The glass
Point at a jar.
Lids in a row. Ask for what you can see. Amber clove rock, barley sugars, and pear drops weighed on the brass scale.
Traditional sweet shop · 131 Main Street
Tip Top
Est 1937 · The Sweet Shop
We sweeten life.
Traditional confectionery, glowing glass jars, and brass scales on Main Street. Point at a jar — we weigh it by the quarter or the pound.
The jars
Classic jarred sweets, by the pound.
From floor to ceiling in polished glass. Clove rock, barley sugars, sherbet lemons, and traditional fudge weighed out on the counter.
The quarter & pound
We weigh it here.
Traditional jarred confectionery, weighed out fresh by the quarter or the pound into paper bags.
The bag
You take it with you.
The seaside visit ends in a striped paper bag on Main Street. Newcastle tradition since 1937.
The counter
The 1937 Confectionery Index.
Traditional quarters and pounds weighed fresh from the jars into paper bags.
Boiled Sweets
Clove rock, barley sugars, bullseyes, pear drops, and acid drops.
By the quarter (113g) · Traditional striped bag
Toffees & Caramels
Treacle toffee, butter mintoes, Everton mints, and dairy fudge.
By the quarter & half-pound · Weigh-out brass pan
Mourne Clove Rock
Spiced aromatic red-and-white rock candy, handmade for the coast.
Signature Newcastle sweet · Est. 1937
Sherbets & Bonbons
Sherbet lemons, blue raspberry bonbons, strawberry creams, and flying saucers.
By the quarter · Fizzy & dusted jars
On the fascia
Est. 1937
Family business since 1937 that passed to the next generations.
The fascia reads Est 1937. On Instagram we put it the same way:Traditional Sweet Shop · Est. 1937
The door
Walk in. The jars are on Main Street.
Tip TopThe Sweet Shop131 Main StreetNewcastle, Co. DownBT33 0AEMapInstagram · @tiptopthesweetshop
Hours
- Sunday
- 10–20
- Monday–Friday
- 10–19
- Saturday
- 10–20
As Google, 23 August 2026.