Have Yourself a Very Fulham Christmas!

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Last minute shopping and dining

Still hunting for those last presents?  Head for Fulham Palace Garden Centre before it closes at 1pm on Christmas Eve, and you will find all sorts of present ideas including glassware, vases, clocks, scented candles, bags, beauty care products, books and gifts for the little ones, plus of course plants, outdoor and indoor and gifts for gardeners. All profits from the garden centre go to Fairbridge, the national charity supporting young people from disadvantaged areas.

Other places to find unusual last minute gifts include Artiquea on Wandsworth Bridge Road, which is offering reductions of up to 50% on winter stock.

Items include eco-friendly recycled mouth blown grape lights from Syria and handmade brass star lights.

 

Artbeat on Fulham Road has a wide range of posters, including motoring, aviation, food & drink and travel posters, plus irresistible children's classics Tin Tin, Babar and Winnie The Pooh

If someone special in your life has a taste for luxury, Buty Salon offer vouchers for its range of beauty treatments and massages, starting from £20.

Aiming to give someone a book, but don't know what to buy? Nomad Books, which this year celebrated its 20th anniversary, offers this list of top ten best-selling hardbacks:

Parting Shots - Matthew Parris
How To Sound Clever - Hubert Van Den Bergh
I Could Go On...Unpublished Letters to the Daily Telegraph - Iain Hollingshead
Atlas of Remote Islands - Judith Schalansky
Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
World On Fire - Amanda Foreman
The Finkler Question - Howard Jacobson
Private Eye Annual
Jamie's 30 Minute Meals - Jamie Oliver
The Greek and Roman Myths - Philip Matyszak

And while in Fulham Road, don't forget to pay a visit to our most Christmassy shop Cherubim, crammed with hundreds of delighfully quirky items.

If you can't face the thought of stuffing a turkey on Saturday, a number of pubs and restaurants are offering to do the cooking for you.

The Broadway Bar and Grill on Fulham Broadway is open all day for people who fancy a festive pint and there are also a few reservations still available for the six course Christmas lunch on offer upstairs in Brasa. To book, call 0207 610 3137.

My Dining Room in Farm Lane is offering a special £40 Christmas and Boxing Day lunch menu - call 0207 381 3331 to book.

All the restaurants belonging to the Real Indian Food group, including Masala Zone on Fulham Broadway and Chutney Mary on Kings Road are open on Christmas Day.

Chutney Mary is offering a sumptuous four course lunch at £68 per head - call 0207 351 3113 to book. Masala Zone has a special three course lunch at £36 per head - call 0207 386 5500. If you prefer to eat in the evening, Masala Zone in Earls Court is open all day.

If you prefer to eat at home, call into Union Market on Fulham Broadway before 4pm on Christmas Eve and pick up a complete buffet meal from the store's festive deli, along with British mince pies, Christmas pudding, champagne and even crackers.

Parking over Christmas

Christmas Eve
Usual parking restrictions and charges apply in all parts of the borough. The council's telephone helpline, 0207 371 5678 is open from 8am to 5pm.

Christmas Day
Parking is free in all resident/business permit and pay and display bays in all parking zones throughout Hammersmith and Fulham. Other parking restrictions (including yellow lines, disabled bays and pedestrian crossing zig-zag markings) still apply, however no Council parking enforcement will take place. Motorists should therefore take care not to park in places where their vehicle may cause an obstruction or a danger, either to pedestrians, other road users, or to emergency services' vehicles. The telephone helpline is closed.

Boxing Day
Usual parking restrictions and charges apply in Zones CC & G. Match day parking restrictions will also apply in Zones X & Y due to a home game at Fulham FC on Boxing Day. Parking is free in resident/business permit and pay and display bays in all other parking zones throughout Hammersmith and Fulham. Other parking restrictions (including yellow lines, disabled bays, pedestrian crossing zig-zag markings, bus stops and diplomatic parking bays) also still apply.The telephone helpline is closed.

December 23, 2010