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Jewelry of United Kingdom

48 stores · curated ORBIS register

British jewellery splits between Glasgow workshops and long-established family counters. Blair & Sheridan designs and makes bespoke fine jewelry in Glasgow since 2012. Robertson & Watt keeps fine jewellery and watches with repairs from a long-established family shop. Hadfields handles bespoke commissions with remodelling and on-site stone setting. Remodel what you own before buying new, because a stone usually outlasts its setting.

Bath Aqua Glass

Hidden Gem

Walcot Street & Abbey area, Bath

Visitors can watch interactive glassblowing demonstrations and, on selected sessions, blow into their own bauble. The Walcot Street programme also includes hands-on courses in glassblowing and stained glass rather than retail alone.

Best for Handmade aqua glassware, jewellery and stained glass

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Bath / EnglandORBIS register

Steensons

Hidden Gem

Bedford House, Belfast (and Glenarm)

Steensons designs and handcrafts contemporary jewellery in Northern Ireland, working from its own Glenarm and Belfast workshops. Its makers also produced jewellery for Game of Thrones.

Best for Handcrafted contemporary jewellery

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Glenarm & Belfast / Northern IrelandORBIS register

Hamilton & Inches

Hidden Gem

George Street, New Town

Hamilton & Inches has made and sold jewellery and silver as well as watches in Edinburgh since 1866. Founders Robert Inches and his uncle James Hamilton registered their hallmark with the city's assay office that year. The firm moved from Princes Street to 87 George Street in 1952 and holds a royal warrant as goldsmiths and silversmiths. Its showroom was restored in 2021 with Scottish whinstone and antique bronze.

Best for Fine jewellery and silver

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Edinburgh / ScotlandORBIS register

Paper Tiger

Hidden Gem

Stafford Street / Lothian Road / Morningside Road / Online

Paper Tiger buys from both established and emerging Edinburgh and UK artists, giving Scottish work a dedicated place across its shops. City-themed gifts range from locally made pieces to cards and wrap printed with Edinburgh imagery.

Best for Gifts, homeware, toys, jewellery and edible treats made by Scottish designers

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · ScotlandORBIS register

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

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Devon / EnglandORBIS register

Victorian Market, Inverness, Scotland

Colin Campbell founded this goldsmith's workshop in 1975 after completing his apprenticeship in Glasgow, and has run it from Inverness's Victorian Market since 2000. His son Paul, also apprenticeship-trained, now works alongside him on bespoke commissions and a workshop that handles around 100 repairs a week.

Best for Bespoke gold and silver jewellery, repairs

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Inverness / ScotlandORBIS register

London / United Kingdom / Online

The British Museum Shop is the museum's official online store, selling replicas, jewelry, books, and homeware inspired by its permanent collection and current exhibitions such as Hiroshige and Hieroglyphs. Every purchase supports the museum, with free UK delivery on orders over £100 and click-and-collect available.

Best for Museum store, gifts, jewelry, books

Orkney

Alison Moore Designs makes handmade jewellery from its Orkney workshop in sterling silver and 9ct gold set with gemstones including sapphires, aquamarine, labradorite and tourmaline, with collections inspired by Orkney's sea, skies and landscape.

Best for Handmade orkney gemstone jewellery

Cirencester

A bespoke jeweller in Cirencester designing and making engagement and wedding rings, remodelling old pieces and carrying out repairs on the premises. The studio works in gold, platinum and a range of gemstones, involving clients in the design of each piece.

Best for Bespoke engagement and wedding rings

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Cirencester / EnglandORBIS register

Golden Mile, Belgrave Road

D M Soni Jewellers trades from 83 Belgrave Road on Leicester's Golden Mile, selling 22ct gold jewellery in South Asian styles alongside gold coins and bars. Its pieces are hallmarked by the Sheffield Assay Office and diamonds are graded by the GIA.

Best for 22ct gold jewellery in Indian styles

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Leicester / EnglandORBIS register

Lincoln, England

Daniella Draper founded her jewellery business in 2009 and still runs it with her mother Della and sister Holly. Pieces are handmade in England from recycled solid gold and sterling silver, set with upcycled or restored antique stones. The Lincoln flagship stands at 260 High Street near the cathedral, with further shops in Beverley, Cleethorpes and Grimsby. Charms, alphabet letters and personalised work sit alongside engagement rings.

Best for Handcrafted-in-England ID bracelets and jewellery

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · EnglandORBIS register

Deakin & Francis

Heritage House

Birmingham — Jewellery Quarter / London / Online

Working out of the same Birmingham building since 1786, Deakin & Francis calls itself Britain's oldest family jewellers. It is run by the seventh generation of the family and still makes cufflinks and signet rings by hand. Their signature is vitreous enamelling — a slow, kiln-fired craft that gives their novelty and heraldic pieces their depth of color.

Best for Enamelled cufflinks and signet rings

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · EnglandORBIS register

Diana Porter

Hidden Gem

33 Park Street

From a Park Street workshop and shop, Diana Porter designs and makes contemporary jewellery in Fairtrade gold, recycled platinum and silver, best known for etched wedding and engagement rings. Every piece is prototyped, assembled and finished in-house, and the studio also remodels older jewellery.

Best for Contemporary and etched jewellery

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · BristolORBIS register

Enki

Hidden Gem

Kings Heath (High Street)

A Kings Heath shop and gallery on the High Street selling handcrafted jewellery, pottery, candles, and stationery sourced from independent makers. The stock rotates through work by British designers and small studios.

Best for Handmade jewellery and ceramics

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Birmingham / EnglandORBIS register

Faller the Jeweller

Heritage House

Derry, Northern Ireland

Founded in 1878 by German immigrant Wilhelm Faller, Faller the Jeweller is a family-run jeweller on Strand Road now in its third generation. It designs and makes pieces in an on-site workshop, including Irish-inspired heritage collections.

Best for Handmade jewellery and engagement rings

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Derry / Northern IrelandORBIS register

Orkney

Fluke Jewellery was founded by Roger Philby and makes silver and gold jewellery, including a handstruck silver collection, inspired by marine creatures such as dolphins, whales and porpoises, from its base at the Ortak Showroom, Kirkwall, Orkney.

Best for Nature-inspired orkney jewellery

Hadfields

Hidden Gem

Central Canterbury

Hadfields is an independent goldsmithing workshop whose designers and craftspeople have made jewellery in central Canterbury since the early 1980s, cutting and setting stones on the premises. The team specialises in bespoke commissions and remodelling, working with responsibly sourced gems and conflict-free diamonds.

Best for Bespoke jewellery, remodelling and on-site stone setting

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Canterbury / KentORBIS register

Heathergems

Worth a Detour

Pitlochry / United Kingdom

Heathergems describes itself as the only maker in the world of jewellery crafted from hand-harvested heather stems, producing pendants, rings, and brooches at its factory shop and visitor centre in Pitlochry. The company sells the full range in person at its Highland shop and ships worldwide through its online store with same-day dispatch.

Best for Jewelry, handmade, scottish-gifts

Jewellery Quarter

James Newman Jewellery designs and makes pieces in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, where its workshop also has a retail presence. The range includes engagement and wedding rings, alongside individual gemstone pieces and bespoke commissions for clients. Customers can discuss a new design with the business, rather than choosing solely from finished stock on display.

Best for Bespoke jewellery and engagement rings in Birmingham

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · United Kingdom: jewellery made in the company’s Birmingham workshopORBIS register

Cirencester town centre

A jewellery shop and workshop known for its love-lock designs and personalised silver and gold pieces made to order. Alongside its own collections it stocks a range of British and European jewellery brands.

Best for Personalised and love-lock jewellery

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Cirencester / EnglandORBIS register

Lincoln, England

Lincoln Cathedral runs its own shop alongside the medieval building itself, selling cathedral-branded jewelry, gifts and souvenirs both in person and online. Proceeds support the working cathedral, whose site also carries the Dean's welcome, daily service times and visitor information.

Best for Cathedral-branded gifts and jewelry

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Lincoln / EnglandORBIS register

Lowe & Sons

Hidden Gem

Bridge Street Row

Lowe & Sons has traded on Chester's Bridge Street Row since 1770, dealing in antique and pre-owned jewellery, silver, and pocket watches alongside restored period pieces. The family firm, now run under Powells, keeps a workshop for repairs, valuations, and the remodelling of older gold and gemstone jewellery.

Best for Antique and pre-owned jewellery

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · EnglandORBIS register

Orkney, Stronsay

Marion Miller, a Swedish jeweller, handmakes jewellery capturing the sea and shore of the Orkney Islands from her studio on the island of Stronsay, with collections including Wave, Sea Ribbons and Seaweed Wrack. She is a member of the Guild of Jewellery Designers and Creative Orkney.

Best for Sea inspired orkney jewellery

Orkney, Kirkwall

Ola Gorie, described on the site as one of Britain's most important jewellery designers, began work in the 1960s drawing on her Celtic and Norse heritage, producing silver and 9ct gold jewellery across Orkney, Scottish, Classic and Contemporary collections.

Best for Orkney inspired silver and gold jewellery

Broughty Ferry

Run by two Duncan of Jordanstone graduates at 299 Brook Street in Broughty Ferry, Pretty Fly Workshop handles bespoke commissions, engagement rings, engraving and enamelwork alongside repairs and recasting. The shop also stocks jewellery, ceramics, prints and textiles from more than fifty Scottish art-school graduates.

Best for Handmade and bespoke jewellery plus work by Scottish makers

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Broughty Ferry / DundeeORBIS register

Leicester

Established in 1974, Ram Jewellers makes custom Indian-style gold jewellery and trades gold coins and bars, with testimonials describing customers now three generations loyal. It builds pieces to commission rather than selling only fixed stock.

Best for Bespoke gold jewellery commissions

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Leicester / EnglandORBIS register

City Centre

Established in 1841, Robertson & Watt is a Scottish family jeweller, trading from 72-73 High Street opposite the Caird Hall. The shop carries jewellery, watches and giftware, and offers repairs, pearl restringing and valuations, still run day-to-day by the family.

Best for Fine jewellery, watches and repairs from a long-established family shop

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Dundee / ScotlandORBIS register

Plymouth / United Kingdom

Fine Jewellers Robins+Robins has traded from 131 Cornwall Street in Plymouth since 1988, handcrafting engagement rings, bespoke commissions and restorations for a clientele who value more than three decades of continuity. The no-appointment-necessary showroom sits alongside a full online collection of rings, necklaces, earrings and bangles.

Best for Jewelry, Fine Jewellers, Bespoke Commissions

New Town

Sheila Fleet OBE designs silver, gold and platinum jewellery drawn from Orkney's land and sea, all made and enamelled at her island workshop. Her Edinburgh gallery, a few steps from Princes Street, shows rings, necklaces, brooches and birthstone pieces.

Best for Enamelled Scottish jewellery

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Orkney / ScotlandORBIS register

The Arc

Hidden Gem

Commonhall Street

The Arc on Commonhall Street shows contemporary British craft, from studio ceramics and art glass to designer-maker jewellery and metalwork. The gallery represents established and emerging makers and rotates exhibitions of handmade work.

Best for Contemporary British craft

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⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · United KingdomORBIS register

Port Isaac / United Kingdom

Stacey Sibley paints and makes silver jewelry from the Pilchard Press Studio, an old fish cellar on the Pentus Wall in Port Isaac bay, drawing on 27 years as an interior designer and a habit of beachcombing for sea glass used in her pieces. Her watercolors, acrylics, prints and jewelry are sold through the Viddy Cottage online shop, and commissions are taken directly.

Best for Art Studio, Paintings, Jewelry

City Centre

Founded by Kenneth Walker after the Second World War and settled on Union Street, this family jeweller was rebranded Walker Luxury Jeweller in 2008. It is Dundee's official Rolex and Tudor stockist and carries brands including Georg Jensen and FOPE, with staff accredited by the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.

Best for Swiss watches and hand-selected diamond jewellery

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Dundee / ScotlandORBIS register

Cirencester town centre

Walter Bull & Son sells modern and pre-owned jewellery at 10 Dyer Street in Cirencester. Its family business traces its roots to an earlier London firm established in 1815 and moved to Cirencester in 1965. An on-site workshop handles repairs and restoration, with remodelling also available.

Best for Pre-owned jewellery and on-site repairs

⚒ Jewelers & Silversmiths · Cirencester / EnglandORBIS register

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