welcome to the mountain centre
The Mountain Centre has been selling outdoor clothing and equipment for the last 40 years. Established in 1967 by Fred and Joan Barlow, it quickly became known as one of the most unusual shopping experiences in Britain.
Yes, it’s a shop. Not a very big one either, but you’d be surprised how much stuff you can get in there.
The shop itself has changed a great deal over the last few years – you can actually look around it now – but it is still fairly quirky, and definitely more interesting than over-commercialised outdoor chain-stores.
One thing that has remained is the quality of the service, and the time to spend with customers. We have a wide range of clothing, an extensive boot range, camping gear, compasses and lots of odds and sods that you won’t find anywhere else. If we don’t have it then we’ll do our best to get it. We are independent, so we can do what we like, and we are family run, so it’ll always be the same faces when you come in. We are:
- Sue – the boss, working when not running or hungover
- Bonnie – cute, most often found behind the counter sleeping
- Ben – only on Saturdays, usually wielding a saw. Likes to get his own way. Rarely happens.
- John – the ultimate Paramoid. Leaves a trail of biscuit crumbs wherever he goes. Works when Sue is running, or hungover.
- Matt – works Saturdays. He’s quiet but he knows his stuff.
- Marie – works Sundays. Enjoys a good chin-wag.
and we hope you like our shiny new web page and online shop.
