Bromyard is run by a farming family, and has won an especially fine reputation for pies…

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    Nidd Wick Farm

    Superb quality Longhorn beef raised traditionally on the banks of the River Nidd in North Yorkshire – delivered straight to your door…

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    Redhill Farm Shop in the Bail

    Redhill Farm Shop in the Bail sells free-range meat farmed by Jane and Terry Tomlinson of Redhill Farm, which is situated 20 miles away near Gainsborough…

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    Saul’s of Spratton

    A small, traditional, family-run butcher and producer which sold its first joint in 1926. Saul’s now has an online shop too…

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    Squisito Butchers & Provisions

    Winner of the BBC’s Best Street Food Midlands Award, offering a spectacular range of hand-produced Italian foods made using local ingredients…

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    Stoppard’s Butchers of Southwell

    Stoppard’s Butchers of Southwell is a delightful family butcher’s. All produce is sourced locally via good relationships forged with local farmers…

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    T & S Thomas Family Butchers

    A high-class family butcher in every sense. Traditional, award-winning, and big on local sourcing…

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    The Rutland Charcuterie Company

    Excellent quality, award-wining salamis and air-dried meats, including classy coppa and brilliant bresaola…

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    Tori & Ben’s Farm Butchery

    Exceptional local steaks, sausages, burgers and more from prize-winning animals raised on a small scale by a passionate farming couple…

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    W Archer & Son Butchers

    This neighbourhood butcher has been established for nearly 100 years and always seeks out high quality and rare-breed meats – it is famous for its hog roasts and South African specialities…

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    Weetons Food Hall

    Weetons Food Hall is a Harrogate institution, offering food lovers the chance to shop for the best locally sourced products in a stylish Victorian setting. It’s a café, deli, food hall and butcher’s…