Colston Bassett Dairy is in the village of Colston Bassett .

Award winning cheese, every day taking the milk from the same pastures.

Colston Bassett Dairy

Harby Road

Colston Bassett

Leicestershire NG12 3FN

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Telephone  44 (0) 1949 81322

About us.

Makers of fine quality Stilton cheese.

Colston Bassett Dairy is in the village of Colston Bassett which lies near the Nottinghamshire Leicestershire border. Many villages in this area had small Stilton dairies in the nineteenth century, most of which have now disappeared. For over 85 years Colston Bassett and District Dairy has been making the finest quality Blue Stilton, "King of Cheeses". A highly skilled, dedicated and experienced team use the same time honored recipe and methods used by generations to make this unique, award winning cheese, every day taking the milk from the same pastures and the same farms that founded the dairy as a co-operative in 1913.

Stilton was first recognised as a type of cheese at the beginning of the eighteenth century. It took its name from the village of Stilton, just south of Peterborough on the Great North Road, where the landlord at the Bell Inn sold his sister-in-law's cheese, made near Melton Mowbray, to coach travellers. The cheese was never made in Stilton and even today, protected by a trademark, it can only be made in the three adjacent counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.

Colston Bassett, a rural village in the heart of the English countryside, has become famous to lovers of fine cheese worldwide. Colston Bassett Dairy has a proud history of supplying quality specialist cheese shops, delicatessen, and wholesalers both in the UK and more recently in America.We welcome trade enquiries from wholesalers, retailers or those in the food business. Please contact us at the address above or email us with your name, contact details and an idea of your requirements and we will get back to you.