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Farm Shop Saintfield, Co. Down

Millbank Farm Shop

The shop of a Killinchy farm that has worked the same land since 1889, on the main street in Saintfield.

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Mon–Sat, 9am–5.30pmClosed Sundays
Free to visitPay for what you buy
Main StreetSaintfield, Co. Down
Get directions Official website
20–30 minHow long
All agesBest for
IndoorsOn the main street
On streetParking
Mon–SatClosed Sun

A family who have farmed the same Killinchy land since 1889 and spent years supplying the supermarkets — then opened their own shop on Saintfield main street and started selling it themselves.

  • What you'll do — buy fresh fruit and veg with the prices chalked on boards, plus local produce and cheese cut at the counter. It's a proper greengrocer's shop rather than a gift barn.
  • How long — twenty minutes. It's on the main street, so it slots into a walk round Saintfield rather than needing its own trip.
  • Closed on Sundays. Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm — a longer day than most farm shops manage.
  • Sixth generation — the farm at Killinchy rears sheep, broiler chickens and Highland cows, and grows seasonal flowers for summer events. The shop is the shop window for all of it.
  • Rowallane Garden is a minute away — the National Trust garden is barely a mile up the road, which makes the pair of them a very easy morning.
  • Worth knowing — 4.7 out of 5 from 74 Google reviews. Small shop, high scores, which usually means the produce is turning over fast.
Plan your visit

A greengrocer's on the main street, six days a week

Millbank opens Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm, and is closed Sunday. It sits on Saintfield's Main Street rather than out a farm lane, so you park on the street and walk in — which makes it the easiest of all the farm shops to fit into a normal day. No booking, no café; this is a shop. Combine it with Rowallane Garden, which is about a mile away, and you have a proper morning. Ring 028 9751 2692 if you want to check what's in.

Mon–Sat · 9am–5.30pm Fruit, veg & local produce Cheese cut at the counter Farmed at Killinchy since 1889 On-street parking
Pair it with Rowallane:

Millbank is twenty minutes of your day, not a morning. But the National Trust garden at Rowallane is about a mile up the road, and Hinch Distillery is five minutes the other way — so the shop is the good bit at the start or end of a proper day out rather than the whole of it. Stock changes with the season and the boards are chalked fresh, so what's there today may not be there next week.

What's on site

What's on the shelves

  • 🥬Fruit and vegSeasonal produce in wooden crates with the prices chalked up — leeks, cabbage, carrots, rhubarb, tomatoes, whatever the week has brought.
  • 🧀The counterCheese cut from the whole round rather than shrink-wrapped, alongside the deli end of the shop.
  • 🚜Their own farmSheep, broiler chickens and Highland cows on the land at Killinchy, plus seasonal flowers grown for summer events.
  • 🏘️It's in the villageOn Saintfield Main Street rather than down a lane, so you can do the shop, the garden and lunch without moving the car twice.
Good to know

Everything before you go

Cost
Free to walk in. You pay for what you buy.
Opening
Monday to Saturday, 9am–5.30pm. Closed Sunday.
What's stocked
Fresh fruit and vegetables, local produce, and cheese cut at the counter.
The farm
Millbank is a sixth-generation family farm at Killinchy, farming the same land since 1889 — sheep, broiler chickens and Highland cows, with seasonal flowers grown for summer events.
Background
They supplied supermarkets for many years before opening the farm shop to sell direct.
Parking
On-street in Saintfield.
Food
No café — this is a shop. Saintfield has places to eat within a couple of minutes' walk.
Dogs
We haven't been able to confirm a dog policy in the shop — ring and ask, or leave them with somebody outside on the street.
Accessibility
Street-level entrance from Main Street. For anything specific, a quick call is the surest answer.
Reputation
4.7 out of 5 from 74 Google reviews.
Contact
028 9751 2692 · millbankfarm.com
Questions

Before you go

Where exactly is it?
On Main Street in Saintfield, not out at the farm — the farm itself is at Killinchy. That's what makes it easy: you park on the street and walk in.
Is it open on Sundays?
No. Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5.30pm.
Is there a café?
No, it's a shop. Saintfield has places to eat a short walk away, and Rowallane Garden a mile up the road has a tea room.
Is the produce actually from their farm?
The farm at Killinchy rears sheep, broiler chickens and Highland cows and grows flowers, and the shop is its shop window — alongside other local produce. It's a working farm's shop rather than a farm-themed one.
How long have they been farming?
The same land at Killinchy since 1889, six generations. They supplied supermarkets for years before deciding to sell direct.
What should I do with the rest of the day?
Rowallane Garden is about a mile away and is the obvious pairing. Hinch Distillery and Rademon Estate Distillery are both a short run for the adults.
Getting there

Millbank Farm Shop, 30 Main Street, Saintfield BT24 7AA — in the middle of the village, with on-street parking.

Directions on Google Maps Official website See it on our map

Check what's in this week: 028 9751 2692

Nearby

Make more of the day

Rowallane GardenNational Trust · 1 mile Hinch DistilleryTours & tasting · 5 min Rademon EstateShortcross Gin · 8 min Let's Go HydroWater park · 10 min
The story

Since 1889, and only recently selling it themselves

Six generations of the same family have farmed the same ground at Killinchy since 1889. Sheep, broiler chickens, Highland cows, and in the summer, flowers grown for events. For a long stretch of that they were a trusted supplier to the supermarkets, which is a decent living and an anonymous one — your food ends up in a crate with somebody else's name on the front of it.

The shop on Saintfield Main Street changed that. It's the farm's own outlet, selling fresh fruit and veg and local produce direct, with the prices chalked on little boards over the crates and cheese cut from the round at the counter. Nothing about it is trying to be a visitor attraction, which is exactly why it works.

And because it's on the main street rather than down a farm lane, it does something the others can't: it becomes part of an ordinary day. Park in the village, buy the dinner, walk up to Rowallane Garden for the afternoon.

Go on a Saturday morning, buy whatever is chalked up biggest, and ask what came in that week. Somebody behind the counter will know, because somebody in the family grew it.

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