Gloucester Services

14/09/2026

Each month we're shining a spotlight on one of our community partners, supported through our partnership with Gloucestershire Gateway Trust. This month we'd like to introduce you to...Blackbridge Charitable Community Benefit Society.

Blackbridge Charitable Community Benefit Society (CCBS) is a community organisation supporting wellbeing, youth work, and learning, skills and employment advice in Podsmead. They also brought to life the brand new Community and Sports Hub - a place built by and for local people, bringing a fitness gym, sports pitch, youth work and social spaces together under one roof.

It's the same long view we've always taken as a family business: think beyond the next quarter, and back the young people who'll shape what comes next.

And every time you shop with us, you're part of it too. Gloucester Services was built in partnership with Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, who've committed £100k a year for four years to fund youth work at the Hub. Plus Gloucestershire Gateway Trust receive up to 3p in every £1 of non-fuel sales from Gloucester Services which they reinvest in community partners like Blackbridge CCBS.

Read more about their work on our blog: https://gloucesterservices.com/blackbridge-ccbs/

01/09/2026

Each month we’re shining a spotlight on one of our community partners, supported through our partnership with Gloucestershire Gateway Trust. This month we’d like to introduce you to…Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT) cares for over 1,000 hectares of nature reserves across Gloucestershire (which are free for anyone to visit) bringing wildflower meadows, woodlands and wetlands back to life. Their Youth Rangers programme is even giving local teenagers their first taste of hands-on conservation work.

It's the same instinct we grew up with on our own farm in Cumbria, just applied to a different landscape.

And every time you shop with us, you're part of it too. Gloucester Services was built in partnership with Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, and 3p from every £1 of non-fuel sales goes straight to Gloucestershire Gateway Trust who shares it with organisations like GWT. 🦋

Read more about GWT on our blog: https://gloucesterservices.com/gloucestershire-wildlife-trust/

30/08/2026

Breakfast might divide opinion on the best way to cook an egg, but not on the importance of a good one.

Free range, fresh and sourced close to home, our eggs come from Myers Farm at Tebay, Overton at Gloucester, and Corrie Mains at Cairn Lodge Services.

They've been laid by hens enjoying a considerably calmer morning routine than the rest of us. 🥚

Read our full breakfast guide here: https://westmorlandfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02-2606-Brand-Campaign-Summer-Summer-Newspaper-2026_ONLINE.pdf?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&_kx=TpxJkdJgNoGpdSBjaTgLsA.SMR6a2

28/08/2026

We’ve always believed wool is worth more; in every sense. So we’re delighted to see British wool prices reaching their highest level in a decade; a welcome sign that this remarkable natural fibre is finally being valued more highly.

Our founder John Dunning often shares an old saying that captures the resourcefulness of the hill farmer: “It’s a bare hillside that he’ll cross over on which he won’t find something he’ll make use of.”

That same spirit inspired us to find a purposeful use for the wool from our own farm. What began with a tonne of virtually worthless fleece became a journey through British craft and manufacturing.

The wool is scoured in Bradford, transforming the raw fleece into soft, fluffy fibre. It then travels to Lightowlers at Brigg House Mills in Huddersfield, where it is spun into yarn and dyed in colours inspired by the Cumbrian fells on which our sheep graze. Finally, it travels to Scotland, where Caledonian sock makers turn it into beautifully crafted Westmorland socks.
Why go to so much trouble for a pair of socks? Because wool matters. Craft matters. And valuing everything our farm produces matters too.

Natural. Renewable. British. Made to last.
From our flock to your feet.

Read the full BBC story here:

An increased demand in wool has meant prices have increased more than 70% in the last year.

27/08/2026

You won't find the usual big-name soft drinks lining our Farmshop shelves - and that's entirely deliberate.

Whether you're gathering with friends, heading off on an adventure, or making the most of the Bank Holiday weekend, we've picked out some brilliant craft drinks producers we think you'll love. 🥂

From family-run juice makers to Sussex vineyards pioneering English sparkling wine that now rivals Champagne, discover some of the people and stories behind our drinks range in our Summer Newspaper. 🍾🍏

Read more: https://westmorlandfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02-2606-Brand-Campaign-Summer-Summer-Newspaper-2026_ONLINE.pdf?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&_kx=TpxJkdJgNoGpdSBjaTgLsA.SMR6a2

24/08/2026

Every good breakfast starts with a dilemma.

Coffee or pastry first?

Across our sites, we've made sure there's no wrong answer. Thoughtfully roasted coffee from producers we admire - Glen Lyon Coffee at Cairn Lodge, Bean & Dunne Coffee at Tebay, and Ethical Addictions Coffee Roasters at Gloucester Services.

For pastries, there's The Bertinet Bakery much-loved babka at Gloucester Services, and beautifully baked pastries from Freedom Bakery at Cairn Lodge.

Whether you're grabbing a flat white and a pastry to go, or taking a little time to unwind, breakfast is in good hands. ☕🥐

21/08/2026

What do our food choices mean for British farming? 🌾🥛

Every bottle of milk, loaf of bread and piece of cheese carries a story about how it was produced and who produced it.

In our Summer Newspaper, Jess Vaughan of Jess's Ladies Organic Milk and Bryce Cunningham of Mossgiel organic dairy share the realities of farming today - from rising costs and extreme weather to the importance of supporting independent British producers.

Their stories are a reminder that the choices we make as shoppers can help shape the future of British farming.

Read the full story on page 17 🐄

https://westmorlandfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02-2606-Brand-Campaign-Summer-Summer-Newspaper-2026_ONLINE.pdf?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&_kx=TpxJkdJgNoGpdSBjaTgLsA.SMR6a2

19/08/2026

Behind every one of our sites is a community we're proud to be part of 💚

This Summer, we've been supporting young entrepreneurs, helping students bring a new gelato flavour to market, lacing up our walking boots to raise vital funds for mental health, and investing in local projects through our new Cairn Lodge Community Fund.

Discover the stories behind it all in our Summer Newspaper, pages 30-31:

https://westmorlandfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02-2606-Brand-Campaign-Summer-Summer-Newspaper-2026_ONLINE.pdf?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&_kx=TpxJkdJgNoGpdSBjaTgLsA.SMR6a2

16/08/2026

Sausages are the cornerstone of a good breakfast.

Ours have long been made by our own butchers, to a unique recipe, but recently they've been working on something new.

After months of careful development, they've created a truly clean sausage recipe: no preservatives, no shortcuts, just meat and seasoning as it should be.

For now, these new sausages are being served exclusively at Gloucester Services Kitchens. Our ambition is to get them onto Farmshop shelves too, though their one-day shelf life is the honest price of doing things properly.

Watch this space!

https://westmorlandfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02-2606-Brand-Campaign-Summer-Summer-Newspaper-2026_ONLINE.pdf?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&_kx=TpxJkdJgNoGpdSBjaTgLsA.SMR6a2

13/08/2026

Goat’s milk and cheese are still something of a delicious secret…

Plenty of people haven’t tried them yet - which is surprising, because they’re creamy, naturally light and full of character.

Two fantastic British goat’s milk and cheese producers are just down the road from our Gloucester and Tebay Farmshops. 🐐

Hattie McPhee
Just 6.4 miles from Tebay, Harriet (Hattie) McPhee looks after her lively herd of 90 goats. Hattie supplies her goat’s milk to several local creameries, including Appleby Creamery, with whom she’s created her own Hattie McPhee Halloumi and Nanny McPhee Cheddar. We’re delighted to stock her cheese in our Tebay Services Farmshops.

Windrush Valley Goat Dairy
In Gloucestershire, Dan and Louise Goodman took on their first herd at Windrush Valley Goats Cheese in 2022, now making their own cheese using traditional French farmhouse methods. Their fresh goat’s milk and cheese travel just 12 miles to our Gloucester Farmshop shelves - always a welcome delivery.

Get to know more in on page 16 of our Summer newspaper. 🗞️

https://westmorlandfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02-2606-Brand-Campaign-Summer-Summer-Newspaper-2026_ONLINE.pdf?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&_kx=TpxJkdJgNoGpdSBjaTgLsA.SMR6a2