This is the little shopping centre that contains a few shops, travel agents, hairdressers, baguette…read moreshop, chemist, bar, card shops, SubWay, charity shops and Waitrose. The shopping centre is the central point of thatcham town centre, there are a couple of empty stores and sometimes quite a lot of rubbish from Subway. In general a good shopping Centre.

What a sad place! It has a feeling of being a good shopping centre years ago, but now it's just a…read moremess. Half the lots are empty which pulls everything else down. Also, the stores have different opening hours! The TK Maxx is not that bad (for a TK Maxx). The only reason I'm giving two stars is because the new part of the centre looks normal and has a huge Nandos.

I was looking for somewhere warm to kill some time while waiting to pick my girlfriend up from work…read morein Newbury and the Kennet Centre seemed an ideal place to explore. This compact shopping centre contains quite an eclectic mixture of shops, both chains and independent retailers. They proved about an hour of browsing but to be honest, I'm unlikely to return to many of them anytime soon. There's a Vue cinema, which is apparently quite new in town. I look forward to some trips there in the future. The centre was clean and there was public seating available for me to settle into for my wait.

The newest part of Newbury shopping. It's clean and fresh. It's taking a little time for it to…read moredevelop its character but there are good quality shops taking up residence here.

Good food…read more They provide great receipe cards too. Toilet instore for customer use - toilet is clean.

An absolutely huge range of products, in particular women's clothing, but the store offers a large…read morevariety or mens and children's clothing also, alongside it's reasonably sized homewares section at the rear of the shop. The store can be quite chaotic at times and I find that whatever the spray their clothes with brings me out in a rash (sensitive skin!) so I tried not to spend a long time browsing the clothes sections. I have found some great bargains within the homeware range though, ranging from last years expensive kitchen designer set (RRP £100) bought for £25to ornate mirrors reduced to less than £5. Other accessories available include smellies, bags, shoes and suitcases.

If you love rummaging through endless racks of so-called designer clothes hoping for that elusive…read morebargain, where no two items on the rack are the same style or size, then this is the place for you. If by some strange chance you see something that you remotely like (because lime green or orange is really the colour for you) how do you know you're getting a bargain? Just because the label says it was going for £120 and now it's £35, when was that, for 5 mins in their Outer Hebrides outlet? Having said all that you can get some reasonable stuff in their homeware section which is, by comparison to the clothing, reasonably laid out.

This is a very large store, spread out over a number of floors you can get anything you need…read morefashion or home wise. A lot of the brands they sell can be pricey, although they seem to have sales every few weeks so you can always save some money. I was lucky enough to be able to go a preview night before it opened in 2011. They also have an outlet store in the Kennet Centre where they previously were.

Excellent shop and good food cafe area with reasonable prices. Cafe area is light and airy and…read moremodern. Excellent baby facilities here too with crayons , bibs and spoons. High chairs available as well. Good views out on to the park.

Word to the wise for US visitors…read more... They drive on the left side of the road. But that part is easy. The hard part is avoiding getting slammed in the shopping aisles because yes, they even walk down the aisles on the left side. So unless you want to get bashed around by a very polite group of old ladies, blend in and move to the left. If spending enough at Whole Foods while at home in the US isn't enough, this is where I go to REALLY spend the big bucks. Waitrose is basically a bigger, better, cooler version of Whole Foods but instead of everything being at least $20, everything is 20 pounds. This location is right across the street from my office so when I am looking for some prepackaged bangers and mash with gnarly mushy peas, I bust out my ATM card and let her rip. Centre.

Waitrose in Newbury arrived a few years ago and has since been a resounding success within the…read morecommunity. The branch offers many services including: Waitrose Entertaining Quick Check/Pay Cash Point Child/disabled parking services (they have a very large carpark!) And offer a variety of different counters including meat, fish, cheese, olive bar and salad bar. Admittedly Waitrose prices can be pricer than shops such as Sainsburys and Tescos but often the quality is far superior. Personally I shop here very often (I work 5 minutes away) and find the cash point and large car park handy.

Evans is located in the retail park, Newbury and boasts a large store packed with great bargains…read morefor the more womanly figures amongst us - i.e. those size 14+. The store is sandwiched between Outfit and Boots and stands proudly out as an independant retailer of woman's clothing. Inside the store are several conviently located (and dressed!) mannequins in all manner of positions, and beware as these look incredibly like people until you get up close! The clothing ranges are growing ever year and Evans is making a real effort to keep the market fashionable in this sector and succeeding nicely. This store has some of the most welcoming and delightful assistants I have ever met!