From famous Bath treats and locally made drinks, to homewares, books and vouchers for special experiences – we’ve got Christmas gift ideas for all the family from local businesses.

Bath Experiences | Food & Drink | Homewares & Interiors | Jewellery & Fashion

Bath Experiences

Spa days

Spoil a loved one to a future spa day or short break with a voucher from one of Bath’s luxurious spa hotels. You can also book vouchers for packages at the Thermae Bath Spa, Britain’s only natural thermal spa; for sensory, all-natural treatments at Lush Spa Bath; and for mind-body therapies at The Soul Spa.

Don't miss some excellent Black Friday offers at The Bird, Homewood and Bishopstrow Hotel until 30 November, including 25% off all dining, spa and stay vouchers. Beechfield House also have Black Friday offers on January stays at the hotel as well as afternoon tea and Sunday lunch.

Image - The Gainsborough Bath Spa

Ally Massage are selling Christmas gift vouchers for mobile massage and facial treatments, for your loved one to have a luxury spa experience in their own home (treatments can be booked for Bath and the surrounding areas).

Bath Holistic Massage offer a range of treatments, including pregnancy massage care, aromatherapy massages, deep tissue massage and Swedish massage.

Choose from a range of options at The Soul Spa, including guided meditation and sound baths or a guided virtual reality journey.

• Spa and wellbeing in Bath

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Classes and workshops

Choose from hundreds of local experiences on Yuup's website, all of which make a fun day out with a loved one, or the perfect thoughtful gift. Know someone who'd like a go at making pottery in a brewery, foraging in Chew Valley, making their own bespoke gin, or practising their aim at axe throwing? You can gift an experience, or purchase gift vouchers for your loved ones to choose their own experience.

Image - gin making with Yuup

Paddywax Candle Bar also offer gift cards for their candle pouring workshops, or join a Bath Aqua Glass glassblower for the unique chance to craft your very own glass bauble, from gathering molten glass to shaping with specialist tools - you can then choose to give your bauble to a loved on or keep it to decorate your own tree! Gift vouchers for their glass-blowing experiences are also available.

Image - Bath Aqua Glass

Memorable days out

From afternoon tea to supercar driving days, Wonderdays has plenty on offer in the region, with the option to purchase someone a specific experience or send them a voucher. 

For the animal lovers, treat them to an owl encounter or chance to fly a bird at The Bird of Prey Project.

Image - The Bird of Prey Project

Tickets to a show

Komedia Bath offer vouchers valid for many of their shows, allowing you to treat someone to a night of laughter or music. If you know someone who is a fan of magic, get them a gift card for Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre.

Image - Big Disco at Komedia

Tours with a difference

Bath Adventures run a range of themed tours around the city throughout the year, including river trips, Bridgerton & Music tours, Prosecco trips and even a Ghost Hunters Silent Disco! You can purchase gift cards to treat someone to a day out in Bath that they'll never forget - even better if it's for a birthday or hen do present!

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Flying in the air

For a unique and memorable experience, you can’t beat a hot air balloon ride. Buy a flight voucher and arrange a time for them to take you on an incredible adventure over Bath, topped off with a glass of champagne.

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For the literature lovers

If you want to buy someone a book set in Bath, the Westcott Chronicles of Bath is a thrilling series set in the city, spanning different time periods and drawing on Bath's rich history and heritage.

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Image: The Westcott Chronicles of Bath

Unwrap an adventure 

Treasure Hunt Bath offers vouchers for their self-guided adventures around the city. Combining puzzle solving, sightseeing and interesting facts and stories, it's a great way to explore Bath for visitors and locals alike. 

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Brewery tours and brew days

Bath has its fair share of breweries where you can either buy gift sets of locally-made beer, or vouchers for brewery tours and brew days where you can have a go at making your own beer! Bath Brew House offer both tours and brewing experiences, while Electric Bear Brewing Co. have gift sets and tour dates available.

• Breweries, distilleries and vineyards near Bath

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A gothic gift card

The perfect present for bookworms that isn't a book, a gift card for Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein can be used on tickets as well as their escape rooms or Body in a Suitcase Challenge. You can also visit their shop for a range of gift items, perfect for the gothic literary lover and the Franken-fan, plus quirky stocking fillers.

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Foodie experiences

Bath is home to some fantastic cookery schools, whose gift vouchers make the perfect present for keen cooks. Check out The Bertinet Kitchen Cookery School for bakers; Vale House Kitchen for classic kitchen skills, Pasta Laboratory for pasta-making courses; or Simi's Kitchen for Middle Eastern cooking classes.

If you're after a classic Bath foodie experience, take a look at the Searcy's Christmas range, including vouchers for the wide variety of afternoon teas available at The Pump Room Restaurant and much more! 

Take in Bath’s sights together with some of the city’s finest food and drink on a Savouring Bath tour. Choose from three themed food tours, including 'Food Heroes,' 'Guilty Pleasures,' and 'Gin Spa.' Private tours are also available. 

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For water babies

How about a paddleboarding or kayaking experience? Adventure experts Original Wild offer gift certificates for sessions on the River Avon.

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Discover Jane Austen's Bath

Treat the Janeite in your life to a gift voucher for a one-day guided tour of the city with Strictly Jane Austen. Their walking tours bring Regency Bath to life and provide a unique and fascinating insight into Austen's life and times.

The Bath Gift Card

The Bath Gift Card is accepted across the city at museums, hotels, restaurants, bars, shops and many more places. It’s the perfect flexible present, which hard-to-buy-for friends can use on their next day trip to Bath.

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Food and Drink

Sweet treats

A Bath staple, you can now have world-famous Sally Lunn buns delivered direct to your door. Visit their website to order yours by post for next day delivery, or send as a gift complete with a card and handwritten message.

Image - Sally Lunn's

Flourish Foodhall stocks gifts and nibbles from local suppliers who offer the best quality produce in an environmentally friendly way.

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Oh Christmas Brie

As well as their creamy signature cheese, Bath Soft Cheese has a variety of other cheeses, chutneys, crackers, ciders, wines and hampers available from their Kelston café and online shop.

Cheese lovers are also spoilt for choice with the gifts from renowned cheesemonger Paxton and Whitfield, from an artisan cheese advent calendar to hampers stuffed with luxurious treats.

Choose from a range of hampers, sumptuous wines and top quality groceries from The Newt in Somerset online shop.

Image - The Newt in Somerset

Tempting tipples

To toast Christmas, Independent Spirit of Bath stocks a huge range of whiskies, gins, craft beer and cocktail ingredients, or you can pick up beers from local breweries Electric Bear Brewing Co. and Abbey Ales. 

Image - Electric Bear Brewing Co. 

For wine enthusiasts, take your pick from the kaleidoscope of seasonal wines at The Great Wine Co., sourced from boutique estates around the world. Or pick up a bottle of local wine from Minerva Wine or Quoins Organic Vineyard.

The Bath Gin Company distil their gin from 11 of the finest botanicals – choose from Classic, Hopped Rhubarb or Orange Sloe Gin or buy all three in a unique gift pack. Or just outside the city is Chew Valley Distillery - buy a bottle of their top quality gin, or treat someone to a distillery tour and tasting session.

Image - Bath Gin

Homeware & Interior Inspiration

Deck the Halls

Browse a wide range of gifts, home décor, kitchen & garden wares, luxury Christmas food, pet care, art, candles, soaps, wellbeing products and more at Flourish Home & Lifestyle.

Choose a piece of art to hang at home from The Woolverton Gallery. Their collection features landscapes, portraits, abstracts and figurative paintings, full of passion and colour. 

The Museum of East Asian Art sells products from Japan and Tibet, as well as local makers. Choose from greeting cards, scented candles, and even hand puppets!

Buy exquisite glass products from Bath Aqua Glass, including glass angels, stars and baubles for your tree, plus jewellery and vases all made in the Bath workshop by skilled craftspeople.

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Jewellery and Fashion

Bring some sparkle to a special person in your life with stocking fillers and classic diamond pieces from local award-winning designer Wylde Jewellers. Pop in for a glass of mulled wine or champagne while the store consultants talk you through their range. 

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Honey Willow craft meaningful everyday jewellery by hand, which can be personalised for you and your loved ones – the perfect unique gift from Bath.

Icarus Jewellery is an independent silver jewellery shop which offers a great selection of handmade unique designs, as well gift cards which can be purchased on their website. They also offer UK and international shipping.

The Silver Shop of Bath sells beautiful gifts for men, woman and children including watches, jewellery, trinket boxes, soft toys and photo frames, while independent boutique Icarus Jewellery offers unique, elegant and handmade pieces made from high-quality silver.

Image - The Silver Shop of Bath

More Bath gift inspiration:

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• Independent shops in Bath
• Give the gift of Bath