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New This Week: 6–13 July 2026
Eight new puzzles have landed this week, and they tell an interesting story: a bumper crop of Christmas titles arriving in July (it's never too early in the puzzle world), alongside some lovely summer-flavoured scenes and one genuinely exciting puzzle for competitive puzzlers. Ravensburger and Gibsons share the honours equally, so there's plenty to please fans of both.
Ravensburger Arrivals
First up from Ravensburger, the Garden Centre — 500 Piece Large Format Jigsaw Puzzle at £10.97 is exactly the kind of unhurried, satisfying puzzle that suits a summer afternoon. The large format pieces make this a brilliant choice for anyone who prefers a more relaxed build — whether that's older puzzlers, anyone with dexterity considerations, or simply those who like to move a bit more quickly through a 500-piece image without the squinting. Expect the warm, busy scene of a well-stocked garden centre that fans of this genre tend to love.
Next is Seaside Allotment by Emma Joustra — 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle, priced at £10.47. Emma Joustra is a talented artist and illustrator based in Stone, Staffordshire, who has spent the past decade creating detailed portraits that capture the essence of places and the people within them. Her style is packed with detail so the viewer sees something new every time they look — which makes it a natural fit for jigsaws. Combining a seaside setting with the cheerful chaos of an allotment, this one has real charm.
The Coming Home for Christmas — 500 Piece Large Piece Jigsaw Puzzle at £10.97 is the first of several festive arrivals this week. Like the Garden Centre puzzle above, the large piece format keeps things accessible without sacrificing the warmth and detail of a proper Christmas scene. It's ideal if you're building up a gift collection for the months ahead, or if you simply like having a cosy puzzle ready to go as the nights start drawing in.
The standout puzzle of the week, for us, has to be the Speed Puzzling — World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship 2025 — 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle at £14.47. This is a puzzle that celebrates competitive puzzling itself, and it's genuinely exciting to see Ravensburger put a spotlight on the championship scene. If you have a puzzler in your life who takes their hobby seriously — or someone who fancies a personal best challenge — this is a very thoughtful gift.
A puzzle about puzzling, made for people who genuinely love puzzling. It doesn't get more fitting than that.
Gibsons Arrivals
Over to Gibsons, and the Phantom of the Opera — Let the Dream Begin — 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle at £16.47 is the most theatrical puzzle we've seen in a while. The Phantom has been one of the most enduring musicals in the world, and this kind of illustrated homage tends to appeal equally to fans of the show and lovers of richly atmospheric puzzle imagery. The drama practically builds itself as you lay each piece.
Gibsons' Christmas Memories by Janice Daughters — 500XL Piece Jigsaw Puzzle at £16.47 is a lovely addition for fans of this accomplished artist. Janice Daughters is an accomplished artist and illustrator who studied art and graphic design at Art College for three years, initially working as a graphic designer in London before transitioning to freelance work. She is now one of Gibsons' most successful artists , and her illustrations are always full of warmth, colour and the small storytelling details that make a puzzle genuinely engaging to build. The XL format gives the image generous breathing room.
The A Christmas Wander — 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle at £17.47 is the most ambitious festive puzzle in this week's drop, and at 1,000 pieces it promises a proper sitting-down project for the evenings. A wandering Christmas scene — likely snow-dusted streets, warm-lit windows, the usual temptations of the season — is the kind of image that works well across a wide spread of pieces, with varied areas of colour and texture to anchor your progress.
Finally, Festive Farm by Lucy Grossmith — 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle at £16.47 rounds out the week beautifully. Lucy Grossmith grew up in the countryside, with nature as her primary inspiration; based in rural Suffolk, she collects the ingredients for her paintings in sketch form — wildflowers, a startled hare, birds singing in the hedgerows — absorbing the colours and textures of the landscape before bringing her work to life in her garden studio. A festive farm setting plays to all her strengths: her art tends to be detailed and illustrative, creating stories or movement within the paintings , which is exactly what you want from a 1,000-piece Christmas puzzle.
Browse All New Arrivals
That's everything new for the week of 6–13 July. UK delivery is £3.97 per order, flat rate, so it makes sense to bundle a couple of titles together if anything has caught your eye. Head over to our full new arrivals collection to see everything that's just come in — we update it regularly, so it's always worth a look.
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