For the Christmas and New Year period, some services are changing, including opening times for supermarkets, shopping centres and banks. In this guide, we have useful information on what’s running during this time of year in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven.
Supermarket opening times
For this section, we are listing opening times/dates for larger branches only.
Asda: Cemetery Road, Greengates, Keighley, Little Horton, Rooley Lane, Shipley, Wyke
- Monday 23rd December: Normal opening hours
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 10am-7pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 9am-6pm
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-7pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 9am-6pm
For information on smaller branches of Asda and for your local branch, please visit their Store Finder.
Morrisons: Five Lane Ends, Four Lane Ends, Keighley, Mayo Avenue, Skipton, Thornbury
- Monday 23rd December: 6am-12am for most stores
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 6am-6pm for most stores
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 9am-6pm
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-7pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 9am-6pm
For information on smaller branches of Morrisons (including Morrisons Daily) and for your local branch, please visit their Store Finder.
Sainsbury’s: Greengates, Keighley
- Monday 23rd December: 6am-11pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 6am-7pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 9am-6pm
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-8pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 8am-8pm
For information on smaller branches of Sainsbury’s (including Sainsbury’s Local) and for your local branch, please visit their Store Finder.
Tesco: Buttershaw, Canal Road, Great Horton, Ilkley, Queensbury, Skipton
- Monday 23rd December: 5am-1am
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 5am-7pm for Great Horton and Buttershaw
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 9am-6pm for the Great Horton, Skipton and Canal Road branches; all others are closed
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 5am-7pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 9am-6pm for the Great Horton, Skipton and Canal Road branches; all others are closed
For information on smaller branches of Tesco (including Tesco Express) and for your local branch, please visit their Store Finder.
Aldi: Allerton, Bingley, Bolton Woods, Clayton Road, Idle, Keighley, Shipley, Silsden, Skipton, Thornbury
- Monday 23rd December: 7am-10pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): Closed
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 8am-6pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): Closed
For information on your local Aldi branch for other dates, please visit their Store Finder.
Lidl: Barkerend, Bingley, Eccleshill, Manchester Road, Shipley
- Monday 23rd December: 7am-10pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): Closed
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): Closed
For information on your local Lidl branch for other dates, please visit their Store Finder.
Co-Op: Baildon, Bingley, Cross Hills, Silsden, Wibsey
- Monday 23rd December: 7am-10pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am-7pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 10am-7pm
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-7pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 10am-7pm
For information on smaller Co-Op branches, please visit their Store Finder.
Booths: Ilkley, Settle
- Monday 23rd December: 7am-Midnight
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): Closed
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 9am-6pm
For information on your local Booths branch for other dates, please visit their Store Finder.
Marks and Spencer Foodhall: Ilkley
- Monday 23rd December: 7am-9pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 6am-7pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): Closed
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 8am-7pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): Closed
For information on other opening dates, please visit their Store Finder.
Iceland/The Food Warehouse: Keighley, Manningham Lane, Shipley, Thornbury, Tong Street
- Monday 23rd December: 6am-10pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): Closed
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): Closed
For information on your local Iceland branch for other dates, please visit their Store Finder.
Heron Foods: Allerton, Clayton Road
- Monday 23rd December: TBC
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): TBC
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): TBC
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): TBC
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): TBC
For information on your local Heron Foods branch for other dates, please visit their Store Finder.
Farmfoods: Forster Square, Greengates, Keighley, Tong Street
- Monday 23rd December: 7am-10pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am-6pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 11am-5pm
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 8am-6pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): Closed
For information on your local Farmfoods branch for other dates, please visit their Store Finder.
Company Shop: Canal Road
- Monday 23rd December: 7am-8pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 7am-4pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 10am-3pm
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 7am-4pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 10am-4pm
Shopping centres in Bradford and Craven
Broadway Centre, Bradford:
- Monday 23rd December: 9am-8pm
- Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve): 9am-6pm
- Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day): Closed
- Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day): 11am-5pm
- Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve): 9am-6pm
- Wednesday 1st January (New Year’s Day): 11am-5pm
- All other dates listed here
Kirkgate Centre, Bradford:
- Information on their opening times will be published here in due course
- They are closed on Christmas Day
Airedale Shopping Centre, Keighley:
- Seasonal opening dates will be listed here in due course
Bank opening times
- HSBC – Bradford, Keighley, Shipley: Branch finder
- Barclays – Bradford plus Barclays Local services in Ilkley, Keighley, Settle and Skipton: Branch finder
- Virgin Money – Bradford, Shipley: Branch finder
- Metro Bank – Bradford: Branch finder
- TSB – Bradford, Keighley: Branch finder
- Lloyds – Bradford: Branch finder
- Halifax – Bradford, Keighley, Shipley, Skipton: Branch finder
- Santander – Bradford, Ilkley, Keighley, Shipley: Branch finder
- NatWest – Bradford, Keighley, Skipton: Branch finder
- Nationwide – Bradford, Keighley: Branch finder
- Skipton Building Society – Bradford, Bingley, Ilkley, Keighley, Settle, Silsden, Skipton: Branch finder
- Yorkshire Building Society – Bradford, Ilkley, Keighley, Shipley, Skipton: Branch finder
Useful tips
- Most banks, supermarkets and other shops have online store finders. They should have details of opening times during Christmas and New Year
- The busiest days around this time for shopping tend to be Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
- Some stores have quieter hours, including Tesco, Morrisons and Home Bargains. Meanwhile, the Broadway Centre has a sensory room for neurodivergent shoppers