Local Honey in Oxfordshire

Find honey in Oxfordshire on the map

Oxfordshire can claim the start of one of Britain's best-known honey brands: Tony Rowse kept bees at his home in Ewelme and set up Rowse Honey there in 1938, before the company moved to nearby Wallingford. Ewelme still has its own small producer, Starling Apiary, selling jars from the door.

The county's own honey comes from very different country. Honeys of Henley has apiaries across the Chilterns and Thames Valley, and a code on each jar tells you which site it came from. Meadow Honey Farm at North Moreton runs about 300 hives from the meadows beside the Thames to the Berkshire Downs, selling soft-set, summer blossom and borage honeys and, when the season allows, a heather blend. In the north of the county, near Banbury, Honeymakers, which started out as The Honeybee Suppliers, keeps over 1,000 colonies for its Cotswold honey range.

Several producers sell mainly through village shops, delis and farm shops rather than online – Brightwell Bees, for example, sells only through stockists around Wallingford. The Oxfordshire Beekeepers Association, which has supported the county's beekeepers for more than a century, holds an annual honey show.

Explore Oxfordshire by town

• Local honey in Banbury
• Local honey in Brightwell cum Sotwell, Wallingford
• Local honey in Ewelme
• Local honey in Henley-on-Thames
• Local honey in North Moreton, Didcot
• Local honey in Oxford

Buying local honey in Oxfordshire

Use the listing details to choose how to buy, then contact the seller before travelling.

• 9 active directory listings currently appear for Oxfordshire.
• 4 listings are marked as raw honey.
• 2 listings report an outlet.
• Opening information is supplied on 1 listing.
• 4 listings have a verified webshop link.
• 8 listings also note other beekeeping products.

The directory does not track live stock or harvest dates. Availability, collection, delivery, prices and seasonal varieties can change, so ask the seller to confirm what is currently available.

Honey producers and beekeepers

• Brightwell Bees

  Brightwell cum Sotwell, Wallingford, Oxfordshire

  Artisan beekeepers producing local honey from hives in South Oxfordshire and West Berkshire.

• Helen’s Local Honey

  Banbury, Oxfordshire

  Single-apiary North Oxfordshire honey from a beekeeper and tutor who also runs hands-on hive experiences near Tadmarton.

• Holton Honey

  Oxford, Oxfordshire

  Garden honey from a village beekeeper in Holton, a few miles east of Oxford.

• Honeymakers (V&L Honeymakers)

  Banbury, Oxfordshire

  Viktor and Lucy's bee farm near Banbury, keeping more than 1,000 Buckfast colonies for its Cotswold honey range and hive-inspired skincare.

• Honeys of Henley

  Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

  Small-batch, unprocessed local honey from the Chilterns and Thames Valley region.

• McNeills Fine Foods

  Oxfordshire wildflower honey from own hives, including handcut honeycomb.

• Meadow Honey Farm

  North Moreton, Didcot, Oxfordshire

  Around 300 hives from the Thames meadows to the Berkshire Downs, with honey, beeswax candles, skincare and beekeeping courses.

• Mill Farm Honey

  Local Oxfordshire honey produced at Mill Farm, sold at Farmer Gows farm shop and tearoom.

• Starling Apiary Honey / The Wild Baker

  Ewelme, Oxfordshire

  Small-scale hobby beekeeper in Ewelme, Oxfordshire, selling local raw honey in glass jars.

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