South Coast Makers is an independent, curated store, makers market and online community which champions hand-crafted, sustainable, UK made businesses with a strong focus on local makers.
Having started life as a one-off market in a church hall 6 years ago we now run The Makers Store in the heart of Bournemouth alongside running markets at festivals and an online makers directory and e-courses. As makers ourselves we started in Bournemouth because it’s our hometown and after decades working away from Bournemouth, we wanted to create a market like the ones we were used to trading at in London.
As we have grown our monthly markets have turned into popup shops, night markets and festival areas and we are committed to contributing to the creative scene in Bournemouth with a particular emphasis on combining sustainable retail alongside workshops, events and community led projects which bring people together on the Highstreet.
Working with locally focused landlords means that within a few weeks we can create vibrant pop ups in closed down shops which offer affordable retail/studio spaces for creatives.
