Aero Leather Clothing
Family-run in the Scottish Borders since 1981, cutting every panel by hand
Galashiels, Scottish Borders
- Clothing
All makers
The firms behind the British-made things we list: who they are, where they work and what they make.
Aubin
Launched in 2008, relaunched in 2021, now owned by founder Peter Williams
Great Britain
- Clothing
Barnes & Moore
Steve Moss's leatherworks, making each piece by hand with traditional tools
England
- Leather goods
Blackhorse Lane Ateliers
Founded in Walthamstow in 2016, training local machinists on Blackhorse Lane
Walthamstow, London
- Clothing
Blackshore
Started on Southwold harbour in 2017; now with its own workshop in Rackheath
Rackheath, Norfolk
- Clothing
Blenheim Forge
Craftspeople forging high-carbon steel in their own Peckham workshop
Peckham, London
- Kitchen knives
Bradford Sock Company
Knitting in a Bradford mill once owned by Sir Titus Salt
Bradford, West Yorkshire
- Socks
Cambridge Satchel
Leicestershire workshop making by hand, stage by stage, with lifetime repairs
England and more
- Home office
- Leather goods
Carnwear
Jessye Boulton's studio near Penzance, making in small batches since 2021
West Cornwall
- Clothing
Cheaney
Founded by Joseph Cheaney in Desborough in 1886, in the same factory since 1896
Desborough, Northamptonshire
- Shoes
Community Clothing
Started by Patrick Grant after he saved Blackburn's Cookson & Clegg in 2015
the UK
- Clothing
- Socks
Corgi
Knitting in Ammanford since 1892, and doing it all in-house
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
- Clothing
- Socks
Crown Northampton
A Woodford family business since 1908, now run by the fifth generation
Northampton
- Boots
- Shoes
Daimon Barber
A London-founded brand that makes everything in small batches
United Kingdom
- Grooming
Derwent
A Lake District factory at Lillyhall, warmed in winter by its own sawdust
Lillyhall, Cumbria and more
- Home office
Dr. Martens
The Made in England line, made by hand at the original Wollaston factory
Wollaston, Northamptonshire
- Boots
Floris
A family business with its own perfumery team at 89 Jermyn Street, London
United Kingdom
- Grooming
Fort Garments
A London label reworking classics through craft, in small batches
London
- Clothing
George Cox
From its first factory to the King's Road, and each generation since
England
- Boots
- Shoes
Glencroft
A family business since 1987, based in a converted cow barn in Clapham
North of England and more
- Clothing
Grenfell
Making only in its own factories since 1923, now in East London
East London
- Clothing
Grenson
Shoemakers since William Green started in a Rushden loft in 1866
Northamptonshire
- Shoes
Gripfast
Born in 1990 at Northamptonshire's White & Co, est. 1890; now made in Wollaston
Wollaston, Northamptonshire
- Boots
- Shoes
Gruum
A British company based in Stockport, Greater Manchester
United Kingdom
- Grooming
Heath
Set up by Harry and his father, sourcing ingredients from around the world
England
- Grooming
Heritage Excell
A Portsmouth metal-spinning firm, shaping copper by hand on the lathe
Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Cookware
Hiut Denim
Started in 2011 to bring back to Cardigan a trade the town lost in 2002
Cardigan (Aberteifi), Ceredigion
- Clothing
John Smedley
Founded at Lea Mills in 1784, with Royal Warrants since 2013
Lea Mills, Derbyshire
- Clothing
LANX
Launched by Marv in 2018 and based in Whalley, in Lancashire's Ribble Valley
England
- Boots
- Shoes
Launer
One craftsperson per piece, in a Walsall factory that once made bridles
Walsall, West Midlands
- Leather goods
Lavenham
Founded by Mrs Elliot in 1969, now quilting six miles from Lavenham village
Suffolk
- Clothing
Loake
Started by three brothers in Kettering in 1880; it also has a factory in India
Kettering, Northamptonshire
- Boots
- Shoes
Lock Stock & Barrel
Independent small-batch makers since 2005, working from their own factory
England
- Grooming
Mackintosh
Bonded cotton, hand-taped seams and one maker from start to finish
Scotland
- Clothing
Molton Brown
Since 1971, with its own manufacturing facility in Elsenham
England
- Grooming
Natroma
Founded in 2006 by a clinical aromatherapist, now at the Ruskin Glass Centre
Stourbridge, West Midlands
- Grooming
Netherton Foundry
Spinning 99.1% pure iron by hand at Newhouse Farm, Cleobury Mortimer
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire and more
- Cookware
Noble & Wylie
A Sheffield workshop with nearly 50 years behind it, run by Kenneth since 2017
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Shoes
Norman Walsh
Started in Bolton in 1961 by Norman Walsh, a cobbler's son apprenticed at 14
Bolton, Greater Manchester
- Shoes
Onoto
A small team of goldsmith jewellers working by hand in England
United Kingdom and more
- Home office
Original BTC
Its own team in Stoke-on-Trent, working by traditional methods
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and more
- Home office
Orraman Leather
Gaelic teacher turned maker, with a small team in Argyll and Callander
Scotland and more
- Leather goods
Owen Barry
Making in Somerset for over 75 years, with every piece hand cut in Street
Street, Somerset
- Leather goods
Percival
East London label reworking menswear classics since 2010
Manchester and more
- Clothing
Peregrine
A Bristol label with its own Manchester factory and West Midlands makers
Manchester and more
- Clothing
- Socks
Private White V.C.
Named after Private Jack White VC, in an 1853 factory on the River Irwell
Salford, Greater Manchester
- Clothing
Rollo London
Its UK production facilities make almost everything it sells
United Kingdom
- Home office
Samuel Groves
Birmingham metalworking firm with its own tooling, part of U Group since 2014
Birmingham
- Cookware
Samuel Staniforth
Heritage range in Sheffield steel and brass, under the Made in Sheffield mark
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Kitchen knives
Sanders
A Rushden family business since 1873, on Spencer Road since 1912
Rushden, Northamptonshire
- Boots
- Shoes
Savernake Knives
A Wiltshire workshop that works by hand and hardens its steel on site
Wiltshire
- Kitchen knives
Silverwood
Making in Birmingham since the 1960s, and staying put while others went abroad
Birmingham
- Cookware
Slouch
Builds in house before dispatch, with each piece crafted by hand
United Kingdom
- Home office
Smythson
A Hertfordshire workshop, at least 15 artisans and 22 stages of making
Hertfordshire
- Home office
Solovair
Began as a co-operative known as 'the Duffers'; in Wollaston since 1881
Wollaston, Northamptonshire
- Boots
- Shoes
Sub Zero
Third-generation Laxton family firm, based in Fleckney, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
- Clothing
Taylor's Eye Witness
Sheffield makers since 1820, now owned by its employees
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Kitchen knives
The British Belt Company
Working in full grain leather at its own factory in Uppingham
Uppingham, Rutland
- Leather goods
The Cornish Seaweed Bath Co.
Hannah and Richard's family firm, working with hand-gathered Cornish seaweed
Penzance, Cornwall
- Grooming
The Rugby Company
Founded by Jeremy Moore, with its own manufacturing facility in the Midlands
Midlands, England
- Clothing
Tricker's
Founded by Joseph Tricker in 1829 and still owned by the founding family
Northampton
- Boots
- Shoes
Trickett England
Iain Trickett's label, started in 2012 and based in Accrington, Lancashire
Leicester, Leicestershire and more
- Clothing
Tusting
Five generations of one family, making everything in its own Lavendon workshop
Lavendon, Buckinghamshire
- Leather goods
Yard-O-Led
In Birmingham since the Second World War, handmade and individually numbered
Birmingham, West Midlands
- Home office
Yarmouth Oilskins
Its own factory and its own team of makers, in Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Clothing