Select seconds is situated in the main shopping street in Farnworth and is served well but buses…read moreand and easily accessible by bus, however it does not offer any specific parking. The store stocks clothing (woman, mens and childrens) from the highstreet at considerably discounted prices due to being classed as 'seconds' However, don't let the term 'seconds' put you off. Upon inspection you'll be hard pressed to find anything 'wrong' with these items at all! Obviously you will not get high fashion items here but it is still worthy of a look. The store is bright and well lit and seems clean and tidy. the staff are okay but not very helpful, they chat a lot to each other without being attentive to customers and their needs and once they simply stood and watched whilst i struggled with at andem pram into their store, not once thinking to hold the door open for me!

No option to put no stars.I came out of hospital on Thursday 25 Jan brace on leg & back for 6 weeks…read morecan only walk on 2 crutches so on Friday decided to order some flowers to cheer myself up,chose this shop because it was local.Order was a bouquet of white flowers no llilies cost £25 what I got was a bunch of green flowers with a few cream/white added was told by the man in the shop that you always get this if you order white flowers told him I was not happy he said the owner would ring me back no one did so I rang them I was very annoyed, finally spoke to the owner who said because I had upset the assistant she would not supply what I had ordered and she said she already had my money so she did not care because I paid by Debit Card.Even if the flowers had been correct you would not pay £25,I would have been better off buying from M&S.

after recommendations from friends I used occasion flowers to send flowers to my girlfriend, they…read morearrived in good time and judging by her reaction(I'm not usually a flowers guy) they did an amazing job, I'm in the good books for a good while yet, thank you very much to the two women I spoke on the phone too and all involved

Burton, as many know, provides customers with a wide range of male clothing, which is used for both…read morecasual and formal wear. They also have a range of accessories to choose from. I think that the prices are reaosnable and they have many offers on throughout the store like 2 for £30.

Walkden Town Centre (formerly known as The Ellesmere Centre, but many places still use the outdated…read morename, probably down to habits) is the main shopping centre serving Walkden town centre, while it isn't the largest of shopping centres, it does have the largest Tesco Extra store in the UK, this does take up the big bulk of the shopping centre, at least the indoor part anyway. I think the name change was to add the outdoor part of the shopping centre too. There is a lot of car parking, the indoor area is unusual in the sense that instead of escalators, they use travellators, I much prefer these as they are more accessible for all, and look better too. Public transport links to the centre are OK, I do find it annoying that the 36 and 37 buses which are both on the Manchester to Bolton route, which calls here, actually call at different stands at different ends of the shopping centre, I do think having a small bus station would be easier, as it means having to go to one specific bus stop, rather than being able to wait at the same stop for multiple services. Stores located here include Marks and Spencer, Aldi, Poundland, Pets at Home and Boots, there is also a small number of banks and a Post Office. Food retailers located here include Subway, Nando's and Domino's. 3* - Not too bad, it is nice for a small town like Walkden, the lower floor on the inside part of the mall does seem to be pretty empty as many retailers have moved to the outside retail park area or the main road.

The Ellesmere Centre is starting to improve. The whole place has been refurbished and new parts…read morehave been built to attract that lacking custom and shopping vibe in Walkden. Tesco was completely rebuilt and revamped - though it does feel very clinical and a bit like the Hive out of resident evil at night... It's already attracted new custom - Costa Coffee - which is great! They seem to be doing fairly well too. There are always people inside and hopefully this will inspire more custom from other businesses too. The banks have moved and now have very shiny new spaces; HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax, Santander. The market hall is also revamped with a bigger and better area. There's a good selection of stalls from handbags, to a card shop, to a clothes shop, to a fancy dress shop, to a Polish food stall, to a pet items stall AND best of all.... the old school sweet shop! However, it does cost 10p or 20p to go to the toilet but they are well looked after! A list of other shops/facilities around the centre; JD Opticians Electricians Shoe maker St.Anns Hospice Greggs Computer shop Quality Save Nails Hairdressers Carpet shop Boots Phone shop Key Cutters Subway Tanning shop Dominoes Betting Shop Scents/Candles School clothes Aldi - opening this week! With hopefully more to come!