Best of British Wool Clothing & Accessories
[Updated 2026]
The ultimate guide to brands making clothing and accessories from British Wool – all manufactured in the UK
For years British wool has been undervalued, with farmers at times paid less for their fleeces than it cost to shear them. That’s starting to change thanks to a growing number of UK brands turning British wool into beautiful clothing, paying farmers fairly and, in many cases, tracing each garment back to the farm it came from.
Every brand in this guide makes its clothing and accessories in the UK from wool grown on British farms. You’ll find chunky British wool jumpers and cardigans, hardwearing socks, coats and jackets woven from British wool cloth, and hats and scarves to finish the look.
Want to know more about the British Wool fibre itself? Read our 10 Facts You May Not Know About British Wool. Looking for British-made knitwear? Then check out our Best of British-Made Knitwear Brands guide.
British Wool Jumpers
British wool is probably most often made into knitwear such as chunky jumpers, cardigans and vests. Here are some of the brands making British wool knitwear…
Charl Knitwear
Founded by Frankie Davies, who spent more than 20 years designing knitwear for luxury labels including Burberry, Charl reworks traditional British knitwear into modern, pared-back shapes. Several of the Charl knitwear pieces, including jumpers, cardigans and socks, use 100% certified British wool, travelling under 125 miles from fleece to finished garment.
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Le Courriqua
Le Courriqua is a family-run knitwear business creating traditional Guernsey fisherman’s jumpers, scarves and hats, using fleece from their own sheep and 100% British Wool spun in Yorkshire into their own bespoke yarns. Every piece is knitted at their own micro knitwear factory on the Isle of Guernsey.
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Lou Dungate
Self-taught knitter Lou Dungate launched her first British wool jumper as a pre-order in Autumn 2026. The Saddle Shoulder jumper is left undyed so the wool keeps its natural lanolin, and only 40 have been made. Each one comes with a QR code that traces the wool back to its farms and is made in London using 100% Bluefaced Leicester spun in Yorkshire.
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Mars Knitwear
A Leicester based knitwear manufacturer that has been producing the finest quality knitwear since 1994. Several of their knitwear pieces are made using 100% British wool in their own factory in Wigston, Leicester.
Shop the Mars Knitwear collection here
Oubas Knitwear
Oubas is a knitwear brand based in the Lake District. Its knitwear is for people who want understated pieces in rich colours that will stay in their wardrobe for years. Many of the pieces are made using British wool yarn spun in Yorkshire and manufactured in Cumbria by the Oubas team.
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Palava
British clothing brand Palava have used 100% British wool for their 1950s-style Fair Isle Molly Cardigan. Spun and knitted in the UK using Masham and Bluefaced Leicester from farmers in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Elwin
Deanne founded Elwin in 2016 and uses British wool for their knitwear pieces. The Raye cardigan uses full traceable British wool made from Bluefaced Leicester fleece.
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Katie Cotmarsh
Katie Cotmarsh designs knitwear from the fleece of her own flock of more than 300 native-breed sheep at Great Cotmarsh Farm in Wiltshire. Her studio is in the farmhouse attic, overlooking the dye garden where she grows plants for her natural colours.
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John Smedley
Established in 1784, John Smedley are the oldest manufacturing factory in the world, crafting beautiful, high quality garments that are designed to last, made in Britain and distributed the world over.
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&SONS
&SONS is a certified B Corp making workwear-inspired clothing designed to last. Their Pioneer cardigan pairs a shawl collar with a classic cardigan body and is made in Britain using 100% British wool.
Shop the &SONS British wool cardigan here
British Wool Coats, Jackets & Gilets
British wool yarn is also woven into cloth and several UK mills including Abraham Moon, Marton Mills and Harris Tweed. These are some of the brands using British wool cloth for clothing such as coats, jackets and gilets.
CLÒ FOLD
Norfolk-based designer Dee McGilvray launched CLÒ FOLD in 2026, drawing on family ties to farming and the countryside of the Yorkshire Dales and Scotland. The name refers to a sheep fold, a place of care and shelter, and the brand’s “Land Led Living” philosophy puts traceability and longevity ahead of trends. The CLÒ FOLD collection includes gilets, outerwear, skirts and accessories all made using 100% traceable British wool from British farms, whose farmers are paid 25p above the auction price.
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HERD
HERD is a British brand founded by Ruth Alice Rands using 100& British wool for knitwear, tailoring and accessories. Using 100% Bluefaced Leicester wool from farms in the North of England, coloured with botanical plant dyes and with every stage taking place within 150 miles of the farms.
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Peregrine
An English heritage clothing brand using British wool for knitwear, socks and this woven wool overshirt – all made in the UK.
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Glencroft
Glencroft has been making country clothing from a converted barn in Clapham, in the Yorkshire Dales, since 1987. Its Clapdale range is fully traceable, using Dalesbred wool from farms within ten miles of Clapham that is spun and woven into tweed in Yorkshire. The men’s tweed gilet is made in the North of England from the heavyweight 600gsm Clapdale cloth, with a felt-lined collar and an organic cotton lining, and comes in green or grey plaid.
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British Wool Hats, Gloves & Scarves
Several brands are also making British wool accessories in the UK, including the following…
Celtic & Co.
A luxury British brand based in Cornwall, Celtic & Co offers a range of UK-made knitwear and accessories made from British wool.
Shop the Celtic & Co British wool collection here
Floc
FLOC was set up in Cardigan, Wales, in 2021 with of helping British farmers turn wool from a loss-making burden into something that supports their way of life. Floc knitted accessories use fully traceable yarn from Laxtons in Shipley, with a fair price paid to farmers.
Shop the Floc British wool collection here
ForWant to know more about the British Wool fibre itself? Read our 10 Facts You May Not Know About British Wool. Looking for British-made knitwear? Then check out our Best of British-Made Knitwear Brands guide.
