Must-see shopping in Yorkshire

  • Courtyard Dairy

    Yorkshire Dales National Park

    This cheesemongers and cafe in a huddle of old stone barns is the place to come for farmhouse cheeses in the Yorkshire Dales. Owners Andy and Kathy…

  • Fortune's Kippers

    Whitby

    Fortune's has been making kippers (smoked herring) at this little smokehouse since 1872, and still turns out some of Britain's best; they're on the…

  • Victoria Gate entrance off Vicar Lane

    Victoria Gate

    Leeds

    This swanky new mall, an adjunct to the historic Victoria Quarter arcade, is worth a look for its striking diamond-patterned design, intended to pay…

  • Leeds, England, UK

    Victoria Quarter

    Leeds

    The mosaic-paved, stained-glass-roofed Victoria Quarter shopping arcade, between Briggate and Vicar Lane, is well worth visiting for aesthetic reasons…

  • The magnificent Victorian interior of the Corn Exchange with table tennis below.

    Corn Exchange

    Leeds

    The dramatic Corn Exchange, built in 1863 to house grain-trade merchants, has a wonderful wrought-iron roof that today shelters a fine collection of…

  • Trinity Leeds sits under a ginormous glass atrium

    Trinity Leeds

    Leeds

    Trinity is Leeds' biggest shopping mall – a soaring glass and steel temple of consumerism. As well as all the usual high-street outlets, look out for…

  • Berties of Bay

    North York Moors National Park

    A beautiful home and clothing boutique in Robin Hood's Bay's old town that has shot to fame for its heritage gansey jumpers knitted to a traditional local…

  • Kirkgate Market

    Leeds

    Britain's largest covered market sells fresh meat, fish, and fruit and vegetables, as well as household goods, and now boasts a popular new street-food…

  • The Shop That Must Not Be Named

    York

    Casting a spell over Harry Potter fans, this shop opened on the Shambles – the street said to be the inspiration for Diagon Alley – in 2017. Wands? Tick…

  • Shambles Market

    York

    Yorkshire cheeses, Whitby fish and local meat make good fodder for self-caterers at this anything-goes market behind the Shambles, which also touts arts,…

  • Fossgate Books

    York

    A classic, old-school secondhand bookshop, with towers of books on the floor and a maze of floor-to-ceiling shelves crammed with titles covering every…

  • Harvey Nichols

    Leeds

    The biggest name in the city's upmarket Victoria Quarter shopping mall is undoubtedly Harvey Nichols, a famous boutiquey UK department store selling…

  • Antiques Centre

    York

    A Georgian town house with a veritable maze of rooms and corridors, showcasing the wares of about 120 dealers selling everything from lapel pins and…

  • Hunters of Helmsley

    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…

  • Ken Spelman Booksellers

    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…

  • Red House

    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…

  • Hildoceras

    Whitby

    Fascinating gift shop selling all kinds of stuff, including fossils, minerals, crystals, preserved insects, jewellery and leather goods.

  • Thomas of Helmsley

    North York Moors National Park

    A butcher and deli specialising in local produce, including delicious homemade sausages. Run by the chain Thomas the Bakers.