Monkland Cheese Dairy

Learn all about how cheese is made through a guided tour of a working dairy, and get to try some of it too. Cheese Experience Days offered for those who want to have a go themselves.

Cheese is a wonderful food, produced for hundreds of years . From the simplest of food sources, milk, a huge range and diversity of cheeses are produced. How? A tour round our Dairy may give you an incite. We take guided tours around the dairy at the times shown below. You will see what is happening at the time of your visit and have a simple  explanation  of the general process and if you behave well we might let you do the "splat test"!!!!! Then you will be shown the maturing rooms, which might surprise you, and then of course it will be necessary to taste the cheese - although this is not compulsory. After your tour it may inspire you to take one of our Cheese Experience Days.

If you wish to arrange to bring a group (over 10) please contact us to make a booking. During the high season we do not tend to take group bookings because we are not able to give you the service and attention we would like to.

For school visits please contact us and we can arrange a suitable package for you.