About Bays Leap Dairy Farm

Welcome to Bays Leap Dairy Farm. We are an Organic Dairy Farm and small farm shop just on the outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne in the small village of Heddon on the wall

Our Farm

Our Farm is owned by the Mellstrom family who bought the farm over 24 years ago. The farm now has over 1000 cows, including our main dairy herd and beef cattle.

Farm manager Chris (pictured with some of the dairy cows above), is passionate about his cows and as an organic farmer this passion begins in the soil. As a keen soil enthusiast, Chris has often been spotted on TV or in news articles about caring for the farm land which doesn't get any artificial fertilisers or pesticide spread on. His care for things right from the beginning can now be tasted in our raw milk which has a much sweeter and creamier taste with many health benefits compared to shelf bought milk.

Our Cows

Our cows are grass-fed and all their food (forage) is home grown, they can often be spotted in the fields between March and November every year and you can even see them all being brought in via our cattle tracks, late afternoon. They are curious though so if you're standing by one of their fences they may come and give you a lick!

We do not use any of the Bovaer additives.

Our Shops

We have been selling our Organic milk to to public direct from the farm since March 2021. We now run 2 small shops on the farm. A Dairy Shop which stocks our Organic Raw Milk and Organic Pasteurised Milk in Vending Machines, Milkshakes, Organic Raw Butter, Organic Raw Cream, Local Honey and Local Eggs. As well as the best ice cream in the north east made by Ciccarelli's using our Milk and Cream.

In April 2023 we opened our Butchery which stocks our Grass fed beef, and a range of other meat prepared by our butchery team.

Bays Leap Offsite Vending Machines

We have over 7 other sites where we have vending machines selling milk and milkshakes. Check out our Offsite Milk Vending page for all the latest locations and addresses.