Local UK Wool and Craft Shops
Crochet Unravelled is widely stocked by wool and craft shops in the United Kingdom. Below are some stockists listed by county and region. These local wool and craft shops are often an invaluable source of advice and information on knitting and crochet, so why not give them a visit?
This page was last updated in January 2020.
To find the retailer nearest to you, please scroll down or choose a region from this list:
- Aberdeenshire
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Berwickshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Ceredigion
- Cheshire
- Cleveland
- Cornwall
- Conwy
- Co Antrim
- Co Derry
- Co Down
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Dumbarton
- Edinburgh
Aberdeenshire
- The Yarn Studio
- 68A Market Place
- Inverurie
- Aberdeenshire
- AB51 3XN
- Wool for Ewe
- 83–85 Rosemount Place
- Aberdeen
- AB52 6QS
- www.woolforewe.com
- Baa . . .
- 43 Evans Street
- Stonehaven
- Aberdeenshire
- AB39 2ET
- www.baawool.co.uk
Bedfordshire
- My Sewing Basket
- 2 Queensway Parade
- Dunstable
- LU5 4DW
- www.mysewingbasket.co.uk
- Buttons Haberdashery
- 40 High Street
- Biggleswade
- SG18 0LJ
- buttonshaberdashery.yolasite.com
- Tudor Rose Patchwork
- Unit 1, Oakley Park
- Station Road
- Oakley
- Beds
- MK43 7RB
- www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk
Berkshire
- The Pincushion
- 1 St Mark’s Crescent
- Maidenhead
- Berkshire
- SL6 5DA
- www.thepincushion.co.uk
- The Barn Yarn
- The Old Grain Barn
- Moss End Village
- Maidenhead
- Berkshire
- RG42 6EJ
- thebarnyarn.co.uk
Berwickshire
Buckinghamshire
- The Nimble Thimble
- Meadows House
- 1D Well Street
- Buckingham
- Buckinghamshire
- MK18 1EW
- www.nimble–thimble.co.uk
- The Wool Nook
- 31c High Street
- Great Missenden
- Buckinghamshire
- www.thewoolnook.com
Cambridgeshire
- Backstitch
- Burwash Manor Barns
- New Road
- Barton
- Cambridgeshire
- CB23 7EY
- www.backstitch.co.uk
- Sew Much to Do
- 7 High Street Passage
- Ely
- Cambridgeshire
- CB7 4NB
- www.sewmuchtodo.co.uk
Ceredigion
- Clare Wools
- 13 Great Darkgate Street
- Aberystwyth
- Ceredigion
- SY23 1DE
- www.clarewools.co.uk
- Red Apple Yarn
- Old Post Office
- College Street
- Lampeter
- Ceredigion
- SA48 7DY
- www.redappleyarn.co.uk
- Rosemary’s Wool Shop
- Birmingham House
- 22 Alban Square
- Aberaeron
- SA46 0DB
- www.rosemaryswoolshop.co.uk
Cheshire
- Sew–In of Marple
- 46 Marple Street
- Marple
- Cheshire
- SK6 7AD
- www.myknittingyarnandwool.co.uk
- Stitch
- 3 Mill Street
- Nantwich
- Cheshire
- CW5 5ST
- www.stitchnantwich.co.uk
Cleveland
- Leven Crafts
- 7–8 Chaloner Mews
- Guisborough
- Cleveland
- www.levencrafts.co.uk
- Ripping Yarns
- 4 Dundas Street
- Saltburn–by–the–sea
- Cleveland
- www.rippingyarns.co
Co Antrim
- Parlour Yarns
- 38 Scotch Corner
- Carrickfergus
- Co Antrim
Co Derry
Cornwall
- Helen Sanderson at The Woolly Empire
- Tindle House
- 2 Trevanson Street
- Wadebridge
- Cornwall
- www.thewoollyempire.co.uk
- Needle & Thread
- 5 Fore Street
- Camelford
- Cornwall
- Sew & Fabric
- 1 Biddicks Court
- St Austell
- Cornwall
- PL25 5EW
- www.sewandfabric.co.uk
Conwy
- Find Me Knitting . . .
- Unit A2
- Royal Oak Stables
- Betws-y-coed
- CONWY
- www.findmeknitting.co.uk
- Knitting Bee & Craft
- 42 Sea View Road
- Colwyn Bay
- Conwy
- www.knittingbeeandcrafts.co.uk
County Down
Cumbria
Derbyshire
- Sew In of Buxton
- 1 Spring Gardens
- Buxton
- Derbyshire
- SK17 6BJ
- www.myknittingyarnandwool.co.uk
- Peak District Yarns
- www.peakdistrictyarns.co.uk
Devon
- Spin a Yarn
- 26 Fore Street
- Bovey Tracey
- Devon
- TQ13 9AD
- www.spinayarndevon.co.uk
- The Woolly Beader
- Red Lion Yard
- Okehampton
- Devon
- EX20 1AW
- www.woollybeader.co.uk
- Wool Tree
- 158 Plymstock Road
- Plymouth
- Devon
- PL9 7LL
- Tiverton Bead & Wool Shop
- 5 William Street
- Tiverton
- Devon
- www.beadandwoolshop.co.uk
- Fudge’s Wool and Haberdashery
- 28 Fore Street
- Cullompton
- Devon
- EX15 1JH
- www.fudgeswool.co.uk
- Knit and Stitch
- 56 Fore Street
- Torquay
- Devon
- www.knitstitchcraft.co.uk
- Soft Touch Needlecrafts
- 26 Pannier Market Road
- Tavistock
- Devon
- www.softtouchneedlecrafts.co.uk
- YARNS of Holsworthy
- 13 Victoria Square
- Holsworthy
- Devon
- EX22 6AA
Dorset
- Bournemouth Yarn Shop
- 1486 Wimbourne Road
- Kinson
- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- www.thewoolshopbournemouth.co.uk
- Fudge’s Wool and Haberdashery
- 17 Durngate Street
- Dorchester
- Dorset
- DT1 1JP
- www.fudgeswool.co.uk
- The Slipped Stitch
- 1 Cheap Street
- Sherbourne
- Dorset
- DT9 3PT
- www.theslippedstitch.co.uk
Dumbarton
- Threads
- 60 Glasgow Road
- Dumbarton
- G82 1HQ
- www.threadswoolshop.co.uk
- Craic’ n’ Yarn
- 15a Main Street
- Drymen
- Dumbarton
- G63 0BQ
- www.craicnyarn.com
- I Sew 2
- 117 Townhead
- Kirkintilloch
- G66 1NX
Edinburgh
- Kathy’s Knits
- 64a Broughton Street
- Edinburgh
- EH1 3SA
- www.kathysknits.co.uk
- McAree Brothers Ltd
- 19 Howe Street
- Edinburgh
- EH3 6TE
- www.mcadirect.com
- Be Inspired Fibres
- 30 Marchmont Road
- Edinburgh
- beinspiredfibres.wordpress.com
Essex
- The Wool Cabin
- 97 Carnarvon Road
- Clacton–on–sea
- Essex
- CO15 1BJ
- www.woolcabin.co.uk
- The Wool Cabin
- 71 Connaught Avenue
- Frinton–on–sea
- Essex
- www.woolcabin.co.uk
- Woolybuly
- 6 High Street
- Brightlingsea
- Essex
- Craft Arena
- Barleylands Craft Village
- Billericay
- Essex
- www.craftarena.co.uk
- The Log Cabin
- Broadview Farm
- 104 Billericay Road
- Bolney Hill
- Billericay
- Essex
- www.logcabin–brentwood.co.uk
- Colorcraft
- 1 Empson Close
- Saffron Walden
- Essex
- CB10 1HL
- www.colorcraftsw.com
- The Cheap Shop
- 108 Church Street
- Tiptree
- Essex
- www.thecheapshoptiptree.co.uk
- Craft Days
- 27 High Street
- Saffron Walden
- Essex
- CB10 1AT
- www.craft-days.co.uk
Flintshire
Gloucestershire
- Creative Needles
- Harts Barn
- Longhope
- Gloucestershire
- www.creative–needles.co.uk
- The Bourton Basket
- The Old Forge
- Moore Road
- Bourton-on-the-Water
- www.bourtonbasket.com
Gwynedd
- The Harlech Wool Shop
- Castle Square
- Harlech
- Gwynedd
Hampshire
- Ann Louise Wool Shop
- 204 Copnor Road
- Copnor
- Hampshire
- PO3 5DA
- www.knotjustwool.myshopify.com
- Thistle
- 53 London Road
- Cowplain
- Hampshire
- PO8 8UJ
- www.knotjustwool.myshopify.com
- Liss Wools
- 38–40 Station Road
- Liss
- Hampshire
- GU33 7DP
- www.lisswools.co.uk
- My Yarnery
- 7 South Street
- Havant
- myyarnery.co.uk
- Beaker Button
- Studio 11, Fairground Craft Centre
- Weyhill
- Andover
- SP11 0QN
- www.beakerbutton.co.uk
Hertfordshire
- Mavis
- 44 High Street
- Bushey
- Hertfordshire
- WD23 3HL
- www.mavis–crafts.com
- Needlecraft
- 142 Cotterells
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hertfordshire
- HP1 1JQ
- www.needlecraftstore.co.uk
- Wool–n–Things
- 3–5 Hitchin Street
- Baldock
- Hertfordshire
- SG7 6AL
- www.wool–n–things.co.uk
the Highlands
Inverclyde
- The Wee Crafty Owl
- 2B Jamaica Street
- Greenock
- PA15 1XU
Kent
- Artycat
- 104 High Street
- Rochester
- Kent
- www.artycat.com
- C Wool
- 17 High Street
- Broadstairs
- Kent
- CT10 1LP
- www.cwool.co.uk
- Avicraft Wool
- 15 Chatterton Road
- Bromley
- Kent
- www.avicraftwool.co.uk
Kirkcudbridghtshire
Lancashire
- Little Shop of Hobbies
- 11–13 Pedder Street
- Morecambe
- Lancashire
- www.littleshopofhobbies.co.uk
- Pendle Stitches
- 10 Moor Lane
- Clitheroe
- Lancashire
- BB7 1BE
- www.pendlestitch.co.uk
- Etty–Lilly
- 2 Whin Drive
- Camforth
- Lancashire
- LA5 8DB
- www.etty–lilly.co.uk
- Westcliffe Knitting
- Westcliffe
- Blackpool
- Lancashire
- www.westcliffe–knitting.co.uk
- The Knitting Basket (Cobwebs)
- 29 Market Street
- Tottingham
- Bury
- BL8 4AA
- www.cobwebsuk.com
- The Wool Boat
- www.colinandcarolescreations.co.uk
- Inspirations
- The Capitol Centre
- Preston
- Lancashire
- www.inspirationscraft.co.uk
- Northern Yarn
- 9 Middle Street
- Kings Arcade
- Lacashire
- LA1 1LE
- www.northernyarn.co.uk
Lincolnshire
- A Good Yarn
- 53 Cambridge Street
- Cleethorpes
- Lincolnshire
- DN35 8HD
- www.agoodyarn.co.uk
- Stitch Witch
- 6 Union Street
- Market Rasen
- Lincolnshire
- LN8 3AA
- Horncastle Hobby House
- 25 North Street
- Horncastle
- Lincolnshire
- www.horncastlehobbyhouse.co.uk
Greater London
- Sewing and Craft Superstore
- 300 Balham High Road
- Upper Tooting
- London
- SW17 7AA
- www.craftysewer.com
- Wild & Woolly
- 116 Lower Clapton Road
- Hackney
- London
- www.wildandwoollyshop.co.uk
Greater Manchester
- Kimberley’s Krafts
- Pembroke Hall Market
- The Ellesmere Centre
- Walkden
- Fine Yarns
- 99 Lee Lane
- Horwich
- Greater Manchester
Merseyside
Monmouthshire
- Undy Yarncrafts
- 10 St Mary’s Arcade
- Nelson Street
- Chepstow
- Monmouthshire
- NP16 5EU
- www.undyarns.co.uk
Neath
Norfolk
- The Fent Shop
- 41 Broad Street
- King’s Lynn
- Norfolk
- www.thefentshopkingslynn.co.uk
- Hab-A-Go
- 313 Reepham Road
- Hellesdon
- Norwich
- Norfolk
- Diss Wool & Craft
- 2 Cobbs Yard
- St Nicholas Street
- Diss
- Norfolk
- IP22 4LB
- www.disswoolandcrafts.com
Northants
- Ma’s Buttons & Haberdashery
- 3 Victoria Road
- Rushden
- Northants
- www.masbuttons.co.uk
- Get Knitting
- 78 Kingsley Park Terrace
- Northampton
- www.yarnshopnorthampton.co.uk
Northumberland
- Woolaballoo
- 25–26 Market Place
- Hexham
- Northumberland
- NE17 7TN
- www.woolaballoo.com
- Rainbow Yarns
- Bridge Street House
- Rothbury
- Morpeth
- Northumberland
- Black Cat Yarns
- Chantry Place
- Morpeth
- Northumberland
- NE61 1PJ
Nottingham
- Mrs Jennison’s
- 184 Highbury Road
- Bulwell
- Nottingham
- NG6 9FF
- www.mrsjennisons.co.uk
- Threads
- 2c Main Street
- Keyworth
- Nottingham
- www.threadsofkeyworth.co.uk
- Sally Twinkle
- 1 Handley Arcade
- Leeming Street
- Mansfield
- Notts
- www.sallytwinkle.co.uk
Oxfordshire
- Burford Needlecraft Shop
- 150 High Street
- Burford
- Oxfordshire
- OX18 4QU
- Banbury Sewing Centre
- 57 Parsons Street
- Banbury
- Oxfordshire
- OX16 5NB
- www.banburysewingcentre.co.uk
Outer Hebrides
- Hebridean Hobby Centre
- 97 Cromwell Street
- Stornoway
- Isle of Lewis
- HS1 2DG
- www.hebrideanhobbycentre.co.uk
Perth and Kinross
- The Peacock and the Tortoise
- 20 George Street
- Perth
- Perth and Kinross
- PH1 5LA
- www.thepeacockandthetortoise.co.uk
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
- Mandy Wools
- 5 Mill Street
- Wells
- Somerset
- BA5 2AS
- www.mandywools.co.uk
- Wooly Wonders
- 30 Vicarage Walk
- Quedam Centre
- Yeovil
- BA20 1EX
- Frome Yarn Collective
- 11 Catherine Hill
- Frome
- BA11 1BZ
- www.fromeyarncollective.co.uk
Staffordshire
- Knit 2 Together
- 63 & 97 High Street
- Wolstanton
- Newcastle Under Lyme
- Staffordshire
- ST5 OEP
Suffolk
- A Wool Shop
- 82–83 High Street
- Lowestoft
- Suffolk
- NR32 1XN
- The Needlecraft Shop
- 2 Station Road
- Beccles
- Suffolk
- needlecraftshopbeccles.simplesite.com
Surrey
- Maxime Wools
- 68 Banstead Road
- Carshalton Beeches
- Surrey
- SM5 3NL
- www.maximewools.co.uk
- Thread Bear
- 350 Limpsfield Road
- South Croydon
- Surrey
- CR2 9BX
- www.thread–bear.co.uk
Sussex
- Sussex Crafts
- 45 High Street
- Cuckfield
- West Sussex
- RH17 5JU
- www.sussexcraftsltd.co.uk
- Heathfield Crafts
- 4 Station Approach
- Heathfield
- East Sussex
- Little Sew and Sew
- 11b Bexhill Road
- St Leonard’s on Sea
- East Sussex
- www.littlesewandsewsussex.com
Tyne and Wear
Vale of Glamorgan
Warwickshire
West Dumbartonshire
- Threads
- 60 Glasgow Road
- Dumbarton
- G82 1HQ
- www.threadswoolshop.co.uk
- The Wool Haven
- 21 Langside Place
- Glasgow
- G41 3DL
- www.thewoolhaven.com
West Midlands
- Withit Witch
- The Halesowen Knitting Centre
- 75 High Street
- Halesowen
- B63 3BQ
- www.withitwitch.co.uk
- Hilda Haarhoff Knitwear Studio
- Unit 4, Earlswood Lakes Craft Centre
- Wood Lane
- Earlswood
- Solihull
- B94 5JH
- www.hildaknitwear.co.uk
- Wool n Knits, Stitch n Sew
- 151 Bridgnorth Road
- Wollaston
- West Midlands
- GUR Sewing Machines
- 37 New Summer Street
- Birmingham
- West Midlands
- www.gursewingmachines.com
- Remember When
- 80 High Street
- Coleshill
- Birmingham
- B46 3AH
- www.rememberwhenshop.co.uk
- Christine’s Wool Shop
- 37 Sycamore Road
- Bournville
- BIRMINGHAM
- www.cityknits.co.uk
Wiltshire
- The Woollery
- 6 Warminster Raod
- Westbury
- Wiltshire
- BA13 3PB
Worcestershire
- Severn Stitches
- 15 Lombard Street
- Stourport
- Worcestershire
- www.severnstitches.co.uk
- House of Haby
- Unit 12 Market Hall
- The Shambles
- Worcester
- WR1 2RA
- The Wool Shack
- 120 Worcester Road
- Malvern Link
- WR14 1SS
- www.thewoolshackmalvernlink.epageuk.com
Yorkshire
- Cottontail Crafts
- 16 Duke Street
- Settle
- North Yorkshire
- BD24 9DN
- www.cottontailcrafts.co.uk
- Beckside Yarns & Needlecrafts
- Beckside Gallery
- Church Avenue
- Clapham
- North Yorkshire
- www.becksideyarns.co.uk
- Natural Knitter Wool Shop
- 1 Friarage Street
- Northallerton
- North YorkshireP
- DL6 1DP
- Knit and Stitch
- 92 High Street
- Maltby
- Rotherham
- Yorkshire
- S66 7BN
- www.knitandstitchonline.com
- Knit and Stitch
- 26 Market Place
- Doncaster
- Yorkshire
- DN1 1NE
- www.knitandstitchonline.com
- Knit and Stitch
- 11 Colliergate
- York
- YO1 8BP
- www.knitandstitchonline.com
- Three Bags Full
- 4 The Old Bank
- 2 Silver Street
- Halifax
- Yorkshire
- HX1 1HS
- www.threebagsfulluk.com
- Crafts of Thirsk
- 31 Market Place
- Thirsk
- North Yorkshire
- YO7 1HD
- www.craftsofthirsk.co.uk
- Unravel
- 355 Wakefield Road
- Denby Dale
- Huddersfield
- West Yorkshire
- HD8 8RP
- www.unravelcrafts.co.uk
- Yarn, Etc
- 17 Knaresborough Road
- Harrogate
- Yorkshire
- HG2 7SR
- Twist & Purl
- 1 Bradford Road
- CLECKHEATON
- www.twistandpurl.co.uk
- Knit One Stitch One
- 24 Finkle Street
- Cottingham
- Rose Trading
- Scarthingwell Centre
- Towton
- Tadcaster
- LS24 9PF
- www.rosetrading.co.uk
- World of Wool
- Unit 8 The Old Railway Goods Yard
- Scar Lane
- Milnsbridge
- Huddersfield
- www.worldofwool.co.uk