New online marketplace launched to support Sheffield independents

A new online marketplace has been launched by This Is Sheffield to support the city’s independent businesses and to encourage people to shop local by providing an easy collective platform.

This is Sheffield launch new initiative to support independent businesses

The Community offers members access to exclusive discounts and rewards from a growing number of local businesses.

Historic Leah’s Yard set for revival as creative hub for independent businesses

Leah’s Yard, a former 19th Century mesters works and one of Sheffield’s most important heritage buildings, is set for an exciting new future that will both honour and celebrate its rich industrial heritage as part of the Heart of the City regeneration programme.

Sheffield’s new independent retail hub, Leah's Yard opens to the public

The redeveloped Grade II* Listed Leah’s Yard on Cambridge Street has now opened its doors to the public, providing a contemporary city centre hub for some of Sheffield’s finest independent businesses.

OPUS

An independent social enterprise founded under the banner of 'Creating for Common Good' - promoting participation, creativity and activism. Projects include Now Then Magazine and the Now Then App, Wordlife, Opus distribution and Festival of Debate.

Independent shops

The Fringe: independent venues

The Fringe sees weird and wonderful performances in bars, clubs and venues (and the odd front room) right across the city. And here is your introduction to all of them.

Brigantes Orchestra - Independence Day | USA

Brigantes Orchestra takes you around the world! Last stop: America!

Mookau

Mookau is an independent gift shop on Sheffield's Ecclesall Road, selling quirky, eclectic and unique products that bring a smile to your face.

Gravel Pit

Gravel Pit is an independent  homeware shop selling a wide variety of plants, prints, ceramics, glass and concrete planters, books and lighting.

Nest

Nest is an independent luxury furniture, lighting and home accessories retailer selling carefully curated interior brands that showcase high quality, innovative and modern design.

Wickwire

Wickwire is an independent gift shop located in Nether Edge Sheffield, selling locally made gifts and cards alongside well known brands such as Jellycat, Melissa & Doug, Carrie Elspeth and Kiss Me Kwik.

Novel

Novel is a cosy independent book shop and café nestled in the heart of Crookes. They sift through contemporary releases to find the most inspiring, innovative, and thought-provoking books out there.

SYSheffield

SYSheffield is a vibrant, and unique retail hub built from shipping containers in Kelham Island, in Sheffield. It offers a carefully curated mix of independent businesses, including food and drink vendors, retailers, and event spaces.

The Walkley Press

The Walkley Press is an independent card and gift shop offering fun, pretty, arty and quirky things for the important people in your life

Spinning Discs

Established in 2015, Spinning Discs is an independent record shop established to give music lovers in Sheffield a place to meet, relax and browse new, reissue and select second hand vinyl in a friendly community environment.

The Alternative Store

Fiercely independent since 92, The Alternative Store has supplied the subcultures of Sheffield with streetwear since for thirty years.

Ahsanova

Ahsanova is an independent lip gloss brand that represents creativity, individuality, and empowerment through self-expression.

Vulgar

VULGAR is an Independent Vintage Store based in Sheffield. 

The Arundel Emporium

The Arundel Emporium is an independent market and community driven arts space. At Arundel Emporium they strive to serve as a creative hub and retail space for Sheffield's independent artists and businesses to connect and thrive.

The Cream Store

Independent clothing & footwear retailer offering a collection of quality goods from leading brands.

Shop Local Sheffield Bags

Four specially designed tote bags encouraging people in Sheffield to shop local will be available from a selection of independent retailers across the city.

Ark

Ark is a quirky shop with an eclectic feel. They support local and independent makers, as well as some more mainstream items. Their aim is to bring back a true, warm shopping experience and attract footfall back to the high street.

Hub.

Hub is an independent record store in Sheffield. Their vinyl collection includes carefully selected Hip Hop, House, Disco, Soul, Jazz, Electronica, Drum ’n Bass, Reggae, Dub and much, much more.

Annie Jude's

Annie Jude's is an independent gift  shop showcasing beautiful homemade items and supporting small business talent from Sheffield and beyond.

Rex Market

Rex Market pops up in Neepsend on selected dates throughout the year, showcasing a handpicked variety of independent Sheffield businesses! From craft stalls to street food and drink, it's the perfect event for those who love to shop small.

Shorelines

Shorelines is an independent rider owned distribution company specialising in high performance mountain bikes, components and accessories. They pride themselves on offering the best designed and best quality products they can find - everything they sell has been truly tried and tested in some of the most demanding biking conditions in the world. As riders they simply want well designed products that work and don't let you down when the going gets tough, which is a simple philosophy that has led…

Sheffield Street listed second in the Top 10 Hotspots for indie shops

American Express and Shop Small commissioned research with GlobalData to reveal the top 10 UK high streets for independent shops, with Sheffield's Division /Devonshire Street placing second.

Make Noise Studios

Make Noise Studios is an independent business that specialises in everything involved with music. They have 6 rehearsal rooms, 2 recording studios with 3 live rooms, and they also host live shows.

Hardy Violins

Based in the historic Portland Works building, Hardy Violins provides repair and making services for violins, violas and cellos by the independent luthier Emma Hardy.

Sheffield Print Club

Sheffield Print Club are an independent, screen printing, not-for-profit, social enterprise. The Club runs group workshops, private classes, bespoke sessions and offer a wide range of services to members including studio hire. They can also provide external workshops, such as school visits, and demonstrations as part of a larger event. 

Tim Nye

Tim tells us why Sheffield is a place where start-up independents have a chance.

Sheffield Food Tours

Kelham Island Food Tours have teamed up with some of the best places to eat and drink in Kelham Island to offer you a true taste of independent Sheffield, along with fascinating insights along the way.  

The Moor Market

One of the UK's best indoor markets and home to over 90 independent traders, Sheffield's Moor Market has a range of stalls offering fantastic quality and great value. It offers customers a unique retail experience, full of characters, wonderful flavours, sights and sounds.

Indie scene in Abbeydale Road & Nether Edge

Also known as the Sheffield Antiques Quarter, the area along and around Abbeydale Road houses a diverse selection of quirky independents, and continues over into Nether Edge.

Moonko

An award winning shop selling ethical products in a beautiful environment. It's owned and run by Debbie, who has taken the shop on a journey from online only to the much loved presence on Division St it now is, selling all sorts of lovely items from everlasting flowers to memorable gifts.

Plantology

Plantology is a like-minded team of florists selling plants and flowers in Sheffield, inspired by the beauty of nature and the limitless creations that can be made using them. Alongside plants and dried flowers, Plantology also sell an array of pots and gifts and homeware.

La Biblioteka

Opened in 2016, La Biblioteka is an award-winning small bookshop, kiosk and cultural space in Sheffield city centre.

Rails Of Sheffield

Rails is one of the largest UK suppliers of quality new and second-hand model railway stock.

The Indie Arcade

The Indie Arcade are Sheffield based purveyors of the weird and wonderful. With new stock added every day from clothes, books and records to toys and homewares.

Bricks and Bits Toy Shop

Bricks and Bits Toy Shop is an official stockist of LEGO, Playmobil, Games Workshop and Orange Tree Toys. Based in Sheffield the stock a huge variety of games.

Gills & Co

Founded in Autumn 2022, Gills & Co was built out of a desire to bring a fantastic range of wines to Sheffield. Owned by Andy Trudgill, who brings with him tons of experience in the hospitality industry, launched the shop with a simple concept - browse and take wine home, or browse and drink in.

Grub Records

A record shop and neighbourhood wine bar on Queen's Road.

Nikki Noo Dried Flowers

Using natural materials and foraged treasures, Nikki Noo creates beautiful and everlasting crafts and gifts. Flowers and grasses are given a second life as wreaths, bouquets, pressed flower prints, and sculptures, all gathered from gardens in and around Sheffield.

The Calm Edit

The Calm Edit is a creative studio offering emotionally supportive planning tools, poetic printables, and Bohemian jewellery. 

Silk and Soil

Silk and Soil is a slow fashion label rooted in sustainability, ethical sourcing, and the preservation of artisanal heritage. Each of our garments is poetically crafted—handwoven, hand-embroidered, and deeply connected to the land and the hands that shape it. 

Maxines of Sheffield

Maxines of Sheffield offers a beautiful collection of evening gowns, stunning prom dresses at affordable prices, accessories and elegant evening shoes- all complemented by a professional clothing alterations service. 

What else is there to discover?

No Bounds is a multi-site festival, so you’ll get to explore loads of independent spaces around Sheffield as you explore.

Swallows and Damsons

Swallows and Damsons are based in a quaint Little Flower Shop on Sheffield's Abbeydale Road. Using the natural beauty of classic flowers and adding an element of vintage charm, their aim is to bring something distinctive to Sheffield.

Rivelin Valley Dog Park

Rivelin Valley Dog Park is currently Sheffield's only safe and secure exercise field for dogs. It is a safe place, in the heart of the Rivelin Valley, where your nervous and/or reactive dog can run about. 

Ting Studio

Ting Studio is a wellness space located in the Grade II listed Chaucer Yard. It is the home of Ting Yoga.

CitySpareSpace

Don't lug your luggage round when you visit Sheffield, store it with CitySpareSpace and enjoy your day.

RiteTrax at Plot 22

The Jewellery Business

The Jewellery Business offers a range of classes to the public to learn jewellery making skills. They cater for beginners and also people who have some experience with jewellery making. They run some one off classes and also weekly classes and welcome all kinds of people to their friendly environment.

AR Dungeon Darts - The Great Escape Game

Prepare for an unparalleled adventure with Dungeon Darts, where the ancient game of darts meets cutting-edge technology in a fantastical setting.

Scavenger

Scavenger is a unique business that upcycles old climbing gear to create useful and beautiful alternatives to sending retired climbing gear to landfill. By keeping the designs simple but beautiful, Scavenger aims to create unique products that are easy to repair and are designed to last forever. In this way they are repurposed to continue their adventures.

Rhyme & Reason

Rhyme and Reason Booksellers are an Aladdin's cave of books in Hunter's Bar. It has been part of the community for over two decades selling an extensive selection of both children and adult books. 

Sheffield Makers Hunters Bar

Sellers of Sheffield wares from their shop in Hunters Bar. The shop stocks ranges from local makers that are innovative, colourful, eco-friendly and design conscious. This includes cards, gifts, candles, kitchen ware and jewellery.

Starmore Boss

StarmoreBoss is a boutique and bespoke off-licence retailing specialist quality wine, craft beer and intriguing spirits.

Kelham Island Books and Music

Sheffield's largest second-hand bookshop, located on Shalesmoor near Kelham Island since June 2018.

The Blind Mole

Based in the Loxley area of Sheffield, The Blind Mole sell industrial salvage, antiques, mid-century design, vintage furniture, homewares & curios. 

Nomad Maison

Nomad Maison is a shop that sells handcrafted homeware from around the world and is also a versatile venue for various events.

Labre’s Hope

Labre’s Hope is a social enterprise which employs young people experiencing homelessness, or those at risk, to handcraft luxury soaps and candles.

Shopping

Sheffield’s authentic and independent spirit is reflected in its retail and there are several areas of the city where clusters of independent shops have grown to become quirky shopping districts in their own right.

James Lock

Opus is a social enterprise with a portfolio of many projects – from print publishing to live events to innovative digital platforms and a whole host of things that fall between.

Hop Hideout

An award-winning speciality beer shop and tasting room, located in the Grade II listed Leah's Yard in Sheffield City Centre. They stock an extensive range, with 200+ chilled beers available to browse or enjoy there and then.

Candy Kabin

Traditional Sweet shop selling over 250 different sweets. Handmade chocolates & fudge. Vegetarian & sugar free. Sweet cakes, children's parties, Smoo milk shakes, ice cream and slush. The shop also has seating area.

Whirlow Hall Farm Shop

Whirlow Hall Farm sell high welfare pork, lamb, Galloway beef, hand linked sausages, traditional dry cured bacon, free range eggs, soft fruit and veg in season. All food is produced on Whirlow Hall farm and sold exclusively through the farm shop. Also available are a variety of local jams, chutneys, drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic) homemade cakes and artisan cheeses.

Sheffield Antiques Emporium

A large and vibrant centre based in the antiques quarter in Sheffield. The Emporium has a huge variety of wares on offer and a cafe for that well deserved restbite.

Zeds Wholefoods

Zeds Wholefoods are a general grocery shop, specialising in wholefoods. Located in the heart of Nether Edge, the shop sells organic produce all year round.

The Kelham Flea

The Kelham Flea is an antiques and vintage emporium selling a wide range of goods from contemporary art to industrial salvage. Described as stocking "an eclectic mix of pre-loved treasures and bespoke goods," the emporium features reclaimed furniture, vintage clothes and toys as well as art work and plants.

The WareHouse

Set in a 19th Century Victorian Factory in the heart of Kelham Island, this Decorative Salvage & Antiques Warehouse is the passion project of Yellow Arch’s founder Andy Cook.

Yards Store

The Sheffield Yards Store is located on Pinstone Street and features a fusion of outdoor and heritage brands including And Wander, Ten C, Carhartt WIP, Gramicci, Hikerdelic, RRL, ST95, Hoka, Karhu, Clarks Originals and New Balance to name just a few.

Hayzie Printing Designs

Hayzie Printing Designs specialises in handmade ethnic cards and unique gifts, bringing creativity and cultural flair to every occasion.

Forged & Found Arts

Forged & Found Arts blends industrial heritage and contemporary art using Sheffield Steel blanks and reclaimed materials to handcraft inspiring and unique art. 

Caayal

Caayal is a brand dedicated to ethical craftsmanship and cultural artistry. They work with fair trade organisations that empower artisan communities through fair wages and opportunities.

A Charm of Magpies

Run by Lizzie Maskery, A Charm of Magpies create original jewellery that is colourful, creative, and designed to stand out.

Amani Kush

Amani Kush is a bold, transformative jewellery and accessories brand built on the belief that beauty can rise from anything. Every piece is handcrafted with intention, drawing from reclaimed, upcycled, and reimagined materials to create designs that carry the energy of survival, reinvention, and elevated luxury. 

Indie shopping in Sheffield City Centre

Aside to high-street names, there are plenty of amazing independent shops to browse in Sheffield City Centre.

Start or grow a business

Sheffield is a great place to start a business because it's big enough to feel like there's opportunity, but small enough to feel that you can make a difference. We have a strong business community with a genuine appreciation of local independents, a tech sector positioned for great collaboration and a rich manufacturing base.

Jules Gray

Jules is the owner of Hop Hideout beer shop, as well as the founder of Sheffield Beer Week, a city-wide annual event with an independent ethos at its heart.

All Good Stuff

All Good Stuff was set up in 2013 to promote the growing Sheffield arts scene. Their gallery shop on Arundel Street is in the iconic Butcher Works in the heart of the historic Cultural Industries Quarter, stocking over 50 local artists and makers.

Abbeydale Brewery Ltd

A true Sheffield institution founded in 1996 and employee owned since 2024, Abbeydale Brewery blends heritage and tradition with creativity and innovation, showcasing these values across an unparalleled range of beers.

Lykemi Personalised Shop

Lykemi Personalised Shop is a one-stop shop for all things personalised and promotional, offering a wide range of items from drinkware to tote bags, badges, keyrings, fridge magnets, notebooks, apparel, and business stationery.

Sabi and Soul

Sabi and Soul (Wabi Sabi Clothing Co.) is a Sheffield-based sustainable clothing brand, launched in May 2025 by Edd & Curt, dedicated to creating ethically produced, low-impact apparel inspired by those that create.

Steph’s Cakes

Steph’s Cakes is a vegan bakery based in Sheffield. Founded in 2020, the business has been creating an extensive range of vegan treats, including cakes, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, scones, and Steph’s signature vegan clotted cream.

SANPO

SANPO’s illustration themes revolve around botanical gardens, plants, and flowers, created using gouache, watercolour, ink, acrylic, soft pastels, and coloured pencils.

Rosalia in Bloom

Made from dried, natural flowers, Rosalia creates long-lasting gifts and dried floral arrangements.

Orient by Dinma

Orient by Dinma, also known as Panache by Elvira, is an Afrocentric ready-to-wear clothing line founded by Chidinma Asonye.

Exciting Developments in Hillsborough’s Burgeoning Indie Scene

Over the last year (and despite the pandemic) Hillsborough has seen an influx of exciting new independent businesses, bringing a fresher feel and attracting new visitors to this reinvigorated part of Sheffield.

Sheffield Makers Shops

Sheffield is a City of Makers! So it's not surprising that there's a great selection of fantastic independent shops, purely dedicated to showcasing and stocking a wide variety of Sheffield-made products created by talented local makers.

Leah's Yard

Located in the heart of the city centre on Cambridge Street, Leah's Yard is an exciting independent retail destination, home to some of Sheffield's finest independents. 

Indie shopping guide in Sheffield

Sheffield has a wealth of independent shops for you to browse. Whether you're on the hunt for standout vintage pieces, eye-catching homeware, or simply just a vibrant neighbourhood to browse, the city's indie retailers have got you covered.

Tabitha - Sheffield Hallam University Student

Tabitha studied LLB (Hons) Law at Sheffield Hallam and is now working as a barrister at Park Square Barristers in Leeds where she practises criminal law and acts as an independent advocate for both the prosecution and defence.

Areas to Explore

Across the city's hill and valleys, Sheffield is made up of clusters of vibrant neighbourhoods, all with their own unique charm and vibrancy. Here you'll find friendly independent businesses to eat, drink and shop in, unexpected green spaces, colourful street art and fascinating heritage... 

Bear Tree Records

Bear Tree Records is a shop in Sheffield specialising in new vinyl records. The shop opened in 2015. They stock the finest new releases and reissues as well as a small amount of quality second hand records. 

Glass Onion

Glass Onion sell vintage clothes that have been sourced from textile recycling plants across Europe and the USA.

Bird's Yard

Multiple award winning Bird's Yard prides itself on showing the best of local talent and many other global designers.

Sheffield Makers - Winter Garden

The Sheffield Makers Shop exclusively sell items by makers and artists living in Sheffield who all work together to make the shop run.

Cocoa Wonderland

Cocoa is a chocolate shop and café nestled in the hills of Sheffield, dreamt up by two best friends who refuse to grow up.