Editor's Note
This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “16 of the Best Tile Brands in the UK for All Tas”, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
From a vast array of colors and patterns to creative ways of laying tiles across walls and floors, and the variety of chalky, silky, rough, and glazed finishes available, the UK is home to a number of brilliant high street and independent tile brands full of inspiration. Here we look at 16 of the best.
Bert & May
Bert & May are a real go-to for the best quality tiles with clever color combinations and patterns that run the gamut from lilac marble metro tiles (a favorite) to rich bejmat tiles that are handmade in Morocco.
Best for: Color and pattern
Balineum
Balineum tiles are nothing short of exquisite. This collection is by British artist Fee Greening, with 12 tile designs that draw on Greening’s original ink and watercolour illustrations. The very best choice for an interesting splashback or decadent bathroom.
Best for: Luxury tiles
Claybrook Studio
This is probably the most fun you'll have shopping for tiles. Claybrook Studio has a wonderful selection of Zellige-like glazed tiles in bright colourways, lots of 3D surfaces – the fluted and convex designs are really something – as well as porcelains that replicate stone and natural travertine.
Best for: English heritage
Fired Earth
Fired Earth stocks a lot of the best tile brands in the UK, and their collaborations are second to none – this checkerboard tile is the work of interior design veteran Nina Campbell. A must for anyone with a love of colour – they have a riot of rainbow shades and some really unique shapes too.
Best for: Interesting collaborations
Artisans of Devizes
Artisans of Devizes is a great choice if you're shopping for floor tiles. There are plenty of weathered stone floor tiles, which are perfect for a country kitchen, and so too are the extra large marble-effect porcelain tiles that make cleaning totally effortless.
Best for: Floors
Ca’Pietra
The Marlborough Terracotta collection from Ca'Pietra is the floor tile of choice in many stylish country kitchens and bathrooms, and these characterful terracotta-clad spaces practically radiate with warmth. The range includes 11 different shapes, and comes in at around £2 a tile, or £78 per square metre.
Best for: Terracotta tiles
Marlborough Tiles
Marlborough Tiles have been painting Delft tiles in the traditional Majolica technique since 1936. Each tile is painted to order, and you can choose from a variety of classic designs or customise your own Delft tile designs to create something totally unique to you.
Best for: Delft tiles
Otto Tiles
Otto Tiles is one for the colour lovers. Their collection of Zellige tiles is second to none – each is hand-chiselled, dried and kiln fired before an enamel glaze is applied by hand. And in true Zellige tradition, the glazed colours are wonderfully bright and enticing.
Best for: Zellige tiles
Mosaic Factory
Zellige is a traditional glazed tile handcrafted in Morocco. The appeal is in its irregularities – of surface appearance, shine, depth and colour – which makes each tile unique. The Mosaic Factory has zellige tiles in almost every colour you could possibly envisage.
Mandarin Stone
We would head straight to Mandarin Stone if we fancied a glossy bottle green bathroom or a dramatic onyx-effect amethyst floor. It is really the place for big statements and decadent finishing touches.
Best for: Contemporary tiles
Topps Tiles
Topps Tiles offers a wide range of tile options to suit any space and taste. They are one of the leading tile retailers in the UK, with over 300 stores should you prefer to browse in person. Their handy online room visualiser is one to try.
Baked Tile Co.
Baked Tile Co. create ready-made murals that can stretch over an entire wall should you wish to create a real feature. We're really taken with this bright tropical motif, but there are equally more subtle versions in grainy pale blues and the softest natural green.
Craven Dunnill Jackfield
Renowned tile makers Craven Dunnill Jackfield operate out of the oldest surviving tile factory in the world. They have a small but mighty collection of hand-crafted nineteenth century reproductions designed in collaboration with House of Hackney that celebrate Britain’s long history of decorative crafts.
Best for: Victorian tiles
Quorn Stone
Quorn Stone has an excellent reputation for offering high-quality natural stone tiles, such as limestone and marble, as well as stone-effect porcelain tiles. They have created a very clever range of matching indoor and outdoor stone tiles, so you can create a seamless flow between a kitchen or conservatory and patio.
Best for: Natural tiles
Maitland and Poate
Maitland and Poate have the most unbelievable collection of reclaimed and hand-painted tiles, with colour combinations and patterns we've never seen elsewhere. These are real standout pieces, so be bold – an entire small bathroom covered floor to ceiling would look so striking.
Best for: Tiles you won't find elsewhere
Choosing tiles can be a deceptively difficult task – the variety of styles, colours, shapes and finishes available can be both inspiring and totally overwhelming. While there are practical considerations like ease of cleaning, durability and cost – some can be eye-watering – you'll have a lot more fun mulling over the creative possibilities.
Source: Read the original article | Published: May 07, 2025