Christmas Shopping, love it or loathe it it needs doing and Bolton is just the place to 'Buy Local' and support your local businesses and trades who do a fantastic job all year serving us so well.
One question that is always asked is about extended opening hours in the town centre for the festive period and of course both the Market Place and Crompton Place as well as other venues in the town centre will be extending their opening hours to help local people.
Crompton Place
19th December - 23rd December 9am-8pm
24th December 9am-5.30pm
Christmas Day Closed
Boxing Day 10am-5pm
27th December 10am-5pm
28th-31st December Normal Trading
New Years Day Closed
Market Place
21st Nov-18th Dec 9am-6pm, 9am-8pm Thurs 11am-5pm Sun
19th Dec-23rd December 9am-8pm
24th December 9am-5.30pm
Christmas Day Closed
26th, 28th, 29th December 9am-6pm
27th December 9am-8pm
New Years Day 11am-5pm (doors open at 10am)
Some stores may trade outside those hours during sale periods. FREE Shopper car parking also available at Market Place car park after 4pm on thursdays and Monday 19th-Friday 23rd December
Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park
5th December 9am-9pm
12th December 9am-9pm
19th December 9am-10pm
Christmas Day Closed
Boxing Day 9am-5pm
27th December 9am-6pm
28th-30th 9am-8pm
New Years Eve 9am-5pm
New Years Day 11am-5pm
Christmas Eve 9am-5pm