Does anyone know where you can buy raw milk in East Dulwich? possibly any farmers markets?

[Sally225]

Hi

Does anyone know where you can buy raw milk in East Dulwich? possibly any farmers markets?

thanks

[Cyclemonkey]

Not East Dulwich but not far, there is a stall in Borough Market that sells raw milk.  I'm sure you know this,  but be very careful with raw milk, particularly if any of the people looking  to consume it have compromised immune systems.

[Dul99]

Or are pregnant.  
it was banned at borough market for years due to a handful of  deaths & catastrophic spontaneous miscarriages in Scotland .  It is not a product I would ever buy from a market. 

[ElenaR]

On 03/01/2026 at 17:43, Sally225 said:

Hi

Does anyone know where you can buy raw milk in East Dulwich? possibly any farmers markets?

thanks

Hook and Son stall at Herne Hill market sell raw milk, butter and cream every Sunday 10am - 3pm. Get in early as it sells out. Defra certified, they test the herd and report. Raw dairy is regulated, I'd visit Hook and Son website as well Defra pages if I needed assurance. 

[Earl Aelfheah]

Is there any reason people want raw milk? Is it just a taste thing?

[Penguin68]

Raw milk is meant to make better tasting cheese. If you don't mind getting bovine TB. 

[Sue]

2 hours ago, Penguin68 said:

Raw milk is meant to make better tasting cheese. If you don't mind getting bovine TB. 

Isn't that what Defra test  the herd for?

Not that I'd risk it!

[Penguin68]

13 minutes ago, Sue said:

Isn't that what Defra test  the herd for?

Yes, but not on a daily basis. The incidence of bovine TB is now very limited, both through testing and through pasteurisation, but an old (and I also mean relatively aged) friend of mine did get bovine TB as a child (just post-war) and it was no laughing matter,

[David Peckham]

I spent seven hours in customs, and was threatened with the revocation of my Canadian residency, for attempting to take half a pound of unpasteurised Lincolnshire Poacher and a whole raw-milk Stichelton into Lester B Pearson airport in Toronto.

The egg was on their faces though, and we did laugh, when I could prove they were both aged over ninety days and therefore not subject to their draconian dairy import restrictions.

True story, that.

[HeadNun]

David Peckham, your cheese stories and musings are the gift that keep on giving. Thank you.