Five Counties is a combination of five English cheeses: Cheddar, Cheshire, Derby, Double Gloucester and Red Leicester. The five types of cheese are combined in alternating layers alternated in layers of yellow/orange and white.
"Five Counties" is manufactured by the Ilchester Cheese Company and is a registered trade mark of that company.
A similar cheese combination is marketed by Coombe Castle International as Saxon Shire or Saxon Shires.
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