Come with us to visit an award winning British Farm Store. While on a epic road trip to Scotland we stopped at Mainsgill Farm Store in Northern Yorkshire. Blair's mom enjoys a tour through the store as she explores the UK.

Store Address
Mainsgill Farm, Richmond DL11 7PN, United Kingdom

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The Story of Mainsgill Farm

Newly married in 1995, we moved from Lancashire to Mainsgill Farm. It was a small 57 acre farm set up to fatten intensive pigs (1200) and fatten beef. At that time we also reared dairy replacements. Mainsgill was purchased with aspirations of farming in our own right.

Being a young couple setting up, we were highly mortgaged and with a downturn in all sectors of the farming industry through BSE, Blue Ear, etc., it was a difficult time. Highly mortgaged, increasing debts and ever decreasing cash flow, we had to find a way to survive and repay our debts.

Situated 4.5 miles west of Scotch Corner adjacent to the main Trans-Pennine route, we had an ideal position to set a farm shop up. Approximately 12000 vehicles travel past daily, with peak season increasing to 21000.

A local butcher slaughtered and cut our own home produced meats in 1997. We would pack our own meats on the kitchen table and go door to door selling in the local villages. At this stage farmers markets were starting to establish, we grew our name and reputation as further markets opened. We still attend farmer markets to date.

The Growth of Mainsgill Farm

As sales grew steadily, we pursued permission to build a stone built farm shop with our local authority. Many hurdles had to be crossed, especially with Highway Agency as our entrance leads directly onto the main A66. With successfully gaining permission in 1999.

At this time we had converted the garage at the side of the house to form a small shop and preparation room. We took on a part time butcher on an evening to cut our meat due to narrow margins. We packed the meat into the early hours as we had our farm work during the day.

Diversification at that time was a new concept, and it was a direction we took to survive. After restructuring the business’ finances and new support for the farm shop, building of which had commenced in February 2001, the foot and mouth outbreak occurred. The build was completed and opened in June of that same year.

The business keeps growing


In 2014, Mainsgill saw the completion of a two storey extension, creating a total of 20,000 sq ft to the building for tearoom, farm shop with butchery and gift shop; and employing up to 50 staff.

Our children are very much a part of all aspects the business and its development. Our passion and drive is to provide the highest quality home reared produce, keeping alive the farming culture of yesteryear for the future generations; maintaining our vision from the start over twenty years ago. All livestock are continually sold in-house through the farm shop and used in the tearoom.

In 2015 we welcomed Billy the bull to our farm, an 18 month old pedigree Limousin. In the future we are looking to breed our own calves from him, so we have selected the very best heifers for Bill to breed with.

The grass fed heifers are allowed to roam the fields until winter comes, when the cattle are then brought inside and fed silage (fermented grass).

Our grass fed heifers are reared to the highest standards of animal husbandry and welfare.


Our Latest Expansion - November 2020
During the year of covid lockdown and restrictions, our team of local tradesmen, suppliers and our team here at Mainsgill opened our newest expansion for November 2020. Our two story expansion houses extended retail space upstairs for our clothing and gift department, with an extended food hall area downstairs, with a new checkout for the food hall, new toilets, and kitchen expansion.

Our kitchen expansion with new food processing machinery is part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.


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