Swaledale Butchers

Swaledale Butchers Native, heritage breeds slowly grown on small farms in the Dales, expertly butchered by us. We also offer herb-fed poultry, and wild game when in season.

Confidence through partnerships
We partner with selected farms and work with carefully selected local abattoirs so we have confidence in the welfare of the animals and full traceability of all our products. Native breeds and wild game
We support the Rare Breed Survival Trust and offer a comprehensive selection of native breed beef, lamb & mutton, pork and rose veal. Understanding your needs
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ive to offer the highest service levels possible and this, combined with the fact we only ever source the very best quality products available means you can be confident working with us. Bespoke and innovative products
We have in-house facilities of Himalayan salt dry-ageing, spice-grinding, charcuterie-making and smoking. This, combined with our team of chefs continually developing new products, means we offer a bespoke product range suited to your every need.

Sausages appear in great food cultures all over the world. We never tire of discovering them, and we always want to repr...
09/06/2026

Sausages appear in great food cultures all over the world. We never tire of discovering them, and we always want to represent them properly. Which is why we love to make them in partnership with chefs, cooks, or true specialists in that cuisine, or passionate enthusiasts who know it from the inside.

This is Kwa Ko — a Cambodian beef sausage made in collaboration with , the project of . Since launching his residency at The Globe in Borough Market, Tom has been bringing the fresh, vibrant flavours of Cambodia to London’s restaurant scene. It didn’t take long before the conversation turned to sausages.

Cambodian sausage traditions are strong. What we’ve made together is genuinely distinctive: beef chuck and brisket with galangal, lemongrass, garlic, makrut lime leaves, white Kampot pepper and steamed jasmine rice. The rice is the detail that makes it, it gives the sausage a characteristic light sourness, another layer of complexity that sets it apart from anything we’ve made before.

Available now, in limited numbers, so be quick!

28/05/2026

The process of developing a dish with chefs is a rewarding one, made all the more so when we have the chance to eat the end product. As was the case here upon a recent (ish) visit to

Conversations around the best steak to use for this dish began months ago and we were able to offer our expert advice as Sofia and her team fine-tuned the balance of flavours, spices and textures. A few different cuts were trialled, and, in the end, it was our rump steaks which triumphed! Their flavour and fat able to be carried by that rich and deep curry sauce, with brighter notes and acidity being offered up by the parsley temper and little pearls of onion. It is truly a triumph. A marriage of Yorkshire beef and traditional Sri Lankan flavours and we couldn’t be prouder to see it on the menu and being enjoyed by their lucky guests!

A recent visit to see Ed Stavely’s pigs on the Swinton Estate, where a landscape not traditionally associated with pig k...
19/05/2026

A recent visit to see Ed Stavely’s pigs on the Swinton Estate, where a landscape not traditionally associated with pig keeping is slowly being reshaped through careful management and a willingness to do things a little differently.

The pigs are largely native breeds, often crossed with Duroc to help them fare better through the long Yorkshire winters and the exposed conditions up on the estate. Hardy, slow-growing animals that seem to suit both the land and the philosophy behind the system.

They are part of a wider effort to restore ground that had, in places, drifted too far from balance. Their rooting clears rougher areas, disturbs the soil naturally and creates opportunities for new herbal lays, healthier pasture and eventually species-rich hay meadows to return.

There are certainly easier places to rear pigs, but it is difficult not to admire the determination to make this sort of farming work in a landscape like this, where the focus stretches beyond production alone and towards the long-term health of the land itself.

We are reaching the end of our wild garlic sausages, as the season begins to slip away and only the deeper, shaded pocke...
28/04/2026

We are reaching the end of our wild garlic sausages, as the season begins to slip away and only the deeper, shaded pockets of woodland still offer the tender leaves we rely on.

It is from these cooler, quieter areas that we are still able to gather what we need, though even here the plants are beginning to turn, and once the flowers arrive, the flavour shifts and our time with wild garlic comes to a close for another year.

As ever, we follow the season rather than stretch it, working with what is left while it is still at its best, which means if you have been enjoying them, or have been meaning to try them, now is the time to cook them or put a few aside for later.

Before long, they will be gone, and we will wait for spring to bring them back again.

26/04/2026

A while back we had the pleasure of visiting at the Arms, where we spoke about their ever evolving menu, a place that is not afraid to cook things until they are gone and then move on to something new.

We saw how they treated the Swaledale pork chop, and it told you everything you needed to know. Cooked with care, handled properly, and full of flavour.

It was, simply, delicious.

Here’s our Trevor, stood in front of an expertly butchered sirloin section.Porterhouse, T bone, Wing rib, New York strip...
24/04/2026

Here’s our Trevor, stood in front of an expertly butchered sirloin section.

Porterhouse, T bone, Wing rib, New York strip, fillet, sirloin.

All cut from the same part of the animal, each one offering something slightly different.

Key question is; which one are you taking?

Summer mornings, soft light, Black Angus from Harewood Estate. A few coming through our doors right now. Farmed with nat...
31/07/2025

Summer mornings, soft light, Black Angus from Harewood Estate. A few coming through our doors right now. Farmed with nature, not against it. The result? Great beef, for you and the land it comes from.

Address

Cawder Park
Skipton
BD232QR

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441756793335

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