We checked 13 Wandsworth shops, from Hamish Johnston's cheeses to Blåbär's Scandi gifts in Putney, for opening hours and addresses. Updated November 2026.
Wandsworth has 13 independent shops 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 sit on Northcote Road in Battersea, where Hamish Johnston, Huttons, Maison Curate and the two toy shops are the names most people land on; Putney, Balham and Earlsfield fill in the rest.
Shops often change their hours close to Christmas, so check before a special trip.
Dates for the Christmas shopping diary
Friday 27 November: Northcote Road lights. Clapham Junction’s switch-on centres on the Christmas tree at the corner of Northcote Road and Abyssinia Road, with carol singing from local schools along the road and the lights going on at 5pm, according to the Clapham Junction business district. Putney switches on the same afternoon; our Christmas lights page has both.
5 to 22 December: Battersea Power Station makers’ market. A free market of independent makers by the Riverside Walk entrance, with the line-up changing every few days. Times and the council’s switch-on markets in Tooting and Southfields are on our Christmas markets page.
Thursday 10 December: last Christmas orders at Hamish Johnston. The cheesemonger’s cut-off, below.
Northcote Road, Battersea
1. Hamish Johnston, Northcote Road
Hamish Johnston is a family-run cheesemonger with a wholesale arm in Suffolk and its one shop “at the heart of Battersea’s Northcote Road”, selling cheese and “fine deli products”. It is taking Christmas orders through an online form, by phone or in the shop, and says the last day to hand in an order is Thursday 10 December.
Over Christmas it opens 9am to 6pm from 20 to 23 December, 9am to 2pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, closes from Christmas Day to 29 December and on New Year’s Day, and is back to normal on 2 January.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 6pm; Sun 11am to 5pm
Booking Christmas orders by Thursday 10 December
Call 020 7738 0741
Address 48 Northcote Road, SW11 1PA
Website hamishjohnston.com/christmas-order-form
Good for cheese, deli, Christmas pre-orders
2. Huttons, Northcote Road
Huttons describes itself as an independent retailer stocking “a delightful and unique array of gifts, fashion, accessories, homewares, furniture and more”. It was established in 1996 and has shops in London and Windsor, including a second branch inside the Putney Exchange on Putney High Street.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 6.30pm; Sun 11am to 5pm
Call 020 7223 5523
Address 29 Northcote Road, SW11 1NJ
Website visitclaphamjunction.com/business-directory/huttons
Good for gifts, accessories, homeware, fashion
3. Maison Curate, Northcote Road
Maison Curate was set up in 2015 by Emma Sullam, a former fashion buyer, as “a local lifestyle store” on Northcote Road. It sells carefully sourced objects, furniture and “original and special” gifts, and mentions its “candle obsession” and floral displays.
Open Mon to Sat 10am to 5.30pm; Sun 11am to 5pm
Call 020 3813 5598
Address 61 Northcote Road, SW11 1NP
Website visitclaphamjunction.com/business-directory/maison-curate
Good for gifts, candles, homeware, furniture
4. Chalkboard, Northcote Road
Chalkboard calls itself “an educational toy store that believes in a hands on shopping experience”, where children can “try before you buy”. Its owners, Chris and G, won Best Independent Toy Retailer 2025 at the Progressive Preschool Awards, according to the shop’s entry in the Clapham Junction business district directory.
Open Mon to Sat 9am to 6pm; Sun 11am to 5pm
Call 020 7924 7066
Address 60 Northcote Road, SW11 1PA
Website visitclaphamjunction.com/business-directory/chalkboard-toys
Good for educational toys, children's gifts, try before you buy
5. QT Toys, Northcote Road
QT Toys and Games is the other toy shop on Northcote Road, a few doors further south. The business district directory sums up its range as “slime labs and colouring pads” through to “model plane kits and painting packs”, and the shop sells online as well as in person.
It opens every day, Sundays included.
Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5.30pm; Sun 9.30am to 5pm
Call 020 7223 8637
Address 90 Northcote Road, SW11 6QN
Website qttoyslondon.com
Good for toys, games, craft kits, stocking fillers
6. Postmark, Northcote Road, Balham and Battersea Power Station
Postmark is a card and stationery shop whose first branch opened in Balham in 2004; it says that one is “small but perfectly formed”. It now has three shops in the borough, and its website lists Christmas cards by recipient, from Mum and Dad to grandparents and Baby’s First Christmas.
The Northcote Road shop opens 9am to 6pm on weekdays; Balham stays open to 7pm on weekdays; the Battersea Power Station shop, in Turbine Hall on the mezzanine, stays open to 8pm Monday to Thursday and 9pm on Friday and Saturday.
Open Northcote Road Mon to Fri 9am to 6pm, Sat and Sun 10am to 6pm; Balham Mon to Fri 9am to 7pm, Sat 9am to 6pm, Sun 10am to 6pm
Call 020 3751 5693
Address 72 Northcote Road, SW11 6QL; 123A Balham High Road, SW12 9AR; Unit 239, Turbine Hall, Battersea Power Station, SW8 8BZ
Website postmarkonline.co.uk/pages/ourshops
Good for Christmas cards, wrapping, stationery, late opening at the Power Station
7. Northcote Road Antiques Market, Northcote Road
The antiques market at the southern end of Northcote Road has been trading since 1986 and says it has around thirty dealers selling “everything from Georgian Chests to Retro kitchen utensil”. Its own description lists ceramics and glass, vintage costume jewellery, original prints and watercolours, and silver.
It says it is open every day, including most bank holidays, and suggests calling ahead before a long journey on a holiday. It is next to Northcote Library, and the 319 bus stops nearby.
Open Mon to Sat 10am to 5.30pm; Sun 12pm to 5pm
Call 020 4568 7240
Address 155a Northcote Road, SW11 6QB
Website northcoteroadantiques.net
Good for antiques, vintage jewellery, prints, silver, one-off gifts
Balham, Earlsfield and around Wandsworth Common
8. Backstory, Balham High Road
Backstory is a bookshop with a bar in Balham. Its founder, Tom Rowley, left The Economist after 11 years on Fleet Street to open a bookshop bar, and the shop says that four years on he runs it with Denise Wallin and a team of six booksellers.
Its website has Christmas picks and its best fiction, non-fiction and children’s books of 2026, plus gift vouchers and book subscriptions, and it runs author events through November. It stays open to 9pm on Thursdays and Fridays.
Open Mon to Wed 10am to 6pm; Thu and Fri 10am to 9pm; Sat 9am to 6pm; Sun 10am to 6pm
Call 020 3302 0460
Address Balham High Road, SW12 9AP
Website backstory.london
Good for books, gift vouchers, subscriptions, author events, late opening
9. Lark, five shops across the borough
Lark is a small chain of gift shops, and five of its branches are in Wandsworth: Bedford Hill in Balham, Garratt Lane in Earlsfield, Mitcham Road in Tooting, Replingham Road in Southfields and Bellevue Parade by Wandsworth Common. Its online range runs from cards and wrap to toys, accessories, homeware and beauty.
Balham, Earlsfield and Southfields keep the same hours; Bellevue Parade closes earlier on weekdays.
Open Balham, Earlsfield and Southfields Mon to Fri 9.30am to 7pm, Sat 9.30am to 6.30pm, Sun 10am to 6pm; Bellevue Parade Mon to Sat 9.30am to 6.30pm, Sun 10am to 6pm
Call 020 3509 2701 (Earlsfield)
Address 24 Bedford Hill, SW12 9RG; 382 Garratt Lane, SW18 4HP; 112 Mitcham Road, SW17 9NG; 11 Replingham Road, SW18 5LT; 1 Bellevue Parade, SW17 7EQ
Website larklondon.com/pages/contact-us
Good for cards, wrapping, gifts, toys, homeware
10. Dugard and Daughters, Earlsfield and Putney
Dugard and Daughters is a family-run butcher and larder with three shops, two of them in the borough: a few doors from Earlsfield station and on Putney High Street. It says it stocks “all free range and rare breed meats” alongside “a hand picked range of specialist and artisan products” for the larder, which makes it a place for both the Christmas meat order and food gifts.
Each shop takes orders by phone. Its website does not publish shop hours, so call before a special trip.
Call 020 8871 1230 (Earlsfield); 020 8075 6635 (Putney)
Address 507 Garratt Lane, SW18 4SW; 129 to 131 Putney High Street, SW15 1SU
Website dugardanddaughters.co.uk
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Good for Christmas meat orders, free range and rare breed meat, larder gifts
Putney
11. Blåbär, Lacy Road
Blåbär has been in Putney since 2016, a café and shop over two floors where “every single product in our range is either designed or made in the Nordics”. It sells homeware, gifts and accessories, some under its own Blåbär name, buys directly from Nordic designers, many of them exclusive to it in the UK, and says it buys “in smaller quantities and change[s] the range often”.
It opens every day.
Open daily 9am to 5pm
Address 3A Lacy Road, SW15 1NH
Website blabar.london/pages/store
Good for Nordic homeware, gifts, candles, café
12. Ben and Lola, Putney High Street
Ben and Lola sells “Scandinavian inspired clothing & toys” for children from newborn to eight years old. It says most of its brands are Scandinavian, with some English and French labels, and its range runs “from classic wooden toys through to beautiful and practical children clothes”.
The shop’s website gives its address and phone number but no opening hours, so call ahead.
Call 020 8704 1811
Address 123 Putney High Street, SW15 1TW
Website benandlola.com
Good for children's clothes, wooden toys, baby gifts
13. Glug, Upper Richmond Road
Glug calls itself “a small neighbourhood wine bar and bottle shop in the heart of Putney”. Local business group Positively Putney’s 2025 Christmas trail described it as specialising in small-batch, organic and biodynamic wines.
It runs tastings and takes table bookings for the bar. It opens in the evenings from Wednesday to Friday and from 2pm at weekends, and is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Open Mon and Tue closed; Wed and Thu 5pm to 10pm; Fri and Sat 2pm to 10.30pm; Sun 2pm to 7pm
Address 242 Upper Richmond Road, SW15 6TG
Website glugwines.co.uk
Good for wine gifts, tastings, wine bar
How we chose
We started from the shops the Clapham Junction business district lists on Northcote Road, Positively Putney’s independent Christmas shopping trail and OpenStreetMap’s shop records for the borough. Then we kept the independents whose own website, or business district directory entry, confirmed the address and what they sell on 5 November 2026. We left out shops whose websites were blocked or had lapsed, one Putney jeweller that no longer takes in-store shoppers, and a Power Station bookshop the landlord no longer lists. For the rest of the season, see things to do in Wandsworth, what’s on this month, Christmas trees, Christmas dinner, Santa’s grottos, Christmas at Battersea Power Station and our Wandsworth business directory.
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Frequently asked questions
When are the Christmas lights switched on along Northcote Road in 2026?
Friday 27 November 2026. The Clapham Junction business district says the evening runs around the Christmas tree on the corner of Northcote Road and Abyssinia Road, with carol singing from local schools along Northcote Road and the lights going on at 5pm. Putney switches on the same afternoon.
Where can I find independent gift shops in Wandsworth?
Northcote Road in Battersea has the biggest cluster: Huttons and Maison Curate for gifts and homeware, Chalkboard and QT Toys for children, Postmark for cards and Northcote Road Antiques Market for vintage pieces. In Putney, Blåbär on Lacy Road sells Nordic homeware and gifts. Lark has gift shops in Balham, Earlsfield, Tooting, Southfields and on Bellevue Parade by Wandsworth Common.
When is the last day to order Christmas cheese from Hamish Johnston?
Thursday 10 December 2026. The Northcote Road cheesemonger says it cannot accept Christmas orders after that day. It is open 9am to 2pm on Christmas Eve and closed from Christmas Day to Tuesday 29 December.
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