UK Bead Suppliers
This page has UK based suppliers of beads. All suppliers will ship internationally unless otherwise stated. All links open in a new window. Content checked July 2024.
The African Fabric Shop
UK supplier of African beads including recycled glass, plastic, paper and brass beads, shell beads, banana fibre and bone beads.
Alchemy and Ice
UK supplier with a wide range of beads and jewellery making tools.
Aldridge Crafts
UK supplier of craft items including beads, findings, rubber stamps, stringing materials, wire and tools.
Bamba Beads
UK supplier of beads and charms. Also supply findings, tools, cord, wire and beading magazines.
Bead Addict
UK supplier of beads including Murano glass, crystal pearls, Czech glass, dichroic, enamelled, fused glass, freshwater pearls, metal beads, semi precious beads, Swarovski crystals, Miyuki cubes. Findings, wire and thread, tools and watch faces.
Bead Crazy – Perth and Aberdeen, Scotland
UK Retail bead shop with online sales. Stocking a wide range of beads including fabric beads, acrylic beads, clay beads, metal beads, glass beads, wooden beads, vintage acrylic beads, chain, stringing and threading materials and findings. They also run workshops.
Beading Fantastic
Beading Fantastic not only stock a wide range of excellent quality beads and findings, also has a selection of craft products for jewellery making including resin and enamels.
Beads and More
UK supplier of glass beads, metal beads, millefiori beads and crystal beads. They also sell findings, packaging, stringing materials, chain and tools.
Beads Direct
UK supplier of a wide range of beads, Swarovski crystals, chain, findings, components, stringing materials, wire, gift boxes, tools.
The Bead Shop – Manchester
UK supplier of beads, Pandora style beads, Swarovski crystals, Kashmiri beads, findings, pendants and charms, stringing materials, tools. They also run beading classes.
The Bead Shop – Nottingham
UK based supplier of beads including glass, metal, ceramic and wooden, Swarovski crystals, tools, wire and stringing supplies and tiara making supplies.
Bead Shop UK
UK based supplier of semi-precious stone beads, free form cabochons, freshwater and Akoya pearls and Sterling Silver Bali beads.
Beads Jar
Beads Jar is an online supplier for all of your jewellery making and beading supplies. They have a range of seed beads, glass beads, soutache cord, kumihimo braiding, semi-precious gemstones and more.
Bead Solutions – Paignton, Devon
UK supplier of Crystallized™ Swarovski Element, Bohemian Crystal, Czech Glass Beads, Freshwater Pearls, Seed Beads and Delica Beads, Metal Components, Tiara Bands, Hair Combs, Wire and Cord, Tools. Retail store and online sales. Also offer classes.
The Bead Store – Mevagissey, Cornwall
This UK supplier carries a wide range of beads and jewellery findings, stringing materials, books and tools.
Beads Unlimited
UK based wholesale and retail supplier of beads of all varieties, findings and components, chain and wire, packaging and display items.
Bead Supermarket
UK supplier of bugle beads, Swarovski and Chinese Crystals, glass beads in a variety of colours and designs, Miyuki and Matsuno beads, plastic beads, spacer beads, wooden beads, threads and wires, tools, books, findings, clasps and chains.
Bellore Rashbel – Hatton Garden, London
UK supplier of beads including semi precious beads, glass beads, silver beads, gold beads, gold and silver clasps and findings, leather cord and tools.
Bijoux Beads
UK supplier of ceramic beads, metal beads, acrylic beads, semi precious beads, crystal beads, pearls and shell beads, wood and natural beads. Also supply findings, chain, threads, wire, chain and tools.
UK suppliers of TOHO beads, Beadalon and Griffin products, findings, components and clasps, tools, bead stringing supplies, wire and cords.
Charming Beads
UK bead supplier with semi precious beads, mother of pearl beads, synthetic beads, seed beads, glass pearls, porcelain beads, fancy glass beads, findings, chain, wire and components.
Charm Supplies
UK supplier of charms, metal and glass beads, jewellery making components and findings and jewellery making tools.
Cookson Gold
UK supplier with a full range of Art Clay, Project X, copper clay, bronze clay, kits, tool and moulds. Also sell wire and sheet metal, a huge selection of beads, findings and packaging.
Craft Jam
UK supplier of beads, cabochons, charms, components, findings, chain, cord, elastic, wire and tools. They also provide an acrylic laser cutting service.
The Crafty Beggar
UK supplier of acrylic beads, resin beads, glass pearls, semi-precious beads, toggles and clasps, seed beads, crackle beads, shell beads, chain, cord and thread, findings, tools and charms.
Creative Beadcraft
UK supplier of beads, Swarovski crystals, pearls, wire and chain including sterling silver and antique chain, findings, jewellery components and tools.
Crystal Parade
Crystal Parade specialize in rhinestone crystals and Swarovski Crystals.
Crystals and Ice Bead Shop
UK supplier of Art Clay, Art Clay Copper Clay, beads, Swarovski crystals, findings, tools, stringing materials, brass and Vintaj.
UK supplier of Czech glass beads and waxed linen cord in rich and saturated hues from this Etsy shop.
The Curious Gem
UK supplier of beads and findings. Gemstone beads, Thai silver, sterling silver and gold filled.
Deborah Beads – Colchester Essex
Retail bead shop, no online sales. They also run silver metal clay classes, jewellery making classes, wirework classes and beginners classes.
Eastern Character Beads
UK based Ebay shop selling all kinds of beads including porcelain, crystal and gemstone beads, mother of pearl and pearls.
EJR Beads
UK supplier of Art Clay, beads, pearls, Baltic amber, niobium and titanium findings, sterling silver and copper findings.
Eternal Flow
UK stockists of sterling silver 925 charms, beads, findings, pendants, 24 k gold vermeil beads and findings, gemstone and murano glass beads, cords and ribbons.
Etnico
UK supplier of unique Peruvian ceramic beads. They also supply leather and hemp cord, findings and jewellery.
Halfpenney’s – Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington, Lancashire
UK mail order bead supplier. Also run beading workshops.
i-Beads
UK supplier of PMC, metal clay tools, Swarovski crystals, semi-precious gemstone beads, Toho seed beads, tools, ribbon, cord, chain, findings and components.
Ilona Biggins
UK supplier of semi-precious stones, fresh water pearls and semi-precious beads, shells, glass and findings.
Impressions Crafts
UK supplier of jewellery and beading kits and acrylic beads. They also run jewellery making and craft classes.
Infinite Crafts
UK supplier of craft items including beads, findings, glass paint and enameling supplies including kilns and kiln furniture, enamels, millefiori and copper blanks in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
International Craft
UK wholesale supplier of semi precious stone beads, beads and glass cabochons, pearls, coral and shell beads, jewellery findings, wire and threading materials, tools, packaging and display supplies.
Jewellery Maker
UK supplier of gemstone beads, findings, threading materials, chains, jewellery making kits, tools and accessories.
Jewlls4U
UK supplier with an eBay shop selling a wide range of beads, Swarovski pendants, findings and some handcrafted Jewellery.
Josephine Wadman
UK supplier of handmade lampwork beads.
Kernowcraft
UK based supplier Kernowcraft sells everything from PMC, natural gems and crystals to tools, findings and a huge range of beads.
Kerrie Berrie – North Laines, Brighton
UK based retail and online shop supplying beads, bead caps, spacers, tools, findings, chain and wire. They also run jewellery making classes.
Markylis
UK supplier of beads, chains in sterling silver and plated, findings, charms, pendants, threads and wires.
Oaktree Crafts
UK supplier of beads, cabochons, findings and threads.
Old Bicycle Shop
This UK mail order company specialises in hard to find vintage beads from 1900-1980, vintage metal pieces, Claspgarten clasps, Czech charlottes and a wide selection of modern Czech faceted beads.
Oriental Direct
UK based oriental bead and handicraft supplier.
Beads, findings, tools etc and PMC supplier.
Pearlescence
UK supplier of pearls with a huge range including pearl jewellery and loose pearls. Also supply clasps and catches, findings, wire, cord and tools.
Pink Cat Charms and Crafts
UK suppliers of a range of craft charms along with other crafts and jewellery making supplies.
UK supplier of pony beads, acrylic beads, clay beads, fabric beads, glass beads, metal beads, resin beads, seed beads, shell beads, wires and threads, tools, storage and craft items.
Puffafish Lampwork Beads
UK supplier of hand made lampwork beads.
Riverside Beads – Market Deeping, Peterborough
Bead and findings retail shop with online supply of beads, kits, findings, tools, charms, chain and cord, books.
UK based wholesale supplier of crystals.
UK supplier of beads, pearls, glass beads, Miyuki beads, Pandora beads, tools, knitted wire and findings.
Sally Sutherland Designs
UK supplier of lampworked beads and jewellery from her website.
She Beadz
UK manufacturers of polymer clay beads, charms and pendants at wholesale prices.
Shiney Rocks
UK supplier of hand made lampwork beads, a range of beads and pendants, findings, wire and stringing materials, chain and tools.
The Silver Corporation
UK supplier of beads, silver findings, copper chain, thread and tools.
UK supplier of charms, clasps, connectors, beads, pearls, chain and wire, tools, stringing materials and findings.
Somerset Beads
UK supplier stocking a wide range of beads and beading supplies for jewellery making, crafting and other beading projects, sterling silver, findings and more.
Sophie and Toffee
UK craft supplier with pearls, cabochons, findings, aluminium and crystal chain, beads, molds and kits.
The Southampton Bead Shop – Southampton, UK
UK bead supplier with an online and retail shop. Large selection of beads from their online shop. They also run workshops.
Spangles
UK supplier of beads, tools, findings, wire, glue, books and kits for the beader.
The Spellbound Bead Company – Lichfield, Staffordshire
UK online and retail bead shop supplying a wide range of beads.
Spoilt Rotten Beads – Haddenham, Ely, Cambridge
UK based supplier of beads, pearls, findings, chain, watch faces, tools, kilns and Art Clay. They also run beading, jewellery making and metal clay classes and workshops.
UK supplier of fire polished beads, lampwork beads, Miyuki Delica, Swarovski crystals, findings, tools and bead patterns.
Totally Beads
UK supplier of all kinds of beads and supplies.
The Wholeness Shop
UK bead business supplying beads, materials, and kits, as well as a growing library of beading resources such as free beginner friendly tutorials and patterns.