Jewellery

Designers And Manufacturers

“Gold Arts Jewellers offer an unrivalled repairs and bespoke crafting service based along the South Coast in Brighton, Eastbourne and Chichester.

A unique family run jewellers, Gold Arts are gemstone and diamond specialists and boast on-site workshops in every branch.”

JEWELLERY & WATCH REPAIRS

It’s not just creating jewellery that Gold Arts specialise in, we also offer a comprehensive repair service too. Whether that’s a broken bracelet, a damaged watch or even just a dull looking ring - no job is too big or too small. We also offer rhodium plating and a full ring polishing service within the hour so that your ring is back to its sparkling best in no time.

Bespoke Jewellery

Are you searching for something a little different to set your style apart this season?

What better than a piece of bespoke jewellery that tells your unique story.

The Gold Arts design team specialise in creating miniature masterpieces, giving you quality, style and that all important personal touch.

We combine tried and tested, traditional methods with state of the art computer CAD CAM systems, meaning our team are ready for any challenges sent their way. Whether using some spare gold or silver you have at home or redesigning existing pieces, the team at Gold Arts will make sure you leave with a little piece of perfection every time.

Rejuvenate Old Jewellery

We all have those wonderful family treasures and heirlooms passed through the generations. Unfortunately with time, things can become worn, fade away and are all too often abandoned in drawers and cabinets gathering dust. Gold Arts specialises in jewellery restoration. We are passionate about bringing pieces back to their former glory; or indeed incorporating them into something new and more ‘you’, ensuring these treasured items continue to be part of your family story for years to come.

Kerry Newman, who has been working at Gold Arts as lead designer for over

10 years, knows just how important this service is for the local community.

She said: “People can bring in anything and we can make it into exactly what they are after by using specific elements in the new piece or melting the jewellery down and starting again.

“It’s a great way for people to make use of any old jewellery that they don’t like or wear and make it into something a bit more stylish and modern.

“Some people even bring in pictures of what they want it to look like and we can accommodate that, there’s really nothing quite like what we offer on the high street.”

For more information in the Brighton and Hove area please contact Gold Arts at 7 Brighton Place, BN1 1HJ on 01273 203178 and brighton@goldarts.co.uk

Valuations

In addition to our workshops, Gold Arts also offer a range of other services including Valuations for insurance and probate. We also value any jewellery or watches you are looking to sell, whether that’s to get some extra cash for your holiday or to put towards a new bespoke piece of jewellery! We consider items in any condition.

Pop into one of our branches, where our friendly teams can offer you further advice on the wide range of service we offer here at Gold Arts.

We look forward to welcoming you soon.

Used and rare vinyl is the USP of The Vinyl Frontier, the longest-established independent record shop in town. It also hosts in-store acoustic performances, and there’s a licensed café at the rear of the shop, where you can enjoy a coffee, or something stronger, while you listen to some of their records.

The Enterprise Shopping Centre is one of the most unusual places to shop and eat in East Sussex. A former Victorian railway building, the centre is home to a wide range of independent stores offering unique wares not often found on the high street, all under a large glass roof.

You'll be able to find clothes shops, computers, cafés and even a coastal living lifestyle store! It also sells stuff that doesn’t begin with the letter C, such as jewellery, homewares and bikes.

Aurelie & Rose sells lovely, vintage-inspired clothing, alongside accessories, cards and giftware with a retro twist, while All Things Analogue is a sanctuary for stationery lovers, with a wide range of notebooks, planners, pens, pencils, desk accessories, books, art supplies and lifestyle products.

If comic books are your bag, check out Scorch Comics in The Beacon, where you’ll find graphic novels and manga as well as all your marvel favourites, and collectable figurines.

Before you hop on the train to leave Eastbourne, check out Born Store, for super stylish menswear and accessories. Owner Simon Porter had a number of successful shops in London, and this seaside store offers products led by quality and character rather than trends.

Eastbourne has a thriving arts scene, and there are lots of shops selling local artists’ work – everything from seascapes and abstracts to prints and ceramics. Some of the best places to buy are Nigel Greaves Gallery and Henry Paddon Contemporary Art – both of which also arrange commissions.

For more rare gems, make for Little Chelsea Antiques Emporium – Eastbourne’s largest antique centre.

Foodies rejoice! Barley Sugar is one of the best independent delis in Sussex. It champions local produce, but also sells top-quality produce from all around the UK and Europe. You’ll find a vast cheese counter displaying around 100 different cheeses, a great choice of continental and British charcuterie and hams, and a daily delivery of fresh artisan sourdough breads.

Just outside Eastbourne, in the beautiful village of East Dean, is a weekly Farmers’ Market, where you can sample the flavours of the countryside. The market takes place every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm.

If you love scouring the streets for one-off pieces of clothing and designer gems, you’ll love Hastings and neighbouring St Leonards. These towns have an alternative streak, and pride themselves on their independent retailers, which are among the best in the county.

Hastings Old Town has a cluster of quality boutiques. Try Warp & Weft, which sells apparel, homewares and accessories for men and women in soothing, earthy tones. Or browse the goods in Hawk & Dove, where you’ll find a mixture of gorgeous, handpicked designer and vintage clothing and accessories.

Vintage Furniture

You’ll find a similarly stylish ethos at Butlers Emporium, set in an early 19th-century building on George Street. Their elegantly curated range features natural materials, quality design and organic ingredients, and is displayed across the shop’s old furniture and cabinets.

Hip threads aren’t just for grown-ups, though. Over in St Leonards, Little Mashers sells unique, colourful clothing and gifts for kids aged 12 and under.

Chain stores more your thing? Hastings also has all your favourites in Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, including H&M, Marks and Spencer, JD Sports and Primark.

Like so many of these funky seaside resorts, Hastings also has some great vintage furniture stores. Balfour & Byrom specialises in gorgeous antiques, collectables, interiors and furniture, while the American-born owner of the Goods Depot has been dealing in antiques since the mid-70s.

You’ll find Moroccan-inspired interiors in House of Habibi; locally made crafts and gifts at Made In Hastings; vintage lifestyle goods, gifts and British-made greetings cards in Up The Garden Path; and affordable, vintage costume jewellery, purses, shawls and more at Little Treasures Vintage.

For locally sourced vintage furniture, make a beeline for Hastings Antique Warehouse, which has several floors heaving with some great finds, while Shop House Hastings sells a beautiful mixture of new and vintage things for your home.

If you’re looking for a shopping experience with a difference, head to AG Hendy & Co. Owned by food journalist and photographer Alastair Hendy, the building has been restored to its original Georgian glory and is full of new and vintage equipment for the kitchen, scullery, pantry and dining room.

Dyke and Dean Warehouse is a former printworks, which now sells contemporary homewares and utilitarian items, carefully curated by product designers Oliver Dean and Eddie Lloyd-Dyke. St Leonards Modern Goods sells hand-made, home-made leather goods, alongside a selection of British-made clothing and homewares from other independent designers.

All that shopping is going to give you tired feet, so why not finish the day at Soak, which sells a full range of >> p31 bathroom goodies, including bath bombs, soaps, candles, bath toys, body scrubs, wash mitts and wash bags? They also try to stock as many local, organic and natural products as possible.

We are a multi-award winning family run jeweller. Long established in the county of East Sussex, offering a wide range of jewellery.

Specialists in bespoke diamond, precious gemset and bridal jewellery.

It’s easy to spend a day wandering around the charming shops and markets of Lewes, Rye and Uckfield. The locals here are a discerning crowd, and this is reflected in the stylish jewellers, quirky bookshops, flea markets and antique shops.

Quirky Independents

A great place to start is The Needlemakers, a beautiful building, with ancient brickwork, cobbled floors and huge wooden beams that date back to 1820. It’s now home to an excellent café and wonderful independent shops selling homewares, gifts, books, haberdashery and more.

For more great shops in beautiful surroundings, try Riverside Lewes on Cliffe Bridge, home to a butcher, a tattoo artist and Poppy’s chocolate and sweet shop for decadent treats to take home to a friend (or for yourself)!

You’ll also find some fabulous independent shops out on the High Street. Kings Framers is a framing shop with a difference. It also sells bath wares, clothing, edibles, candles, cards and gorgeous products for your home. All are carefully chosen and beautifully displayed.

A favourite with the locals is Wickle, which sells bright, bold and beautiful goodies, including children’s clothes and toys, homewares, clothing, gifts, accessories and useful stuff for your home.

You might want to leave your credit card at home when visiting The Laurels – there is so much good stuff to buy. It first opened back in 1996, and it’s easy to see how they have lasted so long. All the products they sell combine great design with function and colour – from a simple greeting card to clothes, shoes, boots, bags, fabric, ceramics, throws and cushions, and toys.

Other shops to explore include Freight HHG, which sells a range of household goods, clothing and accessories – all designed in-house; Closet & Botts, which celebrates new, vintage and hand-made products that owners Chloe and Harriet have uncovered on their travels to Europe; and From Victoria, which specialises in houseplants and bohemian homewares.

Don’t miss Louis Potts & Company, which sells stunning china and glassware for the home. The shop started out on London’s Portobello Road market in 1969, before Andrew and Patricia Clarke moved to Lewes in 1976. More than 40 years later, they are still going strong.

If you want something to read on the journey home, be sure to pop in to Bow Windows Bookshop,