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2024 News, Products and Events

As 2024 commences, we’ve put all our winter stock into storage after another successful Manchester Christmas Market. 42 days of daily trading from a traditional festive wooden chalet. Thank you to all our regular customers and those new who purchased from us.     Our website continues to evolve, focusing solely on the premium brands that we sell on the outdoor events circuit. We were delighted to be awarded ‘Best Leather Goods Specialist’ at the 2023 British Made Awards. A testament to the quality range of products we offer the consumer. We’ve recently added new styles of our best selling online product, the beloved stretchable woven BillyBelt.  Belts are certainly our most popular product all year round, so we’ll continue...

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Donation to The Woodland Trust. April 2022

 Birchwood Leather recently donated £100 to The Woodland Trust. This was a combination of a percentage of online sales and then topped up to a set amount. A huge thank you to everybody who purchased from our website, between May 2021 and March 2022, who contributed to this total.       The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972. This donation will : Help to plant woods and trees to combat climate change, build a greener future for the UK and create havens for wildlife Save woods and trees from decimation, and combat tree pests and disease Restore...

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Outdoor Events Resume

After 17 months without any outdoor exhibition work taking place due to the pandemic, May 2021 finally enabled us to exhibit our products to the public.  And what a location to resume our events. The grand 16th century english country house setting of Burghley House and Gardens near Stamford, Peterborough. The event was a Game and Country Fair, hosted by Living Heritage Events, and covid secure with a restricted attendance and strict social distancing and cleansing in operation. With glorious weather it was a welcome return to the events circuit and to finally meet up with our trader friends and customers face to face. However, despite the successful vaccine rollout, 2021 isn't without its show casualties, with many cancelling early...

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NEW BillyBelt range added to our website

We have added a new range of BillyBelt woven stretch belts to our website, including a mix of multicoloured belts. BillyBelts are the best selling product range on our website. They are a high quality woven belt which stretch for ease of fitting and contain multi holes to adjust for all body types. No more straining to find a hole as you can create your own every time as it simply slots through the weave. A mixture of strong elastic and polypropylene with a calfskin leather ensures a perfect fitting belt for years to come. They are a unisex range with a width of 3.2cm, have a zinc alloy buckle, and are available in two sizes. Each sized belt will stretch...

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Donation to The Woodland Trust. May 2021

 Birchwood Leather recently donated £50 to The Woodland Trust. This was a combination of a percentage of online sales and then topped up to a set amount. A huge thank you to everybody who purchased from our website, between November 2020 and April 2021, who contributed to this total.     The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972. This donation will : Help to plant woods and trees to combat climate change, build a greener future for the UK and create havens for wildlife Save woods and trees from decimation, and combat tree pests and disease Restore damaged...

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