October 2023 by Jerry Weeks
A fascinating museum inside a wonderful working hardware shop. Such friendly staff, thank you.
September 2023 by Darryn James
An incredible small ironmongery with a great time capsule museum in the back. Definitely worth a visit for that tool you never knew you needed (I came out with 3)
August 2023 by julie oliver
An amazing ironmongery with charm and history, the museum is a precious step back in time, the staff were very helpful and it was a pleasure to be looked after, well worth the visit ?
June 2023 by Wayne Taylor
This shop is a must visit. Gem of a place, even if you don't need to buy anything please go in you'll not be disappointed ?
August 2022 by Roger Gunn
Great old fashioned Hardwear shop with free museum upstairs, could spend hours in there !!
July 2022 by dennis berry
Step back into.an old ironmongery smell.the floor from the past an old memory
June 2022 by Carol Davies
What an amazing place. If they don't sell it, you don't need it. Fabulous museum at the back and upstairs, free to enter too. Lovely lady and gentleman were working there.
May 2022 by Gail Downes
What an amazing shop with small museum.
February 2022 by Christopher gascoigne
It has some great things In
October 2021 by Martin McGrath
Great service. Realised on my way from Barnsley to Cockermouth that I needed a set of Stilsons (wrench). Gave them a ring and the kind lady advised they had some. Got there and found they had a set that were the right size.. not new but restored and working perfectly. Only £12.50 so a bargain too. Job completed thanks to this great purchase. Didn't have much time to look around the store but the shop is amazing!
September 2021 by Jim Mitchell
World famous Banks', what would Cockermouth be without it? Has a great little, really useful museum. This is the place you go for the 'rough' garden tools you can't get elsewhere, for the beehive accessories . . . the place you take your children for a real world experience. Great folk, great service, should be preserved for posterity.
June 2021 by Ian Bett
I had been on the search for some bits to repair some garden tools. None of the big stores had any. It was possible to get them on line but only if I wanted to pay even more in postage and to help some billionaire get to space. Then I walked into Banks and not only was it a wonderful shop, like stepping back in time to an age of real personal service, they also had EVERYTHING I needed with spares.A wonderful shop in itself but with a fascinating museum attached to it as well. So glad I discovered it.
March 2021 by Rob Allen
Proper hardware shop that has a remarkable range for its size. Good quality items stocked (incl. some British made,) as well as the usual. Also has an intersting stock of vintage woodworking handtools.
