notice

mainmenu

PLEASE ALLOW AT LEAST 2 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY OF DIY ITEMS AS WE'RE WORKING FROM HOME A LOT.

PLEASE NOTE: WE ONLY SHIP WITHIN THE UK

About us
Contact us
FAQ
Feedback
Home page
Ordering
Post and packing
Terms & condits
Where to find us
Pay for something

See what's in your basket
Stickmaking materials
and Accessories
FOR DIY STICKMAKERS.
(Finished sticks further down).

Adhesives
Alpine Spikes
Aluminium crook
Animal head Blanks
Antler
Badger blank
Bird head blanks
Blackthorn shanks
Brass collars
Brass ferrules
Buffalo horn
Cane holder
Carving blanks
Carving glove
Carving tools
Carving wood
Cock pheasant blank
Collars
Crook blank (wood)
DIY Materials
Dog blanks
Duck blanks
Engraved collars
Epoxy resin
Epoxy putty
Eyes
Ferrules
Fish blanks
Fox blanks
Glass eyes
Glue
Grouse blanks
Hazel shanks
Heron blanks
Hen pheas't blanks
Hiking stick blank
Horns
Horn spacers
Horn Polishing kit
Horse blanks
Kevlar glove
Knife
Leather lace
Lyre blank (wood)
Magnetic Ferrules
Partridge blank
Pins
Polishing Kit
Rams horns
Roe buck antlers
Rubber ferrules
Salmon blank
Shanks
Shrink tube
Spacers
Stag horn
Stick press
Swan blank
Thumbstick blanks
Trout blanks
Wading staff kit
Walker blank
Woodcock blanks
Wrist loop straps

FINISHED
Sticks & Crooks
normally made
to order see waiting times on each page.

These are Not normally
available outside
the UK -
email for details!

 

Animal sticks
Antler thumbsticks
Antler walkingsticks
Beating sticks
Bird head sticks
Buffalo horn crooks
Buffalo horn thumbsticks
Carved sticks
Derby sticks
DIY Materials
DIY Stickmaking
Dog sticks
Engraved collars
Gen purpose
Hiking stick
Horn crooks
Horn sticks
Knob sticks
Lyre thumb stick
Nanny McPhee stick
Rams horn sticks
Regency stick
Resin head sticks
Staffs
Thumbsticks
Wading convert kit
Wading Staffs
Wading Sticks
WALKING STICKS
Miscellaneous

Gift Vouchers
Cane History
Stickmaking class
Cane holder
Straightening sticks
Why use a Stick?

 

The Stick Man

WHERE TO FIND US The Stick Man, The Walled Garden, Cleveland Way, Helmsley, York YO62 5AH

The workshop is generally open on Thursdays and Fridays from 10.30am until 3pm

THE SHOP IS ONLY OPEN BY APPOINTMENT DURING THE WINTER (December to end of March).

 

 

 

Click here to E-mail

Follow the dotted lines on the map, either by car down Cleveland Way or on foot from the Market Place.

Post code for Sat Nav users is YO62 5AH

Please be aware that some Sat Navs will direct you into the Long Stay car park and tell you that you have arrived - go past the car parks and drive towards the Walled Garden if you wish to use our private car park for a short time. Ignore signs saying there's no parking at the Walled Garden - we have our own small car park.

 

We are located in the first craft workshop behind Helmsley Castle. Follow signs to "The Walled Garden" from the Car Park or follow the directions using the map above and photographs below.

Shop visiting times

We are basically an ONLINE BUSINESS so we are not open to the public all the time.

 At the moment I'm open on Fridays only from 10.30 - 2.30.

From April I will be open Thursdays and Fridays 10.30-3.

 

E MAKING A SPECIAL JOURNEY

Closed every Sunday & Monday.

Tuesday to Friday 10.30 - 12 and 1.30 - 3.00

Saturdays normally open 10 - 12

Weekday shop hours can vary and we may be open later - but please don't turn up earlier than 10.30 as we're often still packing orders until mid morning.

 

The shop answerphone will normally have a message telling you what days we'll be open that week (except winter). Shop number is 01439 771450 but we can't answer if we're busy or have machinery running. Mobiles don't work very well here for voice calls but texts often get through - TEXT me on 07901717853

 

 

Most common questions are answered on our FAQ page.

WE DON'T ANSWER INTERNATIONAL CALLS WITHOUT PRIOR ARRANGEMENT BY EMAIL, SORRY.

 

 --------------------------------------------------------

 

Click here for E-mail

Mail order address and workshop:
The Stick Man, The Walled Garden, Cleveland Way, Helmsley, York YO62 5AH

DIRECTIONS TO FIND THE WORKSHOP FROM THE MARKET PLACE IN HELMSLEY:

If you are on foot you can walk through the gap to the right of The Royal Oak pub, cross the road and past the Castlegate Cafe. Head towards the castle and see the ruins in front of you (this is probably the most photographed bit of Helmsley) then go along the path to the right and past the new Castle entrance and the Long Stay car park. From the car park, follow the signs for the Walled Garden Craft Workshops.

 

 

As you enter the picnic area look to your left and you get this stunning view of what remains of the castle keep. It was blown apart by the Parliamentarian army after the siege of the castle during the English Civil War. It was packed with gunpowder and destroyed so it could never be used as a fortress again - it certainly worked!
If you park in the Cleveland Way car park you'll see the castle anyway so just follow signs for the Walled Garden and Craft Workshops. It will take you about 7 minutes to walk from the car park in the town square, or two to three minutes from the Long Stay car park off Cleveland Way.


Cleveland Way as you get to the car parks on the left - go straight on down the stone track to the Walled Garden and The Stick Man

By car from Teesside turn right into Cleveland Way, opposite the Feversham Arms, before you reach the Market Place.

From York/Thirsk at the top of the Market Place turn left in front of the Black Swan Hotel then take a right by the church. Turn left opposite the Feversham Arms into Cleveland Way.

From Pickering go straight across at the mini roundabout , past the Market Place (on your left) and turn right by the church, then left into Cleveland Way.

You pass the Ryeburn Ice cream Parlour (well worth a visit!!) on your right. Cleveland Way becomes a stone track in front of you - the public car parks are on your left. You will have to "Pay and Display" in here and walk a short distance to my shop.

If you are coming to the shop to buy or collect from us then you can drive down the stone track and park outside the shop for a short period. Take no notice of a signs saying there is no parkiing at the Walled Garden - we have our own small car park but it can be full at busy times.

CUSTOMERS may use the private car park outside my shop free of charge for short periods - access is down the stone track at the public car park entrance. Follow the stone track straight ahead and then go left at the big tree (see below).

You pass this huge stone with an acorn carved on it - this is the start of the Cleveland Way long distance footpath. You would be amazed at how many walkers manage to miss this thing and end up in my shop to ask for directions. My usual reply is "If you can't find the start - how on earth will you find the finish?"

The track is popular with local dog walkers as well as ramblers - so drive slowly.

After about 100 metres you come to a left fork sign posted for the Walled Garden and the cafe - follow the sign or you will end up in a dead end and have a lot of reversing to do.

 

Here is the entrance to the shop - The Stick Man is the first shop you'll see - entrance on the left. The Walled Garden entrance is 50 yards to the right.

Disabled parking is available in the larger car park at the Walled Garden itself. You don't have to be disabled to park here if you are coming to collect things from the shop or attending a class. Free parking is often difficult due to the small nature of the business but plenty of pay & display spaces are a short walk away.

Some of the sticks on display in the shop. There are usually between 50 and 100 at any one time - though this does vary. All carved sticks are made to order so we NEVER have them in stock.

Some more sticks on display in the shop.
I offer one day
stick-making classes (maximum three people per class). Make a complete stick in a day and take it home with you. All tools and materials are supplied. No experience is needed.

Accommodation in Helmsley is often limited so book early.

More sticks and some of the DIY materials.

 

 

Photos on the shop wall showing just a few of the sticks made in previous years with more DIY materials and some interesting reading.

 

 

We're not doing any shows now, just concentrating on the website and shop sales.

 

 

Index page

For more information on Helmsley and places to visit, shop, eat or stay LOOK HERE

See North Yorkshire moorland and more views of Helmsley.