It’s that time of the year again! Christmas is rapidly approaching & this year I’m feeling very festive – Christmas markets are opening up, decorations are going up across the county & darker nights have arrived. Following on from my first ever Hampshire Christmas gift guide published in 2020, I’ve put together an even bigger & better gift guide – the Ultimate Independent Hampshire Christmas Gift Guide, showcasing some ideas for fantastic gifts from independent businesses based in Hampshire & the surrounding areas.
I’ve separated this guide into categories according to the type of gift you would like and who the recipient is.
Click to navigate to the category you wish to browse in my Ultimate Independent Hampshire Christmas Gift Guide!
- Perfect for Pampering
- Foodie Gifts
- Coffee Enthusiasts
- Festive Tipples
- Homewares
- Clothing & Jewellery
- Arts & Crafts
- For the Bookworm
- Candles
Perfect for Pampering
Southsea Bathing Hut
Southsea Bathing Hut is one of my favourite independent businesses when buying gifts – I’ve sent (& received) several gifts from them over the past year, and I’ll no doubt be ordering some products to gift this Christmas too!
In their online shop you’ll find a range of handmade products featuring coastal ingredients – my personal favourite is their hand & body lotion and face oil. Southsea Bathing Hut also have some great gift sets available, perfect for sampling a few smaller sizes of their products. Everything is high quality & smells beautiful! Gift sets start from £8.50.
Inka
To be honest, I wasn’t sure which category to pop Inka in – they sell a range of wellbeing, homeware, clothing & beauty products so there’s something for everyone! Have a browse of their collection via the link below.
Foodie Gifts
Spice Island Chilli
I’m yet to try a bottle of Spice Island Chilli, but I’ve heard excellent things about their sauces! They have their offer of 3 bottles for £13 which is great value.
The Garlic Farm
The Garlic Farm, located on the Isle of Wight, has been one of my favourite local foodie businesses for years. They sell an enormous selection of garlic products, from mayonnaise to garlic-infused vodka & beer – there’s something for everyone in their online shop and everything I’ve tried of theirs has been fantastic.
Bonham’s Bonbons
Who doesn’t love chocolate at Christmas? We ordered a box of Bonham’s Bonbons last year & they were fantastic – unusual festive flavours that make a nice change from the usual selection boxes.
The Whimsical Kitchen
So popular that they’re known for selling out every time a new collection launches, The Whimsical Kitchen has a range of quirky desserts – and their new festive treats are out now!
The Southsea Deli
The Southsea Deli have several luxury Christmas hampers available, starting from £29 for the Mini Deli Hamper. Free delivery is available to Southsea & Old Portsmouth, or you can collect from the deli.
Coffee Enthusiasts
Moon Roast
Moon Roast, a small batch coffee roasters based in Alresford, produce some excellent coffees from their rural location. They have a variety of coffee blends available from their online shop, along with brewing accessories & a coffee subscription club. The subscription would make a great Christmas gift!
Bubblehead Barista
Based in Portsmouth, Bubblehead Barista stocks speciality coffee, portable coffee brewing equipment, mugs and merchandise – all of which would make excellent gifts for a coffee enthusiast! If you’re planning on purchasing an Aeropress this Christmas (which is a great gift) – support a small biz instead of Amazon!
Low Tide Coffee
I’ve become a very loyal customer of Low Tide Coffee this year – it’s one of my favourites from Hampshire & I absolutely love their packaging too.
Sunday Coffee Roasters
Sunday Coffee Roasters supply excellent coffee blends from their Portsmouth base. Starting from £6.50, their coffee tastes fantastic and is great value for money.
SORoast
A small coffee roasters based in Southampton, SORoast sell a curated selection of coffee in their online shop. If you’re shopping for someone who drinks a lot of coffee, they have subscriptions available starting from £6.95.
River Coffee
River Coffee supply some seriously good coffee – without a doubt one of my favourite coffee roasters! In their online shop you’ll find a range of blends, branded merchandise, brewing equipment and their new compostable espresso pods.
Forest Edge Roasting Co
Based in the New Forest, Forest Edge Roasting Co. roasts a variety of special blends which are all available online. You will also find brewing equipment & Keepcups on the website, so if you are considering buying these have a look at the website and support a small biz.
Festive Tipples
Hambledon Vineyard
If there’s ever a time for sparkling wine, it has to be Christmas! My personal favourite sparkling wine – which just so happens to be produced in the village where I used to live – is from Hambledon Vineyard. I’ve written several posts about the vineyard & their beautiful wines, and I am most definitely a fan!
Hambledon Vineyard have a few sparkling wines to choose from, starting from £30. All of them are truly delicious – my preferences are probably the Classic Cuvée & the Classic Cuvée Rose.
Twisted Nose (Winchester)
Twisted Nose is a firm favourite of mine, distilled with watercress and housed in a beautiful bottle perfect for gifting.
Mermaid Gin (Isle of Wight)
Mermaid Gin is a firm favourite of mine – I always make sure I have a bottle on the go & an extra bottle as a back up! The beautiful savoury flavour & local Rock Samphire as a key botanical make this a very special gin – and the beautiful bottle makes this an excellent gift. They have a gift set for Christmas including two of their glasses, which would be a brilliant present.
HMS Spirits (Portsmouth)
HMS Spirits have several fantastic nautical gins available – I have the Mary Rose gin which is excellent. For Christmas they have launched their Gingle Balls sets, perfect as a gift or for decorating the tree! PLUS, they have a spiced rum launching soon, which is very exciting news.
Southsea Spirit (Portsmouth)
Newly launched this year, Southsea Spirit has been a sellout success since their bottles hit the shelves! With flavours of coconut, pineapple & orange, this is a unique gin with exotic flavours (that is most definitely on my Christmas wish list!)
Portsmouth Distillery
If you love gin or rum, there’s something for you from Portsmouth Distillery! Handcrafted, small batch gins & rums are available from their online shop, alongside merchandise and distillery tour tickets. We have the Cinnabar rum on our bar cart and it’s beautifully unique!
Cinnabar Rum – £35
Hogmoor Distillery (Bordon)
Hogmoor Distillery produce a range of gin & rum from their base in Bordon, including a charity gin & plenty of gifts too. In their online shop you will find a variety of gins, rums, accessories and even vouchers for their gin classes. There’s a lot to choose from, and some great gift options for the gin lover in your life!
Isle of Wight Cocktail Co
Launched last year, the Isle of Wight Cocktail Co. is a great business selling pre-mixed cocktails – they have a range available & they make at-home cocktails so easy! The bottles are all screen printed by hand & I absolutely love the concept of the company.
Staggeringly Good Brewery (Portsmouth)
If you’re after a ridiculously unique & unusual selection of craft beers, Staggeringly Good Brewery have got just the thing for you! Quickly becoming one of the UKs top craft breweries since starting up in 2015, Staggeringly Good have have dinosaur themed beers that are fruity, chocolatey and all sorts of other weird & wonderful things. There’s also merch available on their website and gift cards available if you simply can’t choose.
Fallen Acorn Brewing Co (Gosport)
I absolutely love the packaging & witty names that Fallen Acorn Brewing Co have for their beers! They have a huge selection of beers in all sorts of sizes on their online shop, alongside guest beers & merchandise.
Southsea Brewing Co (Portsmouth)
Situated within the walls of the iconic Southsea Castle (what a cool place to house a brewery!), Southsea Brewing Co brew small batches of high quality craft beers. They have a large selection available from their online shop, alongside gift ideas like this 3 can set – perfect if you can’t decide which to choose.
Unity Brewing Co (Southampton)
Featuring pastel packaging and a range of craft beers, Southampton based Unity Brewing Co have a curated selection of beers for you to shop from.
Vibrant Forest Brewery (New Forest)
A small craft brewery based in the New Forest, Vibrant Forest have an impressive range of beers on offer – plus, everything is suitable for vegans!
Homewares
Port & Lemon
Port & Lemon is a fantastic business based in Gosport selling prints, homeware & stationery. I love all of the designs on the products and their coastal themes, one of my favourite products being the ‘Choppy Today’ kitchen board (which I actually have in my kitchen as I type!). There are plenty of great options for gifts, with products starting from £3.
I actually ended up buying a few presents from here last year – including prints & mugs (plus some bits for myself too)
The Dancing Woodman
The Dancing Woodman creates a huge range of products, all using refurbished wood. He’s based in Southampton and has plenty of furniture and other items available in his shop.
Rose Clover
Who doesn’t love a good houseplant? Rose Clover is a beautiful shop in Southsea stocking an enormous range of high quality plants, pots and accessories. If you’re shopping for a gift for a plant lover this Christmas, they also have gift vouchers available.
Little Plant Co
The Little Plant Co offers a range of houseplants & accessories – including trios of plants pre-selected for your home, which I love!
Clothing & Jewellery
Micapeet
I have been OBSESSED with the jewellery from Micapeet since coming across it on Instagram earlier this year – and yes, earrings are absolutely on my wish list! There is a huge range of jewellery available on the website, including plant & celestial themed items – and everything is beautiful.
Spott & Herbert
Cosy sweatshirts with attitude? Sign me up! Spott & Herbert stock a cute range of sweatshirts & tops, featuring slogans that I think we can all relate to! Their sweatshirt-in-a-bags would make excellent gifts and there are lots of colour combinations to choose from.
Strong Island Clothing Co
If you’re local to Portsmouth, you’ve probably come across Strong Island Clothing Co before! We have a few t-shirts & hoodies from them and all of their clothing is premium quality.
Hoodie – £55 Women’s Tee – £25
Sunday Moon Jewellery
Newly launched in November 2021, Sunday Moon has a beautiful curated selection of jewellery available – I’ve got my eye on a few items!
Gnarly Tree
Based in Chichester, Gnarly Tree create hand-printed sustainable clothing with an outdoorsy feel. I absolutely love everything in their shop, especially their sweatshirts – anything from here would make a great present.
Polly Frances Design
Here you’ll find a unique (and colourful) range of handmade jewellery – the website has just launched for you to get your hands on some Christmas presents!
The Honey Cove
The Honey Cove sells a beautiful range of handmade polymer clay jewellery – I have a couple of pairs of earrings & they’re beautiful quality!
Arts & Crafts
Amy Harwood Illustration
Amy is a fantastic artist based in Southampton who has an online shop bursting with cute stationery items – as well as offering online workshops which are brilliant. I ordered a few bits from Amy last year for Christmas presents (& for myself), including desk calendars – everything is excellent quality & very affordable. Her online workshops are also brilliant fun and start from £5 for a ticket – this would make a great present for a crafty friend!
Botanical Dinosaurs 2022 Calendar – £12 
Forest Greeting Cards (set of 3) – £8
Strong Island Clothing Co
Yes, I’ve included Strong Island a second time – but I absolutely had to share this print in this guide! I love all of the Strong Island designs, and their prints are all excellent quality & locally printed. This one is my personal favourite (and is hanging in our house!) & their prints also come with the frame & brass nail.
Lucy Loves This
(AD-This print was previously sent to me for inclusion in a blog post)
Lucy Loves This is a brilliant design studio based in London, started up by book cover designer Lucy Stephens. Now, I know they aren’t based in Hampshire – however, they do have some brilliant Hampshire-themed prints which I absolutely love! There are also lots of other UK locations in the letter print series, so head over to the website and have a browse.
Camilla’s Creations
DIY Christmas wreaths are one of the best at home Christmas experiences (in my opinion) and they’re brilliant fun to create. Camilla’s Creations, a florist based in Hambledon, is selling DIY Christmas Wreath making kits, each costing £50 & containing everything you need for your festive front door. I ordered a kit last year & it was amazing!
Southsea Macrame
Southsea Macrame have a selection of items available over on their etsy page, ranging from wall hangings & earrings to DIY kits!
For the Bookworm
The Bookish Mindset
If you’re an indecisive bookworm (or you know an indecisive bookworm), The Bookish Mindset is a great service – monthly curated book subscription boxes containing either a fiction or non-fiction book and a selection of goodies from local businesses.
Read my blog post about The Bookish Mindset here & Shop online here
Use code KAT10 for 10% off single boxes from The Bookish Mindset!
Pigeon Books
If you’re buying some books as presents this Christmas, make sure to have a look at Pigeon Books! They have a great selection of new releases, fiction, non-fiction, LGBT+ and other books available, all with delivery from their online shop.
Candles
Sunny Honey
Candles always make a good gift (for loved ones or for yourself!) and I’ve ordered a few from Sunny Honey Candle Co. to give as presents this year. I love that the scents are inspired by local areas – the owner Laura has such a unique gift offering that I think would be perfect for anyone! As you can see, I ordered several candles as well as some wax melts – each candle is £15 and comes beautifully packaged.
Solent Wick
Beautiful packaging & beautiful scents – I love everything about Solent Wick and I’m hoping to get my hands on some of their candles ASAP! The Hotwalls scent is inspired by the Old Portsmouth Hot Walls – so if you’re after something local & inspired by local, that’s the one for you!
Visit their Instagram page here for more information on how to order
Solitude Candle Co
Aromatherapy candles made with soy wax – the scents from Solitude Candle Co sound lovely, especially their festive candles!
Hampshire Wick
Luxury candles created with soy wax & an eco-conscious business model – what’s not to love? The scents from Hampshire Wick sound beautiful, especially the Winter Spruce candle!
You’ve finally arrived at the end of my Ultimate Independent Hampshire Christmas Gift Guide! I know this was a long post, but there are so many fantastic independent businesses across Hampshire & the surrounding areas that I wanted to include.
Hopefully this Hampshire Christmas gift guide inspires you to shop from local small businesses this Christmas – and, if you aren’t based in Hampshire, many of these gift ideas are available for UK wide delivery.
If you do shop from any of the businesses listed in my Ultimate Independent Hampshire Christmas Gift Guide, I’d love to know – so please do send me an email or a message on social media!
