Glasgow
This innovative and upbeat West End store is a fine place to browse presents for folks back home, with everything from jewellery to homewares on offer.
Must-see shopping in The United Kingdom
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.
Snowdonia & the Llŷn
A lovely old-school book shop – just the place for maps, local history and antiquarian tomes. Generally closes for half an hour around lunchtime.
Derry (Londonderry)
This huge, four-level mall just outside the eastern city walls contains a Marks & Spencer, Eason bookshop and other high-street chain stores.
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.
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
Behind this boldly painted blue-and-red timber shopfront you'll find exquisite antiquarian maps and illustrative plates, many hand-coloured.
Bristol
Quality pre-loved items fill the racks of this boutique second-hand store which raises funds for creative projects in the local area.
Jersey
Over 200 years old, Jersey venerable market is a good place to browse for anything from fresh produce and local crafts to jewellery.
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.
Portree (Port Righ)
A sweet-smelling gift shop that specialises in handmade soaps and cosmetics made using natural ingredients and aromatherapy oils.
Cumbria & the Lakes
Fromage fans will be in seventh heaven at this fine cheese emporium, with a particular focus on producers from northern England.
Kirkwall
The Longship, established in 1859, has Orkney-made crafts, food, gifts and exquisite designer jewellery across adjacent shops.
Nottingham
Over 250,000 records (vinyl only; no CDs) cram every conceivable floor, wall and ceiling space at this music lover's nirvana.
Glasgow
There are always high-quality exhibitions and prints displayed at this well laid-out gallery. There's an entrance on King St.
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.
Isle of Skye Crafts@Over the Rainbow
Portree (Port Righ)
Crammed with colourful knitwear and cross-stitch kits, lambswool and cashmere scarves, plus all kinds of interesting gifts.
Belfast
You could lose hours browsing the crammed shelves of this secondhand bookshop, that's been in business since 1928.
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
A great opportunity to sample local cheese, honey, bread and fruit 'n' veg, and to meet the producers responsible.
Glasgow
This excellent basement wine shop has some very interesting choices, as well as a nice line in whiskies and gins.
Kirkwall
This absorbing shop has some fine handmade knitwear as well as an eclectic range of Orkney crafts and souvenirs.
Kirkwall
This bookshop, located on Kirkwall's main shopping street, has a great selection of local books and newspapers.
Plymouth
Some 200,000 secondhand volumes are wedged in over three creaking floors, making this a bookworm's delight.
Glasgow
With a little more breathing room than some of Glasgow's vintage shops, this one offers relaxed browsing.
Belfast
This compact shop spread over two floors is packed full with vintage clothing, shoes, records and books.
The Cairngorms
Drool over the manufacture of traditional Scottish sweeties at this confectioner's workshop and store.
Outer Hebrides
Smokehouse shop selling locally sourced, peat-smoked salmon, sea trout, scallops, lobster and mackerel.
South Cornwall
Browse for chic homewares, cards, wrapping paper and other lovely loot at this stylish shop.
Edinburgh
Men's and women's fashion, accessories and homewares from small, independent manufacturers.
South Cornwall
A treasure trove for vintage togs, from leather jackets to retro dresses and cowboy boots.
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
This lovely little store specialises in rare children's and illustrated books.
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.
Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire
Traditional salt-cured, air-dried ham – a local speciality.
Cardiff
Together with Castle Arcade (1882), High St (1885) and Duke St (1902) arcades make up the trio of arty indoor shopping spaces known as the Castle Quarter…
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…
Cardiff
The most decorative of the city's arcades, Castle Arcade houses Troutmark Books (with mainly secondhand tomes) and eateries Madame Fromage (self declared …
Cardiff
Located upstairs in the Castle Emporium, this small independent shop and art gallery is the place to go for eclectic prints by artists of small to medium…
