Present Days is a beautiful little gift shop in central Wakefield. Its stock is always attractively…read morepresented and tempting, but I think a little overstuffed: it would be easier to concentrate on particular items if there was just a little less STUFF packed into what are quite small premises. It does give the place a cramped feeling. A lot of the items are bigger, and frankly more pricey, than most gift shops. That's not to say they aren't worth it, just that if you pay a visit here then not everything that takes your fancy may suit your pocketbook, although they do have some smaller items including jewellery. The home decor range is really lovely: I only wish I had the bank balance to take it all home!

Love this place .. good place to go at the weekend some shops have great prices... service varies…read moredepending on which store but most of them are good .. such a wide selection of stuff that you can buy ... also .. not too many old people

We don't have such large shopping centres in Switzerland. It's cleaner than any town centre I've…read moreever seen in England with a wide variety of stores. My favourites: A Thornton's, a gigantic Sainsbury's (with every kind of Gü pudding and a huge assortment of chips), several cupcake and cookie stands and a stand selling every conceivable mobile phone case and cover, even one for my Xperia Z! There are also two very large gift / card shops that will probably sell the most obscure card you just couldn't find anywhere else. Try not to go in a mixed gender group, since there's not much for the men to do other than sit around in the café in the middle of the ground floor while the women wander around aimlessly for several hours. Lots and lots of parking, clean facilities.

Well, it has been a while since I last did any Yelping! I've gone to ground due to other…read morecommitments, most noticably the second year of a very intense university degree! But enough of all that ... Due to my lack of presence, I thought that I would make a comeback in style. So here is my review of The Hepworth Wakefield for all you lovely Yelpers out there! The Hepworth Wakefield is apparently one of the largest specific built galleries outside London. It sits spectacularly on an island in central Wakefield with the River Calder rushing past its stained concrete exterior in quite a picturesque and dramatic way. Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, the Hepworth Wakefield consists of ten superb gallery spaces in a stained concrete cube of a building. The gallery spaces are airy international style modernist affairs with light flooding in through the angled roofline. Upon approaching the gallery, the visitor is met by a gantry-type bridge of a hard geometric form which crosses the river bridging the gallery and Wakefield city centre, again crossing a weir of the Calder. The gallery brings together work from Wakefield's art collection, exhibitions by contemporary artists and rarely seen works by Barbara Hepworth. Hepworth was brought up in Wakefield before moving to Europe and later to the south coast of England. Some of her major sculptures are displayed alongside notebooks, macquettes and studies giving the inquisitive viewer an exciting insight into her thought processes and ways of working. As well as the somewhat feminine and calming Modernist works of Moore and Hepworth, the viewer will be delighted to find a surprisingly diverse range of works from artists who lived and worked alongside Hepworth - such as Ben Nicholson and Patrick Heron amongst others. There are also some beautiful paintings that nicely contextualise what was going on down in St.Ives - from Modernist geometric exploration of formal qualities of form and relationships to exquisitley naive works of fishing harbours with surreal perspectives by lesser known artists (I will find their names and update this review - sorry). There is even a mature Mondrian to take in - apparently Mondrian exhibited with Hepworth in a group known as 'The Circle'. The collection also houses historical documentation of the city of Wakefield itself and the nearby Chantry Chapel. Watercolours, engravings, pencil sketches and oils record Wakefield with particular attention given to Chantry Bridge and Chapel - the site of many medieval battles. Visitors can sit and view Chantry Bridge and the Chapel from a comfortable interior seat after viewing the works - which has been specially located to view the chapel which sits perched on Chantry bridge. There is also space for touring exhibitions and artists which is currently home to the work of Eva Rothschild before the paintings of Clare Wood take centre stage - an intelligent nod to the appreciation of landscape as well as careful and ironic questioning of Modernisms sculpture. The cafe is of a moderate size serving everything from tea to continental coffees and small meals. (I will update this soon too) The gift shop stocks books relating to Hepworth as well as the St Ives community. It is also nice to see the Hepworth Wakefield stocking applied arts pieces by local artist-designers such as Laura Slater. Toilets are on the ground floor and are clean and accessible. With a café, shop, learning studios, outreach and community education rooms and a stimulating events programme, the gallery is an opportunity to explore the work of Barbarra Hepworth and artists that worked alongside her at St.Ives. It is a great addition to Wakefield and I hope it goes from strength to strength. Entrance is free with donations accepted.

I can quite happily spend all my wages here! I have a shopping problem in this shop! Love all the…read moreunusual things!

I use poppies florist on a number of occasions throughout the year wether its to pick up a buch of…read moreflowers for the wife on the way home from work or to order for weddings, birthdays, christening etc. The shop itself is very small and in need of some modernisation but i myself am more bothered about the presentation of flowers that they sell which is fantastic. They do offer a delivery service which ive only tried once but they arrived exactly ontime. You can order over the phone with your credit/Debit card which makes life easier.