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Blue Stilton is perhaps the best known blue cheese produced in the UK but there are now more than 70 different blue cheeses being produced within the UK. Other notable British examples are Shropshire Blue, Blue Cheshire, Blue Wensleydale, Dovedale, Buxton Blue, Blacksticks Blue and even Blue Leicester!ften they have a rubbery texture such as Edam and will be sold at a relatively young age of a few months. Other examples would include St. Paulin and Port Salut and certain other cheeses where the rinds will be washed with brine, beer, wine or fruit juices to add character to the cheese during the maturation process.
One variety, though, has an EU protected designation as of 1996 (West Country farmhouse Cheddar cheese - PDO), and it is possible overtime that other regional varieties may apply as well. The only cheese-maker maker actually in Cheddar, Somerset is the Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company, founded in 2003 (extant as of 2011.) They make their cheddar using unpasteurised milk from local cows. The cheese is aged in rounds wrapped in linen, to allow it to breathe as it ages for up to a year.