I absolutely love primarks the clothes are very good quality and good value for money.i I am always…read morebuying some kind of item in there

Chatham Primark - the shop of choice for many a local chavette…read more This place really is a nightmare on any day of the week, like a giant jumble sale for loud mouthed locals '''ere Tracy they 'ave those trouser's Donna got the other week, innit! U want a size 16 mate?'' Just gotta laugh. Don't get me wrong - this place is ok for a few items but most of the stuff here is cheaply made, unflattering & unattractive. I've visited this place a couple of time's mainly through sheer lack of store choice in the area and I've picked up a few bits. Mainly holiday stuff - flip flops & bikini's. I like some of their mix and match bikini set's but variety seems to have gone downhill the last couple of years which is a real shame but overall they're good if you're anything like me and wear a different bikini for almost every day of your holiday! I also recently came across their sports bra's too which are a bargain - 2 for £5 I think they were. Sick of paying upwards of £30 for just one these were a great find although I wouldn't recommend for women with larger sized busts. Ok shop if you can tolerate it.

I really do love exploring and browsing book stores, even though I pretty much have everything I…read morewant (though I do end up finding stuff that I want). Anyway, yeah, this was a pretty cool bookshop, and there were a lot of interesting books here. Honestly, I could spend hours here.

Not that I consider myself a bookshop connoisseur as such, but I always love to check out…read moresecond-hand bookshops when I travel. This is in my top 3 bookshops I've ever visited (the other two, in case you were wondering: Shakespeare & Sons, Prague, and The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles). This place had thousands of books, with that old book smell that I love. The store seems to go on forever, and there are so many nooks and crannies filled with more books! I particularly loved the old books section; we got some classics (Jane Austen, DH Lawrence, Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo) that were editions published in the early 1900s for £3-£5. My husband raided the sci-fi section while I raided the general fiction and we came up with another 9 books between us, all between 99p and £3, and all good quality. We were only able to spend 1 hour in there. It wasn't enough. I felt rushed. I needed more time! Living in London, Rochester is only 45 minutes away. I'll be back. The guy who I believe is the owner, was friendly and sweet. This is such a great find. FYI a lot of Rochester high street is filled with little independent stores, it's a really lovely place to visit!

Very great place. ITs very nice inside, but inside dna toys i had sunglasses on ad was just walking…read morearound the shop then i saw something i really liked and i was sort of running for it. Then i think the managers son comes out of nowhere and snatches the sunglasses off my face and started to tell me off for running. When he pled them if my dad said they left a red mark on my face. And he shouldn't even be touching my face when COVID is around ad anyway he's not allowed to touch me science I'm not his child. My dad spoke to the woman at the til and even she said he's not allowed to be doin that. It's a disgrace of how shop owners do that. Just because he's the mangers son doesn't give him the right to do that. Anyway, i dont know if i will be doing that.

Not a particularly high-end place, but it has everything you need and more - shops that take up two…read morefloors include New Look and Wilkinson. Others include Boots, Superdrug and WHSmith, there are several mobile phone places, a Claire's Accessories, a few card shops and a Sainsburys. For food you can either eat at BB's (which is a coffee and sandwiches place), Subway, an Italian cafe near it (which has quite a lot of seating, something which Subway severely lacks), a bakery, a hot dog or a meal deal from Boots. The shops on the top floor aren't as great as the ground ones but you do have yet another New Age shop, a "Legends" style cafe, a menswear place and a store that sells cut-price DVDs - if you're after old classics, you might be able to dig out a gem there. There is also a fabrics shop and a few jewellers, as well as a few standalone stalls in the middle of the wide walkways. The major bonus of the Pentagon is that it is also the hub of Arriva buses - any exit on the first floor leads to the big bus stop, which is all around it and makes it very easy to travel. There is also a large car park.

A great convenience store in the High Street, used to serve us cigarettes when we were underage and…read morethe staff are still surprisingly friendly to young people and regulars. There is a small DVD section, not sure if it's rental or to purchase, as well as an extensive section of food and snacks, if you're willing to skip on fruit and veg and some essentials, you could probably do your weekly shopping here. Loads of sweets as well as savoury snacks, and frequent offers on beer.

Matalan is Matalan, a chain store like any other. It's cheap and I do manage to find quite a lot of…read moregood things in there, from clothing to Wonderbras to homeware. It also provided great entertainment for the whole of Strood, Rochester and Chatham when it burnt down several years ago.

Newly re-opened Matalan. Offers a wide selection of womens, mens and childrens clothing and shoes…read more All at very good prices! They also offer a selection of homeware and again the prices are very good. The store itself is very big with two floors. Lift access to the top floor as well as stairs and an escalator.

I do almost all of my shopping at Tesco. This store is very good and does offer a wide range of…read moreproducts. There is also a pharmacy and Tesco Direct (like Argos type of thing) that you can order and collect from. The only thing about this store is that it is small compared to a lot of other Tesco's so there isn't always the same variety of items. I find this in particular with baby/toddler food items.

A great shop similar to WIlkinsons. Seems to sell almost everything -homewares, arts and crafts,…read morestationary, kitchenware, garden stuff, DIY, furniture. Even boxes of broken biscuits and wetsuits!!

This is a new shop to the outlet centre which opened up about a month ago. It sells just about…read moreeverything including garden stuff, kithenware, lots of lovely craft stuff, and home furnishings. The shop has an upstairs bit which is where the home furnishings is and it has some lovely candles, ornaments, that kind of thing. Very reasonable prices too. Plenty of car parking out side.

This is a really big toy store on the second floor of Pentagon shopping Mall…read more It has hundreds of reasonably priced toys , puzzles, bikes and story books for children of all ages. Ailse are narrow hence might be difficult to navigate with a buggy from about 2 months before christmas. They also have an interesting section of home decorative items like paintings and a section of collectable dolls(some victorian vintage).

This is a big shop with lots of toys at that are cheaper than other shops…read more They also sell special collectable dolls and gifts. They also sell a number of xmas goods.