Good Abattoir Guide
There are about 150 abattoirs in England, Wales and Scotland who do pigs. Some only slaughter for the big processors, and some are run by private institutes, but the remainder will process what are called “private kills” – that is the slaughter of pigs for individuals who usually have the carcass or in some cases the butchered pigs for their own consumption, that of their friends, and in some cases to sell to the public in farm shops, markets etc.
All abattoirs are overseen by the State Veterinary Service who are responsible for ensuring the welfare of animals prior to slaughter, and the Meat Hygiene Service, who are responsible for ensuring that the meat is fit for public consumption.
However many smallholders and small farmers want to ensure the highest standards of care for their animals at the abattoir, and want to know that
Now the best people to tell you which abattoirs are good are those who currently use them, so this guide came as a response to those wanting to know how “smallholder friendly” their abattoir was.
This guide is collated from the views of smallholders across several internet forums, and from reviews sent directly to us, and currently covers 73 abattoirs. It is therefore by its nature subjective, and should be treated as such.
This guide was last updated the 7th February, and currently only covers pigs (we may expand it later).
It is hoped that this will be useful for people seeking pig abattoirs near them.
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Aberdeenshire , Bedfordshire , Bristol , Caerphilly , Cambridgeshire , Ceredigion , Cheshire , Cornwall , Cumbria , Derbyshire , Devon , Dorset , Dumfries & Galloway , Durham , East Sussex , East Yorkshire , Essex , Gloucestershire , Hampshire , Herefordshire , Highland , Kent , Lancashire , Leicestershire , Lincolnshire , Mid Glamorgan , Monmouthshire , Norfolk , North Ayrshire , North Lanarkshire ,
North Yorkshire , Northumberland , Nottinghamshire , Oxfordshire , Shropshire , Somerset , South Yorkshire , Staffordshire , Suffolk , Warwickshire ,
West Sussex , West Yorkshire , Wrexham
| Aberdeenshire | Inverurie | Scotch Premier Meat Ltd. |
No. reviews 2
Comments
- They’ve scaled back their pig slaughtering due to a huge decline in the number of pigs being produced up here. They only do pigs for a couple of hours on a Friday morning now.They’re prone to mistakes: like forgetting to deliver the carcasses to the butcher, like “forgetting” the pluck or the trotters, like forgetting to split the carcass and remove the head , like miscalculating the bill, and like delivering the wrong carcasses to the wrong customers. Scotch Premier don’t do butchering. And good livestock handling is too dependent on the individual doing lairage—there’s an excellent older chap who can sweet-talk the most recalcitrant pig or steer but there is another who, well, let’s just say I disagree with his methods. So, not exactly a recommendation!
+We have sent at least 12 pigs thru them and never had a problem. if you want certain requirements then you need to ask clearly. They take private killings on a monday and have never been anything except courteous and helpful to me. Max weight is 120KG.
Address: North Street,Inverurie,Aberdennshire,AB51 4TL
Tel No: 01467 620631
Website : www.goanm.co.uk/spm
| Bedfordshire | Bedford | Evans & Son |
No. reviews 3
Comments
- 1/10 -not recommend
- Have received back wrong head, had inconsistent pricing, and unpleasant when queried, wound not recommend
+They have always been friendly and helpful, will kill and cut or just kill.
Address: Walnut Tree Farm, Upper Shelton, Marston Moreteyne, Bedfordshire, MK43 0LT
Tel No: 01234 768227
Website : www.evansbutchers.co.uk/
| Bristol | Bristol | Bakers of Nailsea |
No. reviews 2
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+ They are absouletly brilliant. Offer butchery if needed and I would never take any animal anywhere else, they are kind, considerate and as strange as this may seem it’s a lovely place.
+Very good, good prices and the once you get to know the chaps there they are all nice people
Address: North Street, Nailsea, North Somerset
Tel No: 01275 852017
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| Caerphilly | Caerphilly | D T Harvard |
No. reviews 1
Comments
Small abattoir with a very personal service. Dai butchers brilliantly, not like some abattoirs. Will cut exactly what you want. Very happy to take my pigs there. Have watched them being stunned and stuck and have no complaints.
Address: The Abattoir, Black Brook Rd, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan CF83 1NF
Tel No: 029 20885430
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| Cambridgeshire | Kimbolton | H J Hellet |
No. reviews 1
Comments
+ would recommend
Address: London Road, Kimbolton PE28 0HL
Tel No: 01480 860242
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| Cambridgeshire | Royston | C A Leech |
No. reviews 3
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+Very small setup and friendly, helpful people. Recommended.
+Couldn’t praise them too highly! staff are excellent with the animals! The meat came well butchered and nicely packaged at very reasonable prices. we give them a big fat 10/10
+excellent abattoir. Very small scale, pigs do not get stressed and handled very well. We get meat butchered there and this too is excellent, especially the butchers special sausages!
Address: 1 Station Road, Melborn, Royston, Cambridge SG 8 6DX
Tel No: 01763 260255
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| Cambridgeshire | Wisbech | N V Gagen |
No. reviews 5
Comments
+ book well in advance
-Not comfortable with the stock management
-All the slaughtermen are very rough and impatient with the animals. I have witnessed pigs being kicked and beaten with pig boards when they are confused about where they are supposed to be going. The metal gates are used as implements to slam against a pig which is being obstinate and the edges of pig boards are brought down in a chopping motion on their backs and faces if they don’t move fast enough.
Address: 4 Kirkgate Street,Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 3QR
Tel No: 01945 582418
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| Ceredigion | Tregaron | Cig Oen Caron |
No. reviews 3
Comments
+ Always helpful, very small, and they do cut. 10/10 (apart from the Ministry Vet who insists on Trichinella tests on nearly every pig I take), but they are near capacity so if you want your meat cut, you have to book well in advance.
+ stress free unloading and treatment of my pigs, small,local, pleasant to deal with
Address: Rhyd Y Gwreiddyn, Tregaron, Dyfed, SY25 6JL
Tel No: 01974 298964
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| Cheshire | Haslington | Newtons |
No. reviews 1
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+small family abattoir close to M6 Crewe & M6 Sandbach – very good service lown of trailer if needed & can deliver on sunday afternoons cuts meat to how its required very good price for service
Address: Crewe Road, Hasslington, Crewe, CW1 5RQ
Tel No: 01270 581646
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| Cheshire | Knutsford | E & T Jackson |
No. reviews 1
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+ they are a large abattoir, are efficient and are very handy for the motorway(m56).
Address: Old Hall Lane, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 0HU
Tel No: 01565 633245
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| Cornwall | Penryn | R J Trevarthen |
No. reviews 1
Comments
+ 9/10 (I’d give 10 but I think their sausage making is a bit expensive!) Its a family run concern that has expanded in the last couple of years given the popularity of private kills Pigs taken on Monday and Wednesdays
Everyone was very helpful – no hullaballoo, and we weren’t hurried at any point.
They have a full butchery service – the butcher operates on site and you can ask for any variation of cuts you want – the butcher Peter was very helpful for us as a couple of Newbies. They will also cure meat
Address: Roskrow Abattoir,Roskrow, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9AP
Tel No: 01326 377081
Website : www.foodfromcornwall.co.uk/producers/r-j-trevarthen/194
| Cornwall | Saltash | Tideford Abattoir |
No. reviews 1
Comments
Excellent small abattoir, we have only used them once but they seem to treat the animals well, and they offer lairage. They do cutting, the meat isn’t vac packed or labelled by weight but they do a tidy job of it and it’s relatively cheap. The butcher was very helpful and talked us through the cutting plan and the slaughterman was also very helpful. They kill pigs on Mondays
Address: The Quay, Tideford, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 5NA
Tel No: 01752 851574
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| Cumbria | Grange Over Sands | H C Airey |
No. reviews 1
Comments
+ would recommend
Address: 13 Market Street, Flookburgh, Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7JU
Tel No: 015395 58230
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| Cumbria | Wiggonby | Black Brow |
No. reviews 1
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+They tick all your boxes but I cannot speak for them on the butchery front as we always have our animals butchered by our local butcher
Address: Black Brow, Wiggonby, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 0JT
Tel No: 01228 711190
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| Derbyshire | Chesterfield | R B Elliott & Son |
No. reviews 1
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+The lairage was clean, dry, light, airy but not drafty. The staff were happy for us to browse around the other animals. It all seemed calm and friendly.
Address: Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield, S44 5UN
Tel No: 01246270425
| Derbyshire | Glossop | J W Mettrick |
No. reviews 2
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+ really nice and helpful
been going there for the last twenty five years ,they always do a good job always helpful
Address: 20 High Street, Glossop, SK13 8BH
Tel No: 01457 852545
Website : www.mettricksbutchers.co.uk/pages.php?pID=47
| Derbyshire | Swadlincote | G Collier |
No. reviews 1
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They were great, could only kill as short staffed but very helpful and efficient, were good with pigs and me as a newbie.
Address: 57 High Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 8JA
Tel No: 01283 217291
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| Devon | Holsworthy | J & J Farmers |
No. reviews 1
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+ Always been really good so 9/10 (they lose one for the long bumpy lane to get there!). They have a cutting room too.
Address: Haydon North Tamerton, Holsworthy, Devon EX22 6RL
Tel No: 01409 271248
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| Devon | Ilfracombe | Combe Martin Meats |
No. reviews 2
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+ Excellent service, small family run and very little waiting around for the animals. Pigs (including breeding sows and cull boars), sheep, goats, cattle and OTM cattle. Also does organic. excellent cutting and packing service whether for your own freezer or for sale at farmers markets etc.
All in all a good experience and left me reasonably happy. The lady in the office was very patient with me and coped well with my ignorance!9/10
Address: The Abattoir Rectory Road Combe Martin, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 0NS
Tel No: 01271 882931
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| Devon | Ottery St.Mary | East Hill Pride |
No. reviews 1
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Excellent small abattoir, we have only used them once but they seem to treat the animals well, they do cutting and vac packing, which looks very professional. The butcher was very helpful and happy to talk us through the cutting plan. They kill pigs on Mondays
Address: Higher Rill Farm, East Hill, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1QQ
Tel No:
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| Dorset | Sherbourne | C & S Meats |
No. reviews 6
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+ Used them for several years for pigs, cows and sheep. They have a butchery attached and I cannot recommend them too highly. Small, friendly and very helpful. Slow & relaxed, but kindly & helpful
+ they take in on sunday afternoon which is some times of use to folk that work
+all the slaughterhouse guys are top-notch. Very well-geared up for and accommodating to smallholders (banter notwithstanding), and with only a little more grumbling will give you back the blood, intestines, caul fat etc. The best slaughterhouse I have ever used.
Address: Hugh Lane, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6ZX
Tel No: 01963 210764
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| Dumfries & Galloway | Lockerbie | Lockerbie Abattoir |
No. reviews 1
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Service was good; short waiting times. Attached to butchers shop round the corner, so you can get the butchering done as well.
Address: Old Slaughterhouse, Mainsmeadow, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire DG11 2DE
Tel No: 01576 202746
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| Durham | Bishop Auckland | F. Simpson & Son |
No. reviews 1
Comments
+Hugely impressed every time.Small abattoir with a butchers shop at the front. All staff we have dealt with have been great with our pigs – very calm and treating them with respect, no rough handling at all. They are slaughtered first (starting at 8am) so no long stressful wait for them. Susan, who runs the office, has also been very gentle with us! Their butchery service has been excellent – discuss your requirements with Joe (Simpson) or one of his team – will package however you want (bagged, vac pack, film covered trays etc.
Address: The Croft, Cockfield, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL13 5AA
Tel No: 01388 718264
Website :
| Durham | Spennymoor | J A Jewitt Meat |
No. reviews 2
Comments
+Good/OK but we’d have loved to have had them slaughtered at a smaller place
Large abattoir more geared up for a more commercial scale. Have used them 2-3 times and very poor booking in procedure (honk your horn when arrive and someone will come out). One visit spent 30 mins with pigs in trailer in hot weather so stressful for them.
Address: Low House, Middlestone Moor, Spennymoor, Co Durham, DL16 7QD
Tel No: 01388 814918
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| East Sussex | Heathfield | Tottingworth Farms |
No. reviews 4
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+ We have used them for many years for slaughtering and since they put in the on site butchery, I use them for cutting; both lambs and pigs. I give them a big fat 9 out of 10 !
Good service, happy to recommend
Address: Little Tottingworth Farm, Broad Oak, Nr Heathfield, East Sussex TN21 8TH
Tel No: 01435 862425
Website : www.tottingworth.co.uk
| East Yorkshire | Bubwith | J A Mounfield |
No. reviews 3
Comments
+have always done me well and would be my preferred option of the four different ones I have used in the past. Pigs, sheep, goats & cattle, killed and cut on site, no packing/processing, good lairage and a long established family business.
very good small slaughter house. I am happy my stock get the best possible care whilst with them
Address: Staithe Street, SELBY, North Yorkshire, YO8 6LS
Tel No: 01757 288339
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| East Yorkshire | Driffield | James White Butchers |
No. reviews 1
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+10/10 – Small family run abattoir/butcher that only slaughter on Mondays. I can’t speak highly enough of them.
Address: 65 Main Street, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 9QN
Tel No: 01377 270 243
Website : www.jameswhitebutchers.co.uk/
| East Yorkshire | Goole | Richard of Howden Ltd |
No. reviews 2
Comments
+First class service from this small abattoir. Prices are broken down so you see what you are paying for. Cutting list was followed (so my customers were happy)
+Welfare friendly, can book a time slot to minimise waiting, only kill on a Monday, will butcher meat and make sausages – which are very tasty. Happy to show you the carcass and for it to hang if appropriate. Reasonable price.
Address: The Abattoir , Bridge Street, Goole, East Yorkshire, DN14 5SR
Tel No: 01405 765306
Website : www.richardofhowden.co.uk/
| Essex | Burnham on Crouch | Fowler Bros |
No. reviews 1
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I have found them to be very good. They are a small family firm, very friendly and welcoming, especially for little people like me who only take 2 or 3 pigs or lambs in at a time. there is also a butcher shp in site The Secret Butchers Shop who I can also recommend
Address: Brook Farm, Marsh Rd, Burnham-On-Crouch, Essex CM0 8NA
Tel No: 01621 782877
| Gloucestershire | Cinderford | Ensors Gloucester |
No. reviews 4
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+Drive in, open tail gate, unload, close, drive out. No reversing, one pig or a lorry load, very reasonable prices, helpful to an idiot, packed to your requirements, great sausage, bacon and gammon, too. Big operation, very professional, and the slaughtermen have always treated my pigs with respect and patience. BUT, as it’s such a big operation, you might get stuck behind a triple-decker lorry with the haulier forcing pigs down ridiculously steep slopes. Happened to me a couple of times and the terrified squealing set off my pigs – previously lying quite calmly. If this happens to you, drive around the block for a bit until the lorry has gone.
Address: Valley Road, Cinderford, Gloucestershire GL14 2NX
Tel No: 01594 823148
Website : www.ensors-ltd.co.uk/
| Hampshire | Basingstoke | Laverstoke Abattoir |
No. reviews 2
Comments
+ 10/10 for animal welfare, 3/10 for administration (but that’s a lot better than the other way round). Their cutting is not cheap (up to £0.95 per kg) but it’s good and everything comes vac packed, weighed, labelled, bar coded etc. They also do organic, I strongly recommend the place.
+ The abattoir is Freedom Foods and Soil Association approved, the animals are all handled in a quiet manner, the lairage is monitored by CCTV and music is played to assist in calming the stock in the lairage. In three years of weekly deliveries, I have had no unpleasant incidents.
Address: 0
Tel No: 01256 772828
Website : www.laverstokepark.co.uk/home
| Herefordshire | Leintwardine | A H Griffiths |
No. reviews 7
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+ A very small abattoir with a smashing butcher’s shop. sausages they do for us are marvelous ,but always need to ask for offal
+They very kindly let us observe for a day. The pigs were treated really well, it was well organised and they didn’t have to wait for long. All very gently led through to the stunning room. The slaughter was well done and properly managed for all the pigs. Staff there were excellent and really good MHS inspectors and vet.
-My lovely rare breed pig’s meat was full of blood-splash (indicating a prolonged or ineffective slaughter),was costly, and the meat is returned en masse rather than individually wrapped
+Big thumbs up, animals treated with respect nice, small nothing too much trouble, even phoned to check the rather vague cutting list – definately use again and highly reccomend.
Address: High Street, Leintwardine, Shropshire, HR6 9QS
Tel No: 01547 540231
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| Herefordshire | Weobley | R E Williams |
No. reviews 1
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- Closed !
Address: 0
Tel No: 0
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| Highland | Dingwall | John M Munro |
No. reviews 2
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+ I use Dingwall regularly now. I found they were sensitve to me & my pigs, and practical, they were quick with the paperwork so there’s no need to hang about.
+We used Dingwall and found the facilities and handling to be good
Address: West End, Dingwall Ross-shire IV15 9QF
Tel No: 01349 862158
Website :
| Highland | Granton on Spey | R Miller Ltd. |
No. reviews 2
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+ I was impressed by them. Very friendly and helpful and very quiet and calm (tho I guess having to take the hoggets there for 7am helped with the quiet bit!). They also hung and butchered them. They specialise in private kills. Great outfit. Pigs Thursday.
Address: Strathspey Industrial Estate, GRANTOWN ON SPEY, Morayshire, PH26 3NB
Tel No: 01479 872520
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| Kent | Canterbury | JR Farmmeats |
No. reviews 1
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+ Good abbatoir
Address: Ratling Court, Ratling Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 3HN
Tel No: 01304 842928
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| Kent | Southborough | Forge Farms |
No. reviews 2
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+ Good
- Not very friendly staff
Address: Powder Mill Lane, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9EG
Tel No: 01892 538768
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| Kent | Tonbridge | Ken Ballard |
No. reviews 1
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+ Small Abattoir, entrance between shop and next door, so need to be able to reverse trailer
Address: West End, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 9HZ
Tel No: 01622 831285
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| Lancashire | Preston | WilliamTaylor & Son |
No. reviews 1
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+I can recommend most highly, they have an excellent collection service which costs an unbelievably cheap £20, this is very convenient, if i don’t have time to go there myself.
Address: 336-340, Station Rd, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire PR5 6EH
Tel No: 01772 330831
| Leicestershire | Lutterworth | Joseph Morris |
No. reviews 1
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+Small abbattoir attached to a local butcher’s firm in S. Leics. village. They deal in small numbers so identification and return of carcases is not a problem. They are always polite and helpful. They cut and bag my meat, are prepared to give advice and charge £38 for cut and kill with sausages extra at 70p a lb.
Address: Walcote Road, South Kilworth, Lutterworth, Leics,LE17 6EG
Tel No: 01858 575210
Website : www.joseph-morris.co.uk/
| Leicestershire | Six Hills | Leicestershire Quality Meats |
No. reviews 2
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Six hills used CO2 gassing as the method of killing pigs. This method is used commonly in large commercial abattoirs, on the continent and in America. This method has created some controversy, with the Humane Slaughter association believing that stunning is marginally better. The Soil Association does not permit the routine use of CO2 gassing, and states that “With our approval, you may stun or kill pigs with carbon dioxide. However we will need to inspect this first to satisfy ourselves that any welfare advantages outweigh the disadvantages in your system”
-I would not recommend as they use CO2 to gas the pigs
-Facility looked good a pig slaughtered was returned in a very poor state. Several others that went in the same batch were also returned in poor condition.
Address: Melton Road, Six Hills, Leicestershire LE14 3PR
Tel No: 01509 881583
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| Lincolnshire | Boston | A Wright |
No. reviews 2
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+ Very good. They helped me fill in the paperwork and allowed me to see anything I wanted. The staff were kind to the pigs and I didn’t see a stick or anything other than a pig board for guidance. The guy there helped me to unload the pigs and then I stayed with them inside in the pen. I wasn’t made to feel in the way.
+A good friendly family run business. Again respectful of the animals plenty of time available should it be needed in a stress free environment.Help and friendly advice available with paperwork along with the option to watch the slaughter process if you so wish. Cut service also available
Address: Nursery Rd Industrial Estate, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 7TN
Tel No: 01205 368032
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| Lincolnshire | Grantham | Lincolnshire Meat |
No. reviews 1
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+Very tight yard but friendly enough staff. They do not butcher. Lairage is built on a curve so animals coming out naturally follow the passage to their doom
Address: The Abattoir, Dysart Rd, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 7DA
Tel No: 01476 578 121
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| Lincolnshire | Lincoln | L Brown & Sons |
No. reviews 1
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+small family run abattoir very helpful and treat our pigs kindly
Address: City Abattoir, Crofton Rd, Lincoln LN3 4NL
Tel No: 01522 522 226
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| Mid Glamorgan | Maesteg | Maddock & Kembury |
No. reviews 2
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+ Excellent place we send all our private kill pigs there and lambs. Family run, very helpful and always accomodating, top quality service. Make excellent sausages to. Family-run business with their own butcher’s shop on site.
+You can speak directly to the butchers – but be warned, the older one can be a bit miserable and short with you! A very good abattoir as far as slaughter is concerned. I wouldn’t choose them for butchering and their sausages are really bland.
Address: THE OLD ABATTOIR, REAR OF BRIDGEND ROAD, GARTH,CF34 0AJ,Maesteg,Mid Glamorgan
Tel No: 01656 739073
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| Monmouthshire | Raglan | N S James |
No. reviews 3
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+ Despite the ramshackle buildings packed into a tight space, the staff and Neil James himself could not have worked harder to ensure my 6 Tamworth porkers were despatched and returned to my specification. Neil gave me personal advice on pricing, quality of the meat and future options for cuts and sausage mixes and packaging. He labels each joint individually (loin, leg, shoulder etc) and it helps having his Rare Breeds logo on the meat. Sausages done to his standard mix were pretty good.
+Would Recommend
- Found them curt and didn’t get the livers, kidneys & trotters back.
Address: Crown Square,Raglan NP15 2EB,Monmouthshire
Tel No: 01291 690675
Website : www.nsjames.co.uk
| Norfolk | Kings lynn | J E Howard |
No. reviews 3
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+ good but book well in advance
+ Excellent for the smallholder. Pigs are straight in and straight out, no stress. Also a good butcher, very helpful to us newbys.
Address: Howard Butchers, Lynn Road, Gayton, PE32 1QJ
Tel No: 01553 636234
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| Norfolk | Norwich | H G Blake |
No. reviews 1
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+friendly and helpful, went through everything with me,they deliver/collect to 2 butchers, the same vet 4 years on,the vet checks every animal that is unloaded.I have phoned them countless times with questions and each time they are very helpful.
Address: Bull Farm Abattoir, Reepham Road, Felthorpe, Norfolk. NR10 4DU
Tel No: 01603 262525
Website : hgblakeltd.co.uk/default.aspx
| North Ayrshire | Ardrossan | John Robertson & Sons |
No. reviews 1
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+Used for 20 years – always excellent
Address: Inches Rd, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, KA22 8DW
Tel No: 01294 463936
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| North Lanarkshire | Shotts | James chapman |
No. reviews 3
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+Where you take them in looks rather horrible – in fact totally grim – but the guys themselves are good with the animals and we have had no complaints of them at all.
+Shotts are really good, I normally use them. The staff are all really good and we’ve not had any bad or even slightly off putting experiences there. If you want them to do the cutting & packing, phone William in the Chapman’s shop in Wishaw. The abattoir will deliver the carcass to him, he’ll cut, pack & label for 70p per kilo including sausages (if you want bacon & ham it’s £1.40 a kilo)
+can recommend, used them for the first time, also used Chapmans butchers for cutting up – nicely done, only issue is that they still skinned the pigs
Address: The Abattoir, Foundry Road, Shotts, ML7 5DX
Tel No: 01501 820329
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| North Lanarkshire | Wishaw | Wishaw Abattoir |
No. reviews 1
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+ Happy to recommend, Pigs taken up to 100Kg liveweight. Accepted forms of ID: slap mark/metal tag/plastic tag Wednesday is pig day, although a limited number of sows may be booked for Thursday. The abattoir also offer a cutting and packing service.
Address: 185 Caledonian Road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, ML2 0HU
Tel No: 01698 372667
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| Northumberland | Cramlington | Linden Foods |
No. reviews 1
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+They seemed fine and treated both pigs calmly and with some respect which was good and a relief to see.
Address: Quarry Cottage, Burradon Road, Burradon, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7ND
Tel No: 0191 2689689
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| North Yorkshire | Escrick | A Traves & Sons |
No. reviews 1
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Big enough to be professional but small enough to be personal, are sensetive when we take them in , they dont keep them hanging about and if you call before you go Jane will advise you of the best time to get them there .All their staff are well trained and up up date with modern procedures with vets and animal health officers in abundance.
Address: The Abattoir Main Street Escrick, York, North Yorkshire YO19 6TP
Tel No: 01904 728246
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| North Yorkshire | Kilburn | C R Horner |
No. reviews 1
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+ Family run, private kills but check well in advance as they do get busy specially Easter & Xmas (i book Xmas pigs in in August!!) They only kill for me and my butcher collects but they will cut if asked.(they do my firnd’s lambs beautifully) Steep hill on way to village which can be tricky in winter so drops them to 9/10
Address: The Abattoir Kilburn, York, North Yorkshire YO61 4AG
Tel No: 01347 86836
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| North Yorkshire | Leyburn | McIntyre Meats |
No. reviews 1
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+Small, friendly and nice with the animals
Address: East Browins, Bainbridge, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3EP
Tel No: 01969 650999
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| North Yorkshire | Scarborough | B W & D J Glaves |
No. reviews 3
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+ very helpful, treat animals well when unloading. Would highly recommend. They slaughter and butcher on the premises.
+Really good
=Fairly good apart from the high costs and basic packing
Address: 37 Cayley Lane, Brompton by Sawdon
Tel No: 01723 859850
Website : www.glavesbutchers.co.uk/
| North Yorkshire | Whitby | Egton Abbatoir |
No. reviews 1
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+Good small abattoir
Address: Egton, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 1TZ
Tel No: 01947 895249
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| North Yorkshire | York | G A Kirk & Son |
No. reviews 1
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+excellent service – We have since heard similar reports from other local smallholders and farmers. They slaughter and butcher, and run a small number of butchers shops as well.
Address: The Abattoir, Home Farm Building, Nunnington, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 5UY
Tel No: 01439 748242
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| Nottinghamshire | Mansfield | G Wood & Sons |
No. reviews 1
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- was too large a concern for our liking and our pigs came back without their heads!
Address: Baulker Lane, MANSFIELD, NG21 9BG
Tel No: 01623 633136
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| Oxfordshire | Witney | Mutchmeats |
No. reviews 3
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+ Would recommend
+Although a couple of the guys don’t speak good english, they are incredibly helpful and very patient, especially when we are dropping off our pampered pets and are cooing them into their holding pen very slowly and carefully. The pens are well bedded and we feel that our animals are being looked after as well as possible for the time they are there.
Address: Newclose Lane, Witney, Oxon, OX29 7GX
Tel No: 01993 772972
Website : www.mutchmeats.co.uk/
| Shropshire | Bishops Castle | Daysdrove |
No. reviews 5
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+ would recommend
+ The whole experience was friendly, unhurried and relaxed. The pigs were well treated and there was no squealing. They were put into large pens with plenty of straw.
- did not get pig tongue back, manager was flipant, communication between office & shop floor could be better
- They split the carcass and made half of it into sausages! They apologised and didn’t charge for the sausages but huge amount of bacon lost, communication can be quite poor between office and the butchery department.
+Daysdrove are seeking feedback on their abattoir – email office@daysdrove.co.uk.
Address:
Love Lane Industrial Estate, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5DW
Tel No: 01588 630726
Website : www.daysdrove.co.uk/
| Somerset | Chard | C Snell |
No. reviews 4
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+ Its a third generation small family business with oldfashioned values with a excellent customer relation understanding. Nothing is a problem and when starting out the owner is only to pleased to sit down with you and go through what they can do for you ie prices, cuts ,etc if required you could even take your own animal to the end you could stand and watch what happens in the stunning pen!
Address: Breeches Farm, Chard, Somerset TA20 2NY
Tel No: 01460 220420
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| South Yorkshire | Doncaster | E V Slack & Sons |
No. reviews 2
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+We used EV Slack & Sons, Wadworth. They were great to us as first timers and we were very pleased with the way our pigs were treated and how the staff treated us too. They take ‘ones and twos’ later in the week than the big consignments. It’s family run with a Butchers Shop too and they cut the pigs for us. They did ask us what we wanted but we put ourselves in their hands for the first time, we had visited a couple of times and trusted them.
+Absolutely fantastic service and professional treatment of my stock, We would not use anyone else. Very friendly to smallholders and staff are always helpful . We sell our pigs to the public and Slacks have always treat our customers fairly and professionally. Fair pricing and pig is nicely presented- Always get pluck, head and trotters. Well recommended for First timers.
Address: Carr Lane, Wadworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN11 9AS
Tel No: 01302 853 433
| Staffordshire | Burton on Trent | P. Coates & Son |
No. reviews 1
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+Coates is a small family business – very happy with the service and the way they treated our animals. Pigs are only slaughtered on Monday’s, but can deliver on the Sunday. Fresh water is available in the pens, we bedded them down with plenty of straw and fed them there – stress free. Later that evening Antony (Coates) checked on them and gave them more food. First thing Monday morning (around 6am) they were slaughtered and I am sure they were treated with the utmost respect. Coates do not have a weight limit on the size of pig they can handle. The joints were all expertly cut / rolled / tied and we had a good quantity of sausage which taste amazing, and the most amazing bacon we have ever tasted! . The joints and sausages were sealed in bags and the bacon vacuum packed in lot sizes we requested.All the staff are very friendly and helpful, there prices are reasonable and I have no hesitation in giving them a full 10/10 in all respects.
Address: 100 Main St, Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 7AE
Tel No: 01283 790205
Website : www.coatestraditionalbutchers.co.uk/index.html
| Staffordshire | Ottoxeter | T G Sargeant |
No. reviews 1
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They are very helpful and slaughtered two saddle backs at 180 lbs live weight, cut up into joints, chops and belly pork and made about 40lbs of sausage all for £85. Took them on Sunday morning, they were killed Monday and picked up the meat, bagged and labelled on Friday. I have already discussed the next pigs and they will cure the bacon and gammon and can also do Cumberland or pork and leak sausage as well. Very pleased with them.
Address: Roycroft Farm, Bramshall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 5BG
Tel No: 01889 563353
Website : www.tgsargeant.com/
| Suffolk | Bungay | J H Lambert |
No. reviews 1
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We have found them excellent, their new plant is fantastic. Very gentle with the animals,very forward with any information and nothing is to much trouble. Fast service, most of the time our pigs and sheep go straight in and are killed before we have even had time to turn the trailer round.
Address: The Abattoir, Hall Road, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 2AB
Tel No: 01986 892836
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| Suffolk | Long Melford | H Ruse |
No. reviews 2
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+ V.Good to a novice, both in terms of paperwork and help with how to have the pigs cut. Access is tight, you wouldn’t want too big a vehicle.
Address: Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JF
Tel No: 01787 378 227
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| Warwickshire | Coventry | C H Rowley |
No. reviews 2
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+ Small family run place with village butchers shop on site as well. Was very impressed with the set up – had been recommended to them by two people. Kill and cut to our spec for £40 and sausages at £1 / lb extra. Just got home with 110lb of meat and 45lb of sausages! Seem very busy. Kill on Monday
Address: Glenside, Ansley Lane, Old Arley, Near Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8FU.
Tel No: 01676 540419
Website : www.chrowley.co.uk/
| Warwickshire | Shipston on stour | Long Compton Abattoir |
No. reviews 1
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+they handle the animals well. the meat is butchered and packed in polystyrene trays with cling film individually labelled so meets environmental health regulations for re-selling. Excellent sausages.
Address: 50, Main Street, Long Compton, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire CV36 5JJ
Tel No: 01608 684618
Website : www.longcomptonabattoir.com/
| West Sussex | Henfield | Southern Traditional Meats |
No. reviews 3
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+ Very good, friendly allowed viewing of the slaughter, extremely professional and good communication, I will be sending all my pigs through them in the future! 9/10 – because they are a little expensive for cutting
+ they were very kind, and the patience shown to my boys by the handlers was fantastic. Very happy to recommend them.
+Very friendly and helpful for first timers like us, talked us through what we needed to do before and cutting list after
Address: Morley Farm, Wheatsheaf Road, Henfield, West Sussex BN5 9BB
Tel No: 01273 495171
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| West Yorkshire | Huddersfield | L Wood & Sons |
No. reviews 1
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+They kill and cut up. they preffer to do jobs for small holders rather than butchers as they get a set price for each pig they kill.
Address: Ocot Farm, Scammonden, HUDDERSFIELD, HD3 3FW
Tel No: 01484 842284
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| West Yorkshire | Leeds | John Penny & Sons |
No. reviews 1
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+ Very helpful for newbies
Address: Low Green Farm, 40 Leeds Road, Rawdon, Leeds, LS19 6NU
Tel No: 0113 2504162
Website : www.johnpenny.co.uk/
| Wrexham | Rhosllanerchrugog | D & J Thomas |
No. reviews 4
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+ I have always been very happy with their respectful handling of my animals, there is very little waiting involved (I think they have only once been penned for about half an hour before slaughter) and there is no problem about watching the slaughter procedure if you wish to do so. The butchery side is excellent – they ask if they don’t understand anything you have asked for, the meat is beautifully boxed and wrapped and their bacon/gammon is delish. The price has always been very reasonable too, and the service is always pleasant and courteous. I couldn’t recommend them too highly.
+Taking pigs for 3 years now – they are very gentle with the pigs and cannot do enough to help, particularly for the uninitiated who are nervous and don’t know the form. The final presentation of the meat is fantastic and all at a knock down price.
- My own experience here wasn’t so good: One of the pigs had a huge haematoma on it’s hind quarter when returned. That can’t happen post mortem. We also didn’t get our own offal or heads back. Maybe a one off but we haven’t been back to risk it again.
Address: Garrden Road, Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham,
LL14 2EN
Tel No: 01978 840376
Website : www.dandjthomas.co.uk/