We checked 10 places for Christmas shopping around Uxbridge, from John Sanders in Ruislip to The Pavilions, for hours and Sunday opening. Updated November 2026.
Uxbridge and the villages around it have 10 places worth a Christmas shopping trip in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with opening hours, addresses and what each one sells. Most people land on The Pavilions and The Chimes in the town centre, John Sanders, Ruislip’s independent department store, and the Christmas markets at Manor Farm.
Uxbridge town centre is mostly chain shops, so this guide also covers Ruislip, Northwood and Ickenham, all a short ride on the Metropolitan or Piccadilly line. Shops often change their hours close to Christmas, so check before a special trip.
Dates for the Christmas shopping diary
Friday 13 November: the first Ruislip Christmas night market. Duck Pond Market’s evening market at the Great Barn runs 4pm to 9pm, with more in December. Every date is on our Christmas markets page.
Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November: the lights. Ruislip’s town centre switch-on is on Friday 20 November and Uxbridge’s on Saturday 21 November, Hillingdon Council says. No times have been published. Our Hillingdon Christmas lights page has every date.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November: no tube to Uxbridge. TfL lists no Piccadilly or Metropolitan line trains to or from Uxbridge that weekend, with replacement buses. Details are on our roadworks and travel page.
Friday 11 December: Ickenham Festive Community Night. From 6pm to 9pm, the Ickenham Festival says, the shops along Swakeleys Road stay open with food, music and entertainment, and more than twenty stalls selling gifts and baking fill the Village Hall and Guide Hut.
Not yet announced: Uxbridge late-night shopping. Love Uxbridge, the town centre business improvement district, had published no Christmas programme on 5 November. Its most recent festive page dates from 2022. We will add the date when it appears.
Uxbridge town centre
1. The Pavilions, Chequers Square
The Pavilions is the open-air shopping centre between the High Street and Chequers Square. Its opening times page gives the longest hours in the town centre, to 7pm six days a week, and notes that some shops open earlier or close later.
The centre lists its shops under fashion and jewellery, home, gifts and lifestyle, and technology, toys and entertainment, and says Clip ‘n Climb, with 16 climbing challenges and a soft play area, has just opened on Chequers Square.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 7pm; Sun 11am to 5pm (centre hours)
Address Chequers Square, Uxbridge, UB8 1LN
Website thepavilions.co.uk
Good for high street names, late opening, gifts, climbing and soft play
2. The Chimes, High Street
The Chimes is the covered centre next to Uxbridge station. Its own site says its shops are open until 6pm, with Lidl open 7am to 9pm Monday to Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sunday, and leisure and dining “open until late every day”.
Alongside the shops it has a nine-screen Odeon Luxe cinema and a Hollywood Bowl, and its events page is advertising a children’s Christmas show, Santa’s Time Machine.
Open shops until 6pm (centre's site); Lidl Mon to Sat 7am to 9pm, Sun 11am to 5pm
Address High Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1GE
Website chimesuxbridge.co.uk
Good for high street names, by the tube station, cinema and bowling, Santa event
3. F.Hinds, The Pavilions
The family jewellers has traded in Uxbridge since 1934, first on the High Street, and has had its present shop in The Pavilions since 1972, its store page says. It sells engagement and wedding rings, branded jewellery and watches, and claims “one of the largest selection of clocks on the high street”.
Services listed include engraving, ear piercing, watch and jewellery repairs, and a bespoke design service. The shop accepts reservations.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 11am to 4.30pm
Call 01895 252764
Address 35 Market Square, The Pavilions, Uxbridge, UB8 1LH
Website fhinds.co.uk/stores/uxbridge
Good for jewellery and watches, clocks, engraving, ear piercing
4. Balcony Shirts, Windsor Street
Balcony Shirts has printed T-shirts in Uxbridge since 2003. Its entry in the Love Uxbridge directory tells how it began: two fans printed “Free Pete Doherty” shirts and sold them in the town’s pubs.
Its own site lets you design and order T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, bags, aprons and hats online, then collect them from the shop, 20 seconds from the station. Leave time before Christmas for printing.
Open Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm; closed Sat and Sun
Call 01895 239111
Address 52 Windsor Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1AB
Website balconyshirts.co.uk
Good for personalised T-shirts and hoodies, embroidery, click and collect
Ruislip
5. John Sanders, High Street
John Sanders calls itself “an independent department store with a history spanning over 100 years”. Its about page traces the business to a draper’s shop in Ealing; the Ruislip store is on two floors.
The ground floor has women’s fashion and accessories, lingerie and nightwear, haberdashery and wool, and a baby shop with clothing, gifts and toys up to 36 months. Upstairs are linens, homewares, toys, cards and gifts.
The home page says the store now opens every Sunday until Christmas.
Open 9am to 5pm on the weekday we checked; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm until Christmas; closed bank holidays
Call 01895 634848
Address 77-79 High Street, Ruislip, HA4 8JB
Website johnsanders.co.uk
Good for toys, homewares and linens, cards and gifts, wool and haberdashery
6. Ruislip Frame Works, High Street
Ruislip Frame Works opened on the High Street in July 2000 as a picture framer and gallery. Its website says it will “frame anything”, from photographs to sporting memorabilia, and sells art from original paintings to inexpensive poster prints and signed limited editions, browsable online by artist and subject.
It asks buyers to check availability before ordering an original. It is open on Sundays and most bank holidays.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5.30pm; Sun and most bank holidays 11am to 4pm
Call 01895 676744
Address 17 High Street, Ruislip, HA4 7AU
Website ruislipframeworks.co.uk
Good for original art and limited editions, bespoke framing, framed photographs
7. Duck Pond Market, Manor Farm
Duck Pond Market has run its artisan food and craft market in and around the Great Barn at Manor Farm for 15 years, it says. Its Christmas run begins with a night market on Friday 13 November, 4pm to 9pm, followed by daytime markets from 10am to 3pm on 14 and 15 November.
It returns on Friday 4 December with a night market and on 5 and 6 December. Later December dates are on our Christmas markets page.
Ruislip station is a 10-minute walk.
Open night markets 4pm to 9pm; day markets 10am to 3pm (dates above)
Address The Great Barn, Manor Farm, Pinn Way, Ruislip, HA4 7QL
Parking free on Sundays in St Martin's Approach car park
Access flat surfaces with a ramp into the barn; fully accessible toilet
Website duckpondmarket.com/ruislip
Good for crafts, street food, stalls indoors and out, dogs on leads
8. Hillier Garden Centre, Ducks Hill Road
The Ruislip branch of Hillier, the garden centre group whose nurseries are in Hampshire, is on Ducks Hill Road north of the town. Its centre page describes plants grown at Hillier’s own nurseries and “beautiful home and giftware” inside, and the group’s site has a Christmas section and a list of Christmas events.
It is dog-friendly and has free parking for customers, limited to 90 minutes. On Sundays you can browse from 10am and pay from 10.30am.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 10am to 4.30pm (tills from 10.30am)
Call 01895 674286
Address Ducks Hill Road, Ruislip, HA4 7TP
Parking free for customers, 90 minutes maximum
Toilets wheelchair accessible
Website hillier.co.uk/garden-centres/ruislip
Good for Christmas decorations, plants, home and gifts, dogs welcome
Northwood and Ickenham
9. Northwood Cards and Gifts, Green Lane
A card and gift shop on Northwood’s main shopping street. Its website sorts its stock into cards, balloons, and gifts for women, men and children, and gives a mobile number as well as the shop line.
It is closed on Sundays.
Open Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm; Sat 9.30am to 5pm; closed Sun
Call 01923 820075
Address 72 Green Lane, Northwood, HA6 2XS
Website northwoodcardsandgifts.com
Good for cards, balloons, gifts for all ages
10. Wick & Ceramic, Swakeleys Road
A candle workshop and pottery studio in Ickenham village, 7 minutes’ walk from Ickenham station, its contact page says. It is on this list for its gift cards and experiences: pottery painting, candle making, wheel throwing, and Pottery and Prosecco nights.
Its site is advertising a ceramic Christmas wreath workshop. It asks people to call ahead or book at busy times.
It is open late on Wednesdays and usually closed on Mondays.
Open Tue, Thu, Fri and Sat 10am to 6pm; Wed 10am to 8pm; Sun 10am to 4pm; Mon closed except in school holidays
Call 07948 255222
Address 53 Swakeleys Road, Ickenham, UB10 8DG
Website wickandceramic.com
Good for gift cards, pottery painting, candle making, Christmas workshops
How we chose
The list draws on the Love Uxbridge business directory and map data for independent shops in the borough, and every place on it was trading on 5 November 2026. Shops that could not be confirmed as still open are left out, including several whose websites no longer work. Chains appear only where they are what the area has.
Run a shop that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@uxbridgenews.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@uxbridgenews.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.
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- Uxbridge business directory
Frequently asked questions
Which Uxbridge-area shops open on Sundays before Christmas?
The Pavilions is open 11am to 5pm on Sundays and F.Hinds inside it 11am to 4.30pm. In Ruislip, John Sanders opens every Sunday until Christmas from 10.30am to 4.30pm, Ruislip Frame Works 11am to 4pm and Hillier Garden Centre 10am to 4.30pm. Wick & Ceramic in Ickenham opens 10am to 4pm. Northwood Cards and Gifts and Balcony Shirts are closed on Sundays.
Is there late-night Christmas shopping near Uxbridge in 2026?
The Pavilions stays open to 7pm Monday to Saturday, and The Chimes says its shops are open to 6pm. Ickenham’s Festive Community Night on Friday 11 December runs from 6pm to 9pm along Swakeleys Road. Love Uxbridge, the town centre business group, had not published a late-night shopping date by 5 November.
Is there a Christmas market near Uxbridge?
Yes, in Ruislip. Duck Pond Market holds Christmas night markets at the Great Barn on Manor Farm from 4pm to 9pm, starting on Friday 13 November, with daytime markets on the weekends around them. Uxbridge town centre’s market has not been announced. Every date is on our Christmas markets page.
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