Christmas Gift Guide 2023
With over 50 brands offering locally produced gifts, whiskies, spirits, and more, there really is something for everyone at The Tower Shop! From gin to jewellery and chocolates to glassware, you’ll find all the inspiration you need in our 2023 Gift Guide to celebrate this Christmas with the best local Scottish products…
1. Christmas Decorations
Pick up an extra special decoration for your tree this year! Available in a variety of styles, there is lots of lovely tartan and wooden National Wallace Monument designs to choose from. You’ll only find these on sale at The Tower Shop inside the tower.
(Prices from £9.99).
2. Stirling Gin
Where else to be-gin our festive gift guide than with Stirling’s very own gin range. Stirling Gin is a Scottish spirit created with a gin drinker’s palate in mind. It has a fresh, green nose quickly followed by a hit of citrus peel. The first taste of this unique gin gives way to bold spicy flavours. These are combined with the herbaceous notes of basil and the king of our botanicals – wild Stirlingshire nettles.
(Prices from £5.00)
3. Shearer Candles
Established in 1897, Shearer Candles is a leading creator of artisan candles and scented products. Working with only the purest ingredients and each product is inspired by the beautiful surroundings here in Scotland. As the oldest producer of lifestyle candles in the UK, everything Shearer does is underpinned by a long tradition of Scottish candle making.
(Prices from £5.00)
4. Glengoyne Distillery
Glengoyne Distillery is a whisky distillery that has continuously been in operation since its founding in 1833 at Dumgoyne, north of Glasgow. Glengoyne is unique in producing Highland single malt whisky matured in the Lowlands.
(Prices from £24.99)
5. Perthshire Preserves
Choose any combination of savoury or sweet preserves for a wonderful little gift for a loved one from Callander. Whether you prefer something sweet and mellow, sharp and tangy, or a hint of spice, Perthshire Preserves have chutneys and relishes to suit. Their range is all produced locally within the Trossachs National Park.
The preserves go well with a range of cheeses and cold meats, perfect for jazzing up some of that leftover turkey or atop a cracker and cheese.
(Prices from £4.99)
6. Blackwolf Brewery
Blackwolf Brewery produces a range of award-winning craft beers. From lagers to IPAs and oatmeal stouts, they have something for everyone! Brewed locally here in Stirling, and with one even having been named after Scotland’s national hero, Sir William Wallace, what better place to purchase it than at the very Monument built to commemorate him.
(Prices from £2.70)
7. Burns Crystal
This exclusive range of Burns Crystal that has been engraved with The National Wallace Monument brand is only available from The Tower Shop.
Burns Crystal is a Scottish manufacturer of hand engraved quality crystal glass and quality gifts. A small business started in the village of Mauchline, Scotland, where the world-famous Scottish poet Robert “Rabbie” Burns spent most of his life. Handcrafted in Scotland by skilled glass makers for over 30 years, Burns Crystal glassware offers exceptional quality with deep rooted Celtic and Scottish designs.
(Prices from £7.99)
8. Hood’s Honey
Each product in the Hood’s Honey range of scented candles, soaps, and natural skin care, contain honey and beeswax, and are hand made using the very finest natural ingredients. A simple, healthy and invigorating way to bring a very special piece of the Scottish countryside into your home, and help support the future of our brilliant bees. With an incredible array of scents to choose from – everyone is sure to find a favourite.
(Prices from £8.99)
9. Glenshee Pottery
Glenshee Pottery are makers of the famous “wee bothies”. They are all handmade in Scotland from sticky earthenware clay, dry and kiln fire and then paint by hand before a final firing cycle which produces the brightly coloured glazed originals. Each wee bothy is entirely unique and original, making for a very special gift for someone special.
(Prices from £12.99)
10. Gardiners of Scotland
Gardiners of Scotland are a family owned maker of meltingly delicious handmade fudge and other popular, delicious confectionery. All made by hand to their own secret family recipes and all made right in the heart of Scotland.
(Prices from £9.99)
11. Deanston
Deanston Distillery sits by the River Teith at the entrance to the dramatic Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Having been a cotton mill for 180 years, Deanston was transformed into a distillery in the 1960’s and has been distilling whisky using traditional methods ever since. Their great whisky range is sweet, fruity with a malty honeyed spiciness on the palate.
(Prices from £6.50)
12. All Fired Up
All Fired Up offer a stylish range of contemporary art sculptures, jewellery and Scottish gifts produced in their Edinburgh based studio. Each product is made from recycled metal or silver and range from fine jewellery and gifts for men as well as ladies, table and wedding art to Christmas decorations. All the thistle products are made with wire from North Sea cables reclaimed from the oil industry.
(Prices from £17.99)
13. Tullibardine
Tullibardine stands proudly in the village of Blackford – The Gateway to the Highlands. For decades this independent, family-owned distillery has been producing handcrafted single malt scotch whisky.
(Prices from £24.99)
14. Ingles Buchan
Ingles Buchan produces hand-crafted tartan products and tartan fabric woven in Scotland. Of course, you’ll find all things Wallace tartan in The Tower Shop at The National Wallace Monument, as well as matching Wallace Sword kilt pins.
(Prices from £4.99)
15. Artcuts
Artcuts are a family-run business who design, manufacture, and hand-finish beautifully crafted gifts and decorations using sustainable wood. Their wooden bunting craft kits include everything you need to create charming decorations for your home this Christmas.
(Prices from £19.99)
16. The William Wallace Activity Book
Our brand-new William Wallace Activity Book makes for the ideal stocking filler for the kids this Christmas. The book starts at the very beginning for Wallace and takes the reader on a journey right through to the Monument’s opening with lots of fun learning activities to complete along the way.
(Prices from £3.50)
Much more to discover
Still stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Come and visit The Tower Shop to browse the wide range of unique Scottish gifts and souvenirs, made by local craft workers, suppliers and producers, from across Stirling and Scotland.
It’s open each day during the Monument’s normal Opening Times – and entry is FREE.
