Shopping in Skipton

Skipton is a Dales market town, and as such serves both tourists and local alike as a shopping centre.

There is of course Skipton Market, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Famous for it outdoor shopping, Skipton Market brings visitors from far and wide.

And of course there's Craven Court, the Victorian style shopping arcade, praised by Prince Charles for it's architecture.

Shopping Areas

Of course the High Street is the main shopping area, and is host to Skipton Market 4 days a week. There are also many shops on Sheep St, Newmarket St, Coach St and Swadford St. Often the most interesting and rewarding shopping is found in the narrow side streets and alleyways that run off the main streets. Our Interactive map is colour-coded to highlight (yellow) the shopping areas in Skiption. Or better still, check out CragFace's Guided walk around the shopping areas of the town - highly recommended.

Shops in Skipton

Er, ok, listen I'm not a great shopper, myself. It really does strike me that someone who's into shopping should be writing this... anyone want to contribute a meaningful page of content here? Thought not. As usual. Ok, here we go. I'll try and list famous names first - which of course are the least interesting of the shops, the same wherever you go...

Department stores:
Rackhams and Sunwin House (the Co-op).

Supermarkets:
Morrisons and Tesco.

National Chains that have a shop/outlet in Skipton:
Body Shop, Boots, Dillons, Dorothy Perkins, Boots, FAS, Focus, Greenwoods, Hawkshead, H.Samuel, Laura Ashley, Link, Motorworld, New Look, Next, Spar, Superdrug, Thorntons, Threshers, WH Smiths, Woolworths, and probably loads of others that I've just never noticed. e-mail me and I'll update this.

More local and individual shops include:
Belmont of Skipton, Craven Cameras, David Goldie, The Famous Pork Pie Shop, George Fisher, Just Books, Lotus Petals, Merrit & Fryers, New England, Oswaldtwistle Mill, Paul Smith China, Ponden Mill, Pottery & Pine, Thomas' of Skipton, Whittakers Chocolatiers, Wright Wine & Whisky, Woodware Art Gallery and lots of others.

Charity shops include:
British Heart Foundation, Flying Angel (Mission to Seafarers), Help the Aged, SCAD (Skipton and Craven Action for Disability), Scope and Oxfam.

Shopping in Skipton - Listing from our Database:

To see a more complete(ish) listing of shops and shopping in Skipton, click here to do a preset search of our main database, with the keyword 'shop' - Yeah, I know this isn't all the shops in Skipton, but the reason that it isn't is that no-one is helping us insert data into the database. What is it with you people? See our SkiptonWeb Wants You page.

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