The Cheese Hamlet

The Cheese Hamlet An award winning family run Delicatessen and Cheese Specialist. Please browse round our site and email us any comments or suggestions you have.

We are a family run independent cheese specialist established in 1960 and based in Didsbury, South Manchester. We are members of The Specialist Cheesemakers Association and members of the management committee of The Guild of Fine Food Retailers. We hold the Gold Medal of Honour and the Order of Merit from the Swiss Cheese Union, and have over 40 other awards (including Cheese Retailer of The Year

- 3 consecutive years) for cheese retailing during our 40 years of traditional trading. In 1997 we started our first Swiss cheese e-commerce web site, which has proven to be so successful we have now increased the range of products available to our web customers.

Trying to think of a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift?Cheese is always the answer 🧀♥️We’re open tomorrow from 9am – 4:30...
13/02/2026

Trying to think of a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift?
Cheese is always the answer 🧀♥️
We’re open tomorrow from 9am – 4:30pm

Godminster Heart ♥️
A deliciously smooth and creamy cheese, Godminster’s Heart-Shaped Vintage Organic Cheddar is a multi-award-winning organic cheese, created in the heart of Somerset. This delicious melt-in-the-mouth cheddar is made to a traditional 90-year-old recipe and matured for up to 12 months. It has a rich depth of flavour with a smooth texture that’s irresistibly moreish and will make you come back for more! ♥️
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You had me at Brie 💕The perfect gift to give to a loved one this year! Cornish Brie has a delicious mild and creamy flav...
10/02/2026

You had me at Brie 💕
The perfect gift to give to a loved one this year! Cornish Brie has a delicious mild and creamy flavour and melting, smooth texture with a characteristic yellow, buttery colour.

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Happy Burns Night! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧀We hope you all have a lovely evening enjoying some of the best cheeses Scotland has to offer...
25/01/2026

Happy Burns Night! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧀
We hope you all have a lovely evening enjoying some of the best cheeses Scotland has to offer.

Only a few hours left to pick up some of the best speciality Scottish cheeses, perfect for celebrating Burns Night tomor...
24/01/2026

Only a few hours left to pick up some of the best speciality Scottish cheeses, perfect for celebrating Burns Night tomorrow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

After a very busy Christmas and New Year, we’ve decided to close the shop today to give our team a well deserved break.W...
03/01/2026

After a very busy Christmas and New Year, we’ve decided to close the shop today to give our team a well deserved break.
We’ll be back open on Monday 5th January.
Thank you for your understanding 😊

There’s still time to grab the perfect cheese for your NYE cheeseboard 🧀✨We’re open tomorrow from 9am–4pm
29/12/2025

There’s still time to grab the perfect cheese for your NYE cheeseboard 🧀✨
We’re open tomorrow from 9am–4pm

The Cheese Hamlet Christmas Team ✨🎄Thank you for the amazing support you have shown us this year. We really can’t expres...
25/12/2025

The Cheese Hamlet Christmas Team ✨🎄

Thank you for the amazing support you have shown us this year. We really can’t express how much we appreciate it 💛.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.
Love from the entire Cheese Hamlet team xx

Day 24 - Christmas Hamper Competition! ✨ Colston Bassett Mature Blue Stilton ✨
Colston Bassett are well known for making...
24/12/2025

Day 24 - Christmas Hamper Competition!

✨ Colston Bassett Mature Blue Stilton ✨

Colston Bassett are well known for making one of the best traditionally made Stiltons. So much so, that it is known as the King of British Blues.

Stilton is an intensely rich cheese, with a deep, lingering and complex flavour. The texture of the cheese is smooth and creamy with a mellow flavour and no sharp acidic taste from the blue. Stilton is a deep cream colour with blue veining spread throughout the cheese.

Enter our Christmas Hamper Competition for a chance to win one of our fantastic Didsbury hampers!
To enter:
1. Like this post⁠
2. Follow us⁠
3. Tag a friend who you would share the Christmas hamper with. ⁠

You can enter each and every day of our Christmas countdown. Each friend that you tag will count as one entry.
Closing date: 24th December 2025.
The winner will be announced on our Instagram and Facebook story on the 27th December 2025.
The hamper will be dispatched by arrangement with the winner after 27 December 2025 (UK mainland only).

Day 23 - Christmas Hamper Competition! ✨ Rachel ✨
Rachel is an English goats cheese made in Somerset by . It is lightly ...
23/12/2025

Day 23 - Christmas Hamper Competition!

✨ Rachel ✨

Rachel is an English goats cheese made in Somerset by . It is lightly washed in a brine solution creating a warm orangey coloured rind with a pale, supple interior.  

This semi-firm goats cheese is made using vegetarian rennet and unpasteurised milk. The overall flavour is not overly ‘goaty’ but nutty and mellow, making it the perfect goats cheese for those who enjoy a goats cheese which is not too strong. 

One of the cheesemakers at White Lake says that Rachel was named after one of his friends - “like the cheese she is sweet, curvy and slightly nutty”.

Enter our Christmas Hamper Competition for a chance to win one of our fantastic Didsbury hampers!
To enter:
1. Like this post⁠
2. Follow us⁠
3. Tag a friend who you would share the Christmas hamper with.

You can enter each and every day of our Christmas countdown. Each friend that you tag will count as one entry.
Closing date: 24 December 2024.
The winner will be announced on our Instagram and Facebook story on the 27th December.
The hamper will be dispatched by arrangement with the winner after 27 December 2024 (UK mainland only).

Thank you for a fantastic day at the tasting table, Sylvia  !Only 3 days until Christmas!!A long queue is expected tomor...
22/12/2025

Thank you for a fantastic day at the tasting table, Sylvia !
Only 3 days until Christmas!!

A long queue is expected tomorrow, so you might want to grab a coffee beforehand. We’ll be working as fast as possible to reduce waiting times, but with limited space in the shop it can be a challenge.

Don’t forget, if you’ve placed a click-and-collect order, you can use the designated collection point at the back of the shop.

Address

706 Wilmslow Road
Manchester
M202DW

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+441614344781

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