Shops Open on Christmas Day 2025 in the UK: Where to Buy Essentials on 25 December (Petrol, Pharmacies, Motorway Services)
Christmas Day in the UK (Thursday, 25 December 2025) is famously quiet on the retail front — and for many people that’s the point. But every year, some of us still need last‑minute essentials: milk for the morning cuppa, batteries for a toy, pain relief, baby formula, or fuel for a family run. The key thing to know this Christmas Day is that most “big shop” options will be off the table, but a few types of places are reliably open — especially motorway service stations, many petrol forecourts, and a rota of pharmacies. The latest UK coverage published on 24 December 2025 (Christmas Eve) again stresses
