We are a family-run dairy farm based in Elvington, York, which milks 245 free-range pedigree Jersey Cows.

We were awarded best herd on inspection in both 2020 & 2021 in the Yorkshire Country Milk recorded herds competition.

The Shaw family have been farming at Grey Leys Farm since 1876, now the farm is in its fifth generation and David runs the farm with his wife, Anne, and daughter Helen. While David was at college he conducted work experience at a farm in Devon where he fell in love with Jersey Cows. He proceeded to buy 13 heifers from a sale in Totnes in 1968, he brought them back to Elvington and this was the start of the Greyleys herd. David and Anne have grown the herd together for over 50 years and they now have over 245 pedigree cows and over 170 young stock, with many of the herd descending from the original 13.

Our award-winning Jersey milk is sold to Longley Farm, Huddersfield, where it is used to make various products including butter, cream, yoghurt and cottage cheese. We also pasteurise our own milk which can be purchased directly through our vending machines located on the Rydal Garage forecourt (Elvington) & the Balloon Tree Farm Shop & Café (Gate Helmsley).

Our friendly brown cows produce luxurious milk. It has a delicious rich and creamy flavour and a wonderful golden colour. It’s a natural source of protein, calcium, iodine, and vitamins, and our milk is never homogenised or standardised so the cream will rise to the top and you will find seasonal variation in flavour and colour. This must be why, in 2022, we won the 2 Star Great Taste Award. Its award winning milk “like milk used to taste”.