Who we are

With over 40 years’ experience, we are the UK’s number 1 surf and lifestyle fashion store. We sell to over 60 countries worldwide supplying the very best surf hardware and must have fashion essentials to thousands of happy customers each year. Stocking over 10,000 items; whether a beginner or a pro, we have everything you need to hit the water, through to a week on the beach or setting the trend on the street.

What we do

Our story started in 1978 on Polzeath Beach in Cornwall when a small village shop attached to a petrol station, began selling and renting out surfboards and wetsuits to the early surfing pioneers. After the owner of the filling station retired Mr Harris and his wife Beverly Harris took over the premises, thus opening the very first Ann’s Cottage store. Holiday makers and locals alike now had a place to get their beachwear before hitting the sand and waves of Polzeath, and from there the Ann’s Cottage name was born.

Our technical expertise with wetsuits and surf hardware cannot be matched and we are premium stockists of the very best wetsuit manufacturers from O’Neill, C-Skins, Gul through to Rip Curl, Billabong, Alder and more.

Ann’s Cottage is a way of life, it’s the Cornish way of life, the surfer’s way of life… and it’s an iconic brand that continues to grow and grow.