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McCoys Arcade, Exeter
Opened in 2020 in McCoys Arcade, this independent shop carries new fiction, non-fiction, children's books, nature writing, poetry and zines chosen by hand. It runs author events, book launches and poetry nights, and co-produces the Echoes literary festival.
Best for Curated new fiction, nature writing and poetry
Exeter / United Kingdom
Leaf Street is a shop on Magdalen Road in Exeter selling artisan jewellery and pre-loved clothing alongside home decor.
Best for Artisan jewellery and pre-loved clothing
Magdalen Road, St Leonard's, Exeter
A neighbourhood cheesemonger at 71 Magdalen Road selling cut-to-order cheese alongside bread, wine and accompaniments. It keeps regular weekday hours plus Saturday and Sunday trading for the St Leonard's community.
Best for Cut-to-order cheese with bread and wine
Gandy Street, Exeter
An independent craft and gift shop at 11a Gandy Street stocking gifts, cards, prints, jewellery, craft kits and books handmade by artisans across the South West. It takes part in Gandy Street's monthly First Thursdays evenings of late shopping, live music and street entertainment.
Best for Handmade South West gifts, cards and prints
Little Castle Street, Exeter
An independent jeweller at 2 Eastons Buildings on Little Castle Street offering handmade and bespoke pieces made in its Devon workshop, plus repairs, resizing, engraving and remodelling of inherited jewellery. It also runs a hand-knotted silk pearl restringing service.
Best for Bespoke commissions and remodelling heirloom jewellery
Broadclyst, near Exeter
A bean-to-bar micro-factory in Broadclyst, Nicola's Chocolate roasts and refines cacao from El Salvador, Uganda and Colombia into single-origin bars and flavours like Masala Chai, winning Taste of the West Gold and International Chocolate Awards Silver.
Best for Single-origin bean-to-bar chocolate roasted, cracked and refined in Broadclyst
Nicola's Chocolate runs as a bean-to-bar micro-factory in Broadclyst, near Exeter, where Nicola personally sources cacao - including trips direct to origin farms such as Hacienda La Carrera in El Salvador - and then roasts, cracks and refines the raw beans in-house rather than buying in pre-processed couverture. That control over every stage lets each origin read distinctly in the finished bar: the range covers single-origin chocolate from El Salvador, Uganda and Colombia, each handled to let its own citrus-bright or deep, cocoa-forward character come through rather than being smoothed into a house style. Alongside the straight single-origins sit flavoured bars built on the same base, including a Masala Chai 50% and an Oregano & Sea Salt 70%, plus other spiced lines such as Spiced Rum. The chocolate has picked up recognized industry awards, including Taste of the West Gold across multiple years, an International Chocolate Awards Silver, and a 2024 Champion Chocolate designation. Nicola also runs classes, tastings and school workshops from the site, treating the micro-factory as a place to learn the craft as much as to buy the bars - a small, hands-on operation where sourcing, processing and teaching all happen under the same roof.
Martins Lane, Exeter
A contemporary jewellery gallery on Martins Lane near the cathedral, showing handcrafted rings, earrings and sculptural pieces from more than fifty independent makers and designers. It offers bespoke commissions, heirloom remodelling and a pre-loved collection called VAULT.
Best for Contemporary designer jewellery and bespoke rings
Exeter / United Kingdom
Quay Presents is a gift and craft shop in a cellar at Kings Wharf on Exeter's Quay.
Best for Gifts and crafts
Fore Street, Exeter
A vinyl and CD shop at 98 Fore Street holding over 75,000 items across LPs, 12-inch and 7-inch singles, CDs and music DVDs, many imported. Founded in Taunton in 1995, it moved to Exeter in 2006 and buys collections as well as sourcing hard-to-find records.
Best for Deep vinyl crate-digging and rarities
Crediton, near Exeter
A family-run, independent craft cider maker working from a cider mill in Crediton, pressing fresh juice from locally sourced Devon apples. Its flagship Devon Red leads a range spanning session, traditional, flavoured and alcohol-free ciders, with the 2026 harvest marking its 25th year.
Best for Devon craft cider and the flagship Devon Red
Exeter / United Kingdom
Sobeys is an independent shop on Gandy Street in Exeter selling vintage and reworked clothing.
Best for Vintage and reworked clothing
Exeter / United Kingdom
The Real McCoy in Exeter's McCoy's Arcade sells vintage clothing and accessories from the 1900s to the 2000s.
Best for Vintage clothing, 1900s to 2000s
Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter
Set across three floors of a 17th-century building at 27 Fore Street, this shop deals in secondhand and out-of-print books, with strengths in Devon and West Country topography, social history, archaeology and English literature. Owner Lily Neal runs a book search service and buys books from customers.
Best for Secondhand and antiquarian West Country titles
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