The Corn Exchange Cafe & Shops in Stamford consists of around 30 small businesses selling unique and handmade items
Visit us today to find the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one.
Our unique local shops and crafts
A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at our shops and cafe.
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STAMFORD KIDZ STUFF
Joyce has made her shop colourful and fun, for all those wee ones who come to visit.
Browse through beautiful wooden toys, fair trade mobiles and bags, wonderfully illustrated books, plush soft toys, pocket money range and nursery items. Nappy cakes and gift baskets are also available, handmade to your specification and budget.
DAB DESIGNS
Denise has a unique take on Design. Upcycled furniture with varying wonderful techniques.
UPTOWN VINYL RECORDS
Alan, at Uptown Vinyl Records offers a huge collection of vinyl, CDs and music videos.
Music memorabilia in stock covers all genres of music.
We also buy record collections, contact us
THE STAMFORD SEWING SHOP
Linda, at Stamford Sewing Shop stocks a large range of haberdashery, knitting wool, . If it's not in stock, then she’ll always try to order it for you. She has a lot of lovely regular customers and she loves to discuss sewing needs and see photos of any projects.
Linda has chosen to reduce her hours. With only haberdashery on display. She is now in the shop on Wednesdays & Fridays 9am-12am
THE WHITE COUNTRY STORE
New trader has arrived in Cabinet 10 with her unique collection of Home Interior Gifts.
Best Seller Heart Snacking Station - Great for sharing
Laura has now taken over Unit 2 and will soon be displaying wonderful Kitchen Home Wares. Watch this space
NIK NAKS
The Corn Exchange Theatres Charity Shop selling everything except electrical goods and large furniture. All donations allow the theatre’s charity to provide a venue for local amateur and community groups. We are a loyal, friendly team of volunteers who enjoy working in this vibrant atmosphere.
ALI'S ALLSORTS
Owned by Ali, selling Stamford gifts, tea towels, bags, mugs, postcards and other memorabilia together with new and old collectibles to include Beatrix Potter, Lladro and DCUK ducks and birds, Pomme Pidou money boxes and notepads.
BACK WALL BOOKSHOP
Back Wall Bookshop is excited to stock a range of greetings cards and gift wrap for all occasions as well as books, jigsaws, stationery and gifts. For all enquiries please message us here.
LILY LOVES LEMON
Hi! I’m Kate from Lily Loves Lemon, official Frenchic paint stockist. I stock the full range of this fantastic paint. If you have any questions about the paint, the prep or the finishing touches please just drop me a line.
RACHAELS COLLECTION
Meet Rachael in Cabinet 6, with her collection of Fabulous Doorstops, Door Knockers & Bronze animal figures.
From Highland Cows to Hares and Horses and Lovely ironwork door knockers & hooks
RUBY MOON
RubyJo & Girl in The Moon combined as RubyMoon
Anne Padmore is the designer of Gemstone Jewellery and specialises in semi-precious gemstone jewellery including amethyst, turquoise and fresh water pearls, all in lovely colour combinations. Simple bold styles which allow the gems to speak for themselves, she also enjoys making a few seed bead and hand-felted designs. Commissions are welcome.
Margaret Rounds our silversmith, designs unique sterling silver jewellery, which is cut, filed and polished all by Ruby Jo.
FORK EMPORIUM
At Chris's Fork Emporium we turn antique and vintage cutlery into beautiful handmade cutlery jewellery.
Bracelets made from fork and spoon handles, pendants, rings, earrings and fish knife bracelets, all carefully shaped and polished into jewellery with history.
BACK IN THE DAY
Purveyors of quirky and traditional collectables. From rustic garden, to retro bar, man cave to vintage hometown décor, classic car, garage and model railway to doll's houses and tiny furniture.
coming soon
Brilliance in Blue coming soon
PHOENIX of STAMFORD
Susie is passionate about re-purposing, recycling clothing and accessories.
Embellishing denim jackets, skirts, bags.
Creating bags from old jeans.
RUTLAND WAX MELTS
Theresa has joined us with her Luxury Collection of Hand Made Wax Melts, Diffusers, Burners, Hand & Body Washes & Lotions. Wonderful Aromas
UNIQUELY YOURS
Welcome to Amber, with her One of a Kind Acrylic Pouings on canvas.
Amber has crafted for personal enjoyment for years. Trying various types of crafts, one eventually stood out from the rest. husband kindly cleared out their garage in order to support Amber in scaling up this hobby.
Each painting is unique, same techniques and colours used wil never result in the same outcome.
Hopefully I can share my passion and persuade you to like my creations.
THE PET SHED
The Pet Shed has opened in Unit 3.
Pet Supplies, Treats, Chews, Food, Cat beds, Bird houses. Puppy training pads.
More varieties arriving every day
DIAMOND STAR GLASS
We’re Matt and Gina, we live locally and make these colourful stained glass sun catchers to add a little colour to your lives.
Matt took up stained glass copper foiling in September 2023 after deciding he needed a hobby. He did a one day taster class and was instantly hooked!!
Initially it was a hobby just for his own satisfaction but you can only make so many pieces for yourself 😜.
We decided to see if others liked our work and went to our local village Christmas Fayre and were delighted to find out they did and so Diamond Stars Glass was born.
Matt loves to make new pieces and will give anything a go. He has made several one off commission pieces and embraces new challenges.
I get involved more by being Matt’s helper and sorting not so exciting bits. I do make with his left over pieces of glass reusable candle holders, trying to minimise our waste.
We’re so pleased that our little hobby is welcomed and enjoyed by people and look forward to making many more colorful pieces for you to enjoy.
LIZZIE ANN CRAFT
I’m Sarah and have a strong passion for typography and creating new designs for my handmade gifts, home décor and wedding stationery. Many unique bespoke pieces made to order.
MUDDY RAINBOW
Rainbow Handmade Crafts are Mum - Claire and 12 year old Skye, who both love crafting together. We started needle felting at Christmas 2023 and haven't stopped since. We both have ADHD so once we start something we love - hyperfocus kicks in and there's no stopping us!!! Skye creates the lovely colourful mushrooms and Claire creates the needle felted cacti, succulents and plants. We use repurposed teapots, cups and saucers, and pots as homes for most of our creations, and sourcing these is often just as exciting as the felting. We love plants too, but just cannot keep real ones alive, so here is our perfect solution...quirky, zero maintenance needle felted plants that you simply cannot kill...
VANDA HAIRBANDS
Handmade reversible wired hairbands. During lockdown I decided to make hairbands for myself to keep myself busy. Quite a few friends commented on how nice they were, so I thought I would make some to sell as a hobby.
BETTIE BROWN BOUTIQUE
Elaine has joined us in Cabinet 1 with her unique handmade bath bombs, body oils & lotions etc. Wonderful fragrances
BALLYHOO BEARS
Hi, we are Ballyhoo Bears and Belles. That's me, Ceri and my sister Kay
I live in Stamford and make the bears, which I hand knit from all types of yarn such as alpaca, mohair and silk and pure wool. I knit them from my own patterns in all sizes. There are, what I call the little flat bears and also the collectors bear which are sitting down.
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ELSIE'S FLOWER BASKET
Sally the florist has joined us in Cabinet 10 with all things floral. From Silk Posies to Real Bouquets
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Maggie has joined us in Cabinet 4 with her unique Healing Crystals. Lovely Boxed Gift Sets.
Watch this space for photos of these very special items
Christina Queen of Cats
Christina has joined us with her unique craft.
handmade Resin & Jesmonite Creations, packed full of recycled material
FC HANDMADE GIFTS
For a retail experience with a difference, why not visit our unique gift shops in Stamford?
DAYDREAMS & DRAGONS
Emma & Jade, a mother & daughter team, with a passion for all things fantasy and for making handmade craft.
All of our items are made by ourselves with materials sourced in the UK.
EVITA4ALL
Evi has joined us in Cabinet 9 with her unique resin bookmarks, decoupage ornamental bottles, coasters, and religious art
BUY-CRAFTS
Sandra lovingly makes these Hand Crafted Goods. From Purses / Makeup Bags / Peg Buckets / I Pad Pouch / Dammit Dolls and More
BIG LIFE
THE PARACORD BLOKE
Son of a Creature Man
Yvette & Louise have joined the team with their amazing hand crafted animals in support of the Big Life Foundation.
This Charity helps endangered species in Africa.
From Hand Knitted & Crochet Elephants, Zebras, Rhinos, etc and Beautiful Hand Pencilled Images of Animals
Duncan has joined us in Unit 5 with his unique hand made re-purposed paracord bracelets
Maker of Upcycled, Hand Painted Art
