Shopping local in Cartmel

Whether you’re staying in self-catering accommodation and need a grocery shop, or simply looking to take back a Lake District souvenir there a few little shops in and around Cartmel, including a famous one!

  • Unsworth Yard

Open Monday-Saturday 12pm-9pm, Sunday 12pm-6pm

Unsworth Yard is a unique shopping and food space tucked away in the streets of Cartmel village. The yard is home to a cheese shop, wine shop, craft brewery and tea room, complete with a courtyard seating area to enjoy food and purchases overlooked by the 12th century priory.

  • Cartmel Village Shop 

Open Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4:30pm

Cartmel Village Shop has been a family run village gem for over 30 years and is most famously known for their award-winning Sticky Toffee Pudding. Of course, the Sticky Toffee Pudding is deserving of its plaudits and tastes fantastic, but many of the stores other handmade puddings are often overlooked and are equally as delicious, including Sticky Ginger Pudding, Sticky Chocolate Pudding, Sticky Banana Pudding, Lemon Drizzle Sponge and Christmas Pudding. The shop doesn’t just sell tasty desserts, they also stock essentials alongside cheese, chutneys, jams & preserves, souvenirs and homeware. 

  • Cartmel Village Vintage and Antiques 

Open everyday 10am-4pm 

Conveniently located across from the 12th century Cartmel Priory, Village Vintage is a unique boutique providing a ‘step back in time’ shopping experience. The shop stocks two floors of vintage fashion, jewellery, furnishings, collectables and antiques. Ideal for a gift for your quirky friends or a treat for yourself! 

  • Our Shop- Simon Rogan’s Shop

Open everyday 1pm-5:45pm 

Nestled in the streets of Cartmel village, Our Shop is set in a unique, centuries old building and is a venture of well-know chef Simon Rogan, who also runs two Michelin Star restaurants in Cartmel alongside his own farm in the valley which he calls ‘Our Farm.’  In the shop, complete with a cosy log burner, you will find a range of L’Enclume keepsakes and a selection of regional produce ranging from including mugs, oven gloves, tea cosies, hand lotions, plates, chopping and serving boards, chefs’ whites, Simon Rogan’s first cookbook Rogan: The Cookbook and the Big Green Egg (BBQ grill).  There are jams, coal oil and bottles of Anvil Pale Ale (brewed by Unsworth’s Yard Brewery in Cartmel) plus Lakeland cards and photographs by Nina Claridge.

  • Kerr & Sons Bookshop

Open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-4pm 

Kerr & Sons is a local bookshop established in Cartmel in 1933; the family run business have specialised in books, mainly old antique reads, for over 85 years. The shop is the longest established Antiquarian Booksellers in Cumbria and the Lake District. The business is now into it’s third generation and stock over 10,000 second hand books over two premises; The Gatehouse Bookshop and the Priory Barn. The shop is renowned for stocking rare finds with prices known to range from £5 to £1500!