Bramley Shopping Centre is not the indoor palace housing shops one might have hoped for. Despite reading claims that the government were trying to promote Bramley as an up and coming area, through jazzing up the 'town centre', I really cannot see what it is they are supposed to have done. There is a new Tesco that apparently has only just recently opened, which is a lot larger than it appears from the outside, and whilst obviously this is very useful for the locals, I think the rest of the centre needs a bit of a tidy. The drab concrete is rather repellent, and does make one consider travelling slightly further to Pudsey for a mosey around the shops. The centre is a haven for frozen food shops, a butchers, a few pharmacies, opticians, most of which the Tesco caters for now and are edging towards being rendered redundant. Its one redeeming feature is the number of charity shops dotted around, and the fairly impressive Pound Stretcher that I found to be one of the most useful I've been to, seemingly cutting out some of the useless junk, and cutting to the chase with noticably cheaper foodstuffs, pillows, duvets, stationary and a pretty impressive selection of toys. read more