Martins is a fairly large newsagents and general store which also houses the Edgeley post office in…read morethe back - it's never been a favourite of mine as everything is so over priced, it's kind of like Apu in the Simpsons when he charges $4 for a $1 tank of gas... a lot of drinks, sweets and food items are so expensive compared with other super markets and corner shops around. I've got to say though that I'm impressed that they open at 6am most mornings - that's when I'm just about stirring so God knows what it's like for the guys who actually have to work here at that time... Ok to pick up newspapers and magazines or hit the post office but avoid if after anything else - go to one of the many pound shops down this way instead...

It doesn't matter how hard Apple and Amazon try to convince me that the iPad and Kindle are…read morerevolutionising reading. I can't imagine choosing an electronic device over the pleasure of paper and ink. I know it's not very environmentally friendly but ever since I was a nipper I've been addicted to books. Handily, this branch of Waterstones stocks most of the books I grew up reading from childhood favourites The Mr Men and Where The Wild Things Are to teenage favourites like JD Salinger's Catcher in The Rye and Ray Shell's Iced. The fiction section isn't quite as ambitious or extensive as the company's flagship Manchester store on Deansgate but there's still lots of classic and contemporary novels to fire your imagination. My last purchase from here? John Wray's Lowboy and Philipp Meyer's American Rust. Two tremendous novels that made me want to go out and buy the authors' next books. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWtpfyEAbGU&feature=related

I visited the Stockport branch of Waterstones yesterday, I pay Stockport a vistit roughly 3-5 times…read morea year and it is always a nice change from the overcrowding of Manchester city centre or the soviet-esque feel of Droylsden. The Waterstones is only a short walk from the bus stop and is placed conveniently on a corner so you don't walk past it, as I have done with other shops many a time. The shop like all Waterstones is very nicely decorated, no harsh flourescent lights or whitewashed walls to menace the eyes, the fact that all the books are on wooden shelves as opposed to creme metallic monstrosities is a bonus too. Waterstones has a wide selection of books whether you are after ancient greek philosophy or the latest ghost-written flannel by your favourite celebrity you are likely to find it here. The staff are virtually always cheerful and welcoming and are happy to help if you have any questions about a book you cannot find, their computer system isn't quite as cooperative. I did not buy anything yesterday, I am drowning in a sea of unread books at the moment so I thought better than to add to my burden. I did however buy a copy of the first series of Star Trek from HMV, perhaps more of that later.

This is what book shops are about. there is a severe lack of old style book shops and being able…read moretio rummage on a shelf as opposed to knowing what your going in there for. Great selection and very helpful man who was working there.

My favourite bookshop by far! & Recommend to anyone looking for the nostalgic, truly serene…read moreexperience & pleasure of browsing in a book shop that only book-lovers and Literary minded people know and can delight in! Or ANYONE, looking for just about any genre of Books for any age to buy as gifts or for oneself, will find something or other they will be pleased to purchase! & What a wealth of books & happy experience of a bookshop !..that transports you back in time of recent decades.. thanks to its cosy, quiet & instantly welcoming, homely feel to it & above all, the polite, courteous & v. helpful staff to complete the bookshop's excellence! & reputation known, that we all maintain in our hearts well :) ! I have been going to this bookshop since almost twenty one years, :) when my Two Children, were only under five n half yrs of age. Thank you & Congrats!! to E.J Morten bookshop for being the Best !

W H smith in Stockport is located in the merseyway shopping centre just opposite woolworths…read more Downstairs there is a wide range of magazines, stationery items and craft items. Upstairs they sell books, games, dvds and music. The book shop is well stocked and the staff are knowledgable about the books. They often have buy one get one half priced offers on the books which is really good.

A small store, close to both the Bus Station and Merseyway Shopping Centre in Stockport. Pretty…read morestandard McColl's newsagents. The aisles are very narrow meaning prams/pushchairs etc would be unable to get around a store, so would need to ask a staff member for assistance. The staff seemed friendly and happy to help and the selection was OK for a store of its' size. It is in a good location to grab a drink or snack before getting the bus, but I wouldn't really come here if I wasn't grabbing a bus nearby. 3*

decent railway station shop, small but full of productsread more