WHSmiths is located in The Malls in Basingstoke just outside Festival Place. Lovely shop to visit…read moreif your looking for an obscure magazine title look here first as they have a very large range which is quite impressive. Also available i found was Books, Cards and Stationary for yourself or the odd bits for kids for school. I found upstairs a wide range of Dvd's and Chart Music. Very polite and friendly staff. Nice busy at times store.

WHSmith has a wide selection of books, dvds, magazines and stationery but I find this store very…read moredifficult to move round in. It's almost impossible to get a magazine unless you want to fight your way through and as for the rest of the items on the ground floor which mostly comprise of stationery and cards it is all quite uninspiring somehow. Upstairs is a little better as this is where they have the books and DVDs and it is better organised and more room to move about. Again though there is something lack lustre about the shop. I would rather do my shopping elsewhere.

I like this shop, they sell really cheap books which are well below the rrp…read more The shop is quite big and sells jigsaws and a few other games which are cheap. They dont sell many of the latest books out they are usually a bit older but good prices. The shop does not get very busy so you are served quickly and the staff are quite friendly and willing to help you find what you are looking for.

I can never pass this place without going in. There is a pretty decent cookery/recipe section and…read morealso quite a number of local books. This is the only outlet I have seen for local history books produced by Farnborough Abbey. The shop also has a few trays of CDs which are 95% old rubbish but very occasionally I do find a gem such as an old Weather Report album at a knock down price. Pop in and have a gander.

This place is bad. The owner of the shops banned me for basically having a learning dissability and…read moregetting a tiny bit reckless. Tried to appeal through emailing customer service and they don't care. Whenever i'm nearby they watch me for no reason and that's very intimdating. Makes me feel like there puprosely discrimnating against me. Security was also physical for no reason. Hasn't even replied to most recent email with customer service. Better to go to the WH Smith in Reading Station rather than the one in Broad Street who are a lot more understanding and never banned me. If the owner of broad street WH SMITH is reading this. look up pathological demand avoidance https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/behaviour/demand-avoidance

Great selection, not only of books, but also all sorts of other stuff that you wouldn't expect from…read morea bookshop. I was able to pick up a ream of printer paper as well as a nice computer headset (that they did NOT have in PC World!). Prices are good, if you stick to the discounted and buy-one-get-one items. There are also random stacks of book collections, shrink-wrapped for £5. Otherwise, they're the standard list price. The shop is on two floors, with an escalator to go up (nice) and stairs to go down (amusing, in a Las Vegas casino "keep the customers in" way). Plenty of staff who are approachable and happy to not only point you to what you are seeking, but they will go there with you to make sure you can find it.

I stumbled upon this gem of a record store in Farnham while visiting from America. They have a mix…read moreof new and old vinyl, some bargain bins for 3-8 pounds. They had a collection of old music magazines (Metal Hammer, Sounds, Spin, etc...) and some t shirts and cd's. I am glad I came across it and wish I would have known about it years ago.

ooooh heaven in a shop! I just love this place and recommend it to all record collectors.read more

This is a reasonable sized book store with a fairly good selection of fiction and non fiction. It…read morehas a good sized childrens section, and the travel book section is also quite comprehensive. I enjoy looking round this shop as it is nicely laid out, the staff leave you alone to look but are helpful if you ask questions, and it has seats. However, I have very rarely actually bought anything because the prices are so high. Almost everything is at RRP, whereas online things are considerably less. Good for window shopping, but then make your purchases elsewhere!

Small size store plenty of choice throughout and enough to satisfy myself and my 14 year old…read moredaughter in books for many dark nights .. Bit on the pricey side but you pay for conveinience and service Helpful staff and clean tidy store situated inside the Hart Centre with handy centre parking and loads of other great stores and coffee shops .. ideal for a rainy day or long school holidays

Pros This WH Smith is well situated in the centre of the Princess Square shopping complex. It's…read morequite a large store, and stocks a great selection of newspapers, books and stationery as well as some food and computer items. When we went, staff were happy to chat through the various memory sticks with us so we could decide which one we wanted. Cons The shop does get really busy on a Saturday and there are long queues to pay, and often not all of the checkouts are open.

I grew up loving WH Smiths stores, but I find they're going downhill a touch and this Bracknell…read morebranch is a prime example of this decline. Yes, they have a fantastic magazine and greeting card section. The other sections of the shop suffer somewhat though, in my opinion. The book department is average and can't compare to Waterstone's. The toy department can be messy and most board games are the full RRP, so you'd go elsewhere. Same with their music and computer games. Unwanted old items, or popular things at the full RRP. Now, I've always found the staff lovely, happy and cheery. But the poor staff are victim of the shop's biggest problem. Which is... Why, oh, why can we not simply pay for an item at WH Smith's without the staff begging us to buy some reduced price chocolate bar? Would you like to buy a half-price bar of chocolate, sir? They ask this while pointing at the tired old boxes of chocolate swarming all over their counter. For a start, it looks a mess. Secondly, it's irritating. And most of all, it's a cheek because more often than not, the same items are cheaper (without pretending to be on offer) at Sainsbury's just several paces away. So, please, WH Smith managment, stop embarrassing your staff and your customers by desperately hawking chocolate bars for a quid, reduced from two quid, that are 90p anyway at Sainsbury's right by your shop. Clear the counters, grow up, and take pride in the stuff you sell well. Great magazine and card departments. Friendly bright staff. Stupid and insulting attempts to fob us off with dubiously reduced choccy bars. My opinion, anyway.

Large media store with a big selection of movies, cds and games, and a small section of mobile…read morephones. If you have a pushchair or wheelchair you have no way to get to the second floor though.

This store is now a Zavvi since the rebranding but still a good store with no real difference, its…read morereally big and has an absolutely massive selection of DVDs, it also sells merchandise such as t-shirts and books and obviously CDs and games too though not so many of these. The prices are good and the staff are friendly.

Sound Knowledge in Marlborough is one of the best music stores around, it stocks a wide range of…read moremusic and if you cannot see what your looking for in their shop then the staff will try there best to track down the CD you would like and order it from else where and you can reserve in store. Sound Knowledge always have new realises aswell as stocking some old classics.