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Where better to go Christmas shopping than in your local area? We round up where to find quality, locally made treats, from food and drink to gifts, trees and decorations – and everything in between…
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charcuterie, gourmet foods and hard-to-find ingredients for ere in the Shire region, we customers, Porter’s is a family-run delicatessen in Llangollen, where are spoiled for choice when locally produced foods, wines and beers feature highly. It’s open every it comes to local produce. In a day until Christmas and specialises in bespoke gift hampers and relatively small geographical artisan cheeses. Visit www.portersdeli.co.uk or call 01978 862990. area, we have coastal, mountain and moorland terrain, incorporating a take a butcher’s variety of soil types and weather systems. Whether you prefer turkey, beef, goose or lamb, Jamie Ward’s This amazing landscape offers a home to everything Traditional Family Butchers in Chirk can provide you with a from the hardiest to the most delicate, resulting in locally made delicious Christmas dinner, and can put together hampers too. food and beverages by which we are truly blessed… All meats are sourced locally, supporting the surrounding farming Looking for amazing dairy products, bread, meat, industry. Call 01691 772602 to request the Christmas brochure poultry and game? Head for or visit www.jamiewardsbutchers.co.uk. Ludlow Farmshop, where Lord Newborough, owner of the Rhug “We are spoiled farming, a passion for great Estate near Corwen, has been a passionate food and retail come together for choice when supporter of organic farming since the 1990s. to create an award-winning “Rhug Estate organic turkeys and geese are it comes to experience. The beef, free to venture out every day on to clover-rich 4 lamb and Gloucester Old organic pasture, and feed on the finest organic local produce” Spot pork come from oats grown on the farm,” he says. “Stress-free the farm, along with the animals produce the highest-quality meat.” To milk used to make the cheese and dairy order your Rhug organic turkey or goose, visit www.rhug.co.uk. products. Visit www.ludlowfarmshop.co.uk. Gearing up to produce its special Christmas hampers, Daisy & Aiming to source the very best cheeses, Tilly’s in Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury has an extensive selection of locally sourced fruit and veg, fresh meat and fish, sausages and hams, a large selection of butters, cheeses, milk and eggs, as well as fine wines, beer and cider. There’s also find a large selection of 5 vegan and gluten-free produce. Visit www.daisyandtillys.shop. If you’ve ever driven through Nesscliffe, Shropshire, you may have seen Brisbourne Geese – the birds are reared free range on fields adjacent to the old A5. On collection, each goose is oven-ready, complete with cooking instructions. Order yours at www.brisbournegeese.co.uk or call 01743 741672. The Shropshire Hamper Company is run by the team that organises the award-winning Shrewsbury Food Festival. Using its connections with the finest artisans in the county, it brings together the best independently produced 1. Brisbourne Geese products available – and as a result, the company’s 2. Ludlow Farmshop Christmas hamper is filled with fabulous locally 3. Shropshire Hamper Company produced festive food and drinks. Check them 4. Daisy & Tilly’s out at www.shropshirehamper.co.uk. 5. Porter’s Deli
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