Christmas gifts from independent shops in Lincoln: 11 checked shops, and what each one sells
For Christmas presents from independently owned shops in Lincoln, start with Follie for Lincoln-themed gifts, Imperial Teas for its Christmas teas and coffees, or Harding House Gallery for work made by local artists. The eleven shops below, in the city and the villages around it, are ones we have checked as independently owned, and each one’s own website showed a real gift range when we read it on 18 October 2026, not just a gift card.
Prices are what each shop’s own site showed that day. Only Harding House has published its Christmas opening hours so far, and no shop has given a last order date yet, so check with the shop before you rely on delivery in December.
Gifts, homeware and accessories
- Follie, Gift and homeware shopA gift range of about forty small things, from socks and candles to washbags, and the shop’s own Lincoln designs: a map print, a mug, a tote bag, a tea towel and notecards. Most gifts cost under £40; the Lincoln map print was £3 and the mug £14.99. It posts free over £35. Checked independent. Follie’s gift range.
- Bougie & Bijou, Home fragrance and gift shopCandles, home fragrance and decor, including Maison Berger lamps and gift packs (a gift pack was £39, a lamp £50). You can collect or have it delivered. Checked independent. Bougie & Bijou’s Maison Berger range.
- Agatha, BoutiqueAn accessories and gifts range of more than eighty items, sorted by price: cards from £4, Paddywax candles, Vivienne Westwood jewellery and wallets up to £190. It sells online as well as in the shop. Checked independent. Agatha’s gifts.
Art and handmade work
- Harding House Gallery, Artists' co-operative galleryA gallery run by its member artists, selling paintings, prints, jewellery and handmade work by them and other makers. It has no prices online, so go in. Open Christmas Eve from 10am to 1pm, and closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Checked independent. Harding House opening times.
Food and drink
- Imperial Teas of Lincoln, Tea and coffee merchantA Christmas range of teas and coffees in festive cartons, including a Lincoln Christmas blend, at £6 to £8 a pack. It roasts its own coffee and posts by Royal Mail from £5. Checked independent. Imperial Teas’ Christmas range.
- The Lakeside Butcher of Welton, ButcherTwo Christmas meat hampers at £70 and £89, for collection or Lincoln delivery. They are closer to a Christmas dinner box than a wrapped present, so they suit someone hosting. Pre-order; it gives no closing date yet. Checked independent. Lakeside’s Christmas hamper.
- K Anderson Butchers, Heighington, ButcherChristmas meat hampers at £64.95 and £86.95, open for orders since mid-October. Like Lakeside’s, they are dinner boxes rather than presents. Checked independent. Anderson’s Facebook page.
Flowers
- Chambers Florists, FloristA Christmas and New Year range of festive bouquets and a table centrepiece, mostly £34.99 to £65, with delivery included within five miles. No deliveries on Sundays or bank holidays. Checked independent. Chambers’ Christmas range.
- Hykeham Florist, FloristFlowers, plus small gifts to go with them: wildlife and bird-nesting gifts from £4.85, candles, chocolates and wine. Free click and collect; next-day delivery is £7.50. It trades as Flowers by Suzanne. Checked independent. Hykeham Florist’s wildlife gifts.
Books and games
- Lindum Books, BookshopNew and second-hand books chosen by the shop, which will collect a book in for you. It has no website of its own, so ask on its Facebook page or in the shop. Checked independent. Lindum Books on Facebook.
- Geek Out, Collectables and comics shopFigures, collectables, comics and graphic novels, with a gifts-under-£30 range. It also has a shop in Hull. Checked independent. Geek Out’s website.
Also selling gifts, ownership not yet checked
These ten shops also showed a real gift range on their own sites on 18 October 2026. We have not yet checked who owns them, so we don’t call them independent.
- The Cheese Society, Cheese shopChristmas cheese gift boxes from £30 to £65, posted chilled. Gift boxes.
- The Mouse House, Cheese shopCheese hampers from £35.99, including port and cheese, and festive-shaped cheeses. Hampers.
- Steep Hill Wines, Wine shopWine and local spirits, with gift boxes from £9.50 and free click and collect. Giftware.
- Inkstone Books, BookshopSigned, numbered limited editions of fantasy and science fiction from £18.99. The bookshop.
- Jews' Court Bookshop, BookshopLincolnshire history books, second-hand books and postcards; the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology runs it as Steep Hill Bookshop. The society.
- imagine records, Record shopSecond-hand original vinyl and CDs on Newport. The shop.
- Petal & Stalk, Florist and gift shop, NavenbyWreaths from £25, candles, soaps and a dried-flower postal box. The shop.
- Lapid Art, Crystal and fossil shopCrystal gift sets, gifts under £10 and fossils from £22. Gift sets.
- Top to Tail, Dog shopGifts for dog owners, from cards at £3.50 to breed candles at £15. Gifts for dog owners.
- Toyz for all, Toy shopNew and used toys, board games and puzzles. Toys.
More places to look
For more books, see bookshops in Lincoln; for vinyl, record shops in Lincoln. Our directory’s gift shop listings, whoever owns them, are on gift shops in Lincoln.
How this was checked
We started from every published Lincoln listing in the shop, bookshop, record, florist, bakery, butcher, pet, pottery, framing and tailoring categories, 96 in all, and read each one’s own website or own social page on 18 October 2026. A shop is on this page only if that page showed gifts as a real part of what it sells, beyond a gift card: 21 did. “Checked independent” means our records mark the business as independently owned after a check; the other ten have not been checked yet, and none has a Companies House record on file with us.
Prices, ranges and opening times are what the shops’ own pages said that day and can change. No shop had published a last order date for Christmas, so this page does not give any. The descriptions are ours, not the shops’. We will recheck the page in late November.