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The Cheese Shop

Contact Info

The Cheese Shop116 Northgate Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2BY Tel: 01244 346240
Fax: 01244 314659

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Type: Food & Drink Shop

Just inside one of Chester’s main city gates you will find The Cheese Shop, run by Carole Faulkner. With its cheery blue and white striped blind, it has become a much loved feature of the city for both residents and tourists alike, who Carole has been supplying with some of the finest cheese in the world for nearly 20 years now.

The shop has a cellar underneath which gives Carole the advantage of being able to mature cheese on site. It is wonderful to browse in; every cheese is carefully flagged with a good description of its flavour as well as details of its maker, and tasters are cheerfully given to curious customers.

While it is crammed full with over 100 British cheeses, Carole gives pride of place to those from the North of England "Up here, they like white cheese best" says Carole, "and they’re very particular about their Cheshires and Lancashires".