Our Story

Newbridge Farm/Fferm Bontnewydd is a mixed farm on the outskirts of Meifod, Mid Wales, where the rivers Banwy and Vyrnwy meet. My brother Ieuan and I, Llewelyn, are the third generation of the Williams family to work at Newbridge Farm, carrying on the family tradition under the watchful eye of Mum and Dad, Eirian and John. More recently, my wife Beth has joined the team, working alongside me to make our farm-produced cheese and ice cream.

Our family have decided to improve the link between the farm and consumer by diversifying into a direct sales food businesses, supplying produce to the local area.

Bontnewydd Farm Foods started following the first lockdown in March 2020. During our spare time, we decided to start planting potatoes in a small area on a difficult-to-reach headland in a field of Barley. This proved an inspiration for us to start a fruit and veg delivery round to a local customer base restricted to their own homes due to the strict lockdowns at the time.

Seeing the interest in the fruit and veg boxes, we decided to take the leap into selling milk directly to the public. We started the long journey of setting up food grade processing units to allow us to pasteurise and sell our own milk on the farm, along with setting up a vending machine at the end of the farm drive, which is open 24/7 for all customers. This proved a hit with the local area, especially with the addition of a range of self-serve milkshakes and self-serve vending machine, selling our cheese, Welsh chocolate among other items.

In June 2022, we took another step in diversifying the farm by investing in milk-processing equipment, with the ambition of making our own cheese. Two years later, in June 2024, Llew and Beth turned a hobby into a business, beginning our journey into cheesemaking. Fast forward to 2026, and we now produce two styles of cheese here on the farm, using our own milk: a creamy Camembert-style cheese and a traditional Caerphilly. Both are made and matured on the farm, from our milk to the finished cheese.

We see cheese as the most honest expression of our milk and our place. By making cheese on the farm, we're ablet o capture the character of our landscape and translate it into flavour, texture and individuality. Every batch reflects our commitment to animal welfare, careful farming and traditional cheesemaking, balanced with a modern understanding of quality and consistency. Our aim is simple; to produce distinctive, authentic farmhouse cheeses that tell a story of our land and stand proudly on ta cheese monger's counter. 

From our family farm in Meifod to your cheeseboard, every cheese we make tells a little of our story. By using our own milk and making and maturing each cheese here on the farm, we’re proud to bring a little taste of Newbridge Farm to your table - enjoy!