We checked 13 shops and markets around Fareham, from Chesapeake Mill antiques to Heathen Chemistry vinyl, for hours and Christmas dates. Updated November 2026.

Fareham, Whiteley, Titchfield and Wickham have 13 shops and markets worth a Christmas shopping trip in 2026, and this guide puts them in one place with opening hours, addresses and the Christmas dates each one has published. Fareham Shopping Centre and Whiteley cover the big names, the Titchfield garden centres do decorations and food, and Wickham Square is the place for antiques and local art. We checked every entry against its own website on 5 November 2026.

We have not shopped at any of these for this guide, and nothing here is a review. Each entry says what the shop or market says it sells, in its own words where we can quote them. Hours are the ones published on 5 November; several places change them in December, so check before a special trip.

Dates for the Christmas shopping diary

Every weekend from 7 November to 20 December: Flo’s Pop-Up @ The Courtyard. Makers’ market inside Fareham Shopping Centre. More below.

Saturday 21 November: Christmas lights switch-on and West Street Christmas market. Market 10am to 7pm, lights at 5.30pm, shopping centre open to 7pm. Our switch-on page has the full timetable.

From Thursday 26 November: Whiteley’s late opening. To 7pm Monday to Saturday and 8pm on Thursdays.

Weekends 5 to 20 December: free Santa’s grotto in Osborn Square, Fareham Shopping Centre, 11am to 4pm. Garsons and Stewarts in Titchfield charge for theirs; prices are on our Santa’s grotto page.

Thursday 10 and 17 December: Festive Thursdays. Shops in Fareham Shopping Centre open to 7pm, free parking in council town centre car parks from 4pm, carols at 4.30pm. Details on our Festive Thursdays page.

Saturday 12 December: Flo’s Market, Portchester Precinct, the last one before Christmas. Sunday 13 and 20 December: Whiteley’s farmers’ and makers’ markets. All the market dates are on our Christmas markets page.

Parking. Our parking guide has the town centre car parks and tariffs.

Fareham town centre

1. Fareham Shopping Centre

Fareham Shopping Centre is the covered centre off West Street, which says its malls are “all one level” and lists “big names stores, including Boots, Next and The Fragrance Shop”. Dogs are welcome, according to the centre’s own site.

For Christmas it opens to 7pm on switch-on day and the two Festive Thursdays, when the council lists more than 25 shops staying open late, among them Waterstones, The Works, New Look, Card Factory, Ernest Jones and Grape Tree. The free grotto in Osborn Square runs on three December weekends, and the centre says every child gets a free gift.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 10am to 4pm. Christmas: 21 Nov, 10 and 17 Dec 9am to 7pm; 24 and 31 Dec 9am to 5.30pm; 26 and 28 Dec 10am to 4pm; closed 25 Dec and 1 Jan
Call 01329 822506
Address Management office, 28 Thackeray Mall, Fareham, PO16 0PQ
Website farehamshopping.com
Good for high street chains, Waterstones, late opening, free Santa's grotto, dogs welcome

2. Flo’s Pop-Up @ The Courtyard

Flo’s Pop-Up turns The Courtyard, an empty unit in the shopping centre, into an indoor makers’ market every weekend in November and December. Fareham Borough Council’s Festive Thursdays page lists stalls selling macrame, bath bombs, jewellery, crochet toys, candles, ceramics, preserves, local tea, handmade soap and “baking kits”, and workshops in resin dipping, needle felting, silver jewellery and Christmas decorations.

It is run by Flo’s Markets, which also organises the monthly market in Portchester; we covered the launch here.

Open weekends 7 Nov to 20 Dec, Sat 9am to 5.30pm, Sun 10am to 4pm; Sat 21 Nov to 7.30pm; Thu 10 and 17 Dec 9am to 7pm
Address The Courtyard, Fareham Shopping Centre, Fareham, PO16 0PQ
Website fareham.gov.uk/business/markets.aspx
Good for handmade gifts, local makers, workshops, stocking fillers, indoors

3. Fareham Lights Switch On Christmas Market, West Street

Funyard Events, which runs Fareham’s artisan markets, lists its Christmas market for switch-on day on the pedestrianised part of West Street. It calls it “the popular annual market” and says to come and “shop festive gifts/treats from small businesses”.

The council places the stalls between the bandstand and Millets. It is one day only, and the stalls are busiest from 4pm, when the crowd gathers for the 5.30pm switch-on.

Open Saturday 21 November 2026, 10am to 7pm
Price free entry
Address West Street, Fareham
Website funyardevents.com/events/fareham-christmas-market-lights-switch-on
Good for gifts from small businesses, Christmas decorations, outdoors, switch-on day

4. Heathen Chemistry Records, West Street

Heathen Chemistry is an independent vinyl shop at the far end of West Street, “towards Aldi” as its website puts it. It sells new albums and singles, pre-loved and collectable records, Rega turntables and amplifiers, Ruark speakers and record cleaning products, and takes pre-orders for releases months ahead.

It offers click and collect on every record on its website and sells gift vouchers. Its line is “collector or just starting out, we have something for everyone”.

Open Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun 11am to 4pm
Call 01329 600303
Address 190 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0HF
Website heathenchemistryrecords.co.uk
Good for vinyl records, turntables, gift vouchers, click and collect, open Sundays

5. The weekly markets: Fareham, Portchester and Locks Heath

Fareham Borough Council’s markets page lists three traditional weekly markets, all 9am to 3pm: Mondays on West Street in Fareham, Wednesdays in Portchester Precinct, and Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at Locks Heath Shopping Village. The council says they sell “everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to household goods and clothing”.

They are run by Bray Associates, whose number is on the council page.

Open Mon West Street, Fareham; Wed Portchester Precinct; Tue, Fri and Sat Locks Heath Shopping Village; all 9am to 3pm
Call 07737 630843 (Bray Associates)
Address West Street, Fareham
Website fareham.gov.uk/business/markets.aspx
Good for fruit and vegetables, household goods, clothing, outdoors

Portchester

6. Flo’s Market, Portchester Precinct

Flo’s Market is the monthly artisan market in Portchester Precinct on the second Saturday of the month. The council describes it as “a curated, established artisan market” and says to expect about 40 traders, local coffee, craft beer, live music, a barbecue and free children’s activities.

Two dates are left this year, and 12 December is the last before Christmas.

Open Saturday 14 November and Saturday 12 December 2026, 10am to 3pm
Address Portchester Precinct, West Street, Portchester
Website fareham.gov.uk/business/markets.aspx
Good for local makers, craft beer, live music, children's activities, outdoors

Whiteley

7. Whiteley Shopping

Whiteley Shopping is the open-air centre off junction 9 of the M27. Its Christmas page promises a 2026 gift guide “brimming with ideas to suit every style and budget” and “Wishmas”, a cast of Christmas characters including Santa.

Shops listed on its site include Oliver Bonas and The Fragrance Shop, and it has a cinema. It opens later than Fareham from 26 November, and it is open on Boxing Day from 9am.

The centre warns that some shops set their own Christmas hours and some close on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Open from 26 Nov Mon to Wed 9am to 7pm; Thu 9am to 8pm; Fri and Sat 9am to 7pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm. 24 Dec 9am to 5pm; closed 25 Dec; 26 Dec 9am to 7pm; 31 Dec 9am to 5pm; closed 1 Jan
Call 01489 566000
Address Whiteley Way, Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7PD
Website whiteleyshopping.co.uk/christmas
Good for high street chains, late opening, Santa, cinema, open Boxing Day

8. Whiteley Farmers’ Market and Dream Empire Market

Two monthly markets run in the Market Square car park opposite Meadowside Leisure Centre. The farmers’ market, on the second Sunday, brings “Hampshire-based farmers, food producers and artisan makers”, Whiteley Shopping says.

The Dream Empire makers’ market, on the third Sunday, started in September 2026. Between them they fall on four Sundays before Christmas.

Open Farmers' Market Sun 8 Nov and Sun 13 Dec, 10am to 2pm; Dream Empire Market Sun 15 Nov and Sun 20 Dec, 10am to 4pm
Address Market Square car park, Whiteley, PO15 7PD
Website whiteleyshopping.co.uk/event/whiteley-markets
Good for local food, Hampshire producers, handmade crafts, outdoors

Titchfield

9. Garsons, Fontley Road

Garsons is a family-run garden centre and farm shop whose website says the business has been “growing since 1871”. Its Titchfield farm shop at Christmas has “festive flavours, artisan treats, and the finest seasonal produce”, a deli counter with cheeses and chutneys, and Owton’s, which Garsons calls its “award-winning butchery”, selling turkeys, sausages and trimmings.

Owton’s Christmas pre-orders “open soon”, the site said on 5 November. There is also a Pavers shoe shop, The Terrace restaurant and gift vouchers, and Father Christmas visits cost £14.50 a child.

Open Mon to Sat 9am to 5.30pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm, browsing from 10am; closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Price Father Christmas £14.50 per child
Call 01329 844336; Owton's butchers 01329 854895
Address Fontley Road, Titchfield, PO15 6QX
Website garsons.co.uk/christmas-at-garsons/titchfield-farm-shop-at-christmas
Good for Christmas food, butchery, cheese, decorations, restaurant, Father Christmas

10. Stewarts Abbey Garden Centre, Mill Lane

Stewarts Abbey Garden Centre is on Mill Lane, near Titchfield Abbey. Its online Christmas shop sells artificial Christmas trees, Christmas lights, wreaths and garlands, and Lemax village models, and its home and gift range covers bath and beauty, homeware, toys, games and puzzles, and stationery.

There is a coffee shop. Its Santa’s Winter Wonderland charges £19.95 a child, including a toy.

Open Mon to Sat 8.30am to 5.30pm; Sun 10.30am to 4.30pm, browsing from 10am
Price Santa's Winter Wonderland £19.95 per child with a toy; adults £3.95
Call 01329 842225
Address Mill Lane, Titchfield, PO15 5RB
Website stewarts.co.uk/contact/stewarts-abbey-garden-centre
Good for Christmas trees, lights, decorations, gifts, toys, coffee shop

Wickham

11. The Chesapeake Mill, Bridge Street

The Chesapeake Mill is a former watermill on the River Meon that now holds 44 antiques and vintage traders. Its website says it sells “traditional and vintage lifestyle accessories” and “hard to find products with timeless appeal for the home, garden and the special people in your life”.

The mill’s history page says it was built from the timbers of the United States frigate Chesapeake, captured by the Royal Navy in the War of 1812. Crumbs Traditional Tearooms inside does lunches and cream teas, with dog-friendly outside seating.

Open Tue to Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun and bank holidays 11am to 4pm; tearoom Tue to Sat 9am to 4pm, Sun 10am to 3.30pm
Call 01329 834078; tearoom 01329 832777
Address Bridge Street, Wickham, PO17 5JH
Website thechesapeakemill.com
Good for antiques, vintage homeware, unusual gifts, tearoom, dogs welcome outside

Wild Art Gallery is in Warwick Lane, the small arcade of independent shops off Wickham Square. Founder Sarah Featherstone opened it in September 2019 and rents space to local artists, and the gallery’s website says she runs watercolour workshops there.

It sells paintings and prints of wildlife, seascapes and landscapes, plus handmade soaps, mugs, cushions, Christmas cards, needle felting kits and gift cards. Her description of Warwick Lane: a “wonderful arcade of small independent shops, with a coffee shop, market and charity shop upstairs”.

Price free UK delivery on online orders over £30
Address Warwick Lane Shopping Centre, The Square, Wickham, PO17 5JN
Website wildartgallery.co.uk
Good for local art, prints, cards, craft kits, workshops, gift cards

13. Meon Valley Butchers, The Square

Meon Valley Butchers is the butcher on Wickham Square, formerly Tull’s Fine Foods, which The News reported was established around 1895. Its online Christmas range includes free-range bronze turkeys from £140, boneless turkey breasts at £35, a traditional hamper at £145 and a deluxe hamper at £220, along with geese, beef wellingtons and gammon.

Orders can be collected in a two-hour slot or delivered locally until 23 December, with a premium charge from 21 to 23 December.

Open Mon closed; Tue to Fri 8am to 5pm; Sat 8am to 4pm; Sun 10am to 4pm (contact page; the site footer gives 9am opening)
Price bronze turkey from £140; turkey breast £35; Christmas hampers £145 and £220
Call 01329 833176
Address The Square, Wickham, PO17 5JG
Website meonvalleybutchers.co.uk
Good for Christmas turkeys, hampers, click and collect, local delivery, open Sundays

How we chose

We started from Fareham Borough Council’s Christmas and markets pages, the two shopping centres’ own sites, Visit Winchester’s listings for Wickham and our own reporting, then kept the shops and markets that sell things people buy for Christmas and whose details we could check on their own websites. That ruled out some well-known names: Craft Crazy on West Street, whose website address is now for sale; Hearts and Hugs in Titchfield and the Wickham chocolate shop, Confiserie Verdonk, for which we found no website of their own; and Stubbington’s butchers. Prices and Santa dates come from the venues’ own pages. For somewhere to eat between shops, see our Christmas dinner guide; for days out, things to do in Fareham, what’s on this month, Fort Nelson at Christmas and ice rinks near Fareham; and for more local businesses, our Fareham business directory. Run a shop that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@farehamnews.co.uk. Taken a good photograph of any of these places? Email it to newsdesk@farehamnews.co.uk and we will add it with your name as the credit.

Frequently asked questions

Do Fareham shops stay open late before Christmas in 2026?

Yes, on the two Festive Thursdays, 10 and 17 December, when Fareham Shopping Centre opens 9am to 7pm and the council’s town centre car parks are free from 4pm. The council lists the shops opening late, including Boots, Waterstones, Next, The Works, New Look and Card Factory. Whiteley Shopping opens to 7pm every day except Sunday from 26 November, and to 8pm on Thursdays.

What are Fareham Shopping Centre’s Christmas opening hours?

The centre’s 2026 Christmas page gives 9am to 7pm on switch-on day, Saturday 21 November, and on Thursday 10 and 17 December; 9am to 5.30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve; 10am to 4pm on Boxing Day and Monday 28 December; and closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Normal hours are 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday.

Where can I order a Christmas turkey near Fareham?

Meon Valley Butchers on The Square in Wickham sells free-range bronze turkeys, turkey breasts and hampers online for click and collect or local delivery up to 23 December. Owton’s butchery inside Garsons farm shop at Titchfield says its Christmas pre-orders open soon. Ring either shop to check what is left before relying on a late order.