The Local Life List

Shop

Browse a curated selection of Medway’s independent shops — from vintage treasures to speciality stores and everyday favourites.

Analoque music shop front rochester

Analogue Music

Rochester

Interior shelves at Austen’s farm shop in Rochester filled with local preserves, pantry goods, and artisan produce

Austen’s Farm Shop

Rochester

Restaurant at Meopham Wines

Award Winning English Wines Make the Perfect Gift

Near Medway (Under 30 Mins)

Wooden chair between tall bookshelves inside Baggins Book Bazaar

Baggins Book Bazaar

Rochester

Interior of Crouch Butchers & Deli showing speciality cheeses, preserves and deli counter.

Crouch

Near Medway (Under 30 Mins)

Exterior of Dickens House Wine Emporium wine merchant on Rochester High Street with dark green shopfront and bottles displayed in the window.

Dickens House Wine Emporium

Rochester

Blue Vespa scooter displayed inside Empire menswear shop in Rochester, surrounded by rails of British casual clothing.

Empire

Rochester

vintage perfume bottles

Fieldstaff Antiques

Rochester

Exterior of Hometown fabric shop on Rochester High Street with large windows and signage

Hometown

Rochester

interior of Kaboodles antiques emporium in Rochester with cabinets of vintage objects, glassware and collectibles

Kaboodles

Rochester

Front of Khushiyan Sweets Punjabi sweet shop on Gun Lane in Strood, Rochester.

Khushiyan Sweets

Strood

interior of Store 104 book store

Store 104

Rochester

Sweet Expectations traditional sweet shop with purple and yellow frontage on Rochester High Street in Rochester, Kent.

Sweet Expectations

Rochester