Christmas Shopping
Believe it or not, Christmas is just around the corner and it is time to think about which Christmas card you'll be sending out this year and what gifts to get your loved ones, family and friends. Luckily, we can make that decision simple!
Christmas Cards
Purchase unique Christmas Cards inspired by the Tate Collection from artists such as Eric Gill, Julian Trevelyan and Peter Doig or exlusive designer Christmas Cards by selected designers such as Sara Fanelli, Rude and Marta Munoz.
Alternatively help raise money for local charity Paintings in Hospitals with a Christmas card designed by local children from Tower Bridge Primary School. Click here to find out how to place your order.
Christmas Gifts & Stocking Fillers
Tate Modern's shops and Shakespeare's Globe gift shop are also packed full of stocking filler ideas such as the Montague and Capulet mugs and a whole range of inspiring gifts.
For those of you who are tight on time for Christmas 
shopping, Vinopolis have just launched 4 new 'Vinopolis in a box' gift sets which
include a set of 2 tour tickets (from a choice of 4), a double lever corkscrew,
2 drop stop wine pourers and a wine pump with 2 stoppers. They have also launched a limited edition, Christmas themed
'Vinopolis in a box', containing a 1/2 bottle (37.5cl) of Taylors vintage port,
a portion (750g) of Stichelton cheese and 2 Vinopolis Vineyard tour tickets.
Click here to order.
Give a truly special ‘holistic beauty' gift this year with Neal's Yard Remedies beautiful Aromatherapeutic Christmas gift boxes. Choose between twelve different aromas and benefits, soothe away all your loved one's stresses with a Christmas gift voucher for one-hour floatation session at Floatworks or purchase a private Tour for Two at Tate Modern with a Tate Guide.
Visit the Mini Picture Show to pick up a small print from £50, the Craft and Design Fair for original contemporary gifts direct from their creators or the stalls laden with gift ideas at the outdoor Bankside Winter Festival.
Alternatively visit the 50 designers at the Oxo Tower to commission gorgeous bespoke interior items, fashion or jewellery or purchase affordable stocking fillers for design-savvy loved-ones.
Joy and Oliver Bonus in the new Bankside Mix development behind Tate Modern are emporiums of fun and funky mens- and womenswear and original gifts for the party season.
Festive Food and Drink
Finally shop for your festive feast at Borough Market where guest choirs including the BBC3 Choir of the of the Year will accompany you whilst you browse the 'food glorious food!' Special shopping hours apply.
Spotlight!
Chicken Bus is run by local resident Eleanor Marriott. The company sells high quality fair-trade crafts from Latin America including beautiful embroidered bags and quirky beaded Christmas decorations in the form of miniature santas, snowmen and even chillis to hang on your Christmas tree! This year they will be at the Bankside Winter Festival where any visitors quoting ‘Better Bankside' will receive a free gift with their first purchase!
Check the event listings to combine your shopping trip with a festive event or warm up with a wintery drink at one of Bankside's many welcoming bars and restaurants.Try the Rum Hot Chocolate at the Founders Arms or head to open fire in The Anchor.
