The Best Independent Shops in Morpeth

Morpeth is a proper Northumberland market town, and its independent shops are a big part of the appeal. Bridge Street, Newgate Street, Oldgate and the Sanderson Arcade are full of family businesses, food specialists and boutiques. Here is our pick of where to shop local, and our Independent Shops in Morpeth hub brings them all together, each linking straight through to the business.

A market-town institution

Start with Rutherford & Co, a family-owned independent department store on Bridge Street trading since 1846, stocking fashion, homeware and beauty across several floors — a genuine Morpeth institution.

Food, cheese and chocolate

Morpeth takes food seriously. The Cheese Shop has been a family cheesemonger since 1990, The Chocolate Gallery makes handcrafted chocolates on the premises, and Moorhouse Farm Shop sells home-reared meat and local produce just off the A1. Gebhards is a deli, farm shop and bakery all in one, Grape & Grain and Bin21 are independent wine merchants, and there are traditional butchers in R Martins and Rothbury Family Butchers.

Gifts, homeware and fashion

For gifts and homeware, The Gift Pod champions local makers, Stripes of Morpeth has been selling jewellery and accessories for over 30 years, and Kelly Robson Interiors offers home accessories and gifts. In the Sanderson Arcade, Sandersons is an independent boutique department store, and Renaissance Boutique specialises in pre-loved designer fashion.

Jewellers, galleries and antiques

Osbornes Jewellers, Deborah Green Jewellers and Jewellers Guild cover everything from bespoke design to antique and second-hand pieces. For art, Tallantyre Gallery has been run by the same family since 1960, and Perriss Antiques is a treasure trove of curios and collectables. Book lovers should call in at House of Stories.

Shop local

Our Independent Shops in Morpeth hub lists food specialists, boutiques, gift and homeware shops, jewellers, galleries and more — each a real local business with a link straight through. If you run an independent shop in Morpeth and would like to be listed, get in touch; listings are free.