Bates Farms & Dairy

Bates Farms & Dairy is a family-run dairy based on Stamford Road in Birkdale, Southport, where it has been processing and delivering milk since 1939. The dairy supplies fresh locally sourced milk, cream and other produce through doorstep deliveries and to businesses across the North West. Its range includes milk, cheese, butter, cream, yoghurt, drinks, eggs and bread, with milk pasteurised and bottled at its Southport dairy. Bates also operates traditional electric milk floats alongside a refrigerated delivery fleet and provides wholesale dairy supplies to cafés, hotels, restaurants and other businesses across the region.