This shop is brilliant. It is nice and big and airy with a high ceiling and plenty of light it…read morenever feels cramped. The range of clothing in store is great, with it all set out nicely and plenty of mirrors to see how it would look. Peacocks have made an effort to become trendy and it shows in this store. If you are in Basildon the shop can be hard to find as they are currently building at the front of the shop (where there used to be a huge escalator) but it is worth looking for. It's just a few doors up from Woolworths.

I was introduced to this store by my mum when shopping for some holiday bits for her. I initially…read morethought it was an older persons shop but quickly came to realise you can get some really good pieces in here. The do an excellent bad and shoe range and they are good quality. I bought a pair of mary jane style shoes for £12 that I wore for work for a year and they lasted in great condition. In addition they also do good lingerie and a maternity range as well. I go here to get some basics such as combat trousers and t shirts. I have even bought a few jumpers for my trendy brothers as they are so cheap but good quality.

This Primark store was formerly a branch of Allders. It covers three floors and it very spacious…read more The ground floor has womens clothing and accessories, the first floor has childrens wear and womens lingerie and the second floor has menswear, homewares and womens shoes. There is also a customer services department for refunds and queries. It is an extremely busy store but nevertheless there are ample checkouts and the staff deal very efficiently with the queues so the wait is never too long. There is an excellent range of products and the store seems to be kept reasonably tidy compared to the smaller branches.

As Primark's go this is one of the better ones, but it's still like a glorified jumble sale most of…read morethe time. I can't understand why Primark seems to attract the kind of customers (not all of them of course) that will just drop stuff on the floor and not pick it up leaving clothes everywhere for the poor staff to run around after. Good disabled access with disabled changing rooms and specialist low pay point and lifts as well as escalators. Cheap and cheerful and just outside next door there is a plaque to commemorate the fact that it was the birth place of H G Wells.

Excellent place to shop. Easy free parking spaces and some great restaurants over looking the lake…read more House of Fraser. Debenhams. Marks and Spencer. Primark. Many brands such as Hugo Boss,Armani, Ralph Lauren ,Michael Kors , Tommy, Lacoste all in House of Fraser store

WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE IN A SHOPPING MALL IN THE COUNTRY!!!! LARGELY ACROSS ALL STORES IN THE…read moreSHOPPING CENTRE: Read HOUSE OF FRASER EXPERIENCE BELOW: WESTFIELD SHEPHERDS BUSH & BLUEWATER BETTER My gosh, we have given this place many chances, went a few times in Dec 2010 an Jan 2011, hoping they would have improved since a year between the last visit. As ever the grumpy, unhelpful, staff throughout e, was appalling the rude looks when you try to interrupt conversations of groups of staff having a chat about the weekend or their hair, was a recurrent theme. Worst: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HOUSE OF FRASER!!!!!!!!!!!! A lady in the jewellery accessories dept who was busy chatting about her weekend with a colleague leaning against the glass arms folded,, when I went to pay for something from the next section at her till, products from (Crabtree & Evelyn) I asked if I could pay at her till, couldn't believe her response, she said couldn't you find another till? I said no actually they are all deserted see and I showed her all the empty tills around? She then said, oh I can't take any cards at the till anyway. It was unbelievable , how rude she was. In the same store I think it was the towels section, two customer service girls were chatting away not doing any work, whilst we stood there waiting to ask the price on something, they then turned around rolled their eyes and gave a fobbing off type of response. In another section I wanted to buy the last sweater that was on a mannequin the guy with a very unusually deep voice, and dark hair took it off the mannequin then shouted at the poor helpful lad working there, and whispered make sure you put a security tag on it before you hand it to them! I think Bluewater is considerably more upmarket and better than Lakeside, I guess a lot of the Essex locals work at Lakeside and maybe haven't attended any customer service training but BlueWater is so much better, and so Lakeside seems really downmarket not just because of the staff, Essex role model Jordan was in that day, so need I say more? If it wasn't for the bargains I wouldn't have gone, but someone really needs to do more mystery shopping and undercover checks across the place, there is no reason why a bit of good decent customer service can't be achieved. Really should become a mystery shopper, Lakeside is shocking Gonna stick to Westfield & Bluewater in future most probably!

This is a great little find if you are looking for something different in your home and you want to…read morebe different from your neighbours. They sell lots of different thing including special bits of furniture. I have also picked up a few bargains there as well. Being located in the heart of the High Street it is very easy to get to. There is parking readily available but it is pay and display system there so I would watch out of ticket inspectors. The staffs are friendly there and are very ready and willing to help with your needs.

Asda Living is situated in Dartford's retail park near the huge B&Q's.Asda Living is fairly new…read morestore.It is the first one i have ever been to as there are not many near Dartford.When it first opened i was very impressed of the wide range of products available to buy and also with Asda you get very competitive prices , which helps. Asda Living has two floors , downstairs you have electrical items , eg. tv's, vacuum cleaners and they sell books, light bulbs,games for all the consoles,baby items and toys.Upstairs there is a coffee shop which is a nich touch , they have good choices of sandwiches and baguettes and have great tasting coffee.Also upstairs are all the clothes and a few beauty products.I should also mention you get free parking.

The Asda Living stores are great and this one is no exception. Everything you need can be found…read moreunder one roof - no food though. They have clothes, shoes, homewares, electrical, music, dvds, toys - anything you could need. Great little cafe in store too. Very centrally located on a retail park in Dartford.

This is a huge branch of Next. It has so many ranges and has a mens, womens, childrens and home…read moresection. The staff are so helpful here and there are always loads of the on hand. There are loads of changing rooms and there are never very big cues. This is by far the best branch of Next I have been to.

One of the few stores where you can actually find a member of staff to help you and another plus…read morepoint being they actually seem happy to do so. Good selection of items and home accessories for all the family. Easy to get to and good parking, you cant go wrong.

This is a very cool little clothes store in Romford! The staff here are very nice and helpful! The…read moreclothes they sell are high end casual wear at reasonable prices! They also have a store in Ilford Essex!!! If you love fashion this is a place you need to visit!!!

Great shop staff offer to help but dont pressure if your browsing .Always have a good choice of…read moreclothing and footwear.Their sales are really good. And when i returned a pair of shoes it was a breeze . All in all a great clothes shop .Oh and the choice of jeans is 2nd to none.

This is really funny shop you never know what you are going to find in it…read more There are various carparks nearby none are free unfortunately and are often very busy and hard to get into. The prices are often good but it is always worth checking in Wilkinson or the poundshop if you are after something in particular. They sell similar stuff to Wilkinsons but it is all a bit more random. Stock includes a small amount of toiletries, books, tools, pet care and seasonal goods. They also sell clothes, sweets, storage boxes and baskets, kitchen goods, cups and picture frames. It is not usually busy and they are always happy to open up new checkouts but the staff can be a little slow.

An Aladins caveof a store! if you are looking for something, its always good to try in QD as they…read moresock so may random things, they'll probably have what you are looking for, if not, you'll probably come across something else you need, so its alway worth a visit. You can find a selection of clothes, toys, garden equipment, candles. furniture, kitchen ware, lighing, rugs, curtains, bedding, furniture, I could go on an on! There is a lovely range of china ware, extremely reasonably priced, check it out for yourself, you won't be disappointed.