simon with his dairy cows at yester farm

About Jackie & Simon

Yester Mains Cottage is run by husband and wife team Jackie and Simon McCreery, operating alongside the family farm at Yester Mains.

The farm is a dairy farm so you’re surrounded by lush grassland and gorgeous grazing dairy cows when you stay with us at Yester Mains.

The cottage sits in the beautiful countryside surrounding our farm - it’s charming, relaxing and the perfect get away from day to day life!

Yester Farm Dairies.

Yester Farm Dairies.

dairy cow

Our cows are very important to us so we look after them well. All our cows enjoy time out at grass on the lush East Lothian pastures but they are also fed a nutritionally balanced diet which includes grass or silage (mowed grass), wheat and barley all harvested from our farm.

Once milking is finished on the farm the milk can be piped straight from the milking parlour to our modern pasteurisation plant and cheese room on-site where we produce an artisan range of soft cheeses, cottage cheese, yoghurts, creme fraiche, soured cream and fior di latte mozzarella. 

The freshness of our milk makes really superior products. We hand-make everything on the family farm ensuring the freshest possible product for our customers, keeping food miles low and offering full traceability.