Shopping at Ashridge

Kitchenware at Ashridge, Herts

Whether you're looking for the perfect gift, a memento of your visit, or a treat for yourself, we’re sure you will find something in the Ashridge shop. Most importantly, every penny you spend in our shop contributes directly to the conservation work we do to look after the Ashridge Estate.

The Shop

Opening Times                                                                                                     

Daily: 10am-5pm           

Moneybury Hill, Ringshall, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 1LT
For more information, please call 01442 851227                                                                         

We sell a wide range of products, from homeware, garden essentials, accessories, books, stationary, toys, jewellery to food and drink.  So, if you’re looking for a stylish throw to brighten up your home, walking accessories to help you enjoy a walk in the beautiful Ashridge countryside, or you want to show your outdoor space some love with our garden sculptures, then step inside and explore.

If you need a tasty treat to sustain you on your afternoon walk, perhaps we can tempt you with our range of crunchy biscuits, tasty chocolate, and ice cream. We also work with a number of local artists, designers and craftspeople, to bring high quality local produce to the Ashridge Estate shop.

The Bookshop

Opening Times

Daily: 10am – 5pm

Our second-hand bookshop boasts a great selection of pre-loved books, kindly donated by visitors, and expertly organised by our volunteers. Browse the well-stocked shelves in the visitor centre, and pick up the next book you can’t wait to curl up with.

We’re always on the lookout for new donations, so if you have any good quality fiction and non-fiction books that you’d like to donate, please drop them in when we’re open.  The money raised from the sales of these donated books helps look after Ashridge by funding essential conservation work.

Second-hand bookshop at Ashridge, Herts
Ashridge Estate   Hertfordshire

Second-hand bookshop at Ashridge Estate

By browsing our second-hand bookshop in the Ashridge visitor centre, you’re supporting our vital conservation work. Every penny you spend and book you donate helps us to look after the countryside here for ever, for everyone.

Find a new favourite

Plant Shop

If your visit in the great outdoors at Ashridge has inspired you to update your own outdoor space, complete your day with a visit to our plant shop. Our beautiful and varied peat-free garden plant range is hand-selected by family-run supplier Pren Plants. From potted bulbs and herbaceous perennials to edibles, all plants come in recycled pots. So visit our plant area outside the Ashridge Visitor Centre to help you get your garden growing.  

Made locally

Bees on a hive producing local honey at Ashridge, Herts & Bucks

Berkhamsted Bees

Situated just outside Berkhamsted, the bees that provide the locally-produced honey that we stock in the Ashridge shop forage both gardens and countryside, creating a honey that reflects a broad spectrum of local pollens and flavours.

Wood to be handturned into bowls at Ashridge, Herts & Bucks

Hertswood

Hertswood is Jonah Maddox, some sharp tools, some cut hands, and a small shed in Berkhamsted. The results, which can be found on the shop shelves, are exquisite wooden hand-carved bowls and spoons. All the timber for these pieces is sourced from the Ashridge timber yard.

Bluebells at Ashridge, Herts & Bucks

Home County Candle Co.

Made using luxury fragrance oils, the scents of these natural soy wax candles and reed diffusers are inspired by the smells of the woodlands and flowers found around the county. The Hertfordshire scent which we stock is inspired by the abundance of beautiful bluebells on the Ashridge Estate.

A table decorated with ceramics, cushions and throws from our seasonal Riverlands collection

New collection, inspired by nature 

Inspired by the Riverlands in the care of the National Trust, refresh your home with the exclusive National Trust Spring collection. Drawing vibrancy from rich foliage-lined river banks and grass wetlands teeming with wildlife.

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Scarves draped on a silver birch branch, featuring the exclusive Riverlands print design.

Our latest collection 

Every season our designers take inspiration from the unique landscapes and buildings we care for, to create an exclusive print for our shop collections.

Image shows a variety of sustainable products from our collection from cleaning products to storage

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Ashridge Estate   Hertfordshire

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