This is a great shop for items you never knew you needed…read more Situated in a busy shopping centre it is easily accessible and ideal fro stocking fillers. I love the staff too

This shop is a goldmine for all sorts of items for the home and garden-their prices are generally…read morevery reasonable, though it is a pile it high and flog it cheap kind of place-this is not a criticism, just a fact! with the demise of Woolworth this kind of place is well set to fill the gap in the market. It does get busy, but there has always been a good number of tills operational so whilst the queue may look long it moves quickly.

This Iceland store is close to the centre of durham, very handy if you are going to the bus station…read moreas it is just a few minutes walk away. the prc iceland are very good and they always have deals on like buy one get one free and so on soy save quite a bit if you shop there. the queues can be quite long as it is a small store but you usually dont have to wait too long.

I have been to Brantano at Washington's retail park on a couple of occassions. I find that they do…read morenot stock many fashionable shoes in my size, however, my brother always seems to come out happy with his purchases. He takes a size 12/13 and always goes here for shoes for work. There are bargains to be had if they stock your size and style -- lots of branded shoes at highly discounted prices. they also sell some good quality hard wearing school shoes for kids, and often the prices are better than their rivals such as Clarks. Definitely worth a look in here, though it is very hit and miss as to whether you'll find what you're looking for.

This shop is great as they sell a lot of essentials like things that you might have forgotten at…read morethe supermarket. such as newspapers, magazines, sweets, chocolate, tinned goods, crisps etc. The prices are good for a convenience store which are often quite pricey. Everything is well set out and easy to find.

Love this shop. Just ordered a bed and sideboard. They're getting delivered in a couple of days…read more Their customer service is brilliant. I find it difficult to leave the house due to disability so they even sent me photos of items that I might like. Ordered over the phone, couldn't be easier. Their furniture is beautiful and good value.

The place is full of handbags and the shiny shoulder bags silver jewellery Pandora Style Beads and…read moreBracelets. Liked the smell of those Yankee candles especially that coffee smelling one. Ladies clothes and knitted shrugs pashminas and jacquard scarves in every colour imaginable. This little shop is in the ancient part of Durham just before you get to the cathedral.

A really lovely, unusual gift shop, which is actually split into two shops with two separate…read moreentrances, near the cathedral in Durham. It sells a wide range of gifts and cards; pretty trinket boxes, jewellery, pashminas, scarves, unusual clothing and witty fridge magnets among other gifts. Many of the cards the shop sells are very pretty and rather unusual and you'd be hard pushed tofind them anywhere else. They're not overly expensive either. There's probably something to suit most people you know. Well worth a visit if you're looking for an unusual or unique present.

This card shop, Park Lane Cards, is situated in the centre of Houghton le Spring and is always…read morebusy. They stock a large range of cards for all occasions (birthday, mothers day, fathers day, easter, christmas, christening, baptism, new home, anniversary, valentines day). They also sell lots of different colours of wrapping paper, gift bags and packaging. Gifts such a Betty Boop items are also sold in the shop. I buy my cards and gift wrapping etc here very regularly as everything is reasonably priced and rather cheap but quality never suffers. Staff are great and always ready to chat.

This branch of Tesco Metro is located on Market Place in Durham, it is quite a large store and is…read morebasically located in Durham's central square which includes a Church and a branch of Natwest. I have memories of this store dating back about four years ago, this store hasn't changed much since then but still remains a decent branch of Tesco and probably their better and more central store in Durham, as they also have an Express store which is quite close to the train station. This store is quite a large one, it seems to be all over one floor, unlike my local Tesco Metro in Manchester city centre which is over two floors. The store stocks a satisfactory selection of drinks and an impressive selection of essentials, even including a selection of games and showcase mobile phones, yet "cheap and budget" mobiles rather than the likes of the Iphone. The staff here also seemed nice enough. This store is one of the larger stores in Durham which I went in on my recent visit to the city, and with a decent selection of groceries and even games, yet not a big enough selection to do a weekly shop. this store is still above average and deserves a solid three-star rating.

Until Tesco Metro opened, the food shopping in Durham city centre was dominated by Marks and…read moreSpencers. It's great to have this low-cost alternative, especially as this store also has DVDs, toiletries, batteries, and kitchen utensils! In fact, if I had to go to only one shop in Durham, this would be it. Wide range of stock, great prices, long opening hours (7am-10pm most days).

A medium sized Tesco with bakery anxious all the usual facilities.read more

Outlet mall! I love outlet malls! I am a particular fan of the Gap outlet here and the M&S outlet…read morewas great too. As usual in this type of place, you have to do a bit of digging, but it's worth it for the bargains. Just a shame there aren't better food options.

Some shops are rubbish and overpriced…read more Best shops there are The Works and Thorntons, other than that, I've been to better outlet places such as Street.