Lyburn Farmhouse Cheesemakers.
Lyburn farm makes a variety of different hand made cheeses, all of which are made from our own cows milk. Although they are pressed, these artisan cheeses are not that close to cheddar cheese. They are, in general, a softer and a more continental type of cheese, with the exeption of Old Winchester and Old Smales. The Lyburn Gold, is where we start and details of this cheese and all the others can be found on the next page headed 'Cheeses'.

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Hamptworth Estate

Hampshire Farmers Market Awards 2009

Hampshire Farmers Mkt Awards

Sorry sold out.

World Cheese Awards Results 2009

Pumpkin festival at Rolal Victoria Pk Nettle Abbey

2 Silver and 5 Bronze medals at the
British Cheese Awards

New express, cheese delivery service,
starting soon.

Good pumpkin crop ahead.

Cheese maker Paul Thomas
Takes a first at Nantwich

France New Contact Details

USA New Contact Details

Tour dates for 2010.
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We are all doomed

Cheese on line
Here is a nice selection including Old Smales (Winchester)

Following in Susie Cater's footsteps
is Lyburn Farm and Jonathan being named as Riverford's Organic Grower of the year.

Susie Carter wins 'Britain's Best Dish'
Made with 100% Hampshire produce, including Lyburn Butter in the pastry.

Chesil Rectory, Winchester,
new hosts for the restaurant.

World Cheese Awards Ireland 2008
Old Winchester does anther Gold, and the new Stoneycross takes a Silver.
Full results.

British Cheese Awards 2008
Old Winchester leads the way with 2 Golds out of a total of 7 medals.
Full results.

Waitrose /Country Living Competition Results

Another good result for Old Winchester

More prizes for Old Winchester

The Lady in Black
who wins?
Chickens coming home to roost

Old Winchester
Takes a second prize at Bath and West

Tour dates for 2009

New Recipe Page

New Cheesemaker for Lyburn

SALSA accreditation
Certificate.
www.salsafood.co.uk
Lyburn Cheese Stolen.

Farm History.
Lyburn farm lies on the northern edge of the New Forest, straddling the small river Blackwater, and has been farmed by the Smales family and Mike and Judy in particular for the last 40 years. The river Blackwater rises on some of the high ground of the forest and as the heather and gorse gives way, to the old ancient oak forest, home of the fallow deer, the countryside falls away sharply towards the north. In the bottom of the valley you will find the Hamptworth estate, of which Lyburn farm is part. The name Lyburn, is in fact quite unique, it is derived from the Scottish, lye 'born', and burn 'river', 'borne by the river', and with the Blackwater on either side we certainly are.

Who needs a traditional wedding cake when you can have something like this. Click the picture for more details

Nantwhich Cheese Show
More prizes for Old Winchester.

Bath and West 2007
Old Winchester has taken Reserve Championship.

Bath and West 2007
Old Winchester takes the Rowcliffe prize for Best Cheese in the Specialist Cheese Makers Class and then goes on to take Reserve Champion.

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Point of sale posters.
Now available in A2 &A5
Phone 01794 390451

Farm Shop.
Shop opening times are Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 11-00pm until 4-30pm.

Hampshire Farmers Market Dates

The New Forest
The New Forest, has no great history of cheese making, unlike the west country. Traditionally, in the last 100 years, the milk from Hampshire, has always travelled eastwards to the large conurbations of Southampton and London, to be sold as bottled milk. Historically records show that cheese, will have been made by the Cistercian Monks at Beaulieu and other Monasteries, back in the 1200's. Cheese will also have been made on the various farmsteads in the last 500years, particularly those farms that are named 'White House Farm' as they will certainly have had connections with cheese.

Click the picture for the menu.

The manors of Winchester, of which this area was part, including Downton, indicate that cheese was made locally, but not in large commercial quantities. So for the valley of the Blackwater, and Lyburn Farm, cheese making is a relatively new venture set up to address the needs of a changing market pla

This link will take you to the news page.

To e-mail or phone the cheesemaker type in this address, m.smales@farmline.com then type Lyburn Farm in the subject box to get past our anti spam, or use m.smales@hotmail.com

or 01794 390451 for the office.

Or 01794 399982 for Jess in the cheese packing room