When we are working all the time, getting a spare moment to do our Christmas shopping is necessary but also a pain.
The weekends are always so busy and sometimes we can’t be in to collect packages we have brought online.
Here is a list of all the opening times and late-night shopping dates around south London and north Kent (more will be added):
The Glades, Bromley
From December 11
Monday to Saturday - 9am to 9pm
Sundays - 11am to 5pm
Christmas Eve - 11am to 5pm
Christmas Day - CLOSED
Boxing Day - 10am to 6pm
New Year's Eve - 11am to 5pm
New Year's Day - 10am to 5pm
Lewisham Shopping Centre
December 11 to 15 - 9am to 8pm
December 16 - 9am to 7pm
December 17 - 11am to 5pm
December 18 to 22 - 9am to 8pm
December 23 - 9am to 7pm
Christmas Eve - 11am to 5pm
Christmas Day - CLOSED
Boxing Day - 10am - 5pm
New Year's Eve - 11am - 5pm
New Year's Day - 10am to 5pm
Bluewater, Greenhithe
December 11 to 23 - 9am to 11pm
December 24 - 11am to 5pm
Christmas Day - CLOSED
Boxing Day - 8am to 7pm
December 27 to 30 - 9am to 10pm
New Year's Eve - 11am to 5pm
New Year's Day - 10am to 7pm
Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath
Monday to Wednesday - 9am to 5.30pm
Thursday - 9am to 9pm
Friday - 9am to 5.30pm
Saturday - 9am to 6pm
Sunday - 10am to 5pm
Christmas Day - CLOSED
The Walnuts, Orpington
December 17 - 10am to 4pm
December 18 - 9am to 7pm
December 19 - 9am to 7pm
December 20 - 9am to 7pm
December 21 - 9am to 7pm
December 22 - 9am to 7pm
December 23 - 9am to 7pm
December 24 - 10am to 4pm
Christmas Day - CLOSED
Boxing Day - 10am to 4pm
December 27 to 30 - 9am to 5.30pm
New Year's Eve - 9am to 4pm
New Year's Day - 9am to 4pm
Centrale and Whitgift - Croydon
December 11 to 13 - 9am to 8pm
December 14 - 9am to 9pm
December 15 and 16 - 9am to 8pm
December 17 - 11am to 5pm
December 18 to 20 - 9am to 8pm
December 21 to 23 - 9am to 9pm
December 24 - 11am to 5pm
Christmas Day - CLOSED
Boxing Day - 10am to 7pm
December 27 - 10am to 7pm
December 28 - 10am to 8:30pm
December 29 - 10am to 7pm
December 30 - 9am to 7pm
December 31 - 11am to 5pm
New Year's Day - 10am to 6pm
Different shops inside the shopping centres may have separate opening times so double check if you are leaving it until later in the evening.
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