Guidance
Recognised breed societies for ovine species
Updated 11 October 2024
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| Name of breed society or competent authority | Name of the breed | Geographical territory of each approved breeding programme | Date of approval | Suspension, withdrawal and time limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltex Sheep Society Holme House Dale Ainstable Carlisle Cumbria CA4 9RH Telephone: 01768 870 524 Email: office@beltex.co.uk Website: beltexsheepsociety.co.uk |
Beltex Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 November 2018 | |
| Blackface Sheep Breeders’ Association Woodhead of Mailer Perth Perthshire PH2 0QA Telephone and fax: 01738 634 018 Telephone: 07768 820 405 Email: aileen@scottish-blackface.co.uk Website: scottish-blackface.co.uk |
Blackface Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 February 1991 | |
| Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Breeders’ Association Ty’n y Mynydd Boduan Pwllheli Gwynedd LL53 8PZ Telephone: 07511 653 715 Email: enquiries@blackwelshmountain.org.uk Website: blackwelshmountain.org.uk |
Black Welsh Mountain Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Border Leicester Sheep Breeders Carton Croft Dalbeattie DG5 4NH Telephone: 01556 660 155 Telephone: 07902 855 440 Email: secretary@borderleicesters.co.uk Website: borderleicesters.co.uk |
Border Leicester Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 February 1991 | |
| British Berrichon Sheep Society Tregwynt Three Ashes Hereford HR2 8LY Telephone and fax: 01989 770 071 Email: berrichon@btconnect.com Website: berrichonsociety.com |
Berrichon Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| British Bleu De Maine Sheep Society Longwood Farm Trostery Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1LA Telephone: 01291 673 816 Fax: 01291 673 889 Email: jane@bleudumaine.co.uk Website: bleudumaine.co.uk |
Bleu Du Maine Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| British Charollais Sheep Society Youngmans Road Wymondham Norfolk NR18 0RR Telephone: 01953 603 335 Email: carroll@charollaissheep.com Website: charollaissheep.com |
Charollais Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 March 2016 | |
| British Friesland Sheep Society Weir Park Farm Waterwell Lane Christow Exeter EX6 7PB Telephone: 01647 252 549 Email: peter@baber.co.uk |
British Friesland Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| British Polwarth Sheep Breeders Association Painswick Lodge Painswick Gloucestershire GL6 6UA Telephone and fax: 01452 813 433 Email: ginnydavid@quercufbluff.freeserve.co.uk |
Polwarth Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| British Rouge Sheep Society Ltd 2 Wood Cottages Newmachar Aberdeen AB21 0UE Telephone: 01651 862 920 Email: Secretary@rouge-society.co.uk Website: rouge-society.co.uk |
British Rouge Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Cheviot Sheep Society Carlenrig Farm Teviothead Hawick Scotland TD9 0LH Telephone: 01450 850 218 Email: secretary@cheviotsheep.org Website: cheviotsheep.org |
Cheviot Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 February 1991 | |
| Cotswold Sheep Society 47 King Georges Field Stow on the Wold Gloucestershire GL54 1AS Telephone: 01451 830 461 Email: info@cotswoldsheepsociety.co.uk Email: davinastanhope@gmail.com Website: cotswoldsheepsociety.co.uk |
Cotswold Sheep | England, Wales | 1 November 2018 | |
| Cymdeithas Defaid Iseldir Lliw - Coloured Down Sheep Association Preswylfa Llanwrda Carmarthenshire SA19 8AA Email: coloureddowns@gmail.com Website: coloureddownsa.co.uk |
Coloured Down Sheep | United Kingdom | 8 February 2024 | |
| Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association (DSBA) Meads Farm Harford Ivybridge Devon PL21 0JQ Email: secretary@greyface-dartmoor.org.uk Website: greyface-dartmoor.org.uk |
Greyface Dartmoor Sheep | United Kingdom | 4 January 2019 | |
| Devon Closewool Sheep Breeders’ Society School Farm East Down Barnstaple Devon EX31 4LX Telephone: 01271 850 298 Email: devonclosewoolsheep@gmail.com Website: devonclosewool.com |
Devon Closewool Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Dorset Down Sheep Breeders’ Association Havett Farm Dobwalls Liskeard Cornwall PL14 6HB Telephone: 01579 320 273 Email: secretary@dorsetdownsheep.org.uk Website: dorsetdownsheep.org.uk |
Dorset Down Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Dorset Horn and Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders’ Association Agriculture House Acland Road Dorchester Dorset DT1 1EF Telephone: 01305 262 126 Email: dorsetsheep@xlnmail.com Website: dorsetsheep.org.uk |
Dorset Horn Poll Dorset | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 January 2015 | |
| Dutch Spotted Sheep Society Parkhills Farm Mugginton Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 4PP Telephone: 07818 131 242 Email: secretary@dutchspottedsheep.co.uk Website: dutchspottedsheep.co.uk |
Dutch Spotted Sheep | United Kingdom | 28 July 2017 | |
| Exmoor Horn Sheep Breeders Society Cornercott Oldways End East Anstey Tiverton Devon EX16 9JQ Telephone: 01398 341 372 Telephone: 07977 058 141 Email: info@exmoorhornbreeders.co.uk Website: exmoorhornbreeders.co.uk |
Exmoor Horn Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders’ Association Plan Farm Kingarth Isle of Bute PA20 9LX Telephone: 01700 831 652 Email: gayle@hampshiredown.org.uk Website: hampshiredown.org.uk |
Hampshire Down Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 November 2018 | |
| Hebridean Sheep Society Knox Mill Harrogate HG3 2AE Telephone: 07717 803 037 Email: eric.medway@hebrideansheep.org.uk Website: hebrideansheep.org.uk |
Hebridean Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 October 2017 | |
| Herdwick Sheep Breeders’ Association Pam Pollock Low Braithwaite Farm Ivegill Cumbria CA20 1NP Telephone: 01697473606 Mobile: 07941297669 Email: secretary@herdwicks.org.uk Website: herdwick-sheep.com |
Herdwick Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 January 2015 | |
| Jacob Sheep Society Camster Fold Aston Stafford ST18 9LJ Telephone: 01785 282 818 Email: secretary@jacobsheep.org.uk Website: jacobsheepsociety.com |
Jacob Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Leicester Longwool Sheep Breeders’ Association Berkeley House 8 Magdalan Close Syresham Northamptonshire NN13 5YF Telephone: 01280 850 206 Email: elaine.oliver@oohd.co.uk Website: llsba.co.uk |
Leicester Longwool Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 October 2015 | |
| Lincoln Longwool Sheep Breeders’ Association The Lincolnshire Showground Grange De Lings Lincoln LN2 2NA Telephone: 01522 568 660 Email: enquiries@lincolnlongwools.co.uk Website: lincolnlongwools.co.uk |
Lincoln Longwool Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Llanwenog Sheep Society Neuaddlwyd Uchaf Ciliau Aeron Aberaeron Ceredigion SA48 7RE Telephone: 01545 570 501 Email: secretary@llanwenog-sheep.co.uk Website: llanwenog-sheep.co.uk |
Llanwenog Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Lleyn Sheep Society Gwyndy Bryncroes, Sarn Pwllheli Gwynedd LL53 8ET Telephone: 01758 720 684 Email: office@lleynsheep.com Website: lleynsheep.com |
Lleyn Sheep | United Kingdom | 29 November 2018 | |
| North Country Cheviot Sheep Society Alandale Kirkby Thore Penrith Cumbria CA10 1UE Telephone: 01768 362 893 Telephone: 07834 817 710 Email: secretary@nc-cheviot.co.uk Website: nc-cheviot.co.uk |
North Country Cheviot (NCC) Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Ouessant Sheep Society Germoe Veor Germoe Penzance Cornwall TR20 9QX Telephone: 01736 761 859 Email: chair@ouessantsheep.org.uk Website: ouessantsheep.org.uk |
Ouessant Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 4 October 2021 | |
| Oxford Down Sheep Breeders Association Northfield School Lane Bronington Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 3HN Telephone: 07527 991 776 Email: secretary@oxforddownsheep.org.uk Website: oxforddownsheep.org.uk |
Oxford Down Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 6 November 1996 | |
| Rare Breeds Survival Trust Stoneleigh Park Nr Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2LG Telephone: 024 7669 6551 Fax: 024 7669 6706 Email: enquiries@rbst.org.uk Website: rbst.org.uk |
Boreray, Castlemilk Moorit, Manx Loaghtan, Norfolk Horn, North Ronaldsay, Portland, Soay, Whitefaced Woodland | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Rough Fell Sheep Breeders’ Association 7 Pastures Green Patrick Brompton Bedale DL8 1LE Telephone: 01539 623 256 Telephone: 07979 142 809 Email: amandajdenver@outlook.com Website: roughfellsheep.com |
Rough Fell Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 November 2018 | |
| Ryeland Flock Book Society Ty’n y Mynydd Farm Boduan Pwllheli Gwynedd LL53 8PZ Telephone: 01758 721 898 Email: info@ryelandfbs.com Website: ryelandfbs.com |
Ryeland Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 June 2012 | |
| Shropshire Sheep Breeders Association 1 Dam Lane Croft Cheshire WA3 7HE Telephone: 01925 765 304 Email: secretary@shropshire-sheep.co.uk Website: shropshire-sheep.co.uk |
Shropshire Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 November 2018 | |
| Southdown Sheep Society Meens Farm Capps Lane All Saints Halesworth Suffolk IP19 0PD Telephone: 01986 782 251 Fax: 01986 782 416 Email: secretary@southdownsheepsociety.co.uk Website: southdownsheepsociety.co.uk |
Southdown Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 November 2018 | |
| Suffolk Sheep Society Unit 19, Ballymena Business Centre Fenaghy Road Galgorm Ballymena Co Antrim BT42 1FL Telephone: 028 2563 2342 Fax: 028 2563 2739 Email: barrieturner@suffolksheep.org Website: suffolksheep.org |
Suffolk Sheep | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland | 1 November 2018 | |
| Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association Ridding’s Farm Reeth Richmond North Yorkshire DL11 6UR Telephone: 07958 540 749 Email: rachel@swaledale-sheep.com Website: swaledale-sheep.com |
Swaledale Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 November 2018 | |
| Teeswater Sheep Breeders’ Association Ebor House 91 Galgate Barnard Castle Co Durham DL12 8ES Telephone: 07968 218 470 Email: davinastanhope@gmail.com Website: teeswatersheep.co.uk |
Teeswater Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 4 November 2021 | |
| Texel Sheep Society Unit 74, 4th Street Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth Warwickshire CV8 2LG Telephone: 024 7669 6629 Email: office@texel.co.uk Website: texel.uk |
Texel Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 May 2016 | |
| Valais Blacknose Society Armstrong Watson Milburn House Hexam Business Park Burnlane Hexam Northumberland NE46 3RU Telephone: 01434 375550 Fax: 01434 375555 Email: info@valaisblacknosesociety.co.uk Email: secretary@valaisblacknosesociety.co.uk Website: valaisblacknosesociety.co.uk |
Valais Blacknose Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 December 2015 | |
| Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders’ Association Todd Fall Farm Redworth Darlington Durham DL2 2XG Telephone: 07949 989 976 Email: secretary@wlsba.co.uk Website: wlsba.co.uk |
Wensleydale Longwool Sheep | United Kingdom | 1 May 2015 | |
| Whiteface Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association Westcotts 96 High Street Credition Devon EX17 3LB Telephone: 07816 636 435 Email: randrendacott@gmail.com Website: whitefacedartmoorsheep.org.uk |
Whiteface Dartmoor Sheep | England | 10 October 2024 | |
| Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society Crouchley Hall Farm Crouchley Lane Lymm Cheshire WA13 0AT Telephone: 0844 800 1029 Email: info@wiltshirehorn.org.uk Website: wiltshirehorn.org.uk |
Wiltshire Horn Sheep | England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland | 1 November 2018 |