Colin Dawson Ltd — Dairy & Electrical Engineers, Cumbria
Milking parlours installed, serviced and repaired across Cumbria, South West Scotland and North Lancashire. Agricultural, domestic and industrial electrics across Cumbria, Monday to Friday. And an agricultural supplies counter at High Mill, Langwathby.
Proud suppliers & installers of the leading dairy technology brands
What we do
Dairy engineers, electricians and agricultural supplies — from High Mill at Langwathby
Dairy engineering
Dairy Engineers
Conventional and rotary milking parlours installed, serviced and repaired across Cumbria, South West Scotland and North Lancashire. Breakdown cover 24 hours a day.
The Eden Valley, the Solway Plain and the dairy country over the border into Dumfries & Galloway milk twice a day, every day of the year. Conventional or rotary, new or thirty years old, the plant has to work.
Colin Dawson Ltd installs, services and repairs milking parlours from High Mill at Langwathby. Our own engineers do the work, backed by the dairy spares counter in the shop.
When a parlour stops, it's a breakdown, not an appointment. The line is answered 24 hours a day for dairy work. When you call, we'll get to you as soon as we possibly can, and keep you informed until we do. Dairy engineering services
Agricultural supplies
The counter at High Mill, Langwathby
Feed, dairy hygiene chemicals, parlour liners and dairy spares, wellies and the everyday hardware a working farm gets through — stocked by the same firm that services the parlours.
New on the shelves: pet food for dogs, cats and wild birds, and household basics like toilet roll, kitchen roll and washing-up liquid. Handy to pick up while you're in for feed, fencing or parlour consumables.
Open Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00. Ring ahead on 01768 889084 and we'll have your order ready.
When you call, we'll get to you as soon as we possibly can. We won't promise a time we can't keep — but we will keep you informed, and a working parlour is always the priority.
Colin Dawson Ltd, Langwathby
Where we work
Cumbria, South West Scotland and North Lancashire
We work Cumbria-wide from our base at Langwathby, near Penrith — this is county-radius work, not a ten-mile patch. Dairy engineering regularly goes further, into South West Scotland and North Lancashire. If you're not sure whether we cover you, ring 01768 889084 and ask.
Cumbria
Penrith, Carlisle, Wigton, Appleby, Kirkby Stephen, Cockermouth, Kendal, Brampton, Keswick, Shap, and Langwathby and the Eden Valley villages.
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South West Scotland
Annan, Lockerbie, Gretna and Dumfries, across Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders.
Dairy engineering
North Lancashire
Dairy farms across North Lancashire — ring and we'll tell you straight whether we cover you.
Dairy engineering
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do you really answer the breakdown line 24 hours a day?
Yes — for dairy breakdowns. The 24-hour dairy breakdown line is a working service, not an answering machine. If your parlour is down, ring 01768 889084 at any hour, any day. Electrical work is Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm.
What does Colin Dawson Ltd actually do?
Three things: dairy engineering (conventional and rotary milking parlour installation, servicing and breakdown repairs), electrical work (agricultural, domestic and industrial installations and testing), and an agricultural supplies shop at Langwathby.
Which areas do you cover?
All of Cumbria, working from Langwathby near Penrith — including Carlisle, Appleby, Kirkby Stephen, Kendal, Wigton, Brampton, Keswick and Cockermouth. Dairy engineering work regularly goes wider into South West Scotland and North Lancashire.
How long has the firm been going?
Colin Dawson Ltd was established in 1993. The firm works from High Mill at Langwathby, near Penrith.
Talk to the firm, not a call centre
One number for the office, the shop and the engineers
