Hot Press: New farm shop & cafe newly open on main road nearby, the Big Red Barn, renamed Errington Barn.

The farm shop & cafe offers their full range of cheese alongside some specially selected cheesemakers, their own Tamworth whey-fed pork (when in stock), local honey, a place to pause for a coffee, and stockist of “Meadows: The Swedish Farmer & The Scottish Cook.” The home bakes are made with natural ingredients & are mouthwatering! A lovely place to pause. Farm

Humphrey Errington started making sheep’s cheese on his family run farm in the 80’s and is justly renowned for the famous ewe’s milk Lanark Blue, and White. His daughter Selina now runs the cheese-making business and introduced Corra Linn, a hard sheep’s cheese matured for 6 – 10 months made with traditional lambs rennet along with other fine cheeses from sheep and goats.

• CHEESEMAKER
• UNPASTEURISED MILK FROM THEIR OWN LACAUNE EWES
• UNPASTEURISED & PASTEURISED SCOTTISH GOATS CURD  & GOATS’ MILK LOGS FROM THEIR OWN DAIRY GOATS
• VEGETARIAN RENNET
• ON FARM SHOP CHEESE SHOP
• FARM SHOP & CAFE
• WHEY-FED TAMWORTH PORK (subject to availability)

Lanark Blue is the famous, Scottish mould ripened ewes’ milk cheese, sometimes described as “Scotland’s Roquefort.” There is also a Lanark White version.

“All our cheese is handmade in our farmhouse creamery. Our sheep graze hillsides 1000ft above sea level, overlooking the valley of the upper Clyde.”

Selina Cairns of Errington’s Cheese has been named UK Person of Year  at Slow Food UK Awards, Nov 2018.

The Erringtons also rear 130 goats and make a range of delicious goats’ milk cheese including Bonnington Linn, matured for a minimum of 6 months with a deep savoury character,  Biggar Blue, a raw milk blue goats cheese, made with vegetarian rennet and matured for around 2 months and Elrick Log, a raw milk ashed goats log. Tinto is a raw semi hard goats milk cheese made from vegetarian rennet and matured for 2-4 months that has been awarded the prestigious honour of Best Goat’s Milk Hard Cheese at the Virtual Cheese Awards 2023. Also, at World Cheese Awards 2023, Best Scottish Cheese for Corra Linn & Best Scottish Cheese for Blackmount (pictured by award).

Dairy Address (different from Errington Barn):

Walston Braehead Farm, Carnwath, Lanark ML11 8NF

Tel: 01899 810257

Available in many good farm shops and delis including Clan Carmichael, Valvona & Crolla, Craigie’s & House of Bruar. You often see Selina at farmers’ markets too. Click link to see their mouth-watering website, latest news and more stockists.