THEY are one of the nation’s favourite delicacies - but to find the best pork pie anywhere in Lancashire you just need to head to the main road out of Colne.

Whiteside’s Butchers, in Keighley Road, has been crowned the best premium pork pie maker for the county during the sixth annual Great Northern Pork Pie Competition.

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Whiteside’s, which also achieved the same feat at an earlier contest, was the best Red Rose entry with its traditional pork pie, chosen by the competition judges.

They included pork pie aficionados from both counties, including Colne born and bred Janet Green, of Farmhouse Fare in Skipton, whose products were judge supreme champions the previous four years.

Baker Glen Whiteside, the shop’s pie maker in chief, said: “We are chuffed to bits with our repeat success in this prestigious contest.

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“Our award-winning pork pies are available over the counter on a daily basis.

“We don’t make them any different just because it is a special event.”

The Great Northern Pork Pie Competition is an annual Roses ‘battle’ open to Yorkshire and Lancashire butchers, farm shops and bakers who make their own pies on their own premises.

It was run alongside the 2014 Christmas primestock shows at Skipton Auction Mart The shop was pipped to the prize of overall Supreme champion by Ingfield Farm Shop in Southowram, near Halifax, with its speciality eating pie – a pork, cheese and chutney creation.

At the end of the day all the pork pies, fruit cakes, Scotch eggs and sausage rolls entered were donated, along with donations by others bakers, and auctioned off to enthusiastic bidders.

Around £3,500 was raised for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope and Brooklands School in Skipton.