Shopping local in Keswick

Whether you’re staying in self-catering accommodation and need a grocery shop, or simply looking to take home a Lake District souvenir, there are plenty of shops and local businesses here in Keswick for a shopping day to suit your needs.

  • Packhorse Court

A courtyard located just off the Market Square, Packhorse Court is a unique, quaint street filled with local businesses ideal for gift shopping, stylish clothing and homeware plus tasty food. Shops include… 

  • Sweet Treats

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

‘The sweetest little shop in the Lakes’, Sweet Treats is a sugar filled paradise for both adults and children offering over 250 jars of traditional sweets, pick ‘n’ mix, chocolate and candy bars, retro sweets plus ice cream and cold drinks.

  • Poets’ Interiors

Open everyday 10am- 4pm

An eccentric little furniture shop, Poets’ Interiors sells a range of stylish interiors from chic to minimalistic and quirky; this shop suits the needs of all different tastes offering big and small furnishings, finishing touches and little trinkets and gifts. 

  • Craft Beer Keswick

Open Thursday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Sundays 11am-7pm

A recent addition to Packhorse Court opening in summer 2021, Craft Beer Keswick is a craft ale shop offering customers a diverse range of beers from breweries both local and from across the UK. The venue is used primarily as a shop however has a small sitting area both inside and outside to sample some draft beer!

  • Touchwood Toyshop 

Open everyday 10am- 4:30pm  

A traditional little toyshop specialising in vintage, wooden toys for modern children to enjoy and adults to remember, the shop sells items ranging from wooden jigsaws, colourful building blocks, painted buses, toy animals, tea-sets… there’s something special for every child here. 

  • Alternative Gift Shop 

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

A unique Cumbrian gift shop aiming to provide unusual and clever gifts in a friendly and casual atmosphere, the shop stocks classic gifts including frames, books, glassware, toys, jewellery, greeting cards and more unique items including gadgets and homeware and art. 

  • Keswick Cheese Deli- The Cheese Delicatessen

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

A small, quaint building specialising in stocking Cumbrian-made cheeses showcasing an extensive range from local cheese makers at farms including Thornby Moor Farm, Appleby Creamery and Aspatria’s Lake District Cheese Company. The Keswick Cheese Deli provide a range of over 90 cheeses as well as complementary produce including cured meats, olives, chutneys and crackers which can be bought as a gift set or hamper. 

  • Lakes and Dales Co-Operative 

Open Monday- Saturday 7am-9pm, Sunday 10am-4pm 

For all your grocery needs, Keswick’s Lakes and Dales Co-Operative store is open everyday providing a large choice of fruit and veg, speciality bread, confectionary, chilled and frozen food, plus wines, beers and spirits. 

  • George Fisher 

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

Founded in 1957 and located in the heart of Keswick, George Fisher is one of the UK’s leading outdoor equipment and clothing specialists selling the best gear from camping equipment and tents to men’s and women’s clothing and footwear.  

  • Friars Chocolate Shop 

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

Situated on Keswick’s market square, Friars chocolate shop was established in 1927 and still remains a family run business today. The shop sells luxurious, professionally made chocolates ranging from rich truffles, fine chocolate gift sets and hampers and novelty chocolates. 

  • Bookends of Keswick

Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 12:30am-5pm 

One of Keswick’s most popular bookshops, Bookends is a family run bookstore in a traditional little Lakeland building. The shop may be tiny, but it is bursting with books, so much so the shop often extends the sales area into the courtyard!  The shop sells all kinds of different books, including locally themed titles including ‘Swimming Wild in the Lake District’ and ‘Max The Miracle Dog’.

  • Lakeland Slate Shop 

Open everyday 9am-8pm

Take a piece of Lakeland home with you and literally make it part of the furniture with Lakeland Slate Shop; the company’s small team of local stonemasons make a variety of slate products from house name and number plaques to chess boards, fireplaces and flooring. The company make bespoke products, likely creating any slate product you have in mind. Situated in Keswick beside Derwentwater, the company are able to source their world famous ‘green slate’ from several areas including Langdale, Kirkstone, Coniston, Borrowdale and Windermere.

  • Silver and Thread Jewellery Shop

Open everyday 10am-5:30pm

A small, family owned business founded in 1998, Silver and Thread work to deliver quality and ethically sourced Silver jewellery. The store sells a range of silver jewellery products, much of which is inlaid with semi-precious stones, including pendants, earrings and bracelets.