Lakeland Herdwick

Lakeland Herdwick is tender, fine grained meat from lamb or sheep that are born, reared, finished and slaughtered in Cumbria. It can be sold as a whole carcass or fine cuts of meat, but it should not be sold fresh because the flavor is better when the meat is left to hang and mature.

Their flavor is uniquely intense due to that slow maturation process and a longer period of grazing. The meat is succulent, pink to dark pink, has a more gamey flavor than other lamb, and the fat is firm and malleable. The sheep have a characteristic visual appearance, with white faces and dense grey fleeces.