20 Best Shopping in Bath and the Cotswolds, England

Cheltenham's finest delicatessen sells a mouthwatering array of artisanal products from the Cotswolds and around the world. The selections of cured meats and cheeses, combined with freshly baked bread, are perfect for a picnic. If you can't wait until you get home, you can dine in: Chaplais Deli serves sandwiches and other light bites made from the shop's ingredients, and at the nearby Chaplais Kitchen, a café bistro, there's not only a delicious menu but also some interesting wines, beers, and ciders to pair with your meal.

This shop displays fine old furniture, portraits and landscape paintings, silver, and toys, with their price tags tied on with ribbon.

This place has more than 60 showcases and stands selling every kind of antique imaginable, including silver, porcelain, and jewelry.

For two to three weeks in late November and early December, the outdoor Bath Christmas Market sells gift items and regional specialties—from handcrafted toys to candles, cards, and edible delights—in over 200 chalet-style stalls concentrated in the area just south of the Abbey.

This gallery, close by the Abbey, carries the work of prominent artists, potters, sculptors, painters, and printmakers.

The town's oldest department store, now run by House of Fraser, stocks designer fashions.

This is the venue for a home, garden, and fashion market Monday through Thursday; an antiques market on Friday; and a crafts market on Saturday.

This popular, family-owned shop carries many perfumes that are manufactured on the premises by hand, and also stocks perfume bottles, diffusers, and essential oils, as well as jewelry. Classes are also available on-site for those who want to learn to mix their own perfume.

Showcases of jewelry, silver items, and ceramics, along with antiquarian books and period furniture, are on display over two floors.

This shop claims "we sell nothing useful," and whether that claim is true is up to you to decide, but you're bound to be charmed by its products. They have wonderful houseswares and gifts, including children's toys, butter-soft leather goods, handmade jewelry, and greeting cards.

The historic covered Guildhall Market, close to the Abbey and Pulteney Bridge, is open Monday through Saturday 9–5. There are around 20 stallholders selling everything from jewelry and gifts to delicatessen food, secondhand books, bags, and batteries. There's a café, too.

Descendants of an original member of the Guild of Handicraft specialize in fashioning lovely items from silver at this shop.

This pleasant, though pricey, shop sells organic products and gifts inspired by King Charles III's gardens.

Better known as m.a.d.e., this shop is a cornucopia of unusual designer items, including stationery, textiles, housewares, toys, and jewelry.

Every Monday and Friday, Cirencester's central Market Place is packed with stalls selling a motley assortment of goods, mainly household items but some local produce and crafts, too. An excellent farmers' market takes place here every second and fourth Saturday of the month.

This shop carries a good stock of classic and modern jewelry.

A treasure trove for military buffs, Q and C Militaria offers badges and medals, breastplates, helmets, coats of arms, and books. It's run by ex-soldiers.

The city's oldest candy store, The Bath Sweet Shop boasts of stocking some 350 different varieties, including traditional licorice torpedoes, pear drops, and aniseed balls. Sugar-free treats are available.

An independent design shop located on the Market Place, Treacle George sells a carefully chosen selection of furniture, housewares, and gifts.