Pretty Yorkshire village

Hi everyone! I’m back with the third and final post on the little magical village of Haworth. Without its characteristic little independent shops it wouldn’t be quite as magical, so I thought I would dedicate a blog featuring a few of them. If you do visit here, do try to support them as independent businesses need our help more than ever. Did you read my first and second posts about Haworth?

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning, I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. Please read my Disclosure page for more info

The benefits of shopping at independent businesses

-They provide a much friendlier service and value their customers alot more. They see you as a valuable customer and not just a number.

-You support them financially and by showing your love and support they get to continue the work they do. By doing this you also create jobs in the local areas.

-Items are more likely to be sustainable. They use more responsible practices and often use sustainable suppliers.

-Your more likely to find something weird and quirky because they do not follow what’s trending and order in mass amounts of items. Their items are usually more traditional, therefore the items are alot rarer.

-Your more likely to find quality items because they focus on quality and not quantity.

The Cabinet Of Curiosities

Apothecary shop, it sells handmade soaps and Bath powders, blended oils, gifts and lots of exciting Curiosities. They have an online store if your curious to see what else is inside, take a look here

Wuthering Arts

A gallery and gift shop selling original paimtings, original prints, cards, mugs, coasters, colouring books and plenty more. Visit their website to see and find out more here.

Eden

Offers ethically sourced vegan/ cruelty free skincare and beauty products at affordable prices. They have an online shop if you fancy seeing and finding out more about their products, just click here.

Mrs Beighton’s Sweet Shop

Mrs Beighton’s is a popular old traditional sweet shop. They have over 500 varieties of sweets available which will quite possibly leave you spoilt for choice. Get a glimpse of what they have to offer on their website .

Modo & Co

This quirky little shop offers items from wall art, signs, candles, cushions, plaques, cake toppers, teddy bears, mirrors and blankets etc. What’s really incredible about this place is that they use waste products and left overs to turn them into beautiful products. How cool! Visit their website to see what they have to offer.

Oh La La Vintage

Oh La La is a fashion vintage shop selling 1920s, 1940s, 1960s to 1980s fashion and accessories.

Hatchard and Daughters

Hatchard and Daughters is a second hand book shop that was established in 1988. It has a wide variety of books, antiquarian books which feature the Brontës.

Sonia’s Smile

Sonia’s smile is a shop that focuses their attention on fair trade. They not only do this through their products, but also raise the awareness of fair trade through events and campaigns. Visit their website to find out more about their products and work.

The Souk

The Souk is an exciting vintage house full of treasured clothing and jewellery of the past to discover.

Picture Perfect

Picture perfect is a photography store that offers photos of Haworth and the beautiful Bronte countryside on canvas, acrylic glass and framed pictures. Check out their beautiful collections on their website

Origin8

Origin8 is a traditional gift shop that offers gifts from beautiful plants, candles, antiques, fragrances, jewellery and bags etc. Visit their website to see some of their beautiful gifts available.

Pretty Penny

Pretty penny is a cute boutique shop home,fashion and gift shop that’s supports ethical, fair trade and sustainable products.

I’ve only featured 12 shops here, but there are plenty more unique shops and businesses here to discover.

I hope you have enjoyed my series of blogs on Haworth. Stay tunned for more places.

Thanks for reading

Stay blessed

Natalie ❤

I honestly can not remember for the life of me how I come across this beautiful little town. I remember wanting to visit and looking at pictures of this place for quite some time, but being a little hesitant about visiting. Sometimes I tend to get a little anxious when traveling somewhere new, well, all the time but, especially when I have to take multiple methods of transport to get to a single place. Anyway, I decided I would take the trip spontaneously the night before. I’m so glad I’m did! And luckily my mum accompanied me on this one, this was a nice change as I’m usually solo traveling.

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning, I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. Please read my Disclosure page for more info

Holmfirth sits in the Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, in the Holme Valley.

A bit about the history

In the 1770s the first spinning cotton machine known as the spinning jenny was brought onto Holmfirth. By the 1850s textile mills began to pop up, the population started to rise and the town had become a trading centre for the textile industry.

The town is best known for being the filming location of a popular British TV Programme series The Last Of The Summer Wine.

The town is made up of independent shops, cobbled streets, mill cottages, beautiful valleys, sloping woodlands that join on to the Peak District and the River Ribble running through the town.

Last of the summer wine filming locations we visited

Nora Batty’s Cottage

On our arrival the first thing we wanted to do was visit the Nora Batty Cottage one of the filming locations. Nora Batty was one of the characters in the show who became popular due to her wrinkled stockings, hair rollers and her funny personality. The cottage is now a self catering accommodation that can be rented.

The Wrinkled Stocking Tearoom is not connected to the show, but is a place we wanted to experience and its right next door to the cottage. It is a cute little place that offers a range of local foods and has great reviews on TripAdvisor. Although, unfortunately for us, we did not get to go inside as it was closed due to Covid so I just had to make do with a photo instead 😏.

Sid’s Cafe

Sid’s Cafe another filming location of the TV show. We didn’t get to go inside here either as this again was closed too due to the pandemic.

As we were around this area, we spotted a little tour bus that was offering tours around more of the shows filming locations. We decided to hop on board and join the tour. So glad we did because we would have never have got to see half as much by ourselves.

The Last Of The Summer Wine Tour

The tour is a 45 minute journey around all the filming locations which also incorporates the beautiful scenery of the Yorkshire Pennines and residential areas. There is also a full commentary on the history of Holmfirth. The tour is £9 per person and picks up and starts outside Sid’s Cafe every hour although, they only run on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The tour is run by Colin, a man who owned the famous Sids cafe for twenty years and featured in many of the episodes of the show.

Here are just a few pictures from the tour, but there is plenty more to see on this tour.