Where to Shop in Scotland This Christmas

All of Scotland

1. 

   Òr

   Portree, Isle of Skye

   Two craft shops a few steps apart in the middle of Portree, full of jewellery, ceramics, knitwear, prints and candles, much of it made in Scotland and some of it on Skye itself. At Christmas the tables fill with decorations and advent calendars.

   On 21 November there is a wreath-making afternoon at Òr's studio in Portree, booked through the shop.

2. 

   Waystone Books

   Dunvegan, Isle of Skye

   A small bookshop in a whitewashed cottage with a blue door on the Kilmuir Road in Dunvegan. A waystone is a marker set in the land to guide travellers, and the shop means to be a place to slow down, read, meet and talk, and get out of the cold.

3. 

   Essence of Harris

   Tarbert, Isle of Harris

   A family firm that pours its candles by hand on Harris, with its flagship shop beside the workshop at Tarbert pier. Soy candles, diffusers, room sprays and bath things fill the shelves, and there is a refill station for hand and body wash. This winter's limited collection brings six seasonal scents, and the shop offers gift wrapping.

4. 

   Eas Fors

   Salen, Isle of Mull

   Joe and Flora grew up on Mull, and they make their knitwear at a studio in Salen, halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The scarves are superfine lambswool, the beanies and handwarmers come in small batches, and the designs take their names and colours from the island. The shop and a coffee shop share the building, so you can try a scarf on and sit down with a coffee.

5. 

   Isle of Mull Cheese

   Sgriob-ruadh, near Tobermory

   Isle of Mull cheese is made on one farm, Sgriob-ruadh, on the hill above Tobermory, where the Reade family have made it for more than four decades. The farm shop is in the Glass Barn, whose frame was once Salen's village hall, and it sells the farm's own cheese with a spirit made from its whey and a Hebridean Cream liqueur. Through the winter the shop opens Wednesday to Sunday.

6. 

   The Modern Croft

   George Street, Oban

   Under an old painted draper's sign on George Street, a pale blue shopfront opens into a shop arranged like a well-loved home: prints and mountain photographs on the walls, ceramics and turned wood, checked throws, candles, soaps and pantry treats. Much of it is made in Scotland, with Scandinavian design alongside, and there is a present here for almost anyone.

7. 

   Harbour Lane

   Fortrose, the Black Isle

   Tori draws every one of her lampshades by hand, many of them of Scottish places, and they are the reason people seek out her shop on Fortrose High Street. Around her own cushions and lamps she gathers gifts, jewellery, stationery and candles from more than a hundred makers. For lampshades and cushions made to order for Christmas, the shop asks for orders by 1 December.

8. 

   Kirk and Co

   Munlochy, the Black Isle

   The old Knockbain church at Munlochy, a Gothic Revival kirk of 1886, opened in May as a homeware shop, a café and the studio of the interior designer Erica Macpherson. Furniture, fabrics and objects chosen by her studio fill the nave, parts of the old pulpit became the counter and the pews were remade as café tables. It is a few minutes over the Kessock Bridge from Inverness.

9. 

   Britton Scotland

   High Street, Dornoch

   Amy Britton has made Harris Tweed purses and bags since 2014, with recycled zips and labels that were once plastic bottles, and in 2025 she opened a shop of her own on Dornoch's High Street. Her card purses and cosmetic bags share the shelves with other Scottish makers, and they are small enough to tuck into a stocking.

10. 

    ULY + RO

    High Street, Forres

    Bianca opened her shop at 95 High Street in 2024 and named it after her two nephews, Ulysses and Roman. It is full of homeware and gifts from small brands: Lucky Swallows moulded in Scotland from fish boxes gathered on beach cleans, brass pins finished by hand, angled mugs, soaps and perfumes. It is the kind of shop where a card turns into three presents.

11. 

    SPÈ Atelier

    Logie Steading, Moray

    Yvonne made her first candles in a black shed at a remote Speyside cottage, and her studio shop is now in the courtyard at Logie Steading. Soy candles, diffusers and botanical mists sit on pale wooden shelves, each scent drawn from the land round about, from wild botanicals to the Whisky and Smoke collection.

12. 

    BEINN

    Dufftown

    On Balvenie Street in Dufftown, a coffee shop at the front opens into a long bookshop at the back, lined with white shelves, with a table in the middle and a rug underfoot. It opens at eight, so a coffee and a book can come before a day among the Speyside distilleries.

13. 

    Rosemount Market

    Rosemount Place, Aberdeen

    A grocer for people who care where their food comes from, with a wall of dispensers to refill your own jars, tables of fruit, vegetables and bread, Scottish honey, wine and beer. Among the food there are cookbooks, ceramics, flowers and gifts, and the shop makes up hampers to order.

14. 

    My Beautiful Caravan

    Market Square, Stonehaven

    A small gift shop on Stonehaven's Market Square, chosen with a designer's eye and packed with prints and mugs of Dunnottar Castle, cards of the open-air pool, enamel pins and notebooks, alongside the work of local artists. Everything is wrapped with care, and the harbour is round the corner.

15. 

    Westerton Farm

    near Laurencekirk

    A family farm in the Howe o' the Mearns, in its fourth generation, with a farm shop and café called Farm to Table. The shop sells the farm's own vegetables beside pantry staples and seasonal treats, and this winter it is taking orders for Christmas vegetable boxes. Children can meet the goats while the shopping is done.

16. 

    The Strong Water Co

    Ballater and Banchory

    The brothers Guy and Mungo Finlayson began with a wine and spirits shop on Banchory's High Street, and opened a second in Ballater in 2025, lined floor to ceiling with whisky. Both know every bottle on the shelf, from single malts to small-batch gin, fine wine and craft beer, and there is a whisky tasting every Thursday at six at Craigendarroch, just above Ballater.

    The Banchory shop is here.

17. 

    Maison Castanié

    Milton of Crathes, Royal Deeside

    Marc Castanié was born near the caves of Roquefort, and in an old stone steading by the River Dee he and Claire have brought a little of the south of France to Deeside. French cheese and charcuterie, hand-filled baguettes and a store for the home sit side by side, and there are gift cards for the cook in the family.

18. 

    Yolk General Store

    Milton of Crathes, Royal Deeside

    A modern rural merchant in the next steading along, taking its lead from the old Scottish general store, under yellow ceilings with blue dressers and ladders. The shelves hold pantry goods, homewares, scent and books, and it opens Wednesday to Sunday.

19. 

    V&A Dundee shop

    Dundee waterfront

    Scotland's design museum has a shop to match it, under Kengo Kuma's ribbed concrete prow on the Tay. The museum is free and open every day, so a look round the Scottish Design Galleries and the Mackintosh Oak Room can come before the presents. From 27 to 29 November the Winter Design Market fills the museum with makers' stalls.

20. 

    Hairy Coo & Co

    Atholl Street, Dunkeld

    Look for Jessie, the life-size, many-coloured Highland cow in the window on Atholl Street. Sheila began making Highland cow accessories in 2013 and her daughter Emma joined her in 2018; their Hairy Coo, Woolly Ewe and Baby Coo ranges are designed and made in their own workshop in Dunkeld. Gifts can be personalised, and the shop wraps them too.

21. 

    The Toy Shed

    St Ninian's Wynd, Dunkeld

    A family toy shop tucked away on St Ninian's Wynd, run by Rose and Miranda since 2024 and filled with what their own children have loved: wooden toys, puzzles and games, craft kits, dressing up and picture books. Hairy Coo is a few minutes away on Atholl Street, so the two make a good morning's Christmas shopping in Dunkeld.

22. 

    The House of Bruar

    by Blair Atholl, Perthshire

    A country store on a grand scale where the A9 climbs north past Blair Atholl, at the foot of the Falls of Bruar. Room after room holds tweed jackets, coats and knitwear, with gifts for the house and garden, and the food hall has its own butchery for the Christmas table. Lunch is under a great glass roof, and a path behind the store leads up to the falls.

23. 

    Quince & Cook

    Princes Street, Perth

    A small modern department store behind a long dark-green shopfront on Princes Street, with cookware and kitchen tools, tableware, interiors, gifts and deli goods under a hanging display of dried flowers. It is also where Perth comes to choose a range cooker, and it runs cookery and craft workshops through the year. Gift wrapping and vouchers are both on offer.

24. 

    Gloagburn Farm Shop

    Tibbermore, near Perth

    Ian and Alison Niven opened a farm shop on their farm west of Perth in 2003, and it now has its own butchery, bakery and gift shop. The farm's beef, pork, eggs and oatmeal sit beside award-winning sausages, the oatcakes are the bestseller, and this year's festive brochure lists the hampers and Christmas orders.

25. 

    Yard 97

    Grange, near Errol

    An architectural salvage yard at Grange, in the Carse of Gowrie between Perth and Dundee, with reclaimed furniture, old door handles and hooks, collectables and a gift shop that grew as more people came to look. For a present nobody else will have, it rewards a slow wander. It opens Thursday to Saturday, and on the last Sunday of the month.

26. 

    Comrie Croft

    between Comrie and Crieff

    A 231-acre farm on the hillside above the A85, reimagined as a home for a dozen small businesses. The farm shop sells Scottish-made gifts, pantry staples and camping kit, and the Gorse Cafe next door bakes with vegetables from the market garden. It suits anyone buying for someone who would rather be outdoors.

27. 

    Uncommon Life

    Bridge of Allan, Stirling

    A warm lifestyle shop on Henderson Street in Bridge of Allan, the Victorian spa town just north of Stirling, with a Scandinavian eye and a Scottish heart. Homewares, candles, bath things, stationery, clothes, books and pantry goods are chosen from design houses and British makers, with a Christmas decorations collection for the season.

28. 

    Made in Stirling

    King Street, Stirling

    A shop and gallery on King Street given over entirely to the work of artists and makers from in and around Stirling: paintings, prints, pottery, jewellery, textiles and cards, with sales helping Creative Stirling's community work. Its Christmas Market fills the first gallery from 2 November to 10 January, and the shop is open seven days a week.

29. 

    The Wee Bookshop

    Bridge Street, Dollar

    A small bookshop and coffee shop at the foot of the Ochil Hills, with cosy corners, a big outdoor and walking section, Harvey's maps and a large children's room, and gifts with a Scottish and Scandinavian feel. Two evenings mark the season: a Scottish Christmas with the Hebridean Baker on 25 November, and mince pies, mulled wine and murder on 5 December.

30. 

    The Mercat

    Culross

    An old butcher's opposite the Mercat Cross at the top of Culross, its Art Nouveau tiles still on the walls in cream, tomato and sage. Laura Wilson, an interior designer, opened it after her guests across the way kept asking where the ceramics and linens came from. It is a café, a larder of cheese, bread and natural wine, and a shop of homeware, all in one room.

31. 

    Loch Leven's Larder

    Channel Farm, near Kinross

    A farm shop, food hall and cafés on the north side of Loch Leven, opened by the Niven family in 2005 on a farm they have worked since 1934. The food hall, bakery and deli are the heart of it, with views over the loch, and the Larder runs Christmas events and takes food orders for the holidays.

32. 

    Balgove Larder

    Strathtyrum, St Andrews

    A farm shop on the Strathtyrum estate just outside St Andrews, where the market garden sends in vegetables and the farm's own cattle, pigs and sheep come through the butchery. There is a deli, a bakery, a homestore and hampers, and the farm runs a Christmas wreath workshop and takes festive orders for the table.

33. 

    Spoiled Life

    Greyfriars Garden, St Andrews

    Clothes, home and gifts, with a café on the shop floor, at 15 Greyfriars Garden. Womenswear and menswear from labels such as Samsøe Samsøe, Toast and YMC hang beside jewellery, skincare, home fragrance and tableware, and the coffee is roasted at Burntisland. Take a seat on the mezzanine between presents.

34. 

    The Beehive

    High Street, Crail

    A historic coach house on Crail's High Street, for many years the village's general store, now a café and gift shop run by Joanne and Iain Stewart. The shop is bright and airy, full of gifts, local art and eco-friendly things, and the café keeps a bowl of Cullen skink and a scone for the walk back along the coast.

35. 

    The Portobello Bookshop

    Portobello High Street, Edinburgh

    A bright independent bookshop a few streets from the sea, opened in 2019 in what had been a fishing tackle shop, with old columns uncovered among the shelves. The fiction and non-fiction are chosen with real care, the children's section is a good one, and the booksellers will track down anything that is not on the shelf. It is open every day, ten until six.

36. 

    Golden Hare Books

    St Stephen Street, Stockbridge

    A gilded hare leaps above the door of this small, warm bookshop on St Stephen Street. Inside there is a stove in the corner, an armchair by the fire, a room of children's books, and recommendation cards written by the booksellers and tucked under the titles they love. It opens every day from ten until six.

37. 

    Treen

    St Stephen Street, Stockbridge

    A clothes shop over two floors on a corner of St Stephen Street, founded by Cat Anderson in 2018 for women's and men's clothes made with care. Rails of shirts, jackets and dresses circle a curved white counter, with knitwear folded on white plinths, and this season there is a gift guide in the shop called Christmas at Treen.

38. 

    Meander

    North West Circus Place, Edinburgh

    The Edinburgh shop of an outdoor clothing brand made in the city, on the curving street down from the New Town into Stockbridge. Its jackets, knitwear and hats are made for everyday adventures, from a walk on the hills to a coffee in town, and made with care for the planet.

39. 

    Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

    Inverleith, Edinburgh

    The Botanics' shop is a good place for presents for gardeners, and the garden itself is free to walk. After dark, from 19 November to 30 December, Christmas at the Botanics turns the garden into a trail of light, with timed tickets from late afternoon.

40. 

    Lifestory

    London Street, Edinburgh

    A Scandinavian design shop and coffee bar on London Street, at the foot of Broughton Street, opened by Susan Doherty in 2014. The room is light and calm under high ceilings, with straw bags and towels on pegboard walls and ceramic vases, placemats and textiles on tiered shelves. The shop wraps gifts.

41. 

    Stòr Lifestyle

    Broughton Street, Edinburgh

    Willow baskets are what you notice first: shoppers, log baskets, picnic baskets, foraging trugs and little ones for children. Round them on Broughton Street are beeswax candles, pottery, wooden toys and shelves of books, from more than fifty groups of makers in Scotland and northern Europe, and fresh flowers by the door from Aspen Florals. At this time of year there are wreaths too.

42. 

    The Cookbook Shop

    Leith Walk, Edinburgh

    Down a few steps on Haddington Place, behind a dark red front, Scotland's only bookshop given over entirely to cooking. Martyn and Liz Bryson, who spent long careers in editing and publishing, fill the shelves with new books by chefs and home cooks, and gift vouchers come in paper or by email.

43. 

    Stewart Christie & Co

    Queen Street, Edinburgh

    Scotland's oldest bespoke tailor traces its trade in Edinburgh back to 1720, and its shop and atelier are at 63 Queen Street. A suit takes weeks and several fittings, but tartan and tweed by the length, scarves, knitwear and shirts can be carried home the same day. It opens Tuesday to Saturday, from ten until four.

44. 

    Walker Slater

    Victoria Street, Edinburgh

    The Scottish tweed tailor's Edinburgh home is on Victoria Street, the curving street that climbs from the Grassmarket, with menswear at 16-20 and womenswear at 46. Jackets, suits, waistcoats and coats come in tweed and woollen cloth, Harris Tweed among them, and a tweed cap or scarf is an easy present for someone who will wear it for years.

45. 

    Typewronger Books

    Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh

    An independent bookshop and events space, run as a not-for-profit social enterprise, which has moved this year from Leith Walk to 22 Bruntsfield Place. The new books run from science fiction and crime to essays and nature, with zines and small-press work from the shop's own Risograph press. It opens every day until nine in the evening, which helps with the late presents.

46. 

    Atlas Gifts

    Morningside, Edinburgh

    An independent gift shop on Morningside Road, where much of what is on the shelves is handmade in Scotland by artists and makers from round about. It is a good place to find a Scottish present that has not been made by the thousand, and it opens every day from ten until five.

47. 

    Beech & Birch

    Gifford, East Lothian

    A small shop in the village of Gifford, at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills, full of Scandinavian and British gifts and homeware chosen by its owner, Helle: kitchenware, ceramics, candles, baskets and sheepskins, with a Christmas collection for the season.

48. 

    Hoos

    Great Western Road, Glasgow

    Across the road from the Botanic Gardens, a long, bright room of pale wood shelves and white panelled walls, with paper stars hung from the ceiling. The homeware runs from the Nordic design houses to Scottish independents, and the shop's own eye holds it together.

49. 

    East End Press

    Great Western Road, Glasgow

    Paper garlands, baubles and cards in strong, cheerful colours, made by East End Press and shown together in its shop on a corner of Great Western Road by the Kelvinbridge subway. A painted cart with a scalloped canopy stands in the middle of the floor, piled with the latest designs. The shop closes on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

50. 

    No.40 by Bruin

    New Kirk Road, Bearsden

    A small shop and café on New Kirk Road in Bearsden, run by Adam and Rebecca, under a black sign with a little bear on it. Much of what is on the shelves is food, drink and gifts from Scottish small businesses, and there is good coffee at the counter.

51. 

    28 Langside

    Langside Place, Glasgow

    A homeware and lifestyle shop named for its own address, in a navy shopfront with a pink door on the edge of Battlefield and Shawlands. The stock comes from independent makers and changes often: French soaps, textiles, ceramics and books.

52. 

    BAM

    Nithsdale Road, Glasgow

    A coffee shop and vintage store on the south side, opened by twin sisters Elaine and Jen in 2018 and named for their gran Margaret and her sister Bunty. It runs on two ideas, great coffee and great finds, which makes it a good place for a present nobody else will have.

53. 

    This Must Be The Place

    Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow

    Clare Nicolson's homeware shop behind peach-painted doors, its walls panelled in pink and green with scalloped edges and its shelves a rainbow of striped ceramics, prints and books. At Christmas there are cards and decorations to match.

54. 

    Stephen O'Neil Art

    Shawlands, Glasgow

    The artist's own gallery and design shop on Pollokshaws Road, where his bold, colourful prints of Glasgow and Scotland hang beside books, maps and gifts. A print of a Glasgow tenement is an easy present for anyone who has ever lived in one.

55. 

    Haus and Co

    Melrose

    A bright, calm shop of Scandinavian-inspired things for the home at 2 Palma Place, with tableware and ceramics, glassware, candles, textiles and books, and a coffee counter for a sit-down between presents. Gary Smith opened Haus and Co in 2022, and it was named Best Lifestyle and Design Store at the Scottish Enterprise Awards in 2025. This season brings its Christmas decorations and candlelit collections.

56. 

    Hendersons of Melrose

    Melrose

    Hamish Henderson is a garden designer and Kate trained as a textile designer, and their shop on Melrose High Street, opened in 2010, is the two together. Vintage garden furniture, statues, urns and planters stand beside candles, home fragrance, tableware and gifts for anyone who gardens. Dogs are welcome.

57. 

    The Mainstreet Trading Company

    St Boswells, the Borders

    Rosamund and Bill de la Hey turned the old auction house at St Boswells into a bookshop in 2008, and it has a café, a deli and a homeware shop under the same roof. Tables of new books sit under bunting, a painted green dragon watches over the children's room, and this season's Books of the Year are picked out in the shop.

58. 

    20 Storey

    Kelso

    A bookshop and gift shop on Kelso's cobbled Square that The Times named among the best independent bookshops in the UK, the only one in Scotland on its list. The room is small but the shelves are full of books, unusual gifts, art, stationery and games, and anything that is not there can be ordered in.

59. 

    Dōr

    the Woodmarket, Kelso

    Half lifestyle shop and half coffee bar, behind a dark green front on the Woodmarket. The idea is simple: things made well by skilled makers and designers, for people who would rather buy less but better. Homeware, clothes, skincare and pantry goods share the room with coffee that has a following of its own.

60. 

    The Biggar Bookshop

    High Street, Biggar

    Many will know it by its old name, Atkinson-Pryce Books. Behind a smart blue shopfront on Biggar's wide High Street, the shelves hold a well-chosen range of fiction and non-fiction with plenty for children, and the staff will order anything that is not in stock. Gift vouchers are sold in the shop.

61. 

    Chapters of Thornhill

    Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill

    A bright, welcoming bookshop on Drumlanrig Street in Thornhill, with white shelves of fiction, history, nature and travel, plenty for children, and cards, stationery and gifts with a literary theme.