Friendly staff. Excellent savoury pies. Enjoyed both the crusts and the meaty fillings. If I was…read morelocal, I'd come back to try their full range of offers.

Top quality butcher's shop selling locally produced beef and lamb, plus all the rest of their meat…read moreis British and sourced locally wherever possible. I visited on Burns' night and they were advertising homemade haggis too. On the opposite side of the shop there is a sandwich counter which provides breakfast rolls with bacon, sausage etc. There's a good range of lunchtime sandwiches and also a hot carvery, pies, pasties and soups. They also sell a range of greengrocery items including fruit, veg, chutneys and dried fruits. To top the lot they also sell home made ready meals and provide outside catering too! Lovely produce and well worth a visit.

Fawcetts is a great butcher. They have various branches in the North East. Unlike a lot of…read moresupermarkets that sell bad quality cuts of prepacked meat, Fawcetts sell top quality stuff! I believe the business has recently been taken over by new owners, however, I find they still sell prime cut products. Their chicken breast fillets are a steal - I think they're about £1.29 each but they are the best I have tasted! They also do a lot of diced meat which is great for casseroles, curries, etc etc. You may pay slightly more for your meat from this butcher, but the difference in quality is clear from the tasting!

I visited this business on 01/10/24. I purchased a forequarter of beef which had been stripped off…read morethe bone in different cuts. The displayed weight was 55.35kg at £4.89/kg. My assumption was that that was the total weight of the meat I bought. However, when I got home and weighed the meat myself, it was about 35kg! I immediately rang them to report this, and they admitted that the weight displayed was inclusive of the bone! I pointed out to them that this was false advertising, especially as I wasn't given this bone that had been included in the price I paid. They admitted that they could have done better by making it clear that the displayed weight was inclusive of the removed bone. They, however, denied that they owed me any compensation for false advertising. I just want to put this out there for other unsuspecting customers like me!

The cafe / canteen is rough, ready and mainly used by either the local industry, pensioners or…read morecustomers who's prefers low value, cheap heavy loaded, pilled high plates of food rather than on quality. My experience is that you can eat enough yourself for your full family for a very cheap price but towards the end of the serving shift the food is either cold or well withered. The shop has really come on from what it used to be when you could buy limps of meat in packaging that was dripping in blood and it was all a rough and ready experience. Nowadays, they have a fish counter, deli, good value good quality fruit and veg etc but to me the meat is still just meat with no idea of where it is from.

The other butchers in Alnwick. Often overlooked thanks to Turnbulls being just around the corner,…read morebut the Market Place Butchery is almost as good. Their shop is a little smaller, but the friendly staff really know their stuff and are happy to help out. Very good with more unusual (these days) cuts like pork knuckles and tripe. If you're visiting the market, then it's easy to pop in and pick up a nice bit of meat.

Their sausages are second to none. Their pork pies are second to none. Their local beef is second…read moreto none. In fact, they are hard to beat in all departments.

Yes that's right, I am vegetarian. And this butchers gets 5* from me!…read moreBasing my review on my experience in the shop and what my meat eating men said about the produce. My dad told me pay a visit to this butchers after buying a piece of machinery from them for our bakery and then finding out how much AWARD WINNING produce they have! I got told to get the award winning bacon and Cumberland Sausages. So, in we walk and I have never seen so many award winning signs in my life! What to choose??? Let's start with the Cumberland sausages - two kinds, both please! And then to the choice of bacon, well, how do people choose?? We opted for the black treacle cured back bacon (award winning obviously) and Adam Y chose the oak smoked back bacon. All the bacon was boasting not to leave that nasty white stuff in your pan. While we were here we picked up some award winning pies too. Pork Pie, Peppered Steak Pie and Chicken Pie. All of which looked perfect (coming from a baker, that's a HUGE compliment) and i am told they tasted just as good! The service we received whilst in the shop was second to none. Enough said. If you are ever passing Windermere town (and you eat meat) you must pay Huddlestons a visit! x

Here is what I wrote after visiting Huddlestone's during my walk from John O'Groats to Lands End in…read more2013. 'The most memorable thing about Windemere was a "Cornish" pasty I bought from Huddlestone's Butchers in Windemere. It was so good I returned to the shop to tell them so, and the man said he had obtained the recipe from an old friend of his in Cornwall, who had recently retired, and finally parted with his secret recipe. So if you are in the Lake District, and craving for a "genuine" Cornish pasty, go along to Huddlestone's Butchers in The Avenue, Windemere.' I am so pleased that they have been recognised as the 'Premier' in 2016. Congratulations to all at Huddlestones. And yes, I can still remember how good it was. And I still live in Cornwall. Bryan Pesce

I find the website a great way to place my order:…read morehttp://www.av-fawcett.co.uk Their friendly customer service always puts a smile on my face and their food is amazing. I take heart from the fact the meat is source locally and it tastes great too! I can recommend them to everyone.

No problems purchasing from here. Absolutely spotless! All the Sausages are top quality, none of…read morethe fat and grizzle you find in others. Love the beef dips! The staff are always helpful and pleasant, another quality you don't find in neighbouring shops on the front street!