We checked 15 Windsor area shops, from Daniel of Windsor to Deliciously French, for opening hours and what they sell. Updated November 2026.

Windsor and its nearby towns have 15 shops worth a Christmas shopping trip in 2026, and this guide lists them with opening hours, addresses and what each one sells. Daniel of Windsor, Craft Coop, Windsor Farm Shop and Tastes of Eton are the names many people will land on. We checked each entry on 5 November 2026 against the shop’s own site or another named listing.

We have not shopped at any of these for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry says what the shop says it sells. Shops often change their hours close to Christmas, so check before a special trip.

Dates for the Christmas shopping diary

Wednesday 11 November: Daniel of Windsor late night. Visit Windsor lists the store’s annual event from 4.30pm to 8.30pm, with offers across departments, live music, free testers, canapes and a free glass of Prosecco.

Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 November: Ascot Christmas Fair. More than 160 stalls in the Pavilion at Ascot Racecourse, £9 on the door or £7 online, under 16s free. The detail is on our Christmas markets page.

Saturday 14 November: Windsor Royal until 7pm. Windsor Royal says many of its shops will stay open until 7pm on the day of the Windsor lights switch-on.

Saturday 21 November: Maidenhead switch-on and Santa’s Grotto. Maidenhead’s switch-on day brings a Christmas market to the town centre, and the grotto at Daniel of Windsor opens the same day.

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November: Windsor Christmas Shopping Fair. At Royal Windsor Racecourse from 10am to 4pm, £6 on the gate, under 18s free, with free parking.

Thursday 3 December: Windsor Royal until 7pm again. Participating shops stay open for a second late night.

Friday 4 and Friday 11 December: Norden Farm. The Festive Night Market in Maidenhead runs from 6pm to 9pm, free to enter, with free parking.

Saturday 5 December: Peascod Street and Waterside Quarter. The Windsor Vegan Fiesta’s Christmas edition runs on Peascod Street from 10.30am to 5pm. Christmas at the Quarter runs in Maidenhead from 11am to 4pm.

Sunday 6 December: Cookham Christmas Street Fayre. Craft and gift stalls along the High Street from 12pm to 4pm. Every market date is on our Christmas markets page.

Wednesday 16 December: Windsor Farm Shop food orders. The shop’s site asks for Christmas food orders by this date. The page carries no year, so confirm it when you order.

Monday 21 December: Deliciously French deliveries. The deli’s site says it cannot guarantee orders will arrive before Christmas from this date. That page also carries no year.

Windsor town centre

1. Daniel of Windsor

A family-run independent department store on Peascod Street, founded in 1901 by Walter James Daniel, whose grandson Peter Daniel is chairman, according to its Visit Windsor listing. The departments include gifts, toys, homeware, fashion and furniture, and the store’s site also promotes a pet department and gift cards.

Santa’s Grotto runs on the first floor from 21 November to Christmas Eve. Tickets include a printed photograph and a small gift, and the listing says they are limited.

Open Mon to Sat 9.30am to 5.30pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm
Price Santa's Grotto child ticket £17.50
Call 01753 801000
Address 120-125 Peascod Street, Windsor, SL4 1DP
Website danielwindsor.co.uk
Good for toys, homeware, gift cards, Santa's Grotto, in-store cafes

2. Craft Coop Windsor

A shop and gallery in Windsor Royal, run as a community interest company for local artists and makers. Visit Windsor’s listing names candles, textiles, homewares and jewellery, with local art and ceramics in the gallery at the back, and says most items are handcrafted less than 15 miles from the shop.

Makers are sometimes on hand to talk about their work and how it can be customised. The listing says the shop closes at Christmas and New Year, without giving dates.

Open Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun 11am to 5pm
Address 15 Yards Shopping, Windsor Royal, Windsor, SL4 1TF
Website craftcoop.co.uk
Good for handmade gifts, local makers, ceramics, jewellery

An independent fragrance shop on Windsor’s High Street. It stocks independent British and European perfume and home-fragrance houses, from heritage names to newer makers, along with candles and diffusers.

The shop describes the visit as a chance to hear the story behind each scent, and it offers consultations in store. Its site lists private appointments from Tuesday to Thursday, 6pm to 8pm, by booking only.

Open Tue to Sat 10am to 5.30pm; Sun 11am to 3pm; closed Mon
Booking required for evening consultations
Call 07725 209376
Address 7 High Street, Windsor, SL4 1LD
Website dotperfumegallery.com
Good for perfume, candles, diffusers, fragrance consultations

4. Vinegar Hill

A home, fashion and lifestyle shop on St Leonards Road, in the part of town Visit Windsor points to for independent shopping. The business describes its range as “for home, for life, for you”.

Its store hours page would not load when we checked, and third-party listings disagree on its hours, so call before you make a special trip.

Call 01753 831500
Address 20 St Leonards Road, Windsor, SL4 3BU
Website vinegarhill.co.uk
Good for homeware, fashion, lifestyle gifts

Eton

5. Tastes of Eton

Tastes describes itself as a miniature gourmet delicatessen in the middle of Eton High Street, between Eton College and Windsor Castle. Visit Windsor says its shelves hold food and drink sourced locally and from specialists around the world.

We could not find opening hours published on its site, so check first.

Address 92 High Street, Eton, SL4 6AF
Website tastesdeli.co.uk
Good for deli gifts, larder goods, food and drink

6. New & Lingwood

A gentlemen’s outfitter on Eton High Street, which Visit Windsor describes as catering both for boys at Eton College and for customers worldwide. We found no current hours for the Eton shop, so call before a special trip.

Call 01753 866286
Address 118 High Street, Eton, SL4 6AN
Website newandlingwood.com
Good for menswear, gentlemen's outfitting

Old Windsor and the Great Park

7. Windsor Farm Shop

Opened by Prince Philip in November 2001 in converted Victorian potting sheds, this shop sells goods from the Royal Estates and local suppliers. Its site says the Christmas shop is open, and that Christmas food can be pre-ordered.

Visit Windsor names organic bronze turkey from the Sandringham Estate, along with beef, pork, game, ham, cheeses and pies. A fishmonger visits on Thursdays from 11am to 2pm, and there is a cafe.

Visit Windsor marks the hours below as provisional. Last year’s estate timetable had the shop open from 8am to 2pm on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 4.30pm; Sun 10am to 4pm
Booking Christmas food orders by 16 December
Call 01753 623800
Address Datchet Road, Old Windsor, SL4 2RQ
Website windsorgreatpark.co.uk/farm-shop/windsor-farm-shop
Good for Christmas food orders, butchery, deli, cafe

8. The Savill Garden Gift Shop

In the Savill Garden Visitor Centre at the edge of Windsor Great Park, about four miles from Windsor Castle. Visit Windsor describes gifts with a country lifestyle theme, plants and garden accessories from the Royal Gardens, and local items from shortbread to preserves.

Windsor Great Park’s site also sells membership gift cards and has a Christmas tree shop. The listing gives no daily hours, and says only that the shop opens all year except 24 and 25 December.

Call 01784 435544
Address The Savill Building, Wick Lane, Englefield Green, TW20 0UU
Website windsorgreatpark.co.uk/visit/shopping
Good for country gifts, plants, garden accessories, local food

Maidenhead

9. Filling Good

A not-for-profit, locally owned zero-waste shop on Maidenhead High Street, selling what it describes as environmentally friendly, ethical, local and plastic-free products. It moved back to this address in February 2026 after flooding in September 2024, according to the Maidenhead Advertiser.

The hours below are its usual ones.

Open Tue to Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun 11.30am to 3.30pm; closed Mon
Call 07729 304119
Address 22 High Street, Maidenhead, SL6 1QH
Website fillinggood.co.uk
Listing Our listing
Good for plastic-free gifts, refills, eco products

Cookham

10. The Little Bookshop

An independent village bookshop on Cookham High Street, which National Book Tokens lists for fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, maps, local interest and art. The same listing mentions cards, gift wrapping, scented candles and tote bags, and says the shop accepts National Book Tokens gift cards but not e-gift vouchers.

The details here come from that listing, as we could not find a current site of the shop’s own.

Open Tue to Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun 11am to 4pm
Address 16 High Street, Cookham, SL6 9SJ
Website nationalbooktokens.com/stockist/the-little-bookshop-cookham
Good for books, gift wrapping, cards, National Book Tokens

11. Deliciously French

A French delicatessen on Lower Road, whose ethos, its site says, is authentic traditional French food from family-run producers. It also sells a wine selection from family-run French growers, and gift cards.

Hours vary a good deal by day, with short opening on Monday and Sunday, so look at the times below before setting off.

Open Mon 9am to 2pm; Tue 9am to 4pm; Wed and Thu 9am to 5pm; Fri 9am to 6pm; Sat 9am to 5pm; Sun 9.30am to 2pm
Call 01628 819114
Address Lower Road, Cookham, SL6 9EH
Website deliciouslyfrench.co.uk
Good for French deli food, wine, gift cards

12. Old Butcher’s Wine Cellar

A wine importer and merchant on Cookham High Street, with a wine bar on site from 5pm to 11pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It sells gifts and vouchers, and says it offers free UK mainland delivery on orders over £180.

The late closing times below include the wine bar.

Open Wed 10.30am to 5pm; Thu to Sat 10.30am to 11pm; closed Sun to Tue
Price free UK mainland delivery over £180
Call 01628 819027
Address High Street, Cookham, SL6 9SQ
Website oldbutcherswinecellar.co.uk
Good for wine gifts, gift vouchers, wine bar

Ascot and Sunninghill

13. Chapmans The Ironmongers

A hardware shop in Sunninghill, trading since 1895. As well as DIY products, its site lists kitchenware, homeware and a gifts section.

There is on-street parking outside, a yard behind the shop off Queens Road and a larger car park nearby. Its site gives two closing times for Saturday, 5pm and 5.30pm, and we show the earlier one.

Open Mon to Fri 9am to 5.30pm; Sat 9am to 5pm; closed Sun
Call 01344 622792
Address 56 High Street, Sunninghill, SL5 9NF
Website chapmansironmongers.co.uk
Listing Our listing
Good for kitchenware, homeware, gifts, parking

An independent, family-run gallery in Sunninghill, offering original contemporary art and bespoke picture framing, which says it has been open for more than 35 years. Its Visit Windsor listing names racing paintings by Simon Wright, described as the first official Artist in Residence at Royal Ascot, along with scenes of Windsor Castle and the Long Walk.

If you are having something framed as a present, ask early how long it will take.

Open Tue to Sat 9.30am to 5pm; closed Sun and Mon
Call 01344 874478
Address 5-7 High Street, Sunninghill, SL5 9NQ
Website windsor.gov.uk/things-to-do/circle-gallery-p2908701
Good for original art, picture framing, Royal Ascot paintings

15. Tom French Jewellery

An independent jeweller on Ascot High Street, specialising in bespoke work, wedding jewellery, and designer earrings and necklaces. Its site also lists a preloved section and watches.

A notice still on the site shows the shop reopened on 5 January this year after Christmas, so ask about this year’s closing date if you are collecting a commission.

Open Mon to Fri 9.30am to 5pm; Sat 9.30am to 4pm; closed Sun
Call 01344 624555
Address 1b Hermitage Parade, High Street, Ascot, SL5 7HE
Website tomfrenchjewellery.co.uk
Good for bespoke jewellery, designer jewellery, preloved

How we chose

We started from shops people can walk into across Windsor, Eton, Maidenhead, Cookham and Ascot, using Visit Windsor’s independent shops page and listings, a Suitcase magazine guide to the town and the shops’ own sites, and we favoured independents with something to give at Christmas. Hours and stock come from those sources on 5 November 2026, and we say so where a source other than the shop’s own site is used.

Several shops are left out because we could not confirm them on a page of their own, which does not mean they have closed. They include Gregory & Tapping, Eton Antique Bookshop, House Windsor and Roost in Windsor and Eton, Bird in Sunningdale, and Mimosa in Sunninghill. Craft Coop’s Maidenhead shop was in the Nicholsons Centre, and the Henley Standard reported in March that it was looking for a new home before the centre’s scheduled closure in June. We could not confirm a new address, so check with Craft Coop. The bigger chains in Windsor Royal and on Peascod Street sit outside the list.

Planning the rest of the trip? See parking in Windsor, Christmas trains and travel, Christmas dinner in Windsor, Windsor Castle at Christmas, things to do in Windsor, what’s on this month and our business directory.

Run a place that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@windsortoday.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@windsortoday.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.

Frequently asked questions

When is late night Christmas shopping in Windsor in 2026?

Daniel of Windsor holds its late night event on Wednesday 11 November, from 4.30pm to 8.30pm. Windsor Royal says many of its shops will stay open until 7pm on Saturday 14 November, the day of the lights switch-on, and participating shops will do the same on Thursday 3 December.

What are Windsor Royal’s opening hours?

Windsor Royal lists 9.30am to 6pm from Monday to Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sunday, and says individual shops may vary.

Which shops around Windsor close on Sundays before Christmas?

Chapmans, Tom French Jewellery, Circle Gallery and the Old Butcher’s Wine Cellar all list Sunday as closed. Daniel of Windsor, Craft Coop Windsor, Dot Perfume Gallery, Windsor Farm Shop, Filling Good, The Little Bookshop and Deliciously French all list Sunday hours.