Masham’s family
butchers.
A traditional family butchers, run by Richard for over 40 years.
Whole carcass butchery, our own bakery, and a huge variety of homemade sausages — made fresh here in Masham, cut to order.
- Traditional Family Butchers
- Whole Carcass Butchery
- Local Farmer Relationships
- Own Bakery
- Dry Ageing Cabinet
Christmas Orders Now Open!
Get your Christmas dinner sorted with Beavers Butchers. From traditional Christmas turkeys and roasting joints to our popular festive hampers, pies and all the trimmings. Choose what you need, place your order online and collect from our Masham shop or select an available delivery option.
Proper Yorkshire
butchery.
For generations, Beavers Butchers has been part of everyday life in Masham. Richard took over the business from his grandad over 40 years ago, and the focus has always been simple: good produce, traditional butchery and friendly service.
Whether you’re calling in for your weekly shop, stocking up for a weekend in the Dales or looking for something special for Sunday lunch, you’re always welcome.
Tradition you can taste.
A traditional family butchers, doing things properly — from the carcass to the counter, and from the bakery to your basket.
Traditional family butchers
A proper family shop on Silver Street, run by the same family for generations.
Over 40 years in charge
Richard took over the business from his grandad over 40 years ago.
Direct relationships with farmers
We buy from farmers we know and trust — though not everything we sell is locally sourced.
Whole carcass butchery
Traditional butchery from whole carcasses, with preparation carried out by our own team.
Our own bakery
Handmade pies, freshly baked every morning in our bakery on site.
Homemade sausages
A huge variety of homemade sausages and flavours, made fresh in the shop.
Dry ageing cabinet
A dry ageing cabinet for the cuts that benefit from it.
This Week's Specials
BBQ Season?
Stock up on burgers, sausages, steaks, marinated chicken and BBQ packs — everything you need for a proper weekend in the Dales.
See This Week's SpecialsOne counter, the whole range.
Fresh meat, homemade sausages, savoury pies and bakery, ready meals, fruit pies, meat packs and the little extras from the shop.
Masham’s famous
sausages.
Handmade fresh in the shop using quality pork, fresh ingredients and carefully selected seasonings. The range changes through the year, with more than 30 flavours at peak times.
Cumberland
Made to our own recipe — our top seller and the one we're known for.
Allergens: Contains sulphur dioxide, cereals (wheat).
Pork & Black Pudding
Rich and peppery — a proper Dales favourite.
Allergens: Contains cereals (wheat), sulphur dioxide.
Baked here
every morning.
Handmade savoury pies, pastries and sausage rolls made in our own bakery — freshly baked every morning, along with our homemade fruit pies.
Try one while it’s still warm.
Make the weekly
shop easier.
A variety of meat packs designed to give you good-quality meat for several meals — from standard and economy packs to BBQ and winter warmer packs. Packs are requested by enquiry, and we'll confirm contents and price with you.
Standard Meat Pack
A week's worth of good-quality meat for the household.
Contents
A mix of beef, pork, lamb, sausages and a pie.
Economy Pack
Great value, same Beavers quality.
Contents
Belly pork, mince, sausages, chicken and stewing steak.
SeasonalBBQ Pack
Everything you need for a proper weekend BBQ.
Contents
Burgers, sausages, steaks, marinated chicken and ribs.
More than a shop.
As well as the counter, we supply trade customers, deliver locally and take our produce out to market.
Christmas Ordering
Christmas at Beavers.
Christmas products are offered in set packs. Order requests open once our approved Christmas details are published — register your interest in the meantime.
Straight from
the farmers.
We buy directly from farmers and suppliers we know, and we work with whole carcasses so the team can prepare every cut by hand. Not everything we sell is locally sourced — but where we can, we keep it close to home.
Michael Atkinson
Cattle from Kirkby Malzeard
Soanes Poultry
Yorkshire-reared chicken
Herb Fed
Free-range herb-fed poultry
Nidderdale Poultry
Nidderdale birds
N.
Yorkshire
Masham
Kirkby Malzeard
Reeth Market
Why people keep coming back.
“The quality of the meat is always spectacular, the sausages for one are worth travelling for. You can have exactly the cut or amount you want.”
Google reviewer
“Hats off to Beavers Butchers, Masham! Excellent pork pie today. Got a couple of pork pies, meat and potato and a sausage roll. All very tasty!”
Masham local
“Steak and stilton pie and turkey and leek both just amazing. Christmas sausage roll jam packed with loveliness. Absolute perfection as always from Beavers.”
Visitor
Where else to find Beavers.
Selected Beavers products are also available through local shops and other outlets across the Dales.
Come and see us.
You'll find us on Silver Street in the middle of Masham. Pop in for a chat, a sausage roll and your week's meat.
11 Silver Street, Masham, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 4DX
01765 689269
Food Hygiene Rating 5 – Very Good · inspected October 2025