Christmas Shopping in Beverley 2026: Independent Shops

1. Browns, the Corn Exchange

Browns is a department store in the Corn Exchange on Saturday Market. The business says it has run “an independent family-owned department store for over 130 years”, since its first York shop opened in 1890, and it opened in Beverley in 2010.

It sells women’s and men’s clothing, shoes, beauty and home and gift ranges, and lists gift wrapping and a personal shopper among its in-store services.

Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5.30pm; Sun 10am to 4pm
Call 01482 860130
Address The Corn Exchange, Saturday Market, HU17 8BB
Website brownsyork.co.uk
Good for clothing, beauty, homeware, gifts, gift wrapping

2. Guest & Philips, Saturday Market

Guest & Philips describes itself as “a family run traditional jewellers and a household name within the famous market town of Beverley”. It sells diamond and brand jewellery, says it is the largest regional stockist of antique jewellery and vintage watches, and carries watches from Omega, Longines and Tissot.

Its giftware runs to clocks, glass, pens and Emma Bridgewater. It also does bespoke design, engraving, repairs and valuations.

Open Mon to Sat 9.15am to 5pm
Call 01482 882599
Address 23-25 Saturday Market, HU17 8BB
Website guestandphilips.co.uk
Good for antique jewellery, vintage watches, engagement rings, engraving, giftware

3. Daniella Draper, Toll Gavel

Daniella Draper is a jewellery brand with its own shops in Lincoln, Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Windermere and Beverley, where it sits at the Saturday Market end of Toll Gavel. The brand says its jewellery is handmade in England from recycled metals, and much of it can be personalised.

On its website, silver rings start at £135 and silver necklaces at £150.

Open Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun 11am to 4pm
Price silver rings from £135; silver necklaces from £150 (website, November 2026)
Address 1 Toll Gavel, HU17 9AA
Website danielladraper.com
Good for personalised jewellery, silver, gold, open Sundays

4. Rose Cottage Butchers, Wednesday Market

Rose Cottage Foods has its butcher’s shop in Wednesday Market, next to Boyes. It sells locally sourced meat and its own pork pies and pastries.

For Christmas it takes orders online for turkeys, geese, ducks, joints, pies and hampers (£90, £180 and £270) for collection, with a £20 deposit; the last date for orders is Sunday 13 December. Its Christmas hours are 7am to 5pm on 21 and 22 December, 7am to 3pm on Christmas Eve, closed Christmas Day, and open again on 26 December.

Open Mon to Sat 8am to 5pm; Sun 9am to 4pm
Price Christmas hampers £90, £180 and £270; £20 deposit on Christmas orders
Booking Christmas orders online by Sunday 13 December
Call 01482 485372
Address 21 Wednesday Market, HU17 0DJ
Website rosecottagefoods.co.uk/christmas
Good for Christmas turkeys and joints, pork pies, food hampers, open Sundays

5. The Beverley Bookshop, Butcher Row

The Beverley Bookshop calls itself an “independent, family booksellers” with “almost 10 thousand beautiful books” on the shelves. It stocks signed and special independent editions, which it says are “perfect for gifting”, plus discounted backlist titles, jigsaws, gifts and cards, and can order from 13 million titles for next-day delivery.

It holds regular author signings, listed on its What’s On page. It opens seven days a week but closes on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Open Mon to Sat 9.15am to 5pm; Sun and bank holidays 10.15am to 4pm
Call 01482 888400
Address 19 Butcher Row, HU17 0AA
Website beverleybookshop.co.uk
Good for signed editions, children's books, jigsaws, cards, author signings, open Sundays

6. Everything But The Dog, Butcher Row

Everything But The Dog describes itself as “an inspired luxury dog boutique and dog grooming spa” on Butcher Row, known for its window display. It sells dog accessories and gifts for dogs and their owners, including work by partner artists and makers, alongside its grooming service.

Open Mon 10am to 4pm; Tue to Sat 9am to 5pm; Sun 10am to 4pm
Call 01482 874897
Address 4 Butcher Row, HU17 0AB
Website everythingbutthedog.co.uk
Good for dog accessories, gifts for dog owners, grooming, open Sundays

7. The Beverley Florist, Dyer Lane

The Beverley Florist is a florist on Dyer Lane that says its designs are “handcrafted in Beverley” and delivers within 15 miles, next working day for orders placed before 8pm. For Christmas it sells seasonal arrangements and runs a Luxury Christmas Wreath Workshop at The Beverley Barn on Sundays 22 and 29 November, 10.30am to about 4.30pm, with materials, a festive feast and mulled wine or prosecco included.

The shop does not publish its opening hours.

Call 01482 887141
Address 12 Dyer Lane, HU17 8AE
Website thebeverleyflorist.co.uk
Good for Christmas flowers, wreath workshops, local delivery

8. The Pamperhouse, Ladygate

The Pamperhouse has been on Ladygate since 2014 and calls itself “a lifestyle store” of gifts and home decor, “blending beauty with function”. It does not sell online, so this is one to visit, though it says it may be able to post gifts if you contact it.

Its website showed it open 10am to 5pm on the Thursday we checked, and says hours may change on public holidays.

Open 10am to 5pm (as shown on 5 November 2026; other days not published)
Call 01482 886388
Address 39 Ladygate, HU17 8BH
Website thepamperhouse.com
Good for gifts, home decor, shop only (no online sales)

9. Gemini Chocolate, North Bar Within

Gemini Chocolate is a chocolate maker, shop and cafe that opened on North Bar Within in December 2023. Behind a glass wall, it says, you can watch founder Sam “pouring and shaping his organic, fairtrade cacao into award-winning chocolate”.

It makes its chocolate bean to bar from Peruvian beans, sells bars and gifts in the shop and online, and runs events in its upstairs room.

Open Tue to Sat 9am to 5pm; Sun 10am to 4pm; closed Monday
Address 33 North Bar Within, HU17 8DB
Website geminichocolate.com
Good for bean-to-bar chocolate, hot chocolate, chocolate gifts, open Sundays

10. Carol Bird Interiors, North Bar Within

Carol Bird Interiors is a second-generation family business: David Bird took it over when his father retired in 2001. It sells lighting, furniture and home accessories, and makes bespoke pieces in its Beverley workshops.

It opens on weekdays only.

Open Mon to Fri 10am to 4pm
Call 01482 886222
Address 47 North Bar Within, HU17 8DG
Website carolbirdinteriors.co.uk
Good for lighting, furniture, home accessories, bespoke pieces

11. Ford Framing, North Bar Within and Saturday Market

Ford Framing, founded in 1990, is a picture framer that also sells original art and framed prints from its shop on North Bar Within. It has had a stall on Saturday Market “for nearly 30 years rain or shine”, selling ready-made frames and framed prints and taking framing orders.

It says framing usually takes about seven days, so a picture meant for Christmas needs to go in early. The shop’s hours are not published; its Market Weighton workshop opens 9am to 5pm five days a week.

Call 01482 861972
Address 43 North Bar Within, HU17 8DG
Website fordframing.co.uk
Good for picture framing, original art, framed prints, Saturday market stall

12. Roberts & Speight, Norwood

Roberts & Speight is a family-run wine merchant and delicatessen on Norwood, “supplying quality wines since 1979”. It sells wine from more than 20 countries, spirits, a cheese counter, cured meats and a larder of chutneys, biscuits and chocolate.

Its website offers 5% off any six bottles and 10% off any twelve. It is open late on Fridays.

Open Mon to Thu 9am to 6pm; Fri 9am to 7pm; Sat 9am to 6pm
Price 5% off any 6 bottles, 10% off any 12
Call 01482 870717
Address 40 Norwood, HU17 9EY
Website robertsandspeight.co.uk
Good for wine, spirits, cheese, deli gifts

13. Minster Cycles, Norwood

Minster Cycles calls itself “East Yorkshire’s premier independent bike shop”. It sells Specialized, S-Works and Cervelo bikes, clothing and accessories, and runs a workshop for servicing and repairs.

It closes on Sundays and Mondays, which its website marks as “Out Riding!”.

Open Tue to Sat 9am to 5pm
Call 01482 867950
Address 5-7 Norwood, HU17 9ET
Website minstercycles.co.uk
Good for bikes, cycling clothing, accessories, servicing

14. Eastgate Studio, Eastgate

Eastgate Studio is an independent printmaking studio and gallery, founded in 2020 and reopened as a printmaking hub in April 2021. Its gallery shop sells “original analogue prints, hand-printed artworks” and printmaking materials, and it runs workshops and a print club.

Its Christmas Exhibition runs from 7 November to 19 December 2026, billed as “Christmas gift ideas”. It does not publish gallery opening hours.

Address 11 Eastgate, HU17 0DR
Website eastgatestudio.co.uk/whats-on
Good for original prints, local artists, printmaking workshops, Christmas exhibition

15. Glenholme Florists, Wilbert Lane

Glenholme Florists is a family-run florist that says it has been trading for more than 60 years and calls itself “award winning”. It makes bouquets, arrangements and gift designs to order and delivers across Beverley and East Yorkshire.

Its website’s contact page was unavailable when we checked and it does not publish opening hours, so ring ahead.

Call 01482 867422
Address 24 Wilbert Lane, HU17 0AG
Website glenholmeflorists.co.uk
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Good for bouquets, Christmas flowers, local delivery

16. Flemingate

Flemingate is the shopping centre beside Beverley Minster, with a mix of shops and boutiques, restaurants, an independent cinema and a 500-space multi-storey car park. Its Christmas programme starts with the lights switch-on on Friday 13 November, and its Makers Market returns on Sunday 22 November with local makers selling gifts and food.

The Bartipi festive bar is open there from 6 November.

Address Flemingate, HU17 0NQ
Website flemingate.co.uk/whats-on
Good for makers market, cinema, multi-storey parking, Christmas events