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Cheese

04/03/2013

Tour de France Weekend – Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July 2014.
To celebrate the World's most famous cycle race coming through Hawes we will be open for longer!

We have also opened up our field at the front of the Creamery as a picnic area for the weekend, with fantastic views over the Dales.

30/01/2013

Wensleydale Creamery Proudly Supports Swaledale Festival With Three Year Sponsorship Deal

The Wensleydale Creamery, producers of the famous Real Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese, has signed a three-year sponsorship deal to support the annual Swaledale Festival, which is set to run from 25 May to 8 June 2013 this year.   The Swaledale Festival features classical, choral, jazz, folk and world music in intimate venues across the Dales, along with poetry, drama, comedy, art exhibitions and guided walks.   Towns and villages around Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and home of the Creamery, Wensleydale, will host dozens of events this summer, with artists including a BBC... Read More

12/12/2012

Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Back Redevelopment of Wensleydale Creamery

We are delighted to announce that plans to redevelopment our 60 year old Creamery site at Hawes have been granted planning permission by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. This marks the first stage in our bid to improve efficiency, capacity and continued production of Real Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese in Wensleydale, for decades to come.   David Hartley, managing director of The Wensleydale Creamery, commented: “We are delighted with the decision by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to grant our application to redevelop our Creamery building, at Hawes. The decision recognises and... Read More

16/10/2012

Slicing into the Pre-Cut Cheese Market

The Creamery has seen its newly developed sliced, blended pre-packed cheeses hit shelves in Morrisons, capitalising on the emerging new market within the cheese sector. Over the past year, popularity of natural cheddar slices has increased above that of processed sliced cheese, as consumers look for quick and easy to use cheese without compromising on flavour or quality. Following customer demand for natural sliced cheese, the Wensleydale Creamery has produced four sliced blended cheese variants which are now being sold in Morrisons stores nationwide. The sliced cheese range includes Naturally Smoked Cheddar,... Read More

08/10/2012

Wensleydale Creamery Crowned Supreme Champion at British Cheese Awards

The Wensleydale Creamery is celebrating further success after walking away with the ‘Supreme Champion’ Award for its Wensleydale Blue cheese at the 19th British Cheese Awards, held at City Hall in Cardiff. The annual event saw the best cheesemakers from across the nation gather on the eve of the Great British Cheese Festival to celebrate the Oscars of the dairy world and signal the start of British Cheese Week (22- 30 Sept). The judges nosed and nibbled over 900 cheeses to narrow the field to a list of winners in... Read More