Pretty much everything for DIY…read more My interest this trip was mostly concentrated on the garden department, which offered a nice variety of seeds, bulbs, and young plants along with all you'd need to make your garden beautiful. Other departments include supplies for kitchen, plumbing, painting, floors, some tools, lighting, and a small number of wardrobes and furniture all the way in the back. Moderately helpful staff that you will have to track down if you have a question.

This is not quite as nice as Homebase, but normally slightly cheaper! Normally has most DIY stuff…read moreyou'd need. I waited an extrememly long time for my dulux paint to mixed there the other day, so I'd recommend Homebase for that, as you get money off if they keep you waiting. Good sized garden centre bit, but I'd normally go elsewhere for plants (Risby Farm shop or Wyvales)

Underwoods is an 'old fashioned' hardware store which is brimming full of everything from simple…read moretacks to outdoor heaters with covers. The sheer range of items is slightly mind boggling at first but the friendly and chatty staff are more than happy to help you find the item, give advice and give you great ideas. The outside of the shop is a carnival of household items which include, bins, brushes, flower pot men, hedgehog shoe cleaners, plants, heaters, forks, green houses, tools the list goes on The inside is stacked high with products and you are sure to leave with more that you came in for Underwoods has been there for many, many years and I hope it stays there for many years still as it a welcome change to Homebase and B&Q. If a DIY shop for you has always been the huge warehouses then you will find this a breath of fresh air.

A traditional and independant hardware and homeware shop. YOu can get knowledgable advice on all…read moremanner of DIY queries and can buy just a single nail or screw (ratehr than a whole packet). There is a garden centre as well as various home items including dustbins and napkins.

Great local shop with friendly knowledgeable staff, the only place worth going to locally for…read moreplumbing supplies

From the owner: FJB Plumbing and heating are based in Mildenhall, Suffolk supply trade and DIY customers with…read moreeverything from a tap washer to top quality bathroom furniture. With over 15 years' experience of bathroom fitting, coupled with over 10 years plumbing retail experience we are confident we can meet the needs of the most demanding projects. If possible please visit our Mildenhall plumbing shop and showroom. It is our aim to offer a comprehensive range of plumbing products at below market prices and always with personal and professional customer service.

Homebase is situated out of town, on a small complex with a few other shops. Its a very large…read morestore, with two floors. The downstairs floor is full of home decorating, from paints and wallpaper, to light fittings and furniture. There is a greenhouse type room off to one side where you can get all your gardening needs, including compost and plants. There are big trolleys available to put all the heavier stuff on which come in very handy! Upstairs is where all the bathrooms and kitchens are, there are numerous displays available to view, and the prices are reasonable too. There are always plenty of staff around to help, and most of them are pretty useful and helpful too. There are a number of tills, but Homebase always tends to get very busy on weekend, especially if there is a 10% event going on. There is ample parking, with Homebase sharing a big carpark with two other stores.

After many visits to this Homebase store I have more often than not come away empty handed. The…read morekitchen and bathroom display is good, but everything else is pretty naff. Going in there for a specific item is pointless. the only thing that we did find was some nice tiles. They do have some nice garden furniture on display in the summer, and quite a nice christmas range in winter. The fencing section is not too bad and the plant range is ok as well. The plumbing and electrical sections are limited. We did manage to buy a nice front door here for a good price though, so i think its one of the places you need to persevere with! To be fair it is not one of the larger stores so this could be why i never find what i want!

This is a well established shop for many years. Abbeygate Lighting is located in Abbeygate Street,…read morehence its name. There is no parking outside - in fact its part of the daily pedestrian area between 10-4 - but parking is nearby on either Angel Hill, the town centre, or a nearby car park. Abbeygate Lighting has a wide range of lights to suit all tastes, from the normal basic lights to art deco and chandaliers. Some of the lights are very expensive and elaborate and would only suit large rooms, in grand houses, whilst others are at the other end of the scale and would suit minimilistic tastes or small flats and bedsits. The lights here are very unique to suit a wide range of individual tastes, and appear more one off than your usual range of lights in stores such as Argos which are manufactured to a mass market.