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The Glass Barn at Sgriob-ruadh Farm above Tobermory, its tall glass front among trees
Isle of Mull

Isle of Mull Cheese, Sgriob-ruadh

The Reade family's dairy farm above Tobermory, where Isle of Mull cheese is made, with a farm shop and café in the Glass Barn.

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Isle of Mull cheese is made on one farm, Sgriob-ruadh, on the hill above Tobermory.

The Reade family began farming in Somerset in 1963, came to Mull in 1979, and have made cheese here for more than four decades; the farm is run today by Garth, Brendan and Shelagh.

The farm shop and café are in the Glass Barn, whose frame was once part of the village hall at Salen, built on the Clyde in the early 1900s and put up again here nearly thirty years ago. A vine planted inside now covers the whole ceiling. The shop sells the farm's own Isle of Mull Traditional Farmhouse Cheese, along with a spirit made from its whey, a Hebridean Cream liqueur and produce from round the island.

There are tours of the dairy, the farm and the distillery, and on a summer afternoon you can watch the cows come in for milking.

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Before you go

Through the winter the shop opens Wednesday to Sunday and the café Thursday to Saturday from December; the farm gives no times of day, so ring 01688 302235 before a long drive.

Shop, Nov to spring
Wednesday to Sunday.
Café, Dec to spring
Thursday to Saturday.
Café, November
Closed.

Opening hours

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10am–4.30pm
Wednesday
10am–4.30pm
Thursday
10am–4.30pm
Friday
10am–4.30pm
Saturday
10am–4.30pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

Sgriob-ruadh Farm, Tobermory, Isle of Mull.

Close byIn Tobermory.
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  2. The green 'Tobermory Stores' sign over the shop window, a painted mural below.Tobermory StoresAn independent grocer and delicatessen on Tobermory's Main Street, with Mull produce and food to take away.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. Inside The Galleon: white walls, a high ceiling with a round window, tables and a staircase.The GalleonA family-run bistro up the brae from Tobermory's Main Street, with menus that change with the island's larder.Under a mile as the crow flies
  4. A man serving a customer at the hatch of the Fisherman's Pier trailer, the chalkboard menu beside it.Fisherman’s Pier Fish and ChipsA silver fish and chip trailer on Tobermory's harbour front, open every day from noon to 8pm.Under a mile as the crow flies
  5. The blue front of the Hebridean Whale Centre on Tobermory's Main Street.Hebridean Whale CentreThe Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust's free centre on Tobermory's harbour front, with exhibitions, sightings and talks.Under a mile as the crow flies
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The whitewashed front of the Tobermory Distillery visitor centre, painted with the year 1798 and bottles.ToursTobermory distillery0.7 miles
The blue front of Brown's on Tobermory's Main Street, a rally car parked outside.ShoppingBrown's Tobermory0.8 miles
Diners at a table by the bright windows of Café Fish, painted fish on the walls.RestaurantsCafé Fish0.8 miles
A main course at An Cala Ciùin in Tobermory, with asparagus, a potato, a small tart topped with wild garlic flowers and a dark sauce on a grey stone plate.RestaurantsAn Cala Ciùin0.9 miles
AttractionsRubha nan Gall Lighthouse1.5 miles
A tall waterfall pouring over dark rock in Aros Park, a burn tumbling through boulders below among trees.AttractionsAros Park Waterfalls1.6 miles
Inside the Glass Barn: tables under a glass roof covered in a green vine, the fields beyond the windows.CafeThe Glass Barn2.7 miles
AttractionsLoch Torr Wildlife Hide3.0 miles
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