# The best British cheeses

Stilton, farmhouse Cheddar and Wensleydale lead a country with over 700 named cheeses, according to the British Cheese Board.

- 46 votes · 17 items
- Feb 21, 2020 · knitter.slow
- https://even.best/en/l/2347/the-best-british-cheeses

## Top 17

1. **Wensleydale** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Crumbly Yorkshire cheese, great with fruit cake.
2. **Red Leicester** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Orange, mellow and nutty.
3. **West Country Farmhouse Cheddar** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Protected, cloth-bound Cheddar from Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall.
4. **Caerphilly** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Fresh, lemony Welsh cheese.
5. **Cheshire** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — One of England's oldest cheeses.
6. **Shropshire Blue** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Orange-coloured blue cheese.
7. **Stinking Bishop** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Pungent washed-rind cheese soaked in perry.
8. **Lincolnshire Poacher** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Hard cheese between Cheddar and Alpine styles.
9. **Stilton** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The king of English blue cheeses.
10. **Double Gloucester** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rich, buttery and rolled down Cooper's Hill.
11. **Lancashire** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Creamy or crumbly, from Lancashire.
12. **Stichelton** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Raw-milk blue, made like old Stilton.
13. **Dorset Blue Vinney** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Traditional blue from Dorset.
14. **Cornish Yarg** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Wrapped in nettle leaves.
15. **Sage Derby** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Marbled green with sage.
16. **Caboc** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Scotland's oldest cheese, rolled in oats.
17. **Isle of Mull Cheddar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Scottish island Cheddar.

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