South Bank Christmas Gift Market

Overview

Get your shopping done under twinkling lights while surrounded by real (not plastic) Christmas trees. No, this isn't a festive dream — it's the reality of the annual South Bank Christmas Gift Market. Whether you've been every year since you can remember, or you've never gone a-browsing at the inner-city spot, it's worth the trip.

Nightly carols will help add to the mood, although they can't steal the show from the most important part of the proceedings: the wares on offer at the rows of stalls. From 3pm daily between Friday, December 14 and Sunday, December 23, you'll find handmade toys, jewellery and other trinkets just begging to be given as gifts, as well as tasty treats to add to your Christmas feast.

Yep, everyone's a winner here.