Places to Shop
Shopping in the UK used to vary quite a lot from town to town: some places had their local specialities, which would be on sale everywhere, and and there would always be a few local stores that were at the very heart of their location . Now you often can't tell one place from another, with identikit high streets and boring chain stores ruling the roost, and where that's not the case the internet has made the lot of the indy retailer even more difficult. But it doesn't have to be that way. There are a few brave souls out there holding back the tides of mediocrity and doing a fantastic job – independently owned local businesses run by people with a passion for what they do, and who know their subject. It's these places that are helping the towns and cities of the UK to retain some of their vigour, not to mention making it easier and more more practical for most of us to find what we want. So help us to help them. Shop locally, from someone who knows what they're talking about, and you'll be doing your bit to make the landscape of Britain more interesting and, hey, more useful for us all!

Places to Shop
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Dalegate Market Shopping & Cafe
Burnham Deepdale Norfolk PE31 8FB
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Nauticalia
25 Nelson Road Greenwich London SE10 9JB
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Low Sizergh Barn
Low Sizergh Farm Low Sizergh Kendal LA8 8AE
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SHOP
32–34 Norman Road St Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex TN38 0EJ
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Five Leaves Bookshop
14A Long Row, Nottingham NG1 2DH
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Winchester Farmers’ Market
Middle Brook Street Winchester SO23 8DQ
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The Allotment Deli
30a Fore Street St Ives Cornwall TR26 1HE
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Brooks Collectables
7 Waterloo Road Blackpool FY4 1AF
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Cardiff Market
St Mary Street Cardiff CF1 2AU
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Country & Eastern
The Old Skating Rink Gallery 34-36 Bethel Street Norwich NR2 1NR
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The Galley
43 Lower St Horning Norfolk NR12 8AA
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House of Vintage
4 Cheshire Street, Spitalfields, London E2 6EH
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Vinegar Hill
11 Meer Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV376QB
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Bridport Market
South Street, Bridport
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Dundas Street
Dundas Street, Edinburgh
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Frankie Doodle
High Street Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6AG
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Havana House
52 Windsor Royal Station Windsor SL4 1PJ
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Jenners
48 Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 2YJ
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Kelly's Records
The Balcony Central Market Cardiff CF10 2AU
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Kingsgate Books & Prints
Kingsgate Arch College Street Winchester SO23 9PD
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Leakers Bakery
29 East Street, Bridport DT6 3JX2
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Lucky Seven
127 Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UH
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Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights
14–15 John Street Bath BA1 2JL
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Paul A Young
143 Wardour Street Soho London W1F 8WA
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Reeth Bakery
5 Silver Street Reeth North Yorkshire DL11 6SP
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Shades Music
214-218 Alcester Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8EY
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Snoopers Paradise
7-8 Kensington Gardens Brighton BN1 4AL
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Uber
6 St Margaret’s Buildings Brock St Bath BA1 2LP
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Albion Beatnik
34a Walton Street Oxford OX2 6AA
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Found
17 Argyle Street, Bath BA2 4BQ
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Melrose & Morgan
42 Gloucester Avenue NW1 8JD
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Painted Black
22 Veryan Court Park Road London N8 8JR
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Topping & Company
The Paragon Bath BA1 5LS
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Trevilley Farm Shop
Lane Newquay TR8 4PX
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Choccywoccydoodah
24 Duke St Brighton East Sussex BN1 1AG
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No.2 Pound Street
2 Pound Street Wendover Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP22 6EJ
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Vintage Market Stokes Croft
15-19 Stokes Croft BS1 3PY
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George Fisher
2 Borrowdale Road Keswick CA12 5DA
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Ottie & the Bea
12 Old Dover Rd Blackheath London SE3 7BT
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Alice’s Shop
83 St Aldates Oxford OX1 1RA
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The Organic Farm Shop
The Organic Farm Shop Abbey Home Farm Burford Road Cirencester GL7 5HF
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Blackwell's Bookshop
48–51 Broad Street OX1 3BQ
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Jarrolds Department Store
5 London Street Norwich NR2 1JF
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Rough Trade
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London E1 6QL
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Tombland Bookshop
8 Tombland Norwich NR3 1HF
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Vintage to Vogue
28 Milsom St Bath BA1 1DG
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T. Snook
30–32 West Street Bridport Dorset DT6 3QP
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Past Caring
54 Essex Road, Islington, London N1 8LR
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Sara Diggins Designs
Unit 4 Coast Screen Printing Studio Willings Passage Main Street Pembroke
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The Green Welly Stop
Tyndrum Perthshire FK20 8RY
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Diana Porter
33 Park Street, Bristol BS1 5NH
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Happy Days Vintage Homestore
Church Street Cowbridge CF71 7BB
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Durham Market Hall
Market Place Durham DH1 3NJ
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Sharnfold Farm
Hailsham Road Stone Cross Eastbourne East Sussex BN24 5BU
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Arnage Vintage
7 West Street Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9NQ
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Barter Books
Alnwick Station Alnwick NE66 2NP
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Bils & Rye
Nunnington Studios Low Street Nunnington North Yorkshire YO62 5UR
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Bird & Carter
3 Fish Row Salisbury SP1 1EX
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Corn Exchange
Call Lane, Leeds LS1 7BR
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Drewton's Farm Shop
South Cave HU15 2AG
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Ilfracombe Chocolate Emporium
6 High Street Ilfracombe EX34 9DF
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Kirkgate Market
Vicar Lane, Leeds LS2 7HY
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Kirkharle Lake and Courtyard
Kirkharle Courtyard Kirkwhelpington NE19 2PE
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The Little Sweet Shop
51A High Street Steyning West Sussex BN44 3RE