Obsessed About Places and Products

Hello, I’m Kate, the founder of Produced Nearby.

Cumbrian bred, I spent my childhood on the coast just a very short drive from the Lake District.

When I was growing up in the 70s (!) and 80s buying local produce was just what we did; fresh milk from Tom’s cows in the village, Morecambe Bay shrimps from the house with the mermaid outside in Baycliff, the best joint of beef and black pudding from Airey’s Farm Shop (as they could tell my Dad which field the cow had grazed in), beautiful Cumbria Crystal glass handblown in Ulverston for very special gifts and most importantly the most mouth watering meat and potato pies bought from Greens Bakery just round the corner from my Dad’s surgery in Barrow-in-Furness.

When my Dad was alive I often chatted with him about creating a website of the best local producers but never did anything about it.

I remembered this the other day, googled it and couldn’t find an easy searchable map and database showing all the best producers around the British Isles; not just food producers, but artists, craftspeople and makers too.

So, that’s what this site is all about; a useful and practical map of the best and most interesting local growers, producers and makers around the British Isles.

If you know a brilliant local producer you’d like to add to the map please send their details to kate@producednearby.com and please do spread the word; this project can only be possible with all your help.

Oh, also please do follow the Produced Nearby pages on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok; I’ll guarantee you a right good laugh (as they say in my home town) as I’ve bought a camper van to help me travel around the British Isles to find producers for this library. You can join me as I navigate the perils of website design, campsite toilets and many rainy hours trying to get my wifi to work in the most remote corners of our Islands!

PS. A directory and local guides are coming soon so see keep popping back to discover new areas and makers.