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Kirsty Taylor Goldsmiths
Kirsty Taylor trained as a goldsmith from 2004 before opening her own workshop…
CounterRPM Music
RPM Music has traded from 4 Old George Yard, off High Bridge in Newcastle city…
RestPeartree House
Peartree House is a small bed and breakfast on Roman Way in Corbridge, offering…
CultureThe Links Art Gallery
The Links Art Gallery occupies a restored 1930s art deco building on Whitley…
TableSpokes Kitchen
Spokes Kitchen is a family-owned café in Corbridge that grew out of a former…
LarderRobson & Sons
Robson & Sons has operated as a family butcher on Hexham's Meal Market since…
Grounds
Hive Coffee Company
Jarrow, ENG
Independent coffee shop inside the Grade II listed manor house at Jarrow Hall, on the Anglo-Saxon…
Kith & Kin
Whitley Bay, ENG
Eve Jones runs Kith & Kin with her father on Park View, serving brunch and coffee since 2016. Eve…
Molten Gallery Cafe
North Shields, ENG
Café and gelateria on North Shields Fish Quay, part of an arts space. Gelato is churned in-house…
Pansy's Florist
North Shields, ENG
Pansy's Florist has traded from Nile Street in North Shields for more than twenty years, run by…
Pink Lane Coffee
City Centre, ENG
Pink Lane Coffee opened in 2012 at the foot of the lane that gives it its name, a short walk from…
Pumphreys Coffee
Blaydon-on-Tyne, ENG
Pumphreys is a Tyneside coffee name that the Archer family traces back to 1750, and has roasted at…
Quilliam Brothers' Tea House
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
An independent tea house on Eldon Place stocking around sixty loose-leaf teas from small producers…
Roma Coffee
Heaton, ENG
Specialty coffee shop on Heaton Road, opened in 2024. Serves coffee roasted by Pink Lane Coffee…
The Barn Cafe
Whickham, ENG
Family-run café at Whickham Thorns Outdoor Activity Centre in Dunston Hill, serving breakfasts and…
The Boatyard Café
Cullercoats, ENG
The Boatyard is an independent café on Cullercoats seafront, a minute's walk from the Metro…
The Boatyard Cullercoats
Cullercoats, ENG
Independent café on Cullercoats seafront, a minute's walk from the Metro station, open since 2015.…
The Coffee Tree
Wylam, ENG
The Coffee Tree is a village café on Main Road in Wylam, serving fresh-ground coffee, teas and…
Table
Arlo
Jesmond, ENG
Arlo is run by chef-owner Lucas Morrison and his wife Susan on Brentwood Avenue in West Jesmond,…
Bistro Forty Six
Jesmond, ENG
Bistro Forty Six is a neighbourhood restaurant on Brentwood Avenue in West Jesmond, run by…
Blackfriars Restaurant
City Centre, ENG
Blackfriars operates inside a former 13th-century Dominican friary refectory near Newcastle's city…
Butterfly Cabinet
Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
Butterfly Cabinet occupies a former hotel building at 200 Heaton Road, one of Heaton's most…
Cafe42 Coffee Shop
South Shields, ENG
Cafe42 Coffee Shop opened in 2018 on Chapter Row in South Shields, run by musician Sam Clark and…
Cafédral Durham
Durham City, ENG
Cafédral is an independent café on Owengate, close to Durham Cathedral, serving breakfast and lunch…
Chucho's
Byker, ENG
Jesus Tavizon Sosa, known locally as Chucho, runs this taco stand on Shields Road with Emma. Chucho…
Crab & Waltzer
Whitley Bay, ENG
Amy opened Crab & Waltzer on Marine Avenue in June 2017, taking over a corner unit that had…
House of Tides
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
Chef Kenny Atkinson's restaurant occupies a restored Grade I listed sixteenth-century merchant's…
Lovage
Jesmond, ENG
Kleo Tabaku opened Lovage on St George's Terrace in Jesmond in 2022 with Lisa Hide, who runs the…
One Kitchen & Social
Jesmond, ENG
One Kitchen & Social occupies a corner unit on Jesmond Road at Cradlewell, close to the entrance of…
Riley's Fish Shack
Tynemouth, ENG
Adam and Lucy Riley started with a fish stall on a bicycle at the 2012 Tynemouth Food Festival and…
Larder
Block & Bottle
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
Block & Bottle on Heaton Road pairs two things Newcastle takes seriously: Steven's free-range…
Brocksbushes Farm Shop
Stocksfield, ENG
Brocksbushes has belonged to the Dickinson family since 1979, when Billy Dickinson and his mother…
Corbridge Larder
Corbridge, ENG
Corbridge Larder occupies a shop on Hill Street that Bob and Jen have run since taking over the…
Davidsons of Darras Hall
Darras Hall, ENG
Bakery on the Broadway at Darras Hall in Ponteland, selling bread and rolls, pastries, fresh cream…
Deerness Valley Meats
Esh Winning, ENG
Butcher's shop on Newhouse Road in Esh Winning, serving the Deerness Valley villages with fresh and…
George Payne Butchers
Gosforth, ENG
George Payne Butchers has traded from the same shop in Brunton Park, Gosforth, since 1987, selling…
Graham Eyes High Class Butchers
Wolsingham, ENG
Independent butcher trading from the Durham Road filling station in Wolsingham, selling meat,…
Grant's Bakery
Corbridge, ENG
Andrew Cotterell owns Grant's Bakery on Corbridge's Market Place, having opened his first…
Grate
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
An independent cheese shop on Jesmond Road, opened in 2020, selling British and European cheeses…
Knitsley Farm Shop
Knitsley, ENG
Knitsley Farm Shop trades from East Knitsley Grange Farm outside Consett, run by Rachael and Edward…
Lee's Family Bakers
South Shields, ENG
Lee's Family Bakers has traded from the corner of Stanhope Road and Olive Street in South Shields…
Nicholsons Butchers & Bakers
Whitley Bay, ENG
Nicholsons has traded from the same shop on Park View since 1914, when Charles Nicholson opened it…
Culture
Consett HEART
Consett, ENG
Heritage and arts centre housed in the former Old Ambulance Hall on John Street, run by a community…
FIKA
Morpeth, ENG
Mixed-media artist Jonathan Antony opened FIKA next to Morpeth's clock tower on 16 March 2024,…
Forum Cinema
Hexham, ENG
Forum Cinema opened on Hexham's Market Place on 23 August 1937 and retains its original Art Deco…
Jam Jar Cinema
Whitley Bay, ENG
Jam Jar Cinema is a community interest company cinema on Park Avenue in Whitley Bay, opened in 2013…
Jim Edwards Studio Gallery
Ouseburn, Newcastle, ENG
Jim Edwards opened his studio gallery on Lime Street in Ouseburn in August 2015, combining a…
Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre
Winlaton Mill, ENG
A heritage centre at Winlaton Mill telling the story of iron and steel in the Derwent valley, from…
North East Art Collective
City Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
North East Art Collective is a selling gallery inside the Eldon Garden shopping centre in Newcastle…
Path Head Water Mill
Summerhill, ENG
The present mill dates from 1728 and replaced an earlier one recorded on the site in 1633. Trevor…
Star and Shadow Cinema
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
A volunteer-run cinema and arts venue organised as a cooperative, based off Warwick Street. Members…
The Biscuit Factory
Ouseburn, ENG
Ramy and Marilyn Zack converted a Victorian biscuit warehouse on Stoddart Street into a gallery in…
The Links Art Gallery
Whitley Bay, ENG
The Links Art Gallery occupies a restored 1930s art deco building on Whitley Bay's Northern…
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum
Tynemouth, ENG
The Watch House museum at Spanish Battery, Tynemouth, is run by the Tynemouth Volunteer Life…
Workshop
Craft Works Gallery
Corbridge, ENG
Craft Works Gallery occupies a former blacksmith's forge by the bridge in Corbridge, selling…
Errington Reay
Bardon Mill, ENG
Errington Reay has made pottery at Bardon Mill since 1878, when Robert Errington and William Reay…
Gareth James Chocolatier
Tynemouth, ENG
Gareth James is an artisan chocolatier on Front Street in Tynemouth, hand-making chocolates and…
House of Frame
Tynemouth, ENG
A bespoke picture-framing workshop run from a single unit in the restored Sidings at Tynemouth…
Kirsty Taylor Goldsmiths
Corbridge, ENG
Kirsty Taylor trained as a goldsmith from 2004 before opening her own workshop and shop at Jubilee…
Northern Yin and Yang
South Shields, ENG
Northern Yin and Yang is an art studio on Beach Road in South Shields run by Laura, a fine artist,…
Obscuria
Hexham, ENG
Laura Brownsteele sold her ceramics through Etsy and craft markets while working part-time before…
Ouseburn Framing
Byker, ENG
Ouseburn Framing hand-makes bespoke picture frames from a workshop studio in the Brickworks…
S Murray Jewellers
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
S Murray has sold and repaired jewellery from the Grainger Market in Newcastle since 1901, a family…
Silverkupe
Ouseburn, Newcastle, ENG
Silverkupe is the working studio of Emine Thompson, a jeweller who spent more than twenty years…
Sourdust Pottery
Stocksfield, ENG
Sourdust Pottery is a working studio in Stocksfield in the Tyne Valley, founded in 1991 by potter…
The Pottery Experience
Jesmond, ENG
Hazel and Oli opened The Pottery Experience on Fern Avenue on 19 April 2019, after Hazel spent…
Counter
1b Books
Heaton, ENG
Mandy and Kate opened 1b Books on Bolingbroke Street in December 2023, tucked around the corner…
586 Records
Gateshead, ENG
Antony Daly runs 586 Records from a first-floor unit inside the Atlas NE building on Gateshead High…
Beyond Vinyl
West Denton, ENG
Beyond Vinyl opened in 2017 in the John Marley Centre in the west of Newcastle, selling new and…
Bradley Gardens
Wylam, ENG
Bradley Gardens occupies an 18th-century walled garden in the Tyne Valley near Wylam, combining a…
Cogito Books
Hexham, ENG
Cogito Books has traded from St Mary's Chare, just off Hexham's market square, since 2001. Claire,…
Congburn Nurseries and Garden Centre
Edmondsley, ENG
Congburn Nurseries and Garden Centre is a family-run nursery at Edmondsley, near Durham, trading…
Corbridge Garden Room
Corbridge, ENG
Corbridge Garden Room opened on Market Place in 2012 as a family-run shop selling an edited mix of…
Cowell's Garden Centre
Woolsington (near Ponteland), ENG
Cowell's Garden Centre has traded from the same site on Main Road, Woolsington, near Newcastle…
Fine & Sandy
Tynemouth, ENG
Fine & Sandy is a gift and homeware shop on Front Street in Tynemouth village, close to the Priory…
Forum Books
Corbridge, ENG
Forum Books trades from a former chapel on Market Place, a listed building the shop has occupied…
Keel Row Books
Whitley Bay, ENG
Anthony Smithson and Alice Laverty have owned Keel Row Books since 2006, trading under a name first…
Lintzford Garden Centre
Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, ENG
Lintzford Garden Centre sits just off the A694 in the Derwent Valley outside Rowlands Gill, on the…
Cellar
Anarchy Brew Co
Walkergate, ENG
Simon and Dawn Miles started brewing in January 2012 at Whitehouse Farm Centre near Morpeth,…
Block & Bottle
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
Block & Bottle on Heaton Road pairs two things Newcastle takes seriously: Steven's free-range…
Brinkburn Street Brewery
Ouseburn, ENG
Brinkburn Street Brewery was formed in Byker in January 2015 and first brewed from a unit on…
Carruthers & Kent
Gosforth, ENG
Claire Carruthers and Mo O'Toole founded Carruthers & Kent in Gosforth in 2010, several years after…
Consett Ale Works
Consett, ENG
Small brewery on Sherburn Terrace, at the rear of the Grey Horse pub, brewing cask, keg and…
Firebrick Brewery
Blaydon-on-Tyne, ENG
The company was incorporated in May 2012 and brewed its first beer, Blaydon Brick, in January 2013;…
Hexhamshire Brewery
Hexham, ENG
Hexhamshire Brewery is Northumberland's oldest, founded in 1992 in the Hexhamshire countryside…
Jesmond Wine Company
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
An independent wine merchant on Clayton Road in Jesmond, established in 2021, selling hand-selected…
KORK Wine and Deli
Whitley Bay, ENG
KORK Wine and Deli opened on Whitley Road in Whitley Bay in 2020, run by Shawn and Claire after a…
NORD Bottle Shop
Whitley Bay, ENG
NORD Bottle Shop opened on Park View in Whitley Bay in 2017, set up by a small group with a shared…
The Six Nine Orchard
Prudhoe, ENG
Orchard at East Park Farm between the A69 and Hadrian's Wall, on the road to Rudchester. The first…
Two by Two Brewing
Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
Two by Two Brewing began in 2014 on a five-barrel plant in Wallsend before moving to a taproom in…
Snug
Bridge End Inn Ovingham
Ovingham, ENG
Pub on West Road in Ovingham, reopened at the end of March 2025 by new owners after standing shut…
Dipton Mill Inn
Hexham, ENG
There has been a pub on this site south of Hexham for close to two hundred years, originally…
Enigma Tap
North Shields, ENG
Enigma Tap is North Shields' first micropub, opened in a converted shop unit just off…
Hazy Daze
Whitley Bay, ENG
Hazy Daze opened in 2021 inside the restored Spanish City complex on Whitley Bay's seafront, having…
Low Lights Tavern
North Shields, ENG
Low Lights Tavern is a free house on North Shields Fish Quay, reputed to be the oldest pub in the…
Microbus Gateshead
Gateshead, ENG
Microbus is a micropub set inside a railway arch on High Level Parade, directly opposite the…
Split Chimp Ale House
Whitley Bay, ENG
A one-room micropub built into the refurbished Spanish City dome, pouring a rotating line-up of…
The Boathouse Inn
Wylam, ENG
The Boathouse Inn stands on Station Road in Wylam, next to the railway station and the Keelman's…
The Broad Chare
Quayside, ENG
The Broad Chare occupies a narrow lane just off Newcastle's Quayside, serving cask ales alongside a…
The Cumberland Arms
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG
The Cumberland Arms stands above the Ouseburn valley, first licensed in 1862 and rebuilt in 1899,…
The Dog & Rabbit
Whitley Bay, ENG
The Dog & Rabbit opened in 2016 in a shop on Park View, Whitley Bay, that had previously sold…
The Free Trade Inn
Ouseburn, ENG
The Free Trade sits above the Ouseburn's mouth with the finest free view in Newcastle — the Tyne's…
Rest
40 Winks Guesthouse
Durham, ENG
40 Winks occupies a Victorian townhouse on South Street in Durham, set on the riverbank across the…
Dilston Mill
Corbridge, ENG
Dilston Mill is a converted watermill on the banks of Devil's Water near Corbridge, within sight of…
Errington House
Humshaugh, ENG
Errington House is an early 18th-century farmhouse near Humshaugh, about a mile from Hadrian's Wall…
Hadrian Shepherd Huts
Nesbitt Hill Head, ENG
Shepherd hut at Nesbitt Hill Head outside Stamfordham, run by Kit and Nettie since 2019. The hut…
Peartree House
Corbridge, ENG
Peartree House is a small bed and breakfast on Roman Way in Corbridge, offering two en-suite rooms,…
Rye Hill Farm
Slaley, near Hexham, ENG
Rye Hill Farm has offered bed and breakfast from its Slaley farmhouse since 1988, when the family…
Sandsides Guest House
Whitley Bay, ENG
Sandsides Guest House occupies a Victorian building on Park Avenue in Whitley Bay, a short walk…
The Beaumont Hotel
Hexham, ENG
Roger and Magda Davy took over the Beaumont on Beaumont Street in Hexham after relocating their…
Tynemouth 61 Guest House and Tea Room
Tynemouth, ENG
Tynemouth 61 occupies a Georgian townhouse on Front Street built around 1750, once used to billet…
Victorian Tap
Hexham, ENG
A Victorian corner pub at Battle Hill and Eastgate in Hexham, reopened by new leaseholders in 2025…
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