There are two of these shops in the East Midlands, this one in Shepshed near Loughborough and the…read moreother in Ilkeston (Derbyshire). Both are fairly close to the M1 and have good parking. The Shepshed one is well sized and offers a good range of ladies and mens clothing. You want find cutting edge fashion in here and most of the lines are aimed at middle age upwards. However if you are after a suit/outfit for a wedding or other occasion it's well worth a visit as you can pick up some real bargains. On my last visit I saw a pretty tasty, well cut dark pin stripe suit for £30! If you are a bloke who's usually seen in jeans and t-shirt and need a budget suit for that one off occasion you can't go wrong! For the more adventurous there are an entertaining amount of almost psychedelic patterned and coloured casual jackets - great for your inner dandy'! Its also very handy for outdoor clothing, fleeces, waterproofs etc. Womenswear is not quite as exciting but my partner managed to pick up a very nice evening dress last year for £20 possibly a Klass There is also a small furniture department with some nice pieces, though the prices are not as good as the clothing. Upstairs boasts an adequate range of house and kitchen wear prices range from budget to reasonable. There is also a nicely sized cafe that serves hot meals and drinks. However like a lot of backwoods places in small towns they stop serving meals at 2pm hot sandwhiches and chips are avalible up until 4pm though. The car park is on the other side of the street to the mill so be careful when crossing!

Lovely staff, in the shop. I've brought plenty from here in the past from shoes to curtains to…read morecandles. Armstrong Mill offers great well made clothes for good prices. What lets Armstrong Mill down is there cafe. False advertising on the menu that has a scone with clotted cream and jam on the picture but when ordered, told by staff they don't do clotted cream but I can having whipped cream or butter. Chocolate tiffin was pure cheap cooking chocolate hardly had and cherry a or biscuit in also found hard pieces with in the tiffin. Also the drinks are very over priced along with the little biscuits.

GreenWoods is the place you go when you want an extremly smart suit. They are quite old fashioned…read morein their approach which in this case i consider to be a good thing. When you go there they will personally help you piece things together. The suits here are of good quality and the staff are people who really know their stuff. There are also pormotions in store which you would not expect from a store like that. This place is the perfect place when you have a wedding for example, they even do scottish wedding suits (e.g. kilt etc) so they have it all. However the downside to the store is that it is a bit pricey but i guess youre including the price of the servcie and it is good quality stuff you get. But the old fashioned feel can be off putting

Whoever wrote that the old fashioned service can be off-putting, should continue to go to…read more'Poundsavers/stretchers...' or what ever they're called - leave quality to those who can appreciate it......

This is a small burtons which is incorporated into Dorothy Perkins. They have two floors of…read moremenswear. They sell everything you would expect like jumpers, t shirts, jeans and shoes. You can also get underwear and socks. The prices are very reasonable and they often have offers like 2 for x amount. Its great to take your partner in here as you can shop in the ladies and stick him in the menswear! There is no parking as its in the precinct but there is a very large car park close by. They take all major credit and debit cards.

A fairly generic Primark store, no different to any other. Offering cheap women's, men's and…read morechildren's clothes (although prices have been increasing recently). Good for stocking up on basics, or for those on a budget, but not great when you see ten other people walk past you wearing the same thing. The store has a good selection of shoes and bags, a nightwear/underwear section and a small homeware section selling cushions, laundry baskets and duvet covers. There are quite a few tills, so you never have to wait too long, but the whole shopping experience isn't fantastic, and displays are often just piled up where people have rummaged through them.

This is a large branch of New Look, with a good range of the New Look products. The men's section…read moreisn't huge, as the women's clothes dominate the store, but that's the same in most branches. There always seems to be a sale on, and the store now stocks Tall, Petite, Larger Sizes, and Maternity ranges. If you're a student, you can also get 10% off.