I like that it's never too busy (excluding holiday/Christmas times) so you can walk around and have…read morea good look at the stores. They have an excellent range of shops for women's dresses (Reiss, Hobbs etc) and lots of athlete attire stores like Nike and Under Armour. I often find the Reiss discounts are some of the best for the quality you're getting. They also have a good food court with fast food and some nicer places like Wagamama. The Cadbury's store is great if you're looking for bags of mini chocolates. My best friend loves strawberry creams and they sometimes have entire bags of just them. At Christmas they have some great items too, but not very heavily discounted. Nice place to walk around and a great shopping centre for wedding outfits etc.

Everybody watch out this outlet place is not fun. If you are an introvert beware of Nike area. Shoe…read moreshopping takes way too long do not come looking for shoes if you want to be happy. The highlight my five guys burger HOWEVER our table was sticky for som reason. Lastly, one of the bathroom stalls had a secret message engraved into the door: Yikes I retire

The West Swindon District Centre is dominated by the big Asda that is there. The main part of Asda…read moresells groceries, clothes and things like saucepans and plates, greetings cards, newspapers. There is also a separate Home Entertainment section belonging to Asda, selling DVD's, computer games, CD's etc. and another part of asda called Outdoor Living. Other shops in the centre include MacDonalds, a shoe shop, a post office, Blockbuster videos, a travel agents, a couple of banks, a cafe, estate agents and a dominoes pizza place. A fair selection of shops really if you don't want to go into town and it is all free car parking.

A huge store full of goodies. It's worth going every week as the stock is constantly changing. Very…read moregood at the mo. for ski wear. Brilliant selection of gifts - perfume, bags, toiletries, food items. Have recently opened a jewellery section which is in the centre of the store - some really lovely stuff (watches included). Very good for underwear - look out for all the top names Babywear excellent and some unusual clothing. Also sell toys, bedding and homeware. Huge car park. Small cafe inside. Best to allow plenty of time to search through all the racks - can't be done in a hurry. I find the best time to go on a Saturday is just as the store is opening at 9.;00 - otherwise daytime in the week.

TK Maxx is a good place to get designer labels cheaply. The store in Swindon is away from the town…read morecentre, but is near to the train station, so long as you know where you are going. There is also lots of free car parking. They have racks and racks of clothes and shoes etc. Sometimes, there is so much to look through on the rails that it can be off-putting. The stuff is not laid out well to enable you to browse easily. In the Swindon store, there is a small cafe where you can grab a cake and a cup of coffee when you have shopped to drop! There are not many other places nearby, it is a bit out on a limb.

Not really sure if it is just me, but I feel like the store is always in a bit of a mess when I…read morecome in for a browse. It has the feel of the House of Fraiser outlet store down the road, but no outlet prices. It is quite easy to find, although Mr. Snarky had trouble finding the parking garage that is connected to Debenhams. Most of the time I stop in to get things for Mr. Snarky, not myself. They usually have a good selection of polo shirts as well as sweaters and they are usually on a buy one, get one half off deal. The store is spread over multiple floors, although it doesn't seem quite as large as some of the other Debenhams I have been to. They do have a nice lingerie/bra section and you can have a bra fitting if you find you are one of the many women wearing the wrong size bra. Sorry I saw a sign in store about 70% of women wearing the wrong size bra... Anyway, there is a cafe, travel money office, in addition to the usual departments. Some departments are a bit smaller than others, for example the shoe department is quite small, so there may not be quite the selection you are looking for. On most visits I have received pretty good service, specifically in the Men's Department, but on the most recent visit service wasn't great, in fact I was so disappointed, that I just made a note of the information from the shoe I was looking at and looked it up online. I have been looking for shoes for the wedding (not long now) and haven't been having much luck. Debenhams was the last store before heading to the bus stop, so I stopped in thinking I probably wouldn't find what I want. I noticed that they had a display of shoes with a sign that read 'Bridal Debut' and there were some promising candidates. After looking through the display, I found a pair that looked like it would not only match the colour of the dress, but also the vintage feel of the dress. I noticed they only had two sizes in the shoe, so I tried on the 5 and sometimes the 5 works, sometimes it doesn't. I managed to get my foot into the 5, but walking wouldn't really be possible in them. There was a sales associate sitting on one of the benches doing something with sales tags. To be honest, I didn't realize she was a staff member until another customer asked her a question. I took another look around to make sure that there wasn't a 6 on the display before asking, but still couldn't find one. So I walked over and asked her if they would have a size 6 and she said that there were no other sizes in the stock room. I remember on one of my past visits that they used to have a kiosk where you could scan the item and order the size you need, so I asked about ordering or even just locating the size at another store and she said that wasn't possible. I got the distinct feeling that I was interrupting her and that she wasn't going to do anything to help. So I went back to the display and used the free in-store wifi to look up the shoe and see if it could be ordered. And it was the second shoe to appear on the shoe page and not only can it be ordered, but it can be ordered to collect the next day in store. It was really disappointing because I usually have a good experience here and am able to find what I am looking for. According to the Debenhams website they do have an in-store ordering service, so I don't know if the website is out of date or if the employee just didn't know about the service, but something to keep in mind if you can't find the size you are looking for.

This is a huge store on three floors with an impressive array of goods for sale…read more The top floor houses The Pierre, homeware goods and childrens clothes. The first floor is entirely womans wear with loads of mini store selling their clothes here, Jane Norman and Oasis but two of them. Unfortunetly due to there being limited space for each vendor, the full array of clothes each store would sell individually is not always available. On the ground foor, are the cosmetics, mens wear, accessories and the general gifts. Great store for finding special gifts. Fantastic deals, like 25% off days etc. There is a cafe on the first floor and hair salon and wedding section on the top floor.

Unfortunately this store has now closed down, hoever there has been rumours that factory outlet…read morestore for House of fraser is opening in its place. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

House of Fraser website is the WORST EVER ! It send you back…read moreto the start over and over again, I haven't been able to get to see the household items and so I shall take my online buying to Debenhams.

This store is in the outlet village and therefore doesn't stock all the stuff you get in other M &…read moreS stores. I find this store is very good for birthday cards, gifts and womens underwear but has very little childrens clothes, footwear or homeware stock. Some of the women's clothing is quite pricey for a outlet store and each time there seems to be less main store bargains and more 'made especially for us' type stock. Overall - this store is worth a visit for the basic M & S is known and trusted for,

Rise rose out of the ashes of Fopp music stores when they closed in 2008. As a lot of the stores…read morewere rescued by HMV and turned into what is basically HMV outlet stores, Rise started up in Bristol and Cheltenham and carried on in much the same way as Fopp left off with a massive selection of well priced and eclectic stock covering the majority of musical genres to a depth that you would never find in the larger retailers. Staff with a real passion, enthusiasm and in depth knowledge of what they are selling and a real buzz to the place. Many CDs priced between 3 and £5 so a great place for taking a punt on some new music. The website is constantly updated with staff recommendations both for music and film, so a good idea to check out before visiting, or join their mailing list for some good ideas.Also a very good selection of vinyl, again a lot of it very keenly priced. Books are another speciality and it's hard to not pick up something interesting to read before you leave having filled your boots on interesting music.The Rise in Swindon opened in 2011 and is currently the newest of the Rise stores. Unfortunately it is also the smallest in terms of floorspace, but that doesn't stop it from still having an excellent selection of stock, and anything you can't find in store, the helpful staff always do their best to get it in for you.Forget HMV. In the days of instant gratification and downloads that have no sense of pride of ownership, it's great to know that there are still independent shops that are a joy to visit, browse, hear good music, chat with like minded music fans and provide excellent service. Long may it flourish.

Perhaps not everyone realises there's a Cotton Traders in the Outlet Centre. Although not my type…read moreof clothing they seem to have a good stock of all the types of things that you see advertised in the Sunday papers - shorts, t shirts, elasticated waists and very generous sizes. The prices are much better here than ordering through the newspapers.

we were planning on purchasing a new kitchen with them and all I needed was a toilet due to health…read morereasons , and guess what ? they have recently removed them. so they have lost my order , bloody ridiculous

After consulting with the store manager, I' m not allowed to take my dog into this store, why do…read morethey sell things for pets if your not allowed to take your pet in with you? Therefore they should move their pets food and toys to the front of the shop and allow pets to go in , you wouldn't want to leave them outside, 1 because of hot weather 2 has some dogs are irreplaceable if stolen, so The Range get an NO!!!! vote from me