Harbour roads, historic walls, independent businesses and a coastline full of stories. Use the guide to find your way around the places that make St Orison what it is.
Places to Visit
From long-established High Street names to newer harbour ventures, these are some of the places that shape everyday life in St Orison.
Mercer & Sons
Proprietor: Jonah Mercer
Location: High Street
Trading since 1925
A long-established St Orison name, Mercer & Sons has occupied its double-fronted High Street premises for generations. Known for books, maps, prints and curiosities, the shop has the quiet, slightly old-fashioned character of a business that has grown alongside the town itself. Sitting opposite Bellamy’s, it remains one of the High Street’s most familiar landmarks — part shop, part archive and part keeper of St Orison’s stories.
Bellamy’s Delicatessen & Bakery
Proprietor: Mags Bellamy
Location: High Street, opposite Mercer & Sons. Est. 2003
Fresh bread, pastries, speciality loaves and local produce have made Bellamy’s one of High Street’s best-known stops. For many residents, it is as much a place to catch up on town news as it is somewhere to pick up breakfast.
St Orison Surf & Paddle
Proprietors: Travis Newton & Michael Grant
Location: Harbour · Est. 2026
Opened in 2026, Surf & Paddle has quickly become part of St Orison’s modern harbour life. The shop stocks boards, wetsuits and equipment for getting out on the water, alongside SUP tuition and Surf & Paddle Coastal Tours aboard Homeward. Friendly, practical and firmly rooted in the town, it is as much a meeting place for locals as it is a first stop for visitors heading to sea.
Petal & Tide
Proprietors: Mari Pitten & Elise March
Location: High Street · Seasonal Wreaths ·Est. 2009
One of the prettiest shopfronts on High Street, Petal & Tide is run by Mari Pitten and her partner Elise March. Flowers spill from zinc buckets and wicker baskets outside the door throughout the year, while inside the little shop is filled with seasonal stems, potted plants, candles and carefully wrapped bouquets.
Mari looks after much of the buying and has a particular fondness for locally grown flowers, while Elise is responsible for the shop’s distinctive arrangements and window displays. Together they create everything from simple hand-tied bunches to wedding flowers, remembrance arrangements and the occasional spectacular commission for one of St Orison’s seasonal events.
St Orison Distillery
Proprietor: Simon & Phillipa Wendall
Location: The Promenade · Home of Hagstone Gin. Est. 2026
Housed in the town’s former chandlery on the Promenade, St Orison Distillery brings a new chapter to one of the waterfront’s older buildings. Its best-known spirit, Hagstone Gin, takes its name from the holed stones long associated with St Orison’s coast. With the harbour only steps away, the distillery combines the town’s maritime heritage with a distinctly modern St Orison identity.
The Black Gull
Proprietor: Tom Henshaw
Location: The Promenade. Est. 1923
A familiar fixture close to the harbour, The Black Gull has long been one of St Orison’s best-known gathering places. With its terrace, window boxes and traditional A-board outside, it is the kind of pub where locals stop for a drink, visitors settle in after a day by the water and town stories have a habit of travelling from table to table. Warm, informal and deeply woven into everyday St Orison life, The Black Gull is as much a meeting place as it is a pub.
Regent Pictures Cinema
Proprietor: Regent Holdings
Location: High Street. Formally Picture Palace. Est. 1928
A familiar part of St Orison’s High Street, Regent Pictures combines the charm of a traditional local cinema with a wider community role. Formerly known as the Picture Palace, the building has welcomed generations of St Orison residents through its doors for films, special screenings and local events. With its glowing frontage and old-fashioned character, it remains one of the town’s most distinctive evening landmarks.
Gilded Edge
Proprietor: Miriam Shaw
Location: The Promenade.Est. 1984
Facing the sea on the Promenade, The Gilded Edge is one of St Orison’s quieter specialist businesses. Run by picture framer Miriam Shaw, the narrow shop is known for bespoke framing, conservation and the careful restoration of photographs and artwork. Its windows are filled with gilt corners, oval mounts and small coastal landscapes, giving it the feel of somewhere where treasured things are treated with patience rather than replaced.
Harbour Light Cameras & Electrical
Location: High Street. Est. 1991
A compact specialist shop serving both St Orison residents and visitors, Harbour Light Cameras & Electrical stocks cameras, binoculars, memory cards, batteries and practical electrical equipment. Its shelves may not be glamorous, but it is the sort of place locals rely on when something needs replacing, repairing or setting up properly. Elliot Vale famously left with considerably more security equipment than he had intended to buy.
There’s More to Discover
These are only some of the places that make up St Orison. Follow the harbour, wander the High Street or take the road towards the ridge — there is always somewhere else to find.