'Batley Mills' is a great place to visit for a relaxed one stop discounted shopping experience…read more I am pleased to say 'The Mill' in the last couple of years has evolved and improved greatly on their selection of women's clothing and fashion, catering for a wider range of clients than just the over 60s. As well as Planet and Precis Petite, they have expanded their clothing range to include Minuet, Kaliko and Jacques Vert which is great. I have as a result started going to the Mill regularly to keep my work wardrobe up to date. I have really had some good buys. As well as the improved womens clothing, the Mill in Batley is a great place to find handbags, luggage, wallets and purses etc. The discounted brands include Radley and Hideskin The staff seem helpful and friendly and if you are visiting by car there is plentiful free parking (although it can get busy at the weekends). The Cafe Nova coffee shop is located on the 1st floor of the mill and they not only serve delicious teas and italian coffee but their cakes and sandwich selections are also very tempting and a great excuse to have a break. It would be nice if good quality fashionable footwear could be introduced to the mill, similar to the selections found at the Boundary Mill in Colne. I also think emailing offers and information out to customers regularly for shopping events such as an extra 10% off or a free coffee voucher would be a good way of encouraging cutomers to keep visiting. I don't always go to the upper floors of the mill as I find the escalator system a little bit frustating in that you are forced to walk along the length of each floor for the ascent and then the same again on the way down. This zig-zagging may be an attempt to encourage shoppers to walk through each of the floor areas but I am afraid I just find it a nuisance. Other than that I would enthusiastically recommend a visit to The Mill in Batley. Happy Shopping :)

The Mill at Batley is great, there are loads of different shops inside offering designer clothes…read moreand shoes also home ware at good discounted prices. They have several cafe's too. I was there again last week and bought 2 nice suitcases and 3 pairs of shoes all good makes. They have a great selection of Radley and Tula handbags the prices are about half the normal price and I bought my husband a really nice Regatta jacket for £45 instead of £100! If you want a good shopping day out you can spend several hours at the Mill with all the top brands available at half the cost! A mile further along the same road is Red Brick Mill which is fantastic for Home purchases rather than clothes.

This shop was recently bought out and refurbished. It was always a place where you could find…read morebargains from leading High Street shops and catalogue companies. The decor and layout is much better now but the bargains are not as good. Yes they are still cheaper than the High St but at a price where you think 'do I really need it' rather than 'what the heck, it's cheap enough' The majority of the stock is ladieswear, there is a smaller selection of menswear and childrenswear. There is also a homeware section. It's not a big warehouse of a place just an average shop sized place. There is good off road parking at the back. Definitely worth a browse if you are in the area.

I don't like River Island. The sizes are all a bit odd and at the moment everything has gold on it…read more It's like someone heard that Sam Sparro song and went 'Ooh, I know, the kids are all singing about black and gold, they'll probably buy lots of clothes in those colours too!' There's just something about the women's clothing that doesn't work and I can't put my finger on it. It's a bit too much like Gok Wan's come in with a pair of scissors and wreaked havoc. And there are too many frills. And there's also definitely too much purple. No no no. I've given it three stars though because we came in and Steve bought a really sexy navy blue military shirt that looks well hot.