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To be clear, there are no wrong cheese shops to visit in London. England has a rich dairy history, bringing iconic cheese to the world such as Cheddar, Stilton, and Double Gloucester \u2014 famed not only for flavor but for the annual sport of rolling it down the hill<\/a>. London\u2019s cheese mongers celebrate its local curds and more; as a center of global trade, there\u2019s just about nothing you can\u2019t find in the English capitol.<\/p>\n

Wherever you\u2019re staying when you visit London, there\u2019s bound to be a local shop nearby to pop into for a chat and a taste. But if you\u2019re looking for some real cheese tourism \u2014 a sense of history, importance, singularity, or eye-popping selection \u2014 these are the best 5 cheese shops in London for Americans to check out.<\/p>\n

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Neal\u2019s Yard Dairy<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Neal\u2019s Yard Dairy<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

17 Short\u2019s Garden, Covent Garden<\/p>\n

55 Palliser Road, Baron\u2019s Court<\/p>\n

8 Park Street, Southwark (Borough Market)<\/p>\n

107 Essex Rd., Islington<\/p>\n

Arch 10, Apollo Business Park, Bermondsey<\/p>\n

Named for the picturesque courtyard which it occupies in London\u2019s Covent Garden, Neal\u2019s Yard Dairy<\/a> has been a cheese purveyor mainstay in London since 1979. It was born of a partnership between an activist\/entrepreneur and a food scientist in an effort to bring more of the UK\u2019s and Ireland\u2019s artisanal, and frequently raw milk cheeses to the city.<\/p>\n

Neal\u2019s Yard now also acts as a producer\/affineur, having had a hand in bringing cheeses to market such as Lincolnshire Poacher, Stichelton<\/a>, and Baron Bigod. Many shops now exist around London, one one of the largest near Borough Market<\/a>\u2014a cheese destination in its own right\u2014but the charming, pocket-sized stop in Covent Garden is worthy of paying your respects, and affords some adorable photo ops in the surrounding courtyard.<\/p>\n

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Paxton & Whitfield<\/a><\/h2>\n

93 Jermyn St. <\/p>\n

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Paxton & Whitfield photo credit Pamela Vachon<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Situated between Westminster and Soho, there\u2019s little chance that your visit to London won\u2019t have you wandering down Picadilly at some point. Equidistant from Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square, Paxton & Whitfield<\/a>, London\u2019s oldest purveyor of cheese since 1742, is well-positioned for a visit.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, it might speak specifically to travelers whose tourism may best be summarized by the notion of a \u201cCrown Crawl.\u201d Paxton & Whitfield is one of just a handful of businesses that is honored with a Royal Warrant of Appointment<\/a>, meaning that they are a vetted supplier to the royal household. Even if you don\u2019t care about any of that, the shop is impressive on its own merit, featuring over 100 cheeses of mostly UK and Irish origin, stacked alluringly in geometric towers. You might not be able to bring it back as a souvenir, but the mini, clothbound Cheddar Pounder<\/a> is about as twee as normally hefty Cheddar can aspire to.<\/p>\n

Effectively on the same block, London\u2019s Fortnum & Mason<\/a> is also a food-lovers destination (with its own Royal Warrant.) There\u2019s a modest cheese counter, but the real reason to go is for a deep dive into other English mainstays such as tea and biscuits.<\/p>\n

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Chiswick Cheese Market<\/a><\/h2>\n

Chiswick High Road., Chiswick<\/p>\n

Every 3rd Sunday of the month<\/p>\n

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Chiswick Cheese Market cheese seller photo credit Pamela Vachon<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s not a cheese shop, per se, because it\u2019s every cheese shop, all at once, on a street in a borough that\u2019s literally named \u201ccheese farm.\u201d If that\u2019s not reason enough to book a flight to London, I don\u2019t know what is. Taking over several blocks of the High Road, (that\u2019s \u201cMain Street\u201d in American) every third Sunday of the month, Chiswick Cheese Market<\/a> brings together dozens of cheesemakers, cheese retailers, cheesemongers, and sellers of cheese-friendly accompaniments for an all-out, monthly cheese bazaar. (Here\u2019s a link to Google Flights<\/a>, in case that\u2019s helpful.)<\/p>\n

Even if you\u2019re not looking to buy much, given that you\u2019re traveling, the market features an education component, a seller of used cheese books, hot cheese stalls offering sandwiches, raclette, etc., and Buttercup, the market\u2019s highly Instagrammable, bovine mascot.<\/p>\n

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La Fromagerie<\/a>\u00a0<\/h2>\n

30 Highbury Park, Highbury<\/p>\n

2-4 Moxon St., Marylebone<\/p>\n

52 Lamb\u2019s Conduit St., Bloomsbury<\/p>\n

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Perhaps your travels across the Atlantic are taking you to a number of cheese-producing countries. If not, London still has a spot for you\u2014several spots actually\u2014for a taste of Europe\u2019s finest. La Fromagerie<\/a>, with three locations spread throughout the city, is a love letter to the best cheese of Europe. Its founder, Patricia Michelson, fell in love with the stuff, as many cheese personalities before and since have, in Switzerland. Beginning in Highbury with a shop and cheese caf\u00e9, all of La Fromagerie\u2019s locations are places to browse the cases, or sit for a plate, a class, or a cheese board workshop.<\/p>\n

Among its nearly 150 cheese selections, the UK and Ireland are still very well represented, but so are France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium\u2026you get the idea. (In a similar vein, Jumi Cheese<\/a>, with three locations including Borough Market, is your London destination for all things Swiss cheese.)<\/p>\n

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La Fauxmagerie<\/a>\u00a0<\/h2>\n

45-47 Parkway, Camden<\/p>\n

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If it wasn\u2019t apparent from the built-in pun in its name, La Fauxmagerie<\/a> is a cheesemonger dedicated to plant-based cheese<\/a>, the UK\u2019s first. Should it be a destination for American travelers interested in cheese tourism? It absolutely should. I speak from experience. Vegan cheese has come a long way since the sad grocery store shreds that those following a plant-based lifestyle had to resort to for their pizzas and nachos.<\/p>\n

Located in Camden, an extremely cool neighborhood to visit for any reason, La Fauxmagerie also offers a vegan cheese cafe on weekends in their cellar, a perfect introduction into plant-based cheeses that doesn\u2019t rely on purchasing whole chunks and figuring it out at home. It\u2019s somewhere to take your vegan friends to in London, somewhere to go get a true taste of what artisanal plant-based cheese can aspire to, or just to have a great cheese spread in a stylish location, full stop.<\/p>\n

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