Britain is full of people who genuinely make and grow excellent things, but the problem is most shoppers never find them. It’s thought that 90% of UK adults have bought something from Amazon, where convenience wins over local businesses. Grown and Made UK was set up to help shoppers answer one simple question: what’s made or grown near me, and how can I buy it?
Every pin on the map is a business that genuinely makes or grows what it sells in the UK. These products are not just “designed in Britain”. Not branded, printed or packed here. Made here.
Gold Fully made or grown in the UK — including the main material. The fabric was milled here, the clay was dug or prepared here, the metal was worked from bullion at a British bench, the produce was grown on the farm.
Silver Genuinely made in the UK, but the main material or some stock is imported — a Northampton shoe made from imported calf leather, a pot thrown here in imported porcelain, a farm shop that stocks some imports alongside its own produce.
We never give the benefit of the doubt to Gold. If a business does not state the origin of their main materials then they will be Silver until they can confirm.
We’re not a marketplace — we never touch the transaction, we just point you at the maker. And no business can pay to be listed, promoted, or upgraded. Tiers can’t be bought; only evidence moves you up.
We have checked as many business locations on the map as we can, but some pins only show the town, city or county where a business is based. Many businesses, especially those that only sell online, have no shop or premises open to the public. Some smaller makers work from home, so their pin is placed in the surrounding area instead, to keep their home address private.
If you would like to visit any of the businesses on the map, we recommend contacting them first to check this is possible.
Grown and Made is an independent project, built and researched by hand. If you spot an error — or know a maker who belongs here — please suggest a business or get in touch.