Yandle & Sons in South Somerset

Lovely cafe with great food, gift and craft shop plus wood blanks, lathes etc.

Great presents on show but not cheap.

This is just the best place for woodturners! The staff, especially Tony, are helpful but not intrusive - every turner knows you want to browse when you’re there. The knowledge and information from the staff is so helpful to a relative newbie. Their prices are fair and their range of both tools and wood is extensive. On site there is also a craft shop, gift type shop and a cafe so everyone is happy!

Wow! Tony was so helpful with the wood we wanted today. We have gone home very happy customers. Felt informed, looked after and helped. Tony was also good at letting us know about other events going on. Well done Tony! We’ll be back!

Great service and knowledgeable, friendly staff with some great products which we use in our workshops.

I contacted Yandle & Sons in search of replacement sapele bench slats. The team were excellent in sorting out correct sizes and profiles and processing the order. I was kept informed and they were delivered to me very quickly. The quality was first class and what was a very sorry bench now has pride of place again.

Excellent wood turning course. Items ordered from the shop have all turned up promptly and have been to the high quality expected.i would recommend yandles every time.

Very good service. First class products, very helpful on the phone. Looking forward to another trip to pick up something else.

I started wood turning this year & my first port of call for bowl blanks was Yandle & Sons. I have experienced first class levels of advice and service. Nothing is too much trouble and the quality of the timber is superb. Online ordering is straightforward and you can leave notes with your order with specific information/requirements. They have a large range of species to choose from; both homegrown and the more exotic! I'd highly recommend Yandle & Sons.

These are people who really understand what is required with woodworking machinery and picture framing equipment.

Absolute jokers. Bought some superglue just before closing on Sunday afternoon. Opened it to find it had gone off. It actually looked faded old stock. Returned Monday morning and ask for a refund as the remaining looked old as well. Wouldn't refund as I didn't have the receipt but would exchange "as a goodwill". Their till receipt would show I came in at the exact time I said and it had thier stickers on the packaging. Have spent considerable amount of money here over the years, even though they are more expensive than online. I believe in using local businesses first before online retailers. That is now my last purchase from Yandels. REPLY TO YANDELS RESPONCE BELOW: How convenient to say I was rude and bullied your staff. If one was of colour I'm sure you would play the race card as well. In no way, shape or form was I rude or bullied yourself or your staff. Yes I opened the replacement glue packet, how else could I see if it ran? You were the ones with the attitude and terrible customer service and also the ones selling out of date stock. The replacement glue was a stiff gel, not runny as it should be. Judging by your low star reviews it seems you're never in the wrong if there's a problem. That's fine, I judge businesses by how they deal with issues (you knew very well that was purchased and out of date from your store, hence reduced £) but in this instance I won't support this local (I live around the corner) business. All over a £9 super glue. Have yourself good day.

Excellent for wood for turning and other projects. Also has a good gift shop and craft supplies.

Ordered a Record Power Coronet lathe, arrived today in good order. I must say it was very well packed, a lot of thought went into designing the brackets etc.

Ordered Record 8" sharpener, after I paid I received an email to say it wasn't in stock, however, they kept me in the loop and was sent soon as they got stock in which was a few days later. Really pleased with product, well packed and easy to use, I have super sharp gouges. Made mince.meat of this log!

What can I say but a fabulous service. Nothing was too much trouble for the guys in the timber yard and the knowledge and advice they gave me was second to none. The way the timber was wrapped was amazing. Also Dan on the shop floor was excellent and extremely helpful. Thank you all once again. Regards Richard (from Osmington)

What an amazing place. The level of service is superb. Full marks to Tony in the Timberyard, who was so incredibly knowledgeable and helpful.

Great service as ever Lovely self pick timber , bowl blanks And had lunch that was good value for money Will be back again

I cannot recommend them enough. Absolutely brilliant

The service, the equipment and the choices are second to none. Tony was a great help explaining how equipment is used and what extras can go with them to make your life easier.

Great products and helpful staff

Tony is a great help. Always has some great hints and tips for wood selection. Happy to sell you some tools too! Nice place for arts and crafts as well as all things wood. Great orange and lemon cake from the cafe!!

Excellent shop and excellent woodturning course run by Paul. Top job

Great course very informative and interesting. Lecturer was very experienced and knowledgeable. Lunch was top notch as well so very enjoyable

suddenly enforcing a ban on allowing dogs in the cafe, never been a problem on previous visits, but the claim they have never been allowed is farcical (you can't sneak a dog in), but ultimately its the owners choice

Superbe store with an amazing selection of quality timber. Knowledgeable and friendly staff is at hand to help. Will go back again.

Excellent place for tools and wood. I try to visit while on holidays and always have things to take home. Huge selection of wood from 99p

Excellent company to deal with wonderful products

I visited Yandles, having been aware of it as a place online to buy woodworking tools, whilst visiting Martock and was blown away by how great it was. A decent cafe, lots of parking, a decent craft shop, but an amazing selection of lumber, which to my mind was very keenly priced. Also the woodworking tool shop side is unbelievable: a very strong selection of tools, with both budget models and better quality, higher cost stuff for those more serious or experienced or with a serious tool addiction. I especially appreciated the bench of Veritas planes that anyone can try out on bits of wood: those beautiful (and pricey!) tools really sell themselves once you feel them in the hand and see how well they work. I talked to a sales guy (sorry, I forgot your name) who was amazingly helpful and informative. I noticed some negative reviews on here about online buying in the past, but I think having an amazing local place you can actually see the tools and materials before buying, staffed with helpful, knowledgeable people would beat any kind of Internetonly warehouse, no matter about some logistical missteps. I will do my best to support them in the future, long may you continue!

Always welcoming and knowledgeable! great work as always team!

Last Friday we went to another of Yandles monthly free woodturning demonstrations. This is a two hour event and is always very interesting and informative for everyone. Whatever your skill / ability you won’t be disappointed. Yandles also run special offers during the event. We always enjoy ourselves. Margaret and Duncan

Today, I went to Yandles’ “Woodturning with RPT Alan Thomas: Box making with Semi-Precious Stone Inlays!” Yandles have free presentations every so often and today was the second such presentation I have been to. It was great! Alan Thomas was professional, informative, and very helpful. Well done, Yandles, for organising this event.

Awesome place to buy your tools and woodturning equipment. Also look out for their woodworking-woodturning demonstrations/events. I attended one this evening and it was awesome and very informative with an amazing woodturner demonstrating. Thank you to Adam for the recommendation. Great staff, who are very helpful and super friendly. Thank you for you help and knowledge with my purchase of my woodturning pen kit tools for my lathe. Will see you again soon. Next woodturning event is on Friday 28th July 2023 for a Pen turning master class. Don’t miss it. They stock everything you need to get up and running making your own superb items. Thanks again guys.

Excellent wood turning course. Paul was so patient and although I’m still useless I feel much more confident and will practice!

I purchased a new lathe and accessories. I was given a clear presentation on the model I was interested in and the sales guy (Adam) was very knowledgeable and helpful. He was also kind with some discounting as part of a package of lathe and accessories. Highly recommended and a great improvement on another well know South West supplier of lathes, which shall remain nameless. Thank you.

Tony was super helpful and really knowledgeable about their stock. Lovely experience in general and will be coming back. Such an incredible range of timbers!

A rare find indeed these days: A great range of quality tools and kit. A large selection of hard and soft woods. All the finishing materials you'll possibly ever need. And all backed up by great service, good prices and really helpful, friendly knowledge (with special thanks to Tom).

Always happy to help, even when stuff gets lost. I bought my Charnwood lathe from Yandle with loads of extra 'stuff' I needed - I wish I lived nearer to take advantage of their demonstrations. Well pleased.

great service, staff were a great help over the phone advising me on my purchase.

brilliant very helpful good knowledge of products and a fast dispatch will use again ,wish i had found them earlier would have saved myself a lot of time ,

Met a friend for coffee and a catch up Artist accessories, knitting & sewing accessories and fabrics in one unit, locally made crafts in another, a sawmill with timber and tools for sale all on one site.

Friendly and knowledgeable staff, excellent prices that are difficult to beat even online (believe me I've tried) and a whole host of fancy exotic wood you'll rarely find all under the same roof.

Great service from this company because of this I’ve ordered quite a few times and will also in the future ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What a wonderful place very friendly and super helpful with a weather of knowledge and advice a delight to deal with

The wood was purchased to repair the bench perfect does a fantastic job.

Excellent day out on the 23rd April with a car load of buddies from the Black Country Woodturners Club, brilliant wood stock so wallets less full and excuses prepared for when we got home

Great range of products as well as a good timber selection with friendly, helpful staff

Yandles is fast becoming my favourite place. Tony was really helpful and obviously knows his stuff. Came way with a beautiful piece of beech and elm wood. Coffee was great too.

Yandles has a great selection of timber. It is really well organized and it is very useful to have one face of the timber planed so you can see the grain and colouring. Tony was extremely helpful . A definite recommendation if you are looking to choose your own timber.

Range in wood shop amazing and staff super nice and helpful. Same in craft shop, fabulous. Art gallery fabulous art work and jewelry and food superb.

Not the cheapest but probably the best at what they do. I have been a couple of times and the place always amazes me. Their stock levels are really good as are the qualities of what they sell. So for quality timber, tools, machinery and service, do visit!

Really helpful and great customer service

Great shop visiting on way home from holiday spent a few hours browsing and purchasing and have had few online buys since Wish their shop was bit closer to Scotland five stars all round including customer service Thx

Super helpful team, came away with exactly what I was looking for.

Great 'Bandaw Masterclass' presented by Dan today. Clear, consise, and informative. Learned a lot.

Enjoyed the bandsaw talk very interesting learned a lot had watched the Record Power dvd read the manual watched every set up film on you tube and this hour made more sense than all that put together. Went home and redid now saw working as should or better than before many thanks spent a load shop team great very helpful a good experience all round

Have been to Yandles before and found everyone brilliant. This time I needed a BS300e band-saw, quickly. I phoned them up, Ash took my call and found only two in stock. He ensured that my order for the following day was honoured on this item and delivered in course. Later when I had a problem, Ash forwarded my concerns onto Record Power, who then phoned me later direct to me. Thank you Ash, for your quick response and a big thank you to Record Power to resolve the issue. Gold stars all round.

Easy to order. Great choice of products. Good delivery service.

I have bought 2 big items from Yandles. 1 a bandsaw and 2 a dust extractor. The service and after care I've from them has been very good. Their communication is very good at each stage of purchase and delivery. The delivery has been good too. The ease of navigating through their website is very easy to do and the staff I've spoken to are knowledgeable and friendly. I highly recommend this company and the prices are very reasonable too.

My husband and I have always loved coming here - the shop/cafe being my favourite bit, and the toolshop was always my husband's. We have noticed a decline in customer service recently and the last time we came, we unfortunately didn't have a very good experience. In their credit however, I received a genuine apology from Adam upon my initial review. They obviously do care. Yandles selection of timber and tools is very good. I really hope their customer service improves to what it once was and this is balanced across the entire team.

Always a trip I look forward to, visiting Yandles. Today I was looking for advice on pillar drills and got what I needed - a Record Power unit with associated bits and pieces. Also spent far too long drooling over the selection of wood available - just went for a long piece of beech which was cut for me to fit in the Landy! Very good and knowledgeable service as always - and a special mention to Tony - good banter and helped me shift a few bits of kit to my car! See you again soon, cheers guys

Fantastic place, I love the woodworking shop, wide selection of tools both hand and power, very glad to have such a great place so local. If you like your woodwork and your in the area get down here and make sure you got some money to spend because there will definitely be something you will want. Also got to mention the fantastic range of woods they have out the back, something for every project and budget, big thumbs up to the team

Every hand tool you ever need and a wide selection of machinery and tables too! Huge selection of woods! You could definitely spend a day here! Will definitely visit again ☺️

Love this place. I come for the gifts and crafts shops, my husband for the tools and wood supplies. Fascinating place. Great cafe. We travel from South West Wales to here because I know I will always find something I love for a present or for myself.

Brilliant place to have a look round. Never fails to ignite my inspiration.

Same as usual plenty of choice friendly staff it's like walking into Aladdin's cave .

Excellent experience as always!

What a great selection of crafting shops and superb selection of turning wood I have ever seen a wonderful place .

Very good for all D.I.Y products

Went for some workshop machinery their prices are very competitive and the sales staff are 2nd to none. I would highly recommend will be be going back in the near future.

Great Coffee Shop with a wide selection cakes, snacks, breakfast and lunch at a reasonable cost. Plus the shop has plenty of gifts and artist's originals whether in wood, pottery and pictures. The Fabric Shop has plenty of materials for the artist / painter / quilter, etc. Nearly forgot there is another Shop for the wood worker from materials to specialist hand and electric tools. Overall, well worth a visit.

Amazing place to visit for all. They have the most incredible historic saw mill still currently producing top quality timber, well stocked shop and timber yard. Also boasting gift shops, cafe and gallery. All staff are super friendly and helpful, even got a mini tour with Dan. Definitely going back soon.

Always good knowledgeable staff in the tool shop. Cake in the coffee shop is good.

I was to visit your store by a friend and we did so yesterday it is a fabulous place with so many really good quality items so many things to choose from and a must to visit for presents. With Christmas in mind as well. Plus delicious coffee and cake. Top of my list now. A great store. Susie Sullivan

Such a lovely place, I'm sure you would find a special gift for anyone there. The cafe seemed nice, coffee was good, but I was disappointed at the size of the tiny cup my coffee was served in. I'd ordered a double shot assuming it was a medium/large size. Serving it in the hot chocolate cup size would be great !

Aladdin's cave of wood working tools Very helpful staff

Very nice cafe .wood shop very helpful.

Good as ever, one of my favourite places to shop for wood, tools and crafts.

Always worth a visit not just for the wood enthusiast

Nice lunch - lovely salad. I found everything I needed for my embroidery project in the craft shop.

Great range of products and wood. Very helpful staff.

If you're looking for a great local place to shop for woodworking tools, supplies and materials, then you have to check out Yandles & Sons in Martock. This family-owned business is more than just your average hardware store - it's an incredible resource for anyone who loves making things with their hands and has a passion for all things woodworking. Yandles & Sons is a true treasure trove when it comes to tools and supplies, with everything from high-quality power tools, such as saws, sanders and drills, to hand tools like chisels and hammers. Whether you're just starting out in the world of woodworking or you've been doing it for years, you're sure to find everything you need (and more) at Yandles & Sons. But it's not just the great selection of products that makes Yandles & Sons such a standout - it's also the incredible knowledge and expertise of the staff. They're always happy to answer any questions you might have and are always ready to share their years of experience with you.

We were lucky to find some PAR sapele in just the right dimensions to make a wooden steering wheel rim for a First World War vehicle. I was concerned about the glue joints but your helpful store manager suggested titebond 11 glue which proved more than up to the job. Excellent service and a pleasure, as always, to visit

Great cake and coffee outside in the sun 🌞.

Spent nearly £100 there today. Not a thank you or anything from the young man on the till. Walked around for twenty minutes and no one asked if I needed help. It’s like a private club where they laugh at beginners. No help at all.

A fantastic crafter's hobbies and professionals store, with tools, arts and plenty of materials. Laid out over a few buildings. The friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff help if you need it. Well worth a visit, in the beautiful village of Martock. There is also a fantastic and popular café and shop here with customers toilet. Great food and friendly staff.

Busy had lunch with some friends but the service was excellent.

First and Last order Some of the issues here are not Yandles fault but instead the fault of DPD, but some are Yandles fault. Ordered some clamps on 28th December, got a date from DPD for the 6th Jan by email, part of the order arrived on the 7th, another bit arrived on 8th. What with Christmas and Covid I wasnt particularly bothered at this point. The two most expensive parts, nearly £500, didn't seem to be moving on DPD's website, so contacted Yandles who said DPD need to do a parcel search, give it 2 weeks, then another week, then they found a parcel, only one of the two, be with you tomorrow, this went on for a couple of weeks then they admitted they lost the found parcel. By this time Yandles know my name quite well. After a lot of calls they sent out a new parcel for one item, got it next day great. They got their supplier to send the final missing parcel, the supplier didnt send it, they kept asking. getting on to late February they said they found some in their own warehouse and would send to me, then they didnt, I called again they said will put it on the van himself, didnt happen. Into March and a few more calls before 2 of the 4 missing clamps arrive bashed up in sellotape with bits missing, I refused to accept delivery. Yandles promised a load of discounts and refund delivery charges etc, the discounts hadnt transpired either, I gave up and asked for my money back on what had yet to arrive. No faith in them getting a parcel to me in future, nor of them getting the items or money out of DPD for the lost stuff, if I'm not an isolated incident then I'd be surprised they can carry on trading much longer. Never lost my rag with them or dished out any insults, but the two Ronnie's couldn't have written sketch like it.

We sat in the outdoor enclosure which was good. Blankets were supplied incase needed. Friendly staff and the cake was good.

A carpenter's delight. We are so lucky to have such a fantastic saw mill and timber shop. Also selling all manner of carpenter's tools Including wood turning. I bought quite a few planks of oak, beech and ash. I know they also have a very nice cafe. Thankyou for setting me up with a trade account I will be back very soon.

This was a special visit for my partner and I, as my partner hadn't visited Yandles since last coming with his late father when he was a teenager. Having discovered his love of woodworking just like his dad, it was a great visit and the wood here is absolutely gorgeous. We could have spent a fortune!

I went looking for a timber off cut for a small home project. Not only did I find a very reasonably priced oak plank but they have enough off cuts to build a house!! If you're into timber, go straight to Yandles, do not pass Go, do not collect £200!!!

Quick visit to Yandles this morning, great stock of wood as always. Friendly and very helpful staff too.

I was shopping shopping for a lathe as I'm just starting out with woodturning. Good range of items and the wood choice is great. Brian also was super helpful.

Very helpful staff in the timber yard and shop and fantastic selection of wood and tools

Wow what a place! So much there whatever your wood crafting interests, and whatever your level of experience! Great staff, who are both friendly and knowledgeable; they can help, advise and guide you to whatever you need, and always willing to go that extra mile! Worth the 2 hour drive to get there.

Absolutely brilliant place, I haven't seen such a selection of timber since I left a Joinery company over 30 years ago. Very helpful staff, happy to give advice - would definitely recommend!

I always enjoy my visits to Yandles and rarely come away empty handed, be it a tool, some raw materials or simply some inspiration from the gallery or a good cup of tea in the cafe..

Always love visiting Yandles! Beautiful craft work to view and buy, great selection of cards & a really good cafe. For hobbies they have a vast showroom full of craft ideas to make yourself.

Fantastic prices and the friendliest staff. Amazing selection of wood and tools.

Outstanding customer service, knowledgeable staff and a great selection of products.