Welcome to High Weald Dairy

Award winning
Sussex Cheese Maker

High Weald Dairy are an award winning Sussex cheese maker specialising in artisan cow, sheep and goat milk cheeses, all lovingly crafted on our family-owned farm in the beautiful West Sussex countryside.

Working in the farm’s former grain store, our team of cheese makers undertake every part of the cheese-making process, from pasteurisation to packaging, here at the dairy.

Did you know we have…

varieties

of cheese – from creamy soft to nutty hard we’re likely to have something for you.

awards

for our cheese – we know they’re all winners, but we’ll let you be the judge of that…

milk types

used in our cheese – sheep, goat or cow milk all have different characteristics.

years

of cheese making – but after all this time we’re still innovating with new ideas.

Our seasonal favourites…

Truffle Ewe

Ewes milk cheese


  • Matured semi-soft cheese
  • Italian black summer truffle
  • Truffle in two distinct layers
  • Maturing for up to 16 weeks
  • Award winning cheese

Ashdown Forester’s Smoked

Cows milk cheese


  • Matured alpine-style cheese
  • Creamy, slightly squidgy texture
  • Naturally smoked over oak
  • Edible basket weave texture rind

Medita Organic

Ewes milk cheese


  • Also known as ‘Feta’
  • Matured for over 5 months
  • Tangy brine cured cheese
  • Semi soft – crumble over salad

best selleRs

  • ORGANIC

    Halloumi - Organic Sheep Milk
    Price range: £6.67 through £7.50

    ORGANIC

    Halloumi - Organic Sheep Milk
    Price range: £6.67 through £7.50

    Halloumi cheese is a salty brined ‘squeaky’ cheese, originally from the Mediterranean. We make our halloumi the traditional way and add mint to give a slight freshness to the palette. Halloumi is a versatile cheese to cook with and can be enjoyed on dry fried with chilli dip, within a salad, or baked. Try baking…

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  • ORGANIC

    Duddleswell Organic
    Price range: £6.75 through £72.12

    ORGANIC

    Duddleswell Organic
    Price range: £6.75 through £72.12

    Duddleswell is a hard cheddar-style cheese made from organic sheep milk. It has a well-rounded, rich flavour with a slightly sweet and nutty hint that comes from being aged in our Maturing Room for around five months. We also traditionally smoke the cheese over oak shavings at the dairy, giving the cheese a deliciously light…

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  • ORGANIC

    Sussex Slipcote Organic
    Price range: £4.73 through £16.59

    ORGANIC

    Sussex Slipcote Organic
    Price range: £4.73 through £16.59

    A fresh soft cheese made with 100% organic sheep milk, Sussex Slipcote has a light, creamy texture, that melts in the mouth and has a slightly sharp, lemon-y, refreshing flavour. Our buttons are 100 grams in size and Slipcote’s are often enjoyed on crusty bread or crumbled over pasta dishes. It is also available flavoured…

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    Seven Sisters Organic
    Price range: £6.50 through £71.28

    ORGANIC

    Seven Sisters Organic
    Price range: £6.50 through £71.28

    Named after the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs in East Sussex, Seven Sisters is a semi-soft matured sheep milk cheese, coated in a layer of Hebridean seaweed. The light nuttiness of the sheep milk cheese blends perfectly with the salty, umami flavour of the seaweed to give a unique cheese that is very morish. Seven Sisters…

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    Ricotta Organic
    Price range: £3.00 through £20.03

    ORGANIC

    Ricotta Organic
    Price range: £3.00 through £20.03

    Ricotta, meaning re-cooked cheese, is a fresh, low-fat, soft cheese. We make our Ricotta from sheep milk and reheat the organic whey left over from making another cheese to 90°C, resulting in the soft Ricotta floating to the surface where we scoop it up. It is a versatile cheese for both sweet and savoury dishes,…

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    Little Sussex Organic
    £5.35

    ORGANIC

    Little Sussex Organic
    £5.35

    Little Sussex is a soft sheep milk cheese with a white rind, similar to a lactic brie. It has a mild, delicate flavour when young which becomes stronger and more flavoursome with age as the cheese matures in its packaging. At 80 grams Little Sussex is very unassuming, but is full of flavour, texture and…

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  • ORGANIC

    Medita Organic
    Price range: £5.60 through £36.75

    ORGANIC

    Medita Organic
    Price range: £5.60 through £36.75

    Medita is our take on a Feta-style cheese, which has its origins in the Mediterranean. We make Medita in the traditional way using organic sheep milk which is matured in brine for several months. It is a semi soft crumbly cheese with a distinct sharp, fresh, salty flavour and open texture. Try crumbling the cheese over…

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  • St Giles
    Price range: £4.80 through £42.84
    St Giles
    Price range: £4.80 through £42.84

    Saint Giles is a matured cow’s milk cheese that made using the curd washed process, which removes all the whey during making. The cheese has a smooth buttery texture, similar to a classic continental style cheese, and a rich, pleasantly moreish flavour. Saint Giles melts extremely well, so is great on pasta and pizza as…

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    Sussex Velvet Organic
    Price range: £5.20 through £45.36

    ORGANIC

    Sussex Velvet Organic
    Price range: £5.20 through £45.36

    Sussex Velvet is a semi-soft continental style cheese made using organic cow milk. Carefully matured in our cheese store for 16-20 weeks, Sussex Velvet gradually develops an attractive natural, mottled grey rind. This is cleaned off for our retail pieces and is left on if ordered as a quarter or half wheel. The cheese and…

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High Weald’s Tiered Cheese Cake Tower has to be the perfect centre piece…

the alternate Wedding cake for the savoury cheese lover

Brighton Blue wins again…

At the 2025 British & Irish Cheese Awards we were delighted to win GOLD and SUPREME CHAMPION for our super creamy Brighton Blue Organic.

A further 3 of our cheeses won awards –
Seven Sisters Organic : Silver
St Giles Organic : Silver
Sussex Marble : Bronze

We were also very pleased to be presented with this Trophy as the Winner of the Best Organic Class with Brighton Blue.

St Giles is perfect for this time of year.

Total comfort food – it melts just so perfectly over a baked potato.
You simply must give it a try.”

Nita – Heathfield

GREAT FLAVOUR

Three classic milks

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made with love in Sussex

The language of cheese…

The diversity of cheeses available at the High Weald Dairy show how complex flavours can be developed from the same base ingredient, milk.

Leader Project

The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) contributes funds to the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE).

Refrigerated Cheese brining store

Part funded by EAFRD

Supported by the Leader Project this consists of the installation of a refrigerated brining room to the dairy, to improve product storage and workflow, and the purchase of equipment for creating marbled cheeses.

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