I recommen going to Hobbycraft if ur a therian they have felt, paint, masks, feathers, brushes,…read moreeverything you need!

Ventura park although I frequent on occasion is really just a clone of other business parks , it…read morebacks the traffic up completely on a weekend I once got trapped in the Sainsburys car park side for over two hours on a Saturday...with added nandos and pizza express its got a lot of shops to choose from if your an avid spender notice didnt say shopper !

Beautiful little vintage shop and tea rooms. The shop is simply gorgeous, filled to the brim with…read morevintage treasures and country-inspired gifts, it's only tiny but each time you walk round something new catches your eye - it's truly impossible to leave without buying something! The tea room is so cosy and inviting, with fresh flowers on the tables and nostalgic wartime music playing softly in the background. There is always a mouthwatering selection of cakes, teas, crumpets, scones - the cakes are all freshly made by the very talented Louise and served on delicate vintage china. Service is great, really attentive but you don't feel at all rushed. It's the perfect place for a catch up with old friends or an afternoon tea with your mum, they also cater for larger group bookings so it's ideal for a special occasion too.

It is long overdue that I write this review. The Heart of the Country is simply a potpourri of fun…read morethings to do for folks of all ages. In terms of value - unless you decide to buy a meal, drinks or goods from the various stores and restaurants it is free! Even the parking is free. Everyone seems to be friendly and welcoming. There are walks too, especially nice for the kids. And yes all the eating and drinking places are good to excellent!

The pear tree creperie is a small French restaurant specialising in you got it crepes. It is…read morelocated in a small crafts place which is called the heart of the country village. Now me and my sister are obsessed with pancakes anyway so when we heard about this place we decided we had to go and find it. So Saturday off we went in the car and found it. Mouths watering at just the thought of pancakes they had a lot to live up to but they managed it and this creperie is such a little find I think I will go there more often now I know where it is. The address is as follows; Heart of the country village Swinfen Near Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 6QR Now in terms of location it is a great place as it is right by Lichfield city centre which is a great place and as it is practically just off a main road it is quite easy to find. I can't really tell you much about the actual craft village as we didn't go around as this was purely a pancake hunting trip only. It did look very sweet though with lots of furniture, garden and even a bridal shop. The actual creperie is tucked away and has an inside and an outdoor area. Outdoors the wooden tables and trellising around is very pretty. Inside and you get a very French feel about the place. The tables have plastic covers which looks very sweet and the decoration is very nice with antique looking things which is nice. The furniture is all a nice wood and everything just looks nice. The menu is lovely with lots of sweet and savoury crepes on offer. I went for a sweet maple syrup one because I really fancied it but they do so many different ones such as cheese and ham ones, pear and chocolate sauce and ones with alcohol which they light at the table which looked great. The prices are not to bad with the cheapest being about £2 and the most expensive being around £6. Drinks were around £1.20 each. The pancakes did not take long to come out and when they did they were massive and they gave us a lot of maple syrup so they do make sure you get full from them. I noticed people having savoury ones with salads and they looked yummy and definitely filling enough to have for lunch or for tea. The crepes were cooked to perfection and I have to say I couldn't have done any better. They taste so nice that when you have eaten one you always want another. Even though I felt quite sick when I had eaten it I still would have had another if my sister would have let me but she dragged me out of there which I am glad of. The craft village is very sweet and the car park is quite big so you will always be ok to park. I think the creperie is lovely and well worth the visit especially if you do take a look around and then maybe go visit Lichfield to finish off your day. I am going to visit again as it was nice and the food is cooked to a high standard. There are plenty of staff there who are all very friendly and I think that you will have a good time. It might be worth mentioning as well that you can reserve tables there as it does get quite busy and as we left there was only 1 table left. What a little find in the middle of the country. Wonderful! Thanks for reading. xxx P.S .Thsi has been posted on other sites but always by me katygriff

They've recently had a huge revamp! More food areas (almost a food court) and new shops. Some of…read morethe old favourites are still there (John Lewis, House of Fraser, etc) however there are new additions often. Car Parking is sometimes an issue however that is usually as people want to stay on the first parking level....there are 3 levels, as well as an outside upper level! However it's nothing to be overly concerned about. There is always the Victoria Bus Station as well if you prefer not to drive. There is still the indoor market on the second floor which is always fun to have a look around!

Average shopping centre, all in one so convenient, some sad food places, I used to go mostly for…read morethe Boots, Tesco, high street stores, the Pier upstairs, and to tinker around with the instruments in the music shop. Oh there is also an actual indoors market on the second floor as well!

Wow, the new Highcross centre has made Leicester one of my favourite places to shop!…read more The design is spectacular, the place is huge and covered in glass so feels really light and airy. The variety of shops has improved, I love the fact that John Lewis has opened in Leicester and have visited a number of times already (so what if it's usually just to window shop!!) The shops in the new area (as opposed to the original Shires area) look new and funky. It is a shame that some of the shops in the old area appear to be struggling Rackhams is having a huge sale, but when you walk into there and compare it to John Lewis for example you can see why. I have even managed to convince my friend to come shop here with me from Reading, I think the shopping in Leicester is at least equal if not better!!

Well, this is pretty much your typical innercity pub. Actually, it sort of felt a bit more like a…read moregastro pub than anything. Yeah, look, I guess it was okay, but in a way it never really blew my mind, not like some of the other pubs that I have been to.

This is a beautiful shopping centre within the walls of the council house itself. Excellent shops…read morefor those with large, deep pockets - fashion and designer shops along with some more standard high street retailers, there's always something for you to stop and have a look at. There are a couple of galleries, which always have interesting stuff in, although the prices make me run away usually! At Christmas, they have the prettiest, largest Christmas tree in Nottingham, towering up at the cross point of the arcade. It really is worth a visit in December, and I make a point of using the arcade as a cut through - it also gets you out of the wind and rain for a few minutes!

Home of some of the higher end high street stores (Karen Millen, Warehouse), make up and more…read morefashion shops, a usually quiet little Exchange if you have a bit of money to splurge on some quality stuff

Its a great place not going to lie, however,…read moreIts costs wayy too much to buy things in Tesco!

the beaumont shopping centre!....good if your short sighted because it has 4 opticians in & around…read moreit! should have gone to specsavers lol but seriously the new specsavers store looks lovely & opens in the next week or so! the centre is well run for a centre that size & security is not bad but sometimes a bit slow to react, you have some major stores on the centre with a varied mix....tesco extra,wilkinson,next,matalan,peacocks,brantanos,iceland,superdrug...& many more! to eat theres either tescos cafe or a takeaway at gregs or mcdonalds or subway & for a cuppa theres always costa (lot) coffee.... on a whole a pretty decent amount of shops & most under one roof!

love this shopping centre, it has a wide variety of shops from mens,ladies childrens and places to…read moreeat. car parking is good around the area too. can get quite busy at times like xmas but thats to be expected everyehre!! great centre

intu Derby has had various names over the years, it became intu Derby after the centre was bought…read moreout from Westfield in 2014, but before then it was known as The Eagle Centre. Located in Derby city centre, around half a mile from the train station it has 199 stores over two floors, with the upper level mainly being occupied by restaurants. The largest anchor stores over 3 levels are Marks and Spencer and Debenhams. The mall is modern in most areas, however, other parts could certainly be done with some improvement which seemed so poor, it looks like two different shopping centres in comparison. The mobile signal around the mall was terrible, It even got so bad I had to go into the Three store, who is my mobile operator who explained it is bad and they normally have a signal booster which wasn't working. Luckily the centre did have wi-fi but even that was pretty poor. The centre is the largest shopping centre in the East Midlands region in terms of area and is the 14th largest in the country (Just 227 meters squared larger than intu Milton Keynes & thecentre:mk) The security staff gave me a bad vibe, they seemed like they were wanting to cause trouble and didn't seem as friendly as elsewhere in the UK, which could be said about the mall staff as a whole, but it is still one of the better shopping centres in the area with some nice brands including the city's only Starbucks store, you can also find stores from Nando's, Carluccio's, Jack Jones, Hugo Boss, WHSmith and more, so it is one of the best places to shop in the city even if it does lack multiple brands which can be found at smaller malls in Nottingham and Leicester such as Currys PC World and Apple. 3*