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Crystal and witchy type shops

51 replies

Moofart · 15/09/2024 19:05

Can anyone please recommend any towns or villages that have crystal and witchy type shops, second hand bookshops or quirky tea rooms... that sort of thing? I fancy taking myself for a day out soon and love these sort of shops!

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Newuser75 · 15/09/2024 20:14

York! The shambles is awesome.

TheDandyLion · 15/09/2024 20:15

Hay on Wye. More bookshops than crystals but there's one or two with some vintage shops too.

WeetabixWithButter · 15/09/2024 20:15

Burley and Lyndhurst Hampshire

Andoutcomethewolves · 15/09/2024 20:16

Glastonbury defo

comedycentral · 15/09/2024 20:16

Glastonbury
York
Boscastle
Pendlehill

Mumsgirls · 15/09/2024 20:28

Buxton had some, but haven’t been for a while. Whitby is full of it

Mumsgirls · 15/09/2024 20:28

Forgot to say Whitby mobbed at weekend

Original poster
Moofart · 15/09/2024 20:32

Thank you so much everyone. Great ideas thank you. I'm west midlands and happy to travel :)

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User364837 · 15/09/2024 20:35

I think Glastonbury is the sort of Mecca for that so if you haven’t been that should be on your list for sure

Spomb · 15/09/2024 20:39

Camden, Waltham Abbey, Southampton

Arlanymor · 15/09/2024 20:43

Given your location:

  • Hay on Wye
  • Brecon
  • Carmarthen
  • Crickhowell

We didn’t treat our witches as harshly as other nearest neighbours did during the Middle Ages, so we’ve held on to a lot of myth and mystery in our culture. I think 37 convictions and 5 deaths while witch-hunting was rampant elsewhere.

anxietyaardvark · 15/09/2024 20:45

Avebury

RobinHumphries · 15/09/2024 21:12

Edinburgh definitely
Burley is just tourist tat - it did used to be really good though especially the witch’s coven
Totnes has a crystal shop but isn’t really ‘witchy’

TheaBrandt · 15/09/2024 21:15

Glastonbury has loads of those shops. And you can climb the tor. Its a good day out.

SweatySpaghetti · 15/09/2024 21:35

Boscastle or Tintagel 100%

Tumblingjungleofchaos · 15/09/2024 22:37

Edinburgh has loads of shops like this, plus stunning architecture, Mary kings close over the original plague pits, ghost tours, the JK Rowling/Harry Potter links and such a skyline - a huge castle on an ex volcano rock. It's a gorgeous place to visit solo, you can wander peacefully for hours.

Latenightreader · 15/09/2024 23:41

Ely - small but perfectly formed. You can also visit the local museum for some good spooky fenland tales.

benefitstaxcredithelp · 15/09/2024 23:56

Haworth W Yorkshire

SnowFrogJelly · 16/09/2024 00:42

Glastonbury definitely

MagicianMoth · 16/09/2024 00:50

Colchester has two witchy shops - Wax Spiritual and Rocks and Rubies - and a number of others with a similar vibe, such as Traders of the East. And a second hand book shop near the library.

movingonsaturday · 16/09/2024 06:52

York

faffadoodledo · 16/09/2024 07:03

minisoksmakehardwork · 15/09/2024 20:08

St Ives or Looe. Both Cornwall. Maybe Mousehole but I've not been there for a while.

Tintagel seems to be Witch Central in Cornwall.
Can't say I've noticed it in st Ives - too well healed!

Blueberry40 · 16/09/2024 07:04

Pendleton

violetcuriosity · 16/09/2024 07:16

Boscastle

LegArmpits · 16/09/2024 07:44

Penzance and Falmouth