We checked 20 North Somerset shops, from Hartmanns Books in Portishead to Clevedon's Hill Road, for opening hours and what they sell. Updated November 2026.
North Somerset has 20 shops worth a Christmas shopping trip in 2026, most of them independents in Clevedon and Portishead, and this guide lists them with opening hours and what each one sells. Books on the Hill, Hartmanns Books, Clevedon Craft Centre and Rossiter and Sons are the names most people land on. Every entry was checked on 5 November 2026 against the shop’s own site or town listing.
Shops often change their hours close to Christmas, so check before a special trip.
Updated 12 November: Clevedon has published a late-night shopping evening, Friday 20 November from 5pm to 7pm, alongside its 5.30pm lights switch-on. Details under the dates below.
Dates for the Christmas shopping diary
Saturday 14 November: Weston lights. The switch-on is at 5.30pm in the Italian Gardens. Clevedon follows at 5.30pm on Friday 20 November, with late-night shopping from 5pm to 7pm, then Portishead on Monday 23 November and Nailsea on Friday 4 December. Our Christmas lights page has the details.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November: Noah’s Ark Christmas Market, Wraxall. Stalls from local artisans at the farm shop. The zoo’s page gives a 10.30am start and the farm shop’s own site 9.30am, and both give a 5pm finish.
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November: Weston Museum Christmas Market Weekend. Free entry, 10am to 3pm, with stalls selling gifts. Our Christmas markets page lists this, eat:Weston on 21 November and every other market we have found.
Saturday 5 December: two town centres in one day. The eat:Nailsea Christmas Festival runs from 10am to 4pm on the High Street and in the Crown Glass shopping centre. Portishead’s Posset Christmas Market runs from 2pm to 6pm on the High Street.
Sunday 6 December: Clevedon Sunday Market. The market’s own 2026 list gives this as the last of the year, 10am to 2pm, around Hill Road and the seafront, with indoor stalls in the Princes Hall. Several Clevedon shops below open that day only because of it.
Every Thursday: Clevedon’s charter market. Discover Clevedon lists food, clothing and local crafts in Queen’s Square, 8am to 3pm.
Late night shopping: Clevedon on Friday 20 November, 5pm to 7pm. Clevedon Town Council’s switch-on poster lists late-night opening across the town centre that evening, with Mustard, The Curzon, The Library, Riff Corner’s craft market, Mango Moon, Global Independent Travel and others staying open, and the lights going on at 5.30pm (Clevedon Town Council). We found no 2026 late-night date for Weston, Portishead or Nailsea when we checked on 12 November.
Clevedon: Hill Road and Alexandra Road
Clevedon’s business improvement district runs Discover Clevedon, a directory of the town’s shops. Books on the Hill says parking on Hill Road is free, for up to two hours.
1. Books on the Hill
An independent bookshop that also sells games, jigsaws, gifts, loose leaf tea and teapots, with a tearoom open from 10am to 4pm, last orders 3.30pm. Its contact page says the phone has had technical issues since a move and asks people to email info@booksonthehill.co.uk.
It publishes its own list of books for dyslexic adults and sells monthly book subscriptions as gifts. National Book Tokens lists a “Murder at the Bookshop” author event on Saturday 5 December from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5pm; closed Sun except Sunday Market days
Call 01275 873647
Address 20 Hill Road, Clevedon, BS21 7NZ
Website booksonthehill.co.uk
Good for books, board games, gift subscriptions, tearoom
2. Fizz Gallery and Framing
Open since 2005, Fizz says it sells “affordable art”, both originals and prints, with sculpture, jewellery, quirky gifts and home accessories. Its own site now leads on bespoke picture framing, so the framing side is the one to ask about if a present needs a frame before Christmas.
The hours come from its Discover Clevedon listing.
Open Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm; closed Sun
Call 01275 341141
Address 26 Hill Road, Clevedon, BS21 7PH
Website fizzgallery.co.uk
Good for art, picture framing, jewellery
3. Indulgence
A chocolate and confectionery shop selling Belgian chocolate, plus vegan and no added sugar ranges, and it also sells online. Its site lists Christmas chocolate boxes by the number of pieces, including six for £9.50 and 24 for £32.
The hours come from its Discover Clevedon listing, which also says it opens for the Sunday Market.
Open Tue to Sat 10am to 4pm; closed Mon; closed Sun except Sunday Market days
Price Christmas boxes from £9.50 for six to £32 for 24
Call 01275 878978
Address 12A Hill Road, Clevedon, BS21 7NZ
Website indulgencechocolates.co.uk
Good for chocolate, stocking fillers, vegan options
4. Doghead Designs
A shop and working studio run by Tristan Merriam, selling Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and painted furniture. Its Annie Sloan stockist page says it also sells locally handmade candles, greetings cards, lamps, cushions, artwork, ceramics and soaps.
The hours come from that page.
Open Mon to Sat 10am to 4.30pm; first Sun of the month 10am to 2pm
Call 07870 505542
Address 75 Hill Road, Clevedon, BS21 7PL
Website dogheaddesigns.com
Good for painted furniture, handmade homeware, candles
5. Murrays of Clevedon
The family calls this Clevedon’s longest standing family run independent restaurant, founded in 1984, and it has run the delicatessen since 1994. The deli sells Italian cured meats, artisan cheeses, home baked bread, cakes and Italian wine.
There is a wine shop and a gifting page on its site. The hours below are the deli’s, not the restaurant’s.
Open deli Tue, Fri and Sat 9am to 4pm; Wed and Thu 9am to 3pm; closed Sun and Mon
Call 01275 341222
Address 91-93 Hill Road, Clevedon, BS21 7PN
Website murraysofclevedon.co.uk/deli
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Good for Italian food, cheese, wine
6. Vintage and Vine
A bottle shop and bar selling wine, spirits, beer and cider, which says it deals directly with small producers where it can and stocks drinks made in Somerset and Bristol. The hours come from its Discover Clevedon listing.
Open Tue to Thu 10am to 11pm; Fri and Sat 10am to midnight; Sun 12pm to 9pm; closed Mon
Call 01275 271620
Address Hill Road, Clevedon
Website vintageandvine.co.uk
Good for wine, spirits, Somerset and Bristol drinks
7. Store For The Curious
Sells what it calls eclectic gifts, furniture, homewares and art, with pop-up art exhibitions. Its listing quotes a customer: “Imagine Harry Potter’s cooler older brother had a love child with Frida Kahlo, he washed up on the Clevedon coast and opened a shop.” It has no website of its own; the details are on its Discover Clevedon listing.
Check before a special trip.
Open Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm; first Sun of the month, April to December
Address 19 Alexandra Road, Clevedon
Good for unusual gifts, art, homeware
Clevedon: the seafront and Moor Lane
8. Toll House Gift Shop, Clevedon Pier
The pier’s own shop, in the Toll House, says it sells artisan crafts, locally designed cards and prints, and handcrafted wooden gifts made from reclaimed Opepe timber from the pier. Its Discover Clevedon listing says entry to the shop is free.
The pier says all proceeds go to the upkeep of the landmark. Hours below are its winter hours from 2 November, which it says do not apply in school holidays.
Open Wed to Fri 10am to 4pm; Sat and Sun 10am to 4.30pm; closed Mon and Tue
Call 01275 878846
Address The Toll House, The Beach, Clevedon, BS21 7QU
Website clevedonpier.co.uk/shopping
Good for pier-timber gifts, local prints, charity shopping
9. Beach Pottery and Gallery
A seafront shop that says its gallery holds work by more than 20 UK potters, alongside handmade glass, Jo Downs fused glass, local seascape photographs, garden ornaments and collectables such as Royal Doulton and Beswick. It has no website of its own; the details are on its Discover Clevedon listing.
Check before a special trip.
Open Mon to Wed, Fri and Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun 11am to 5pm; closed Thu
Call 01275 875066
Address 14 The Beach, Clevedon, BS21 7QU
Good for pottery, fused glass, local photographs
10. Clevedon Craft Centre
Silversmiths, potters, a woodturner, a leatherworker and artists work in the old outbuildings of a 17th century farm, on site since 1971. The studio list includes Stear and Bright for hand-forged jewellery, Love Unlimited Ceramics, John Dilley’s turned wood and the co-operative Studio 3 Gallery.
Each studio is its own business and keeps its own hours, so the centre asks you to contact a studio first if you are making a special journey.
Open most studios Wed to Sun 10am to 5pm; Studio 3 Gallery daily
Parking free on site
Call 01275 872149
Address Moor Lane, Clevedon, BS21 6TD
Website clevedoncraftcentre.co.uk
Good for jewellery, ceramics, commissions, coffee shop at weekends
Portishead: the High Street
Visit Portishead names free car parks at Roath Road and at the Avon Way and West Hill junction. Our parking page covers the rest.
11. Hartmanns Books
A family-owned independent bookshop that opened in 2024, with fiction and non-fiction for children, teenagers and adults. It sells gift vouchers and runs a loyalty card, and it says a book it does not have in the shop can usually be ready to collect the next working day if its supplier has it.
Clare Clark is there for an author event on Thursday 12 November at 7pm.
Open Mon to Fri 10am to 5pm; Sat 9.30am to 5.30pm; closed Sun
Call 07949 480856
Address 28-30 High Street, Portishead, BS20 6EN
Website hartmanns-books.co.uk
Good for books, gift vouchers, author events
12. Ebb and Flo
A self-described “beautiful gift boutique” in a courtyard off the High Street, selling homeware, candles, jewellery, bath and body products, cards and gifts for men and children. Visit Portishead says it stocks department store brands alongside local makers and has a maker of the month section.
It takes click and collect orders for Thursday and Saturday.
Open Mon 10am to 4pm; Tue to Fri 10am to 5pm; Sat 10am to 4pm; closed Sun
Address 2 The Old Bakehouse, 42A High Street, Portishead, BS20 6EL
Website ebbflo.uk
Good for gifts, local makers, click and collect
13. Flagship Boutique
A womenswear and accessories shop whose site lists brands including Seasalt, White Stuff, Joules, Weird Fish and Earth Squared, with menswear, bags, candles and socks. It says it hunts “high and low” for something different from the rest of the high street.
Its site publishes no opening hours, so ring first.
Call 01275 843061
Address 52 High Street, Portishead, BS20 6EL
Website flagshipboutique.co.uk
Good for womenswear, accessories, small gifts
14. SoleLution
A shoe shop that fits customers in store and fit-tests its stock, with brands including Rieker, Josef Seibel, Birkenstock and Skechers. It sells slippers for men and women, and its site carries terms for gift cards.
Open Mon to Fri 9am to 5.30pm; Sat 9am to 5pm; closed Sun
Call 01275 843399
Address 62 High Street, Portishead, BS20 6EH
Website solelution.co.uk
Good for slippers, fitted shoes, gift cards
Weston-super-Mare
Weston’s three entries are all in the town centre, on the High Street, Meadow Street and Burlington Street.
15. Rossiter and Sons
The family has run the business since 1832 and calls itself Weston-super-Mare’s oldest retailer. It sells rings, necklaces, watches, pre-owned and antique jewellery, children’s gifts, glass and silverware, and Rose Nisbet ceramics.
The second showroom is at 79 Hill Road, Clevedon, BS21 7PL (01275 872603), keeping the same days and hours, though it says it closes for some lunch periods.
Open Tue to Sat 9.30am to 4.30pm; closed Sun and Mon
Call 01934 629628
Address 59 High Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1HD
Website rossiter-and-sons.com
Good for jewellery, watches, antique pieces
16. Christopher’s House of Chocolates
Visit Somerset describes a small independent chocolate shop making hand-tempered chocolates, run by a chocolatier with more than 20 years in the trade. Ring before a special trip.
Open Tue to Sat 10am to 4pm; closed Sun and Mon
Call 07365 239038
Address 43 Meadow Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1RH
Good for handmade chocolates
17. Weston Museum shop
The museum says its shop holds work from more than 25 local suppliers, with items handcrafted, written or produced locally and something for each budget. Entry to the permanent galleries is free.
The museum closes early, at 3pm, on Friday 13 November.
Open Tue to Sat 10am to 4pm
Call 01934 621028
Address Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1PR
Website westonmuseum.org/your-museum/our-shop
Good for local crafts, local writers
Nailsea and Wraxall
The Blue Room, still named in older Nailsea guides, shows as permanently closed on Wanderlog.
18. David Christopher Jewellers
One of the group’s stores, on the High Street. Its site lists Pandora, including a Christmas range, as well as Clogau, Ania Haie and Citizen watches, plus pre-owned jewellery and valuations for insurance.
It offers free delivery on online orders over £75.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 4.30pm; closed Sun
Call 01275 857053
Address 136 High Street, Nailsea, BS48 1AP
Website davidchristopher.co.uk/pages/nailsea
Good for jewellery, watches, valuations
19. Noah’s Ark Farm Shop
A farm shop with a cafe and deli counter on the zoo farm’s site, listing daily hours and describing itself as dog friendly. It is running “Christmas at the Farm Shop” from 15 November to 22 December, and the zoo’s market page says it is selling Norway spruce, Nordmann fir and “wonky” Christmas trees.
Open daily 9.30am to 5.30pm
Address Clevedon Road, Wraxall, BS48 1PG
Website noahsarkfarmshop.co.uk
Good for cafe and deli, Christmas trees, dogs welcome
20. Tyntesfield shop
The National Trust’s estate at Wraxall has a shop and a bookshop, and the Trust says general admission covers both. The shop closes at 2.30pm on 31 December.
The hours come from the Trust’s published calendar as set out on our Tyntesfield page.
Open daily 10am to 4.30pm in November and from 1 to 23 December; closed 24 and 25 December
Parking £3 per vehicle per day to March, members free
Address Wraxall, BS48 1PA
Website nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/bath-bristol/tyntesfield
Good for National Trust shop, bookshop, cafes
How we chose
We started from Clevedon’s Discover Clevedon directory, the Visit Portishead and Visit Somerset shopping pages and the shops’ own sites. On 5 November 2026 we read each shop’s own site or its town listing and looked for closure notices. We kept shops that sell things people give as presents, and spread them across the district as far as the records allowed. We left out shops whose own website had gone or was no longer theirs and which we could not confirm another way, so a shop missing from this list may well still be trading. Where hours come from a listing and not the shop’s own site, the entry says so.
Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@northsomersetpost.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@northsomersetpost.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.
For more locally, see things to do in North Somerset, what’s on this month, Christmas dinner in North Somerset, ice rinks near North Somerset, Santa’s grotto in Weston, Christmas bin collections, Christmas trains and the North Somerset business directory.
Frequently asked questions
Is there late night Christmas shopping in Weston-super-Mare in 2026?
We found no published 2026 dates when we checked on 5 November. The Sovereign centre has opened late on Thursdays before Christmas in past years, with closing times listed at 7pm, 8pm and 9pm depending on the year, so do not plan around those until the centre confirms this year’s dates.
Which North Somerset shops open on Sundays before Christmas?
Noah’s Ark Farm Shop and the Tyntesfield shop list Sunday opening, as do Beach Pottery and Gallery, the Toll House Gift Shop and most studios at Clevedon Craft Centre. Vintage and Vine opens from noon. Books on the Hill, Indulgence, Store For The Curious and Doghead Designs open on Clevedon Sunday Market days, and the last of those this year is 6 December.
Where are the independent shops in North Somerset?
Clevedon has the largest cluster we could check, on Hill Road and Alexandra Road. Portishead’s independents are on and just off the High Street. In Weston-super-Mare, Meadow Street, Burlington Street and the High Street hold the three entries here.
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