Many people mistake Cornmarket Street for the High Street because it's got so many well-known shops on it. It's not got the originality of the Covered Market or the designer pizzazz of some of the High Street boutiques, but it has a good range of useful shops, such as: Stationery: WHSmith and The Works Clothes: Gap, Fat Face Music: HMV and Virgin Phones: Orange and Vodafone Food: McDonalds, KFC, Starbucks, Cornish Pastie Shop Plus a myriad of toy shops, the infamous Boswells, the Clarendon Centre, some independent coffee stands/pashmina stalls and, the best bit: the street performers. At weekends these include those creepy living statues, but even during the week you can get free performanes from solitary buskers on bagpipes, violins or even flutes, to big groups promoting independent records. The best thing I ever saw was a hippie band playing Duelling Banjos. Great fun! Watch out for people trying to give you flyers or making you sign up to things. It's a pedestrianised zone during the day, which is a relief as it gets really busy! read more