Ludlow Farm Shop & Restaurant: Taste Shropshire’s Finest Produce

by | Jan 7, 2019

Ludlow Farm Shop, Ludlow, Shropshire

Situated just north of Ludlow on the A49, Ludlow Farm Shop is a top notch Food Hall and restaurant. With its emphasis on quality and provenance, it gives food lovers the opportunity to buy some of Shropshire’s finest produce. If you’re visiting for the Ludlow Food Festival, make sure you pop in.

Artisan bread on display at Ludlow Farm Shop Shropshire

Ludlow has long been renowned as a hub of foodie excellence. Its annual food festival in September, attracts thousands of visitors each year and has the reputation for being the festival for serious foodies.

Ludlow Farm Shop, which is part of the Earl of Plymouth’s Oakly Park Estate, opened in 2007 and has done much to build upon this great reputation. 80% of its produce is sourced from Shropshire itself or from the neighbouring counties of Worcestershire, Hereford and Powys.

What makes the Food Hall even more appealing, are the 8 specialist kitchens cleverly designed so you can observe the production process as you shop. It’s guaranteed to make you fill up your shopping basket.

The farm shop also has its own kitchen cafe. If it’s a chilly day, try and get the table next to the woodburner.

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Watch Bread Making and Cake Decorating

If you’re shopping at Ludlow Farm Shop in the morning, you’ll be greeted by the delicious smell of warm freshly-baked bread and cakes.
At their weekly tasting sessions, the bakers invite you to step into the bakery to watch daily activities from kneading sourdough made from a 21 year-old mother dough, to decorating their speciality red velvet cakes.
For anyone with a sweet tooth, the centre’s award-winning Victoria sponge, filled with Lady Windsor’s raspberry jam, is simply irresistible.

 Entrance to Ludlow Food Centre
 Shoppers browsing inside Ludlow Food Centre 

Pick Up a Jar of Lady Windsor’s Preserves

The jam selection will transport you back to your granny’s kitchen and nostalgic childhood summers spent fruit-picking and picnicking on delicious fruity jam sandwiches and tarts. Buy old favourites such as damson and gooseberry or more unusual flavours including wild wimberry.
It’s all made in small batches using traditional methods. Ludlow Farm Shop has expanded its range to include lime and blackcurrant curds, the perfect addition to a homemade fruity pavlova or a creamy roulade.
 

Charcuterie hanging at Ludlow Food Centre

Watch Traditional Butchery Skills In Action

All the meat at Ludlow Farm Shop comes from one source – The Earl of Plymouth’s nearby Oakly Estate. The abattoir is located nearby so the animals are all reared, slaughtered, butchered, hung and sold within a 6 mile radius.
In the butcher’s cold room, you’ll see freshly-killed pigs from the estate’s herd of Gloucester Old Spots and massive sides of beef, ageing the proper way, hanging on the bone, rather than divided into cuts and sitting in vacuum packs. There’s seasonal game, too including pheasant, partridge and venison.

Have a Taste of Shropshire Blue

Cheese enthusiasts can watch the resident cheese-maker creating one of seven different kinds of cheese including the only true Shropshire Blue made in the county.
Cultural foodies will make a beeline for a Stilton-styled cheese called ‘Remembered Hills’ in reference to Houseman’s “blue remembered hills” from A Shropshire Lad. Try it with Lady Windsor’s spiced chutney.
 Clee Mists Wine from Ludlow Vineyard
 Bottles of Cider Liqueur from Hereford and Ludlow Cider Brandy Company 

Tips

  • Have a spot of lunch in the Ludlow Kitchen café
  • Try local wine from the Ludlow vineyard or Hereford Cider Brandy and Grappeau from the Ludlow Distillery
  • Buy some home-roasted Mercanta coffee beans (they’ve received 2 Great Taste Awards)
  • Gardeners can visit the Centre’s neighbouring garden centre
  • Visit Ludlow in August to take part in the annual MagnaLonga walk, a tasting walk for foodies organised as a precursor to the Ludlow Food Festival in September

Where to Stay in Shropshire 

Old Downton Lodge Ludlow Shropshire

Old Downton Lodge

Set in an 18th-century farmhouse with views across the Shropshire countryside, is this lovely restaurant with rooms. Old Downton Lodge would be a peaceful place to stay if you’re visiting Ludlow Food Festival.

 

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Dogs

Fox terrier, Mr Hendricks expert dog friendly days out Shropshire

Please check with the Ludlow Farm Shop directly.

Mr Hendricks

How to Find Ludlow Farm Shop

 

Ludlow Farm Shop, Bromfield, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 2JR

Website: www.ludlowfarmshop.co.uk

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Sally is the founder and editor of The Foodie Travel Guide. She travels around the UK and beyond in search of the best foodie days out, tasting experiences and delicious places to stay. She loves a glass of English sparkling wine, afternoon tea with friends and escaping London for gastronomic adventures.