Rare breeds traditional quality British meat from Herefordshire

Finest quality, traditionally prepared meats, now available to order here.

Adam with beef from John Miles - Quality Butcher of Rare breed meat - a traditionally bred and prepared product with a high reputation in Herefordshire and the UK.

As an Accredited Butcher of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust we are supporting the very best in British livestock rearing today, with many varieties available. A superb response from our Ledbury customer base has encouraged us to offer a full mail order Internet service on all the rare and traditional breed meats. Order direct from this site, and we will call or Email you to clarify price, availability, and delivery details. The system is simple and safe.

We are stocking a growing range, and are happy to receive requests and enquiries to meet your needs. Return here to discover availability, with no short cuts being taken with preparation, you will appreciate for instance that our beef is matured for a minimum of 4 weeks to mature the flavour and tenderness of the breed.

Stock in preparation at the moment is described below, encouraging you to discover the particular benefits of each breed very soon.

James and pork from John Miles - Quality Butcher of Rare breed meat - a traditionally bred and prepared product with a high reputation in Herefordshire and the UK.

Beef

Lamb

Pork

Beef -We are currently offering the Dexter, Belted Galloway, and Traditional Hereford.

Dexter - Originally from Ireland, where it thrived on rich or poor pasture alike, is the smallest breed of cattle in Europe. Produces sweet tasting, succulent and well marbled, beef.

Belted Galloway - This very old Scottish breed, with a distinctive white belt around the middle of its body, produces plenty of well marbled, excellent quality beef.

Traditional Hereford - Originating from our own County, influential around the world, the original is famed for its adaptability to rich and poor pasture alike - and the quality of the beef is superb.

We welcome phone calls and Email, for full details of availability, cuts, and prices.

Lamb - We are offering the Balwen, Shetland, and Wiltshire Horn. - Britain's rare breeds of Lamb are kept on grass and matured at their own pace becoming something to truly savour.

Balwen - A Welsh Mountain breed, quite small in size, lean and tender with great flavour.

Shetland - The link between Primitive and more conventional breeds, producing a lean and quite densely textured meat.

Wiltshire Horn - Originating from its namesake County, lean, tender, and beautifully tasty.

Order now and discover the delicious benefits.

Pork - Gloucester Old Spot, Berkshire, Tamworth, and Saddleback

Gloucester Old Spot - An old breed from the vale of the River Severn, traditionally kept in orchards. The meat is well marbled and delicious - as pork or bacon - this is how traditional meat should be.

Berkshire - A specialist pork originating from around Wantage - it is renowned for its early maturing, with a wonderfully light and delicate flavour.

Tamworth - This ginger coloured pig originated in the Midlands, renowned for its quality bacon, its pork too provides excellent full flavour and high eating qualities.

British Saddleback - A black pig with a white saddle around the shoulders, from the Dorset / Hampshire borders and Essex, excellent for pork or bacon, the meat is top quality.

Prices are kept low by high turnover - click here to order or here for the contact form.

The team at John Miles - Quality Butcher of Rare breed meat - a traditionally bred and prepared product with a high reputation in Herefordshire and the UK.

We are proud to work to the exact standards of the HACCP and can therefore declare our pledge to
Customer Assurance.
All meats sold in and from our shop is British and locally bought, and fully traceable.
Fully Supporting British Farmers.
We are an Accredited Operator of the M.L.C. Approved H.A.C.C.P. (Health Analysis and Critical Control Point)
Assuring
A Professional Approach to Health & Hygiene

The Rare Breed Trust Range of Rare and Traditional Breeds
Beef	Hogget Lamb	Lamb	Pork & Bacon
Beef Shorthorn Beef Longhorn Belted Galloway Dexter Red Poll Traditional Hereford White Park	Balwen Castlemilk Moorit Hebridean Manx Loghtan North Ronaldsay Shetland Soay	Dorset Down Greyface Dartmoor Hill Radnor Norfolk Horn Llanwendog Norfolk Horn Oxford Down Portland Ryeland Shropshire SouthDown Whitefaced Woodland Wiltshire Horn	Berkshire British Lop British Saddleback Gloucestershire Old Spots Large Black Middle White Tamworth