For two hundred years there had been a hardware shop located at 72 King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire but sadly eventually the business had failed and the shop was standing empty. In 1992 Valerie Byles, the current Managing Director of Wares of Knutsford, decided that the rat race was no longer for her and loving her adopted home town as she did the idea of Wares of Knutsford was born. The stock for the shop was developed based on a request book kept on the counter and in next to no time the shop became known as an Aladdin's Cave where customers received a personal service and good old fashioned courtesy.
The business grew rapidly and moved to larger premises in Princess Street, Knutsford, where customers could find hardware, ironmongery, kitchenwares, pet supplies and a wonderful range of gifts. Sadly though, as has been the case in many small towns, the shopping culture began to change and with the expiry of the lease and hugely increasing overheads the retail outlet of Wares had to close down.
The business then became internet based and evolved into the ever expanding mailorder company it is today. Preserving became the focul point and over the last twelve years a wide range of jars, bottles and preserving equipment has developed. Our traditional range of enamelwares has been popular for twenty years and in fact even more so nowerdays with the vintage look being in vogue. In the same way our pottery ranges especially Mason Cash with the traditional mixing bowls and oven dishes are still as popular now as they were at the beginning.
Although the traditional ranges will always be found at Wares of Knutsford now with the launch of a new website in 2012 the intended direction is to keep up with current trends too and to always ensure that items are of excellent quality. The new website has a vintage flavour and is designed to give our customers an enjoyable browsing experience with a very user friendly approach to purchasing.
Customers are welcome to visit our warehouse and purchase goods if required. We are based two miles North of Holmes Chapel turning right into Goostrey Lane off the A50 going towards Knutsford or coming from Knutsford it is 8 miles on the A50 going towards Holmes Chapel, turning left off the A50 into Goostrey Lane just after Woodside Golf Club.
Our warehouse and shop address is Wares of Knutsford Ltd., Unit D, Cranage Trade Park, Goostrey Lane, Cranage, Cheshire, CW4 8HE. Telephone No: 08456121273. Fax No: 08456121274. Email:
Welcome to the Wares of Knutsford website which we hope will give our customers an enjoyable shopping experience. Whilst retaining our traditional look and feel, shopping has been made as straight forward as possible with easy to follow categories within which you will find our ranges of jars (including jam jars in a wide range of shapes and sizes, kilner jars and preserving jars of all kinds); bottles of every kind, shape and size (including swing stopper bottles, bottles with corks, lotion bottles and many more); preserving equipment, kitchenwares, enamelwares and household goods as well as our popular bargain pack range and sale corner. Enjoy our new feature trying out different coloured lids on your choice of jar or bottle and seeing which one you prefer!
Within our community area you will find our resident cook "Jess" on site to help you with any questions you may have regarding preserving, our recipe page will be full of ideas to put into your jars and bottles and our Wares blog will be a constant source of information for customers. At Wares we believe in good old fashioned service and courtesy. Our helpful staff are always on call so do not hesitate to contact us on 08456121273.
Here at Wares of Knutsford we pride ourselves on our good old fashioned courtesy and assistance to our customers. We are here to help either on the telephone, by email, by post, or even in person at our warehouse. As you will see from Customer Feedback our customers return to us time and time again having found that all the help they require is easily and readily available.
Warehouse Address and shop (Visitors welcome): Wares of Knutsford Ltd, Unit D, Cranage Trade Park, Goostrey Lane, Cranage, Cheshire, CW4 8HE.
Wares of Knutsford Ltd. Unit D, Cranage Trade Park, Goostrey Lane, Cranage CW4 8HE.