Excellent butcher. Do fantastic chestnut stuffing at Christmas.read more

Absolutely top notch local butcher. Lots of great quality local meat with a great service. The…read morebutchers are friendly and very skilled and can cut your meat how you like it, deboning, etc. Well worth shopping here! Support your local shops!

For generations, Dicksons Pork Butchers has been satisfying the demanding tastes of the North East,…read moreand it is still owned and managed by the family who founded it back in 1953. The business was founded by Irwin and Helen Dickson who put all their capital into opening their first shop in the 'Nook' in South Shields. What do I love about this place? Their meat pies, love the chunky meat ones. Bought my first one must have been back ohhh over 2t0 years ago. Fantastiic Chunky Beef individual pie. Packed ssolid with meat. The Butchers Shop iis still there, same shop, same family. If you ever visit Guidepost it's a must try pie.

Well known and loved butchers. Often discussed by locals as best in Town…read more I think their sausages have won awards

Perhaps a bit pricey, but deservedly well-known in the area for the quality of its meat. Their…read moresausages are SO much better than a supermarket.

Hodgkiss is a great butchers in the centre of Houghton le Spring near Heron Frozen Food and…read moreopposite B&M Bargains which is just across the street. The meat sold in the butchers is always of the highest possible quality. The butchers are very friendly and you are always greeted in to the shop with a smile and a hello. They always help you get exactly the right amount of meat if you are not too sure about the weight - just tell them how many portions you want to buy. Great shop very helpful and friendly.

An award winning butchers selling top quality meat and poultry. It also has an exotic meat section…read more They offer discounts on bulk orders and are happy to make up sausages in different sizes. They have recently opened the other half of the shop up and now have a small deli area, selling hot and cold sandwiches and coffe. Prince Charles has even visited.

We live in Northampton but class Morris and his team as our local family butchers. The quality of…read moretheir meat and personal service is second to none. We have meat delivered to us here in Northampton and when we visit Northumberland for our annual holiday we order prior to arrival and it's ready and waiting - the same goes for our return journey home., along with stocking up during the course of our stay. You won't be disappointed.Give yourself a treat and buy some of their award winning sausages - delicious!! Can't praise them highly enough.

Good old fashioned butcher shop in the heart of Coatsworth Road…read more Their speciality is the pickled brisket if you are lucky to find them in stock. The salt beef is legendary but sadly rarely in stock.

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!

Dicksons is a local independent chain of butchers which has stores all around the North East. They…read moreare well renowned for the local delicassy - The 'Savaloy Sandwich' - a soft sausage-type thing on a bun with pease pudding, stuffing and mustard. When I have been away from home for a while, I have to say that I do crave a savaloy sandwich! It's usually the first thing that I buy when I get home :D They also sell a lot of different cuts of meat - sliced meat for sandwiches, as well as their own brand of sausages which are the best sausages that I have ever tasted. The Laygate branch is quite small but they usually have everything that the larger branches sell. The only thing I find is that the shop is often cramped during lunchtimesmeaning that some people end up queueing outside, but a simple way to avoid this is to not go at peak times!

Normally full of Charvers getting some Jarrow dummies for their kids (Saveloys)…read more However their quality is very good and do some fine sandwiches and pies, they are also very well priced