Shopping local in Langdale

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 Langdale to suit your needs.

  • Langdale Co-operative Village Store 

Shop opens 9am-5pm everyday, Brambles Café open Mon-Sun 9-4:30pm but is closed Wednesdays. 

Established in 1884, this little co-operative shop in Chapel Stile is guaranteed to meet all your shopping needs. The first floor sells groceries including locally sourced produce with upstairs selling gifts and walking equipment. The second floor is also home to Brambles Café providing ready to eat, takeaway or eat-in breakfasts and lunch such as sandwiches, toasties, cakes and tea and coffee. 

  • Skelwith Fold Shop

Open Mon-Thu 9am-6pm, Friday 9am-8pm, Saturday 9am-7pm

Situated in Skelwith Fold Caravan Park near Skelwith Bridge, this village styled shop is ideal for local, Lake District produce and groceries. Alongside food, the shop sells BBQ supplies, cards, books, maps, caravan accessories, outdoor wear, toys, pet food and food for local wildlife. 

  • LightBringer Essences 

Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10am-5pm. 

A unique small business in Little Langdale ran by Rachel Singelton, LightBringer Essences is a small health and beauty shop selling flower essences. Rachel handcrafts small batches of essences using flowers originating from the Lake District.  The bottled essences can be used as a spray, rubbed on skin, added to bath water or dropped directly onto the tongue. Rachel believes flower essences act as a holistic health treatment and transfer the energetic energy from the flower into our bodies. 

  • Waterhead Shell Shop 

Open everyday 10:30am-4pm 

A quirky little gift shop situated at Waterhead around 15 minutes away from Langdale, Waterhead Shell Shop has been established for over 40 years and specialises in seashells, fossils, jewellery and gemstones. Shells can be bought separately to create your own crafts or can be bought as jewellery for gifts.