Birmingham / United Kingdom
Aardvark in Birmingham designs and makes engagement rings and fine jewellery by hand.
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Visit official site ↗Connolly's Wine
Hidden GemLivery Street, city centre
A Birmingham wine and spirit merchant trading since 1976, stocking fine wines organised by country alongside champagne, whisky, and a growing range of artisan beers, ciders, and perry. Its Livery Street premises also house Arch 13, a wine bar built into a railway arch.
Best for Fine wine and spirits
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Element makes bespoke rings by hand in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, cut to the wearer.
Best for Bespoke rings and wedding bands
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Indespoke in Birmingham's Great Western Arcade stocks goods from over 100 independent makers, from candles to stationery.
Best for Independent maker goods and crafts
Visit official site ↗Liquor Store
Hidden GemColmore Row (The Grand)
A clothing shop in The Grand on Colmore Row dealing in menswear and accessories with an emphasis on denim, workwear, and classic tailoring. It carries heritage-leaning labels rather than fast fashion.
Best for Denim and heritage menswear
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Lora Leedham makes engagement and wedding rings in Birmingham, with necklaces and earrings.
Best for Jewellery made in the Jewellery Quarter
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Founded in 2001 by Birmingham-born designer Luke Roper, a Central Saint Martins menswear graduate, with lifelong friend Simon Poole, Luke 1977 launched with three T-shirts and still designs its independently owned menswear collections in the West Midlands, its lion logo drawn from the founders' family crests.
Best for British polos, tracksuits and technical tailoring
Luke 1977 was founded by Luke Roper, who grew up in Walsall Wood in the West Midlands, the son of a dressmaker, and was reportedly making one-off shirts for friends by age 15 before studying menswear design at Central Saint Martins in London. There he developed the plan for the label with lifelong friend Simon Poole; the brand launched in 2001 with an initial run of three T-shirts. The company's lion logo was assembled from the family crests of Roper and his co-founders, Simon and Deborah, giving the brand mark a literal, if informal, heraldic origin rather than a designed-from-scratch symbol. Luke 1977 describes itself as independently owned, with design work based in the West Midlands and a stated identity drawing on what the brand calls the tough character of its native Birmingham. The label has since built out a full menswear range including denim, shirting and outerwear, sold through the brand's own site and stockists such as Tonics and Raw Menswear, alongside wholesale placement through platforms including ASOS.
Visit official site ↗The Clean Kilo
Hidden GemDigbeth and Bournville
The Clean Kilo is a by-weight grocery shop whose current contact page lists 249 Mary Vale Road in Bournville. Customers can bring containers for groceries and household products, with alternatives available at the shop. Jeanette Wong and Tom Pell opened the business in 2018 following a crowdfunding campaign.
Best for By-weight groceries and household refills
The Clean Kilo sells groceries by weight, letting customers bring containers instead of taking each purchase home in new packaging. Its current contact page directs shoppers to 249 Mary Vale Road in Bournville. That matters when using older coverage, which describes the original Digbeth shop rather than the current grocery address. Founders Jeanette Wong and Tom Pell opened the business in June 2018 after a crowdfunding campaign. The idea grew from concern about plastic waste, with Pell’s experience of bulk shopping in Australia informing the approach. Food is only part of the offer: toiletries and household cleaning products also appear in the range. Customers without their own containers can use options supplied by the shop, including paper bags and reusable containers. Shopping this way lets a customer choose a quantity instead of accepting a manufacturer’s standard pack. It does not establish that every product is locally made or cheaper than a packaged equivalent. Check the current grocery contact details before setting out rather than relying on an old Digbeth feature.
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