Badger for books is located in such a small space in a converted old secondary school building, yet…read moreit consistently amazes me how much I can spend when I go in there on behalf of my school. I am based in the foundation stage and the stock of books on display by far exceed our needs. The business aims to provide schools with quality reading and research materials. The business has a very comprehensive web site to support its base in the Southlands centre. Staff are always very knowledgeable and are able to offer help with searching for that lost favourite book on their data base. Prices are as you expect when you are buying books but you do pay for quality. If you live in this area and are part of a school organisation I would highly recommend a visit to this school book specialist.

Mill Lane News is a great little news agents located on Mill Lane in Old Billingham. The news agent…read morehas a huge range of newspapers and magazines on offer daily at fantastic prices. The shop also has a small selection of cards for various occasions such as weddings, birthdays and new borns. The shop also offer a small range of toys on sale. The shop is also well known and used by locals by its huge range of sweets. The shop has a large area of old fashioned sweets where you can go in and ask for a quarter of your favourites! It is fantastic and I regularly pop in for a quarter of white mice! The staff are very friendly and helpful!