Rivendell is THE garden centre as far as I'm concerned. A massive selection of flowers, plants,…read morebulbs, seeds, luxurious sheds, other garden accessories and a wonderful cafe. What more can one ask? The last time I ate in the cafe, which can get very hot as its all glass, a robin was dancing across tables and saying hello to people. Unhygienic perhaps but great nonetheless. The food, as a rule, is lovely, but they stop serving hot meals at 2pm - unless you want to get stuff that's been sitting out, eat as close to then as possible. My fiancee and I bought a converter thingymajig for around two quid allowing us to turn run of the mill 2 litre plastic bottles into birdfeeders. An invention of Dragons Den proportions, and a handy way of not spending a bundle on containers to feed tits and things. For gardeners this place is a must, in my opinion. Its one drawback, I think, the toilets are a bit of a trek from the cafe. For pensioners or those with mobility issues, this can prove a problem.

I am a rather large fan of garden centres; I don't know why, maybe because whenever I seem to go to…read moreone I'm all relaxed and chilled out for some reason. But I do find garden centre relaxing and Rivendell is no different, maybe it's the sounds of water features. Rivendell offer a great selection of a great many things. The books in particular are always very reasonably priced. The cafe is sweet, full of old dears and never too expensive. And there Christmas displays are always lovely. To get into the garden centre on during the festive season you have to walk through a snowy path where they display all their trees. They do also sell real Christmas trees outside.

Just Home is a small, inexpensive home décor/furniture shop in the Huyton shoping centre. It's not…read morea very big shop, but you can find some cute items here, and the prices are good. I liked the small, colourful teapots I saw. There were two sizes, the smaller of which was only £2.50, and they colours were orange, purple, or a dark turquoise. If I had the money I would have bought a bunch of them to line a shelf with. That colour scheme is awesome. They sell a lot of different home items like mirrors, lamps, decorations.

Wyevale is a chain of garden centres, and the local one to Warrington is at Bold Heath close to…read morePenketh, Widnes and St Helens. It's quite prominent on the main road so if you visit it, you can't miss it. It's got quite a large car park but can get very busy in there on weekends. Product wise, it's got a really good choice and is a nice place to come and have a look around even if you don't want to get anything as you can easily pass an hour or so here. First off when you get in there's a coffee shop which does a range of snacks and some meals. It's not cheap in here but there are plenty of seats and the foods ok. Inside the rest of the garden centre you have giftware, books, magazines, some sweets and food, pet supplies and garden items such as lawnmowers etc. Outside is quite big and they do a large range of plants and shrubs, most of the shrubs are arranged alphabetically in rows, and the plants are split into types, however I would say have a good walkabout as things aren't always obvious. There is a water gardens and pond/aquatic section too with a really good choice of fish, accessories and tanks. You can also pick up garden pots (and they often have some on offer), ornaments, stepping stones etc that are a bit different. The staff here are pretty helpful, we've asked them before when buying lawnmowers and they've put one aside for us while we've been at work. Prices are not too bad, and the quality seems pretty good. For those people into crafts, there is a separate concession inside the store that sells lots of crafting products, a wide range of papers, stamps, card making items etc.

I'm assuming this is owned by the company that runs Just Home, which is right nearby. They sell,…read morequite obviously, beds. The beds are quite nice, and reasonably priced. I saw a really nice cream colored one I would have loved to have over the bed that we have right now. If you need a new bed, or even just want one, this is a good place to look as they offer high quality items at more reasonable prices than you'll find in a lot of the big name department and furniture stores.

Hi Bought a bed from here 2 weeks ago bed is very comfortable but its not a double bed which is not…read moregood hubby feet hang over the bottom so that was a waste of £359.00 have to start saving for a new one jackie

"The place for a Fireplace" ...but not kitchens anymore or a new Land Rover although you are close…read more Fireside World has a very good selection of good quality fireplaces and surrounds that are a little bit different from the norm. They have their own fitters and are members of the Guild of Master Craftsmen and the Fireplace Association. As one of the first independent shops after the gas board their knowledgeable staff have 25 years experience in fluless, gas and solid fuel. We got to know about this place as we were interested in having a wooden surround made. We are now considering a Marble fire place made by one of their marble masons. They have a range of stock for all price ranges except. You can get cheaper but the quality suffers and probably isn't worth having. A typical price is around £600 for a gas fire, marble back and wooden surround with a free site survey. No matter if you have a balanced flu, power flu or no chimney at all, speak to the proprietor Lee or a helpful assistant.

After browsing in the showroom and picking the fire that we loved we bought it and it was fitted…read more After the fitters had left the house we had a problem with our hot water and central heating, we had to pay british gas to come out and fix it, the fire fitters had not switched it back on correctly when they left. shortly after the fire had been fitted we contacted the shop as the flames were not being distributed around the fire as they were in the showroom. we were told that maybe the coals were in the wrong place and to move them. then we began having problems with soot. soot was covering the coals and when burning and falling off was blocking the ignition and stopping the the fire from lighting. we contacted the shop again who sent the fitters out to have a look who immediately blamed us for soot saying we had moved the coals. they cleaned up the soot and moved the coals back to original way and left. shortly after we had the same problem again, flames in the wrong place, soot covering the coals and blocking the ignition and the fire beginning to look like we had had it for years and years. when contacting the shop again to speak to the manager he told is there was nothing wrong with the fire and and was very rude and unhelpful, he even sarcastically suggested we go down to the shop for a cup of tea. he reluctantly then said he would come out next week to see the fire. he arrived the week after and again said there was nothing wrong with the fire, dispite us showing him pictures of the fire in the showroom and comparing them to our fire. he appeared completely uninterested in the complaint and couldnt wait to leave the house, he said he would get the fire fitters to come out again tomorrow and have another look........................................ watch this space!!!