North London
If you're searching for hard-to-find tomes on a progressive, radical, pacifist, feminist, socialist, communist or LGBTQ+ theme, this long-standing, not…
North London
If you're searching for hard-to-find tomes on a progressive, radical, pacifist, feminist, socialist, communist or LGBTQ+ theme, this long-standing, not…
North York Moors National Park
Offers a cornucopia of locally made chutneys, jams, beers, cheeses, bacon, gourmet pies and sausage rolls, jams, sweets and ice cream – a great place to…
Nottingham
Behind a black-painted facade, urban and street art are the focus of this small all-white space where emerging and established local and international…
Manchester Craft & Design Centre
Manchester
This award-winning centre (in a building dating from 1873) stocks jewellery, ceramics, bags and furnishings all handmade by local designers. There's also…
Cumbria & the Lakes
There's been a grocer here since 1793 and this endearingly old-fashioned deli is still the place to pick up treats such as local cheeses, homemade…
York
This fascinating shop has been selling rare, antiquarian and secondhand books since 1947. With an open fire crackling in the grate in winter, it's a…
South Cornwall
This up-and-coming Cornish surf brand started in Newquay, and designs all its own clothes, including hoodies, jackets, rucksacks, shirts – and surfboards,…
Manchester
Up-and-coming local designers get a chance to display their wares at this weekly market where you can pick up everything from purses to lingerie and hats…
York
The goods of about 60 antiques dealers are displayed in 10 showrooms spread over two floors, with items ranging from jewellery and porcelain to clocks and…
Liverpool
An extension of the Beatles Story museum, the Fab4 Store has a huge collection of Beatles merchandise; there's also a cafe.
Bristol
A community-run bike shop in Stokes Croft, which works with underprivileged and marginalised groups to repair and sell used bikes from around £130.
Manchester
If you're into retro, this terrific store has high-quality gear from the 1960s and ’70s. Shop in the knowledge that it's for a good cause.
Bristol
Quality pre-loved items fill the racks of this boutique second-hand store which raises funds for creative projects in the local area.
Bath
A treat for pre-loved clothing aficionados, the Yellow Shop is crammed with cowboy boots, chunky-knit sweaters and faded blue jeans.
The West End
Beautiful branch of the giant bookshop chain in a gorgeous 19th-century terracotta building in the heart of London university land.
The Lake District
High-end outdoor gear (including premium brands like Paramo, Icebreaker, Fjällraven and SmartWool) with very knowledgeable staff.
Cumbria & the Lakes
Fromage fans will be in seventh heaven at this fine cheese emporium, with a particular focus on producers from northern England.
Nottingham
Over 250,000 records (vinyl only; no CDs) cram every conceivable floor, wall and ceiling space at this music lover's nirvana.
The Lake District
A bookworm's delight, with a super selection of Lakeland-themed books, as well as scores of fiction and non-fiction titles.
Plymouth
Some 200,000 secondhand volumes are wedged in over three creaking floors, making this a bookworm's delight.
South Cornwall
Browse for chic homewares, cards, wrapping paper and other lovely loot at this stylish shop.
South Cornwall
A treasure trove for vintage togs, from leather jackets to retro dresses and cowboy boots.
The West End
This mecca for stamp- and coin-collectors has more than three million stamps.
The Lake District
This village chutney company sells an enormous choice of relishes and jams.
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Every Sunday, the stretch of Brick Lane between Buxton St and Bethnal Green Rd is closed to traffic so stallholders can set up shop. Stands of fried…
Oxford
Blackwell's split-level sibling store, all but opposite the main bookshop, specialises in reference books, coffee-table tomes, posters, cards and…
Oxford
A treasure trove of traditional butchers, fishmongers, cobblers, florists, barbers, coffee bars, restaurants and independent shops, Oxford’s 250-year-old…
Oxford
The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief opened its first-ever shop on Broad St in 1948 – and it’s still going strong, selling secondhand clothes, homewares…
London
For one of London's oddest shopping experiences, pass through security and descend 12m into the windowless subterranean depths of the London Silver Vaults…
Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9¾
North London
Pottermania refuses to die down and Diagon Alley remains impossible to find, but if you have junior witches and wizards seeking a wand of their own, take…
The West End
Run by the people behind the design and international current affairs magazine Monocle, this tiny (and attitudy) shop stocks very costly clothing, bags,…
Cadenhead's Whisky Shop & Tasting Room
The West End
Scotland's oldest independent bottler of pure, non-blended whisky from local distilleries, this shop is a joy for anyone with a passion for uisge-beatha …
The West End
Walking into this Japanese sweet shop is a mind-blowing experience. Wagashi (Japanese sweets) are made out of all sorts of rice and sweet red-bean paste …
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
Dedicated to simple and functional, yet scrumptiously stylish, traditional British and European homewares, Labour & Wait specialises in items by…
Kensington & Hyde Park
The motto 'One man's rubbish is another man's treasure' couldn't be truer in this part of London, where the 'rubbish' is made up of designer gowns,…
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
One of the capital's biggest vintage clothing stores, Atika has more than 20,000 hand-selected items for men and women covering the last four decades. The…
The West End
Edgy and exciting, this series of knocked-together shops on upmarket South Molton St is full of luxury threads and shoes from internationally renowned…
London
This modern, multilevel shopping centre is filled with places to eat for all budgets and all the usual chain-store suspects – and is thankfully open on…
The West End
James J Fox has been in business for over 230 years and any cigar merchant that kept Winston Churchill well supplied with maduros has to be a reliable…
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