Fred Aldous Ltd

"The most extensive art shop I have ever been in. Spent over an hour in here marveling at all the tools and materials for every conceivable craft, art or making activity. It may look small from the street but there's the basement and then an even lower floor just dedicated to different sorts of paper. Staff were helpful too when I had questions."

"This is an amazing shop for anything art related. It has three floors, two of which are underground and easy to miss so don't forget to go down for the best experience."

"Amazing place for any crafter. I'm an absolute noob but still enjoy roaming around the isles trying to get ideas and inspiration from all the products they offer. They are a bit on the pricey side, but also offer scrap acrylics, paper cutting to size, etc on the "-2" floor which other craft stores just don't!"

"Fabulous range of art/ craft supplies and fun gadgets. You can basically find everything you might need for any craft hobby you have. Excellent find - so happy with my purchases thank you :)"

"Honestly have to say that this is probably the best craft store I’ve ever been to - and it was a random discovery on a day trip to Manchester. I’m used to Hobbycraft and the occasional trip to CassArt (not something we have in Nottingham) but I have to say that I’ve never seen Procion dyes for sale anywhere else. The gift ideas on the first floor were fun, I saw some things I’ve not seen for years, but the treasure trove downstairs was great. Interesting selection of craft books, paracord in nice bright colours, three different types of fabric dyes, quilling paper, spraycans, all the scissors your crafty little heart could desire, a great notice board with workshops etc on it by the stairs etc etc. And that’s really just the tip of the iceberg. Maybe slightly short on the amount of cross stitching threads, but most places are and despite this had a good selection of embroidery hoops."