Unwrap local delights with top picks for unique Christmas gifts from Bristol businesses

Need a ride to the shops? Book a Veezu
Make your shopping spree a relaxing one by riding with Veezu. With us, you can feel good that your ride is helping to fund local Bristol causes.

Book by calling 01179 25 26 26 or download the easy-to-use Veezu app.

Veezu – photo: Veezu

Wapping Wharf gourmet food tour
Ditch the box of chocolates this year and give them a foodie experience like no other! On this guided gourmet food tour your lucky loved one will eat and drink their way around Wapping Wharf, enjoying a progressive meal over the course of three hours. Yuup offers unique experiences from Bristol independents. Make precious memories while supporting local businesses.

Wapping Wharf gourmet food tours – photo: Yuup

Handcrafted SS Great Britain Deck Wood Pen
Gift a small piece of the SS Great Britain with this stunning limited edition ballpoint pen. The body of the pen has been hand-turned from Jarrah wood, removed from the ship’s decking in 2023. Presented in its own box with a certificate of authenticity, this is a quality writing instrument Brunel himself would have been proud of!

SS Great Britain pen – photo: SS Great Britain

RWA 170 annual open voucher offer
This year, when you buy artwork from the RWA Annual Open as a gift you’ll receive a beautiful, personalized voucher to send to the recipient. The voucher includes free admission to the exhibition, enabling the receiver to enjoy their chosen piece in the gallery before taking it home in January. Original artwork available to purchase from only £35.

RWA annual open voucher – photo: RWA

Savour the flavours of Bristol and Somerset with GOOD: Stories in Food
Delicious, ethical and independent, GOOD: Stories in Food gift vouchers make the perfect present for food enthusiasts. From producers, to restaurants, to retailers and all in between, they focus on independents creating exceptional flavours in an ethical way; each with their own story to tell. Get exclusive access to these inspiring businesses and indulge generously along the way!

From city centre food and drink tours, to wine and cheese in the stunning Somerset countryside, they have a whole host of tours lined up for 2024 so gift vouchers mean you can give the gift of delicious memories. Book now.

GOOD: stories in food – photo: GOOD: Stories in Food

2024 Great Western Railway Calendar
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, and London to South Wales, the 2024 Great Western Railway Calendar captures the railway in all its glory. Whether you’re inspired by the exciting events included each month, or enchanted by our beautiful destinations, this calendar will make you want to board a train and start your next adventure.

GWR 2024 calendar – photo: Great Western Rail

SS Great Britain x Stokes Croft China Hand-Painted Teapot – Limited Edition
Designed in a collaboration between Stokes Croft China and the SS Great Britain, these dainty teapots combine archival images from the Illustrated London News with beautiful hand painted copper lustre. Each teapot features an image of the SS Great Britain on one side and the Clifton Suspension Bridge on the other.

SSGB teapot – photo: SSGB

North Bristol Arts Trail & Room 212
Affordable art & one-of-a-kind gifts can be found on this popular trail featuring over 100 local artists. Visit homes & public venues around Bishopston, Redland, Westbury Park, Henleaze & Gloucester Road and chat to the friendly artists about their work. This Art Trail is a time when the artists can meet friends, neighbours & visitors to show off the art they’ve been working on all year. It’s really relaxed and fun!

There’ll be a huge range of amazing original paintings & prints, jewellery, ceramics, gifts, cards & more.

Check out the website & download a map to plan your route to find some really cool art, craft & gifts for Christmas.

Room 212 on Gloucester Rd sells work by many North Bristol Artists year round, so its a brilliant place to buy original Christmas gifts if you can’t make the trail. They’ll be hosting 4 artists in the Downstairs Studio during the trail, including Jenny Urquhart, featured here.

North Bristol Arts Trail – photo: North Bristol Arts Trail

Bristol’s directory of independent shopping
The online directory is a collection of fantastic independents with a diverse range of giftable products for sale – from jewellery to plants, homewares to clothes – you’ll be able to find everything in one place. Searching for a local independent retailer has never been easier, and whether you decide to shop in-store or online, the support for your neighbourhood shops will always be appreciated.

Outside Prior Shop – photo: Bristol’s Directory of Independent Shops

Torabhaig single malt – Allt Gleann
From Grape & Grind’s large selection of whiskies from small distilleries, this is a beautiful single malt produced by the first distillery on Skye in almost 200 years. Aromas of heathery smoke, blossom honey, barley sugars and sea air, with vanilla, bonfire smoke and sweet spices on the palate.

Torabhaig whiskey – photo: Grape & Grind

Local art, Chris Perry Art Studios
Chris Perry is an artist whose studio gallery is located at The Clifton Arcade. Chris displays original landscape, portrait and still life pastel and charcoal works, many of which depict various areas of Bristol and Somerset. Head over to pick up a unique vibrant painting for your home or to enquire about commissions and turn your favourite sceneries or memories into beautiful personalised paintings.

Suspension Bridge by Chris Perry – photo: Chris Perry Studios

Handmade Terrarium, Ome
Give an original and truly unique gift this Christmas – a handmade terrarium. What is a terrarium, you ask? It is a self-sustaining, tropical ecosystem sealed within a glass container, complete with luscious plants, moss, and décor.

Terrarium experts Joe and Heather from ‘ome’ handcraft every single biosphere in their little shop in Old Market, Bristol. From adorable spice jar ecosystems and massive jungle biomes to moss walls and even DIY terrarium kits – there’s something for everyone. Plus, they also run how-to workshops right from their shop.

Bring nature home this Christmas with a handmade terrarium from ome.

Handmade Terrarium – photo: Ome

MeetspaceVR Gift Card
The best gift you can give this year. MeetspaceVR is warehouse scale, untethered VR gaming like you have never experienced. It will have your adrenaline pumping and have you questioning reality. Fight back the zombie hordes or defend a spaceship from rogue robots. This Christmas treat someone to a night they won’t forget and a true adventure.

MeetspaceVR Gift Card – photo: MeetspaceVR

Interior Design Kit, Stylemongers of Bristol
Unbox an Interior Design Kit to learn the easy-to-follow Stylemongers Of Bristol design method and create your own fabulous interiors. Each kit includes all the tools, tasks, and templates you need to sketch practical floorplans, find inspiration and create confidently colourful design schemes that you’ll love. Includes a £1 donation to homelessness charity Crisis.

Interior Design Kit – photo: Stylemongers of Bristol

Made in Bristol Gift Fair
Made in Bristol’s celebration of local creativity returns for the 15th year. This festive season, up to 200 talented designer-makers will transform the Bristol Beacon into a bustling marketplace, offering an unique and delightful shopping experience.

• Sat 25th & Sun 26th November: Made in Bristol Gift Fair 10 – 5
• Sat 9th & Sun 10th December: Made in Bristol Gift Fair 10 – 4

The Made in Bristol gift fair is back for 2022 – Photo: Made in Bristol

6 O’clock Gin Spiced Orange & Cranberry
Embrace the spirit of the season with 6 O’clock Gin’s tantalising Spiced Orange & Cranberry Gin. Crafted using fresh orange peel and tart cranberries steeped in their iconic botanical recipe, this gin boasts vibrant citrus and comforting spice, perfect for those chilly winter evenings. Looking for the perfect gift for the gin lover in your life or just stocking up for Christmas? Buy any two bottles of their 70cl gins and save £10.

Spiced orange and cranberry gin – photo: 6 O’Clock gin

Canopy & Stars gift cards
Canopy & Stars is a collection of unique, creative places to stay in the outdoors that provide a genuine experience of a life more wild. Our collection of treehouses, cabins and shepherd’s huts are personally inspected by our Bristol-based team and carefully chosen so we have only the most special spaces. A Canopy & Stars Gift Card gives someone the chance to stay at any of our 850+ inspiring places across the UK & Europe. Plus, spend £200 or more on Gift Cards and we’ll give you a free £50 Gift Card to spend on a separate booking.

Canopy and stars – photo: Canopy & Stars

We The Curious online shop
It all starts with a question….What would bring them joy?

We The Curious is all about, well, curiosity; what does that do, how can I play with it and who invented that!? Their online shop is no different, reflecting the mission of the educational charity and science centre, it inspires you to get creative, laugh out loud and test things out together.

From greeting cards and books, to build your own microscopes and remote-control drones, there’s something for every science lover and inquisitive mind. Head over to find heaps of ethically sourced and sustainable gifts, toys and gadgets, something perfectly bizarre for every age.

You can keep ahead of the Christmas rush with their wide variety of quirky gifts under £5 – perfect for stocking fillers. And with free delivery on all orders over £50, and free click and collect, there’s no excuse to not get involved!

Just remember to get your Christmas orders in by 8 December for Royal Mail to deliver in time for the big day.

If you can’t decide on what would be the perfect prezzie, don’t worry! We The Curious also has you covered with digital gift cards for our online and venue shops!

We The Curious online shop – photo: We The Curious

Main photo: Stylemongers of Bristol

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