Eating & shopping

Villano Café

Brownsea Island Cream Tea © NTPL/Ian Shaw

Enjoy a cream tea on Brownsea Island

Enjoy delicious home made food and drink and stunning coastal views in the Villano Café.

We serve a range of hot and cold lunches, sandwiches, cakes and cream teas throughout the day.

Or why not cool down with a delicious Purbeck ice cream?

Gift shop

Brownsea Island Gift Shop © NTPL/John Millar

Browse for great gifts in the shop

Browse through our gift shop full of inspiring gifts and treats for all the family.

We have a great red squirrel range, pocket money treats and sweets for the kids and lots of local Dorset goodies.

Coffee bar

Pack a picnic © NTPL/Paul Harris

Pack a picnic and a rug and relax on the lawn

Our coffee bar is the perfect place to create your own picnic.

For those who want to begin their island adventure straight away, you can pick up freshly made and pre-packed food items along with hot and cold drinks to take away.

A new shopping and coffee experience

Brownsea Island viewed from the sea. © Brian Whitlcok

Come and see our new gift shop and take home a souvenir of your visit

© Brian Whitlcok

Last summer we re-located our gift shop to our much loved Engine Shed. If you visit the gift shop today you can still see the original engine in the shop. The engine was built in around 1907 and supplied the electricity to the castle on the island.

Our top things to eat and buy

  • cake, victoria sponge, Scotney Castle, Kent

    Home-made cake

    Relax with a delicious slice of freshly made cake from the Villano Café.

  • A boy with an orange rucksack, on his father's shoulders at Brownsea Island. © NTPL/Ian Shaw

    Experience the great outdoors

    Choose from our range of Regatta outdoor clothing, binoculars, walking books and trails.

  • Traditional sweets for sale from Wimpole's Toyshop © Wimpole

    Old fashioned sweeties

    Choose from bons bons, wine gums, milk bottles, fizz and aniseed balls - yum yum.