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 on 10th January 2019.

To find the retailer nearest to you, please scroll down or choose a region from this list:

Aberdeenshire

The Yarn Studio: 68A Market Place; Inverurie; Aberdeenshire; AB51 3XN

Wool for Ewe: 83–85 Rosemount Place; Aberdeen; AB52 6QS; www.woolforewe.com

Argyll & Bute

Bedfordshire

My Sewing Basket: 2 Queensway Parade; Dunstable; LU5 4DW; www.mysewingbasket.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

Bristol

Buckinghamshire

The Nimble Thimble: Meadows House; 1D Well Street; Buckingham; Buckinghamshire; MK18 1EW; www.nimble-thimble.co.uk

Cambridgeshire

Backstitch: Burwash Manor Barns; New Road; Barton; CAMBS; CB23 7EY; www.backstitch.co.uk

Sew Much to Do: 7 High Street Passage; Ely; CAMBS; CB7 4NB; www.sewmuchtodo..co.uk

Curtis Yarns: 24a High Street; Ely; Cambridgeshire; CB7 4JU

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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

Cleveland

Leven Crafts: 7-8 Chaloner Mews; Guisborough; Cleveland; www.levencrafts.co.uk

Ripping Yarn: 4 Dundas Street; Saltburn-by-the-sea; CLEVELAND; www.rippingyarns.co

Co Antrim

Parlour Yarns: 38 Scotch Corner; Carrickfergus; Co Antrim

Co Fermanagh

Cornwall

Helen Sanderson at The Woolly Empire: Tindle House; 2 Trevanson Street; Wadebridge; www.thewoollyempire.co.uk

Needle & Thread: 5 Fore Street; Camelford; Cornwall

County Down

County Durham

Cumbria

Loopy: 51 Market Street; Ulverston; Cumbria; LA12 7LT; www.loopywool.co.uk

Derbyshire

Sew In of Buxton: 1 Spring Gardens; Buxton; Derbyshire; 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; EX20 1AW; www.woollybeader.co.uk

Wool Tree: 158 Plymstock Road; Plymouth; PL9 7LL

Tiverton Bead & Wool Shop: 5 William Street; Tiverton; Devon; www.beadandwoolshop.co.uk

Dorset

Bournemouth Yarn Shop: 1486 Wimbourne Road; Kinson; Bournemouth; Dorset; www.thewoolshopbournemouth

Dumbarton

Threads: 60 Glasgow Road; Dumbarton; G82 1HQ; www.threadswoolshop.co.uk

Craic’ n’ Yarn: 15a Main Street; Drymen; G63 0BQ; www.craicnyarn.com

Dumfries & Galloway

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

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

Craft Arena: Barleylands Craft Village; Billericay; Essex; www.craftarena.co.uk

The Log Cabin: Broadview Farm; 104 Billericay Road; Bolney Hill; Billericay; www.logcabin-brentwood.co.uk

Woolybuly: 6 High Street; Brightlingsea; Essex

Falkirk

Glamorgan

Gloucestershire

Creative Needles: Harts Barn; Longhope; Gloucestershire; www.creative-needles.co.uk

Hampshire

Ann Louise Wool Shop: 204 Copnor Road; Copnor; Hampshire; PO3 5DA; www.knotjustwool.myshopify.com

Liss Wools: 38-40 Station Road; Liss; Hampshire; GU33 7DP; www.lisswools.co.uk

Thistle: 53 London Road; Cowplain; Hampshire; PO8 8UJ; www.knotjustwool.myshopify.com

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

Tim's Art Supplies: 17 Churchgate; Hitchin; Hertfordshire; www.timsartsupplies.co.uk

the Highlands

The Craft Lounge: 60 High Street; Grantown on Spey; www.thecraftlounge.co.uk

Isle of Wight

Kent

Sevenoaks Haberdashery: 5 London Road; Sevenoaks; Kent; TN13 1AH

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

Outback Yarns: 130–132 King St; Castle Douglas; Kirkcudbrightshire; DG7 1LU; www.outbackyarns.com

Lancashire

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; www.westcliffe-knitting.co.uk

The Knitting Basket (Cobwebs): 29 Market Street; Tottingham; Bury; BL8 4AA; www.cobwebsuk.com

Little Shop of Hobbies: 11-13 Pedder Street; Morecambe; Lancashire; www.littleshopofhobbies.co.uk

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

A Good Yarn: 53 Cambridge Street; Cleethorpes; Lincs; DN35 8HD; www.agoodyarn.co.uk

Stitch Witch: 6 Union Street; Market Rasen; LINCS; 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

Monmouthshire

Undy Yarncrafts: 10 St Mary’s Arcade; Nelson Street, Chepstow; Monmouthshire; NP16 5EU; www.undyarns.co.uk

Moray

Neath

Neath Valley Wools: 75 High Street; Cwmgwrach; Glynneath; SA11 5AL; www.nvwools.com

Norfolk

The Fent Shop: 41 Broad Street; King's Lynn; Norfolk; www.thefentshopkingslynn.co.uk

Northants

Northumberland

Woolaballoo: 25–26 Market Place; Hexham; NORTHUMBERLAND; NE17 7TN; www.woolaballoo.com

Nottingham

Mrs Jennison's: 184 Highbury Road; Bulwell; NOTTINGHAM; NG6 9FF; www.mrsjennisons.co.uk

Threads: 2c Main Street; Keyworth; Notts; www.threadsofkeyworth.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

Wool Zone: 10b Northgate; Oakham; Rutland; www.woolzone.co.uk

Shropshire

The Wool Shop: 13 Broad Street; Ludlow; Shropshire; www.ludlow-woolshop.co.uk

Somerset

Mandy Wools: 5 Mill Street; Wells; Somerset; BA5 2AS; www.mandywools.co.uk

Staffordshire

Knit 2 Together: 63 & 97 High Street; Wolstanton; Newcastle Under Lyme; Staffordshire; ST5 OEP

Stirling

Suffolk

A Wool Shop: 82-83 High Street; Lowestoft; NR32 1XN

Jenny Wren's Yarns: 14 St Peter's Street; Ipswich; Suffolk; www.jennywrensyarns.co.uk

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

Swansea

Tyne and Wear

Kemp's Wool Shop: 203 Chester Road; Sunderland; Tyne and Wear; www.kempswoolshop.co.uk

Warwickshire

SewArty: 67 Station Road; Kenilworth; Warwickshire; CV8 1JD; www.sewarty.co.uk

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 Lothian

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

Wiltshire

Worcestershire

Severn Stitches: 15 Lombard Street; Stourport; Worcestershire; www.severnstitches.co.uk

Yorkshire

Cottontail Crafts: 16 Duke Street; SETTLE; North Yorkshire; BD24 9DN; www.cottontailcrafts.co.uk

Beckside Yarns & Needlecrafts: Beckside Gallery; Church Avenue; Clapham; North Yorks; www.becksideyarns.co.uk

Natural Knitter Wool Shop: 1 Friarage Street; Northallerton; North YorkshireDL6 1DP; 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; YORKS; HG2 7SR

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