We checked 19 Basingstoke shops, from Viables Craft Centre to Whitchurch Silk Mill, for opening hours, late nights and what each sells. Updated November 2026.
Basingstoke has 19 shops worth a Christmas shopping trip in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with opening hours, addresses and what each one sells. Viables Craft Centre, All Our Own Crafts and The Secret Garden are good places to start.
The hours are regular hours unless we say otherwise. Few of these shops had posted Christmas hours when we checked, so ring before making a special trip.
Dates for the Christmas shopping diary
| Date | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Until Thursday 24 December | Santa’s Grotto, £8 a child | Festival Place |
| Friday 20 November, 5pm to 8pm | Festive Friday market and lights, free | Top of the Town |
| Sunday 22 November, 12pm to 4pm | Hatch Warren Christmas Market, £1 | Hatch Warren Community Centre |
| Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November | Basing House Christmas Fayre, £4, booked in entry slots | Basing House, Old Basing |
| Saturday 5 December, 10am to 7pm; Sunday 6 December, 10am to 4.45pm | Milestones Christmas Market, over 40 stalls, £10 | Milestones Museum |
| Monday 14 to Saturday 19 December; Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 December | Late night shopping to 8pm | Festival Place |
Festival Place also lists Christmas Eve from 9am to 5pm and Boxing Day from 9.30am to 5pm. Sunday 27 and Monday 28 December are 11am to 5pm, and New Year’s Eve is 9.30am to 5pm. It is closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Those are the centre’s hours, and it says individual shops may vary.
Parking changes the sums. Viables has free parking on site. Festival Place charges £2.20 for an hour and £4.20 for three, or a flat £2 if you park after 5pm and leave before 2am. That evening rate suits the late nights. Our parking guide covers the council car parks, four of which give a free first hour if you take a paper ticket.
Viables Craft Centre: glass, sweets and handmade gifts
Viables is a group of converted farm buildings on Harrow Way, RG22 4BJ, signposted from junction 6 of the M3. Parking is free and the centre says all areas are accessible. Each business sets its own hours, and all the shops below list Sunday as closed.
The Saturday is the safest day to go, because every shop here opens then. Few open on a Monday. If you want a break, The Parlour Tearoom is in the old milking parlour, open Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 4pm and Saturday from 10am to 5pm. It strongly advises booking.
1. The Wonderland Gift Boutique
The owner, Natalia, describes “a little shop full of charm and creativity”. Stock includes gift boxes and hampers, signs and plaques, handbags, scarves and jewellery.
Greeting cards are designed in the shop’s own studio and can be personalised while you wait.
Open Tue to Fri 10am to 4.30pm; Sat 10am to 4pm; closed Sun and Mon
Address Units 14 and 15, Viables Craft Centre, RG22 4BJ
Website viablescraftcentrebasingstoke.com/the-wonderland-gift-boutique
Good for personalised cards, hampers, scarves, jewellery
2. Atelier Vidrio
Atelier Vidrio calls itself a family-run glass workshop. Its handcrafted glass pieces can be bought and taken away from the shop.
It also takes commissions from a sketch or photograph, and runs glass-fusing workshops for all abilities, so a place on a course could be the present itself.
Open Tue to Fri 10am to 5pm; Sat 10am to 4pm; closed Sun and Mon
Call 07513 505244
Address Unit 16, Viables Craft Centre, RG22 4BJ
Website ateliervidrio.com
Good for handmade glass, commissions, workshops
3. Ma Humbugs
Ma Humbugs is a traditional sweet shop that opened in June 2006 and moved to Viables in 2011. It lists more than 100 varieties, kept in old-fashioned jars and measured out at the counter, along with its own homemade fudge.
Personalised party bags, gift boxes and jars are also on offer.
Open Wed 11am to 6pm; Thu to Sat 11am to 5pm; closed Sun, Mon and Tue
Call 01256 351733
Address Unit 7, Viables Craft Centre, RG22 4BJ
Website viablescraftcentrebasingstoke.com/ma-humbugs
Good for jar sweets, homemade fudge, gift boxes
4. Turtle Tarot Emporium
This family-run shop began online in 2019 and opened at Viables in July 2024. It describes itself as an esoteric and holistic crystal shop.
The shelves hold crystals, oracle and tarot cards, incense, hand-poured candles and homeware.
Open Tue to Sat 10.30am to 4pm; closed Sun and Mon
Address 17/18 Viables Craft Centre, RG22 4BJ
Website turtletarotemporium.co.uk
Good for crystals, tarot cards, candles
5. Absolute Roses
Absolute Roses makes bears and other animals covered in foam roses, by hand. It will try a colour or pattern you ask for if you get in touch first, which is worth doing early in the run-up to Christmas.
The range also includes door wreaths and soft baby animals.
Open Tue to Thu 9am to 3.30pm; Fri 9am to 4pm; Sat 9am to 4.30pm; closed Sun and Mon
Call 07368 857169
Address Unit 26, Viables Craft Centre, RG22 4BJ
Website absolute-roses.co.uk
Good for rose bears, door wreaths, custom colours
6. Petra Jewellery
Petra set up the business in 1979 after a goldsmith’s apprenticeship in Germany, and it was one of the first to open at Viables. It specialises in repairs, remodelling and bespoke commissions, and it runs workshops where you can help make a piece.
A bespoke piece needs time, so book well ahead of Christmas.
Open by appointment, Tue to Sat
Booking through the website diary
Call 01256 355945
Address Viables Craft Centre, RG22 4BJ
Website petrajewellery.com
Good for bespoke jewellery, remodelling, workshops
Festival Place: local makers and a two-floor bookshop
Festival Place is the big covered centre in the middle of town, with the high street chains under one roof. These three are the local maker, the bookshop and the specialist among them. The hours below are regular hours, because the centre’s online listings still show older Christmas times for some shops.
7. All Our Own Crafts
This shop sells crafts handmade within the borough of Basingstoke and Deane, and nothing from further away. It has run pop-up shops since 2014, and says it has sold work by more than 90 local people.
It closes earlier than the centre on weekdays, so it may not follow the 8pm late nights. Its listing, which gives no year, says it closes on Boxing Day.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 6pm; Sun 11am to 5pm
Address First floor, next to Costa, Festival Place
Website festivalplace.co.uk/directories/all-our-own-crafts
Good for local handmade crafts, dogs welcome
8. Waterstones
A chain, but the bookshop most people in town will know. The Festival Place listing describes books over two floors, opening seven days a week, with regular big-name signings.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 7pm; Sun 11am to 5pm
Address 35 Wesley Walk, Festival Place, RG21 7BE
Website waterstones.com/bookshops/basingstoke
Good for books, signings, dogs welcome
9. Kushti Comics
Kushti Comics is a family-run independent that opened at Festival Place in January 2023. It sells back-issue comics, vintage action figures, toys, retro games and trading cards.
The centre’s listing gives later closing on Tuesdays and Fridays, to 9pm, which does not match the centre’s own 7pm, so check before relying on it.
Open Mon to Sat from 9.30am; Sun 11am to 5pm
Address Ground floor, opposite Savers and Sports Direct, Festival Place
Website festivalplace.co.uk/directories/kushti-comics
Good for comics, retro games, trading cards, dogs welcome
Top of the Town: jewellery, flowers and the market
The Top of the Town is the older part of the centre, around Market Place, with the Willis Museum and The Haymarket. Six streets close here from 8am to midnight on Festive Friday, 20 November, so plan your route that day.
10. The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden is a jewellery business owned and run by Milena. She imports silver and semi-precious stones from Italy and Mexico, and Baltic amber from Poland, and designs her own MILENA brand.
The shop also lists brands including Trollbeads, Nomination and Kit Heath.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5.30pm; closed Sun
Call 01256 329015
Address 12 Winchester Street, RG21 7DY
Website thesecretgarden.uk.com
Good for silver jewellery, amber, Trollbeads, gift vouchers
11. Nicola Florist
Love Basingstoke lists Nicola Florist as established in 1972 and supplying floral displays for all occasions. It publishes no opening hours, so ring first.
Address 33 Church Street, RG21 7QQ
Website nicolaflorist.co.uk
Listing Our listing
Good for floral displays
12. Basingstoke Market
Love Basingstoke says markets have run here since a Royal Charter in 1622. It lists fruit and vegetables, meat and fish, clothing and more among the stalls.
For gifts and crafts, the Festive Friday market in the same area on 20 November is the better bet, and it has its own small business and stallholder line-up.
Open Wed and Sat 9am to 4pm
Address Market Place, Basingstoke
Website lovebasingstoke.co.uk/explore/things-to-do/shopping/basingstoke-market
Good for fruit and vegetables, meat and fish, clothing
Odiham, Overton and Whitchurch: village shops
A short drive out of town gets you a different set of shops. Check the days carefully, because several of these close for part of the week.
13. Moutan Flowers, Odiham
Moutan’s flagship shop is in what was once the village butcher’s. Its rooms hold fresh flowers, house plants, jewellery, scarves, scented candles and home accessories.
It is also home to The Hampshire Flower School, with wreath workshops listed on its site. It closes on bank holidays as well as Sundays.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5pm; closed Sun
Call 01256 702387
Address 99 High Street, Odiham, RG29 1LA
Website moutan.co.uk/our-shops
Good for flowers, candles, wreath workshops
14. Katharine Jane, Odiham
Katharine Jane specialises in gifts and women’s clothing. It says it stocks a large range of Emma Bridgewater pottery and textiles, along with Gisella Graham ornaments and giftware.
Wrapping paper and cards are sold too, so you can finish the present in one stop.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5pm
Call 01256 703482
Address Fountains Mall, Odiham, RG29 1LP
Website katharinejane.co.uk
Good for Emma Bridgewater, Christmas ornaments, cards
15. near wild heaven, Odiham
Two sisters, Laura and Hannah, run this shop in a restored old post office and mix their botanical skincare on site. It also sells home scents, hampers, herbal teas, books, jewellery and gift cards.
It keeps a jar of dog treats by the door. Its site gives no opening hours, so check before you go.
Address 45a High Street, Odiham, RG29 1LF
Website nearwildheaven.co.uk
Good for organic skincare, hampers, workshops, dogs welcome
16. Newlyns Farm Shop, North Warnborough
Newlyns is run by the Janaway family, who cite five generations of farming in Hampshire. It has a butchery, a café and a cookery school, and it is taking Christmas orders online and in the shop.
Gift vouchers are on sale too. Caviste has a wine shop on the same site, The Spirits Room is here as well, and Moutan has a flower stand.
Open Mon to Fri 8am to 5pm; Sat 8am to 4pm; Sun 9am to 3pm
Call 01256 704128
Address Lodge Farm, North Warnborough, RG29 1HA
Website newlyns-farmshop.co.uk
Good for Christmas food orders, gift vouchers, cookery courses
17. Caviste, Overton
Caviste calls itself an independent, award-winning wine merchant. Its Overton shop does not hold the whole range, but anything on the website can be collected there.
It says visitors can taste a selection before choosing. The Newlyns branch keeps longer hours, Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm, Saturday from 9am to 4.30pm and Sunday from 10am to 1pm.
Open Wed 10am to 2pm; Thu and Fri 10am to 6pm; Sat 10am to 5pm; closed Sun to Tue
Call 01256 703130
Address 6B High Street, Overton, RG25 3HA
Website caviste.co.uk/pages/caviste-shops
Good for wine, spirits, tastings
18. Street Croft Farm, Herriard
Street Croft is a family farm south of Basingstoke, and a finalist for Rural Business of the Year in 2026. It sells its own meat and vegetables, plus local cheese, jams, honey, bread and cakes.
It takes orders for Christmas meat boxes, and has a café and animals to meet. It is a weekend-only stop.
Open Sat 9am to 4pm; Sun 10am to 3pm
Call 07775 596388
Address 3 Parsonage Cottage, Herriard, RG25 2PQ
Website streetcroftfarm.co.uk
Good for Christmas meat boxes, local cheese and honey, children
19. Whitchurch Silk Mill
The mill says it is the oldest in the UK still weaving silk in its original building. Its online shop on 5 November listed a pleated silk scarf at £140, an oversized scrunchie at £19.50 and Regency ribbons from £22.50.
Visit Hampshire lists a gift shop on site and marks the opening hours below as provisional, so ring first, and ask what is in stock.
Open Tue to Sun 10.30am to 5pm (provisional); closed Mon
Price scrunchie £19.50; ribbons from £22.50; scarf £140
Call 01256 892065
Address 28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AL
Website whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk
Good for English silk scarves, ribbons, free parking
How we chose
We started from the shops the area’s own listings put forward: Love Basingstoke, the Viables Craft Centre site, the Festival Place directory and Odiham Parish Council’s shop list. We kept independents that make or choose their own stock and could be checked, and we added Waterstones for books. We left out shops we could not confirm were still trading, so this is not a full list. For where to eat and what else is on, see our Christmas dinner guide, what’s on this month, things to do, the ice rink guide and the business directory.
Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@basingstokeonline.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@basingstokeonline.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.
Frequently asked questions
Is there late night Christmas shopping in Basingstoke in 2026?
Yes, at Festival Place. The centre stays open to 8pm from Monday 14 to Saturday 19 December and from Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 December. Those are centre hours, and individual shops can differ. Viables Craft Centre had no Christmas late night on its calendar when we checked on 5 November 2026.
What are Festival Place’s Christmas opening hours for 2026?
Until 13 December it opens 9.30am to 7pm from Monday to Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sunday. It closes at 8pm on the late nights from 14 to 23 December. Christmas Eve is 9am to 5pm, Christmas Day is closed and Boxing Day is 9.30am to 5pm.
Which Basingstoke shops open on Sundays before Christmas?
Festival Place opens from 11am to 5pm, including All Our Own Crafts, Waterstones and Kushti Comics. Newlyns Farm Shop opens from 9am to 3pm and Street Croft Farm from 10am to 3pm. The Viables shops in this guide all list Sunday as closed.
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