A proper dairy farm shop just outside Portrush, where the milk still comes in glass bottles — pull in at the Milk Hut for fresh milk, thick Greek-style yogurt and a mad-good milkshake, then raid the honesty shop for farm-reared beef and local treats.
What to grab — fresh milk in reusable glass bottles straight from the vending machines, thick Greek-style yogurt, and milkshakes in flavours like chocolate and bubblegum. The Honesty Farm Shop stocks their own beef from the dairy herd, fresh bread, veg and local produce.
How it works — it's mostly self-service: the Milk Hut vending machines take card, and the little farm shop runs partly on an honesty box, so bring a card or a few coins.
How long — a quick 10–30 minute pull-in; grab-and-go, or sit a minute at the cable-reel tables by the cow-print wall — a favourite photo spot.
When — the milk hut keeps long hours daily; the honesty shop keeps shorter ones, so check the day on chestnuttsfarm.co.uk before a special trip.
Bring — a cool bag for the drive home and a card or coins; the glass bottles are reusable, so bring them back next time.
It's a farm shop, not a play farm. There's no petting zoo or play area here — just genuinely good farm-made dairy and an honest, friendly stop on the coast road. Perfect paired with a beach or a castle nearby.
Plan your stop
A five-minute detour worth making
Chestnutt's sits just off the road between Portrush and Ballymoney, an easy hop while you're doing the Causeway Coast. The self-service Milk Hut is the draw — glass bottles of fresh milk, milkshakes and those famous tubs of thick Greek-style yogurt from the vending machines — and beside it the Honesty Farm Shop carries their own beef, fresh bread and local produce. It's free to pull in, there's parking at the door, and you pay only for what you lift. Hours vary between the hut and the shop, so check the day on chestnuttsfarm.co.uk before a special trip.
Fresh milk, yogurt & milkshakesFarm-reared beef & local produceFree parking at the doorCard & honesty box
Good to pair:
Chestnutt's is a lovely quick stop on the way to the beaches and castles of the north coast — grab a bottle of milk and a tub of yogurt and make it part of a bigger Causeway Coast day.
Good to know
Everything before you pull in
What it is
A working dairy farm shop just outside Portrush, with a self-service Milk Hut of vending machines and an Honesty Farm Shop. Free to visit; you pay for what you buy.
What to buy
Fresh milk in reusable glass bottles, thick Greek-style yogurt, and milkshakes in flavours like chocolate and bubblegum from the Milk Hut. The Honesty Farm Shop carries their own beef (from the dairy herd), fresh bread, veg and local produce.
Hours
The Milk Hut keeps long hours every day; the Honesty Farm Shop keeps shorter hours. They can change with the season, so check the day on chestnuttsfarm.co.uk or their social pages before a special trip.
Paying
The Milk Hut vending machines take card; the farm shop runs partly on an honesty box, so it's handy to carry a card and a few coins.
How long
A quick stop — 10 to 30 minutes. Grab-and-go, or pause at the cable-reel tables by the cow-print wall for a photo.
Parking
Free parking right at the hut.
Best for
A tasty, authentic pull-in on a Causeway Coast day — all ages. It's a shop, not a play farm, so pair it with a nearby beach or castle.
Getting there
211 Ballybogey Road, Portrush BT56 8NE — a short run inland from Portrush, easy to fold into a north-coast drive.
Questions
Before you go
What's the Milk Hut?
It's the self-service cabin where you buy fresh milk in reusable glass bottles, plus milkshakes and thick Greek-style yogurt, straight from vending machines that take card. Bring a bottle back next time and refill it.
Is there anything for the kids to do?
It's a farm shop rather than a play farm — no petting zoo or play area — but little ones love the glass-bottle milk, the milkshakes and the cow-print photo wall. It's a great quick stop between a beach and a castle.
Do I need cash?
The Milk Hut vending machines take card, but the Honesty Farm Shop runs partly on an honesty box, so it's worth carrying a card and a few coins.
When is it open?
The Milk Hut keeps long hours daily; the farm shop keeps shorter ones and they can shift with the season. Check the day on chestnuttsfarm.co.uk before a special trip.
Is it worth the detour?
For proper farm-fresh milk and that famous yogurt, absolutely — it's a five-minute hop off the coast road and a genuinely good, honest little stop.
Getting there
211 Ballybogey Road, Portrush, BT56 8NE — a short run inland from Portrush, with free parking right at the Milk Hut.
The Chestnutt family have farmed the land at Ballybogey, just inland from Portrush, for generations — the sign on the Milk Hut proudly reads est. 1913. For most of that time it was a dairy farm like any other; what changed is that they opened the gate and let you buy the milk straight from the source.
Today the self-service Milk Hut fills reusable glass bottles with fresh milk, whirs out milkshakes, and turns out tubs of the thick Greek-style yogurt that's built a devoted local following. Beside it, the Honesty Farm Shop sells beef from the same dairy herd along with bread, veg and local produce — a small, genuine, farm-to-doorstep stop that's become a favourite pause on the Causeway Coast run.
It's nothing flashy, and that's the charm of it: real milk in a glass bottle, an honesty box, a cow-print wall for a photo, and the good feeling of buying straight from the family who milked the cow.