Shopping at Scotney Castle

The shop is located in the Courtyard at Scotney. You'll find distinctive items for the home including mugs, cosy throws, blankets, and scented candles. We also have a wide range of UK produced food and drink, fashion accessories, garden decor inspired by National Trust places, and much more. 

If you're looking for a memento of your visit, you'll find a wide choice of Scotney-branded items including fridge magnets, bookmarks and jigsaw puzzles. 

And, as you'd expect for Scotney, canine companions are also well catered for with a selection of dog toys, treats and portable water bowls. 

Supporting local suppliers

We support Kent and Sussex artisan producers and suppliers which helps to reduce road miles and improve sustainability. Do look out for our many locally-sourced items including:

• Handmade wooden jewellery by Lucy Alice from Folkestone
• In the Loop cocktails, based in Uckfield, who use home-grown lemon verbena, grapes grown in England, and seven English botanicals including gorse flowers foraged from the Ashdown Forest in their range
• Dudda's Tun- a range of orginal and flavoured ciders made in Kent
• Kate Neame's beautiful lino-cut printed greetings cards 
• Celia Pike's portrait cards of Betty Hussey's famous "Puss"
• Olio of Oxney's lavender cushions
• Beautifully-fragranced vegan-friendly soap from the English Soap Company based in Sussex
• Hawkhurst Lavender- A range of body and face products, using locally grown Lavender which is distilled in small copper batches. 
• Westerham Brewery in Sevenoaks who use the hops from Scotney's own hop farm to produce their Spirit of Kent pale ale and Grasshopper red ale
• Knotts Wood hand-turned wooden bowls and vases
• Blended Therapies 'Ouch' essential oils cream to ease muscle and joint pain and improve poor circulation
• Sandra Warren cards, beautoful watercolour greetings cards
• Wood Cottage Craft wooden garden mushrooms and fairy doors

Flower Power at the Plant Shop

From spring to autumn, the plant shop in the Courtyard sells beautiful perennial flowering plants and herbs, all in peat-free compost. Our new season's ranges are in now, all ready for you to plant up in beds, borders or baskets.

There's also a wide range of pots and containers and garden ornaments such as decorative metal plant stakes, pot hangers and wind chimes. You'll also find bird feeders and bird baths, as well as seeds for the birds and seeds for your garden or window-box.

Second-hand Bookshop

As well as the main shop, our well-stocked second-hand bookshop, Betsy's, is right by the Visitor Entrance. It carries a wide range of pre-loved titles with something for everyone, including collectable older titles, and a children’s corner. The shelves are regularly refreshed so have a browse and discover that out-of-print novel you’ve been searching for, a much-loved classic, or a new author to enjoy. 

We also have a range of special collectors' titles that aren't on display but are listed on the pdf below. If you are interested in purchasing any of these titles please get in touch. 

Donations of books, particularly children's and young adults' books, are always welcome. These can be left with the team in the Scotney Property Office.

Every penny spent in the second-hand bookshop goes directly into caring for Scotney, so every donation and every purchase really makes a difference. Thank you.