We had a brief moment here, beautiful store and the factory is right there. Wish I had more time…read morewould love to do a tour of the factory I believe it's only on the weekends. Great store as well and a wonderful history lesson! Didn't know his grandfather invented the bus stop, street lights, all the things pictured that are still in use.

I love this place. It is a cutlery factory, gallery, designer shop and café in one beautiful…read morebuilding. What's not to like? This is my go-to spot in the Peak District whenever I am unsure about where to go for lunch when on a Sunday drive. The food at the café is very tasty - home made cakes, sandwiches, soup and small bites. It is delicate but hearty and they make a damn fine chocolate and guinness cake. After grabbing a bite to eat, wander through the shop and just try not to buy anything. So many beautiful homewares and kitchen items. So lovely. So tempting. So expensive.

I know it sounds a bit weird, but Wilkinsons is one of my favourite shops!…read more You'd be amazed at what you can find in there - toiletries, cleaning products, home wares, gifts, diy bits and bobs, confectionery, stationery they've even started selling food and drink. They also have really good seasonal departments - loads of christmas ornaments and decorations in the winter (including plenty of those annoying singing christmas characters!) and a pretty extensive garden department in the summer. And best of all, their prices are really low, so it's well worth a look if you need anything from batteries to bin bags to bedding.

Wilkinsons is located on the outskirts of the city centre, close to Westfields…read more It offers a range of cheap products for the home and a variety of foods and drinks. It is a large store with plenty of kiosks, so although queues build up, you always get served quickly. As you walk in, the main offers are on the left & then isles are dedicated to different sections including soaps/toothpastes/gels, pet foods and accessories, homewares, stationary and DIY tools. Overall, prices at Wilkinsons are low, but you have to look out for them as sometimes they are more expensive than the supermarkets.

Great store this one actually has a food range and furniture on display unlike the one near the…read morevictoria centre. Loads of bargins

Nottingham has a fabulous Wilkinsons store, with toiletries and food bits near the front, and more…read morepractical stuff for the kitchen and bedroom at the back. There are plenty of offers about, though for some bits bit may be cheaper to go to Poundland or Asda. I like the fact that you can walk in and pretty much get anything practical, and it's especially useful being a student.

This place is brand new it just opened this week! On victoria Retail Park at Colwick next to Argos…read moreExtra and Next Etc. Its on two floors with about 50,000 sq foot and is a non-food store. It is basically anything you can find in the Tesco Direct catalogue, kind of like Argos but with more on display, althoug not everythig. It sells clothing, health & beauty, furnishings, homeware, cookware, toys, home entertainment items and electrical goods. They even have a Costa Coffee Café where you can chill and browse the catalogue.It kind of works like ikea with a Order and Collect Area for larger items and some smaller items on show although not everything so it is more like Argos in that aspect. Its a nice store very large with plenty of staff on hand, was shocked however to find that they dont actually stock EVERYTHING and somethings cannot even be delivered to store and there for you must pay a charge to have them delivered to your home. I wanted a bookshelf from their value range, I was shocked to find they didnt stock it (this is a value range remember) and it cant be delivered to store and I have to pay to have it delivered to my house which to have it done when I am not at work as they only operate a call you 1 hour before its delivered service would take over 2 weeks!! all for a £18 value book case by which time I had paid delivery charges would no longer really be a Value item must be some kind of marketing idea to screw you of your money as the only way to get it is to pay for it to be delivered how clever! So its only good to get certain items. Try again Tesco!

Ponden Mill on Derby Street in Leek is small but perfectly formed if you are looking for bed linen,…read moreChristmas items or cushions. It has a big range for such a small shop and offers a good choice of colours and sizes. Displays show you what some of the most popular ranges of bed linen look like actually on the beds, and there is also a good selection of pillows, towels and curtains. Sadly, this shop is shortly to close which means that people from Leek will have to travel to Dunhelm Mill in Victoria Road Fenton to choose their linen. This shop will be missed!

'The Complete Cook Shop' in Bakewell is a nice little shop with plenty of choice for your kitchen…read morestuff. They sell cookware, bakeware, oven-to-tableware (porcelain, earthenware, stoneware, terracotta), knivesIf you cannot find certain peculiar utensil or you want a nice or funny apron, spares, jam making bits - anything that you cannot find anywhere - you will certainly find it in this shop. If you cannot find it here - ASK the staff - they are normally quite helpful but also prone to being grumpy. Mostly, the staff are helpful and polite. I personally buy my preserving jars, bakeware and any other odds and pieces that I might need from time to time. The prices could be lower - but as a small shop on the highstreet - I understand why the shop doesn't sell cheap - it's not the sort of shop with masses of stock and sell cheap. I hope these kind of independent small shops will stay around as you won't find a sturdy and properly made tea strainer in the supermarket - just as an example.

Accessed appropriately via Pottery Lane, is the spacious and slightly elevated car park to the…read moreDenby Visitor Centre and associated businesses. The whole place is clean and tidy, and the landscape planting gives a natural feel to the surroundings. The Denby Pottery shop is split into two levels, the pristine items on the upper floor in a very bright and modern looking store, with helpful staff. The bottom floor is were you find the slight seconds and as such are cheaper, but still on the expensive side. A vast range of different styles and colours, with cups, mugs, plates and serving dishes being prevalent. Monsoon is a particularly imaginative style and all the items are really well made, both pottery and utensils. On the way to the restaurant, we were greeted with a duo in mock RAF uniforms belting out tunes like 'Its a Long Way to Tipperary' as part of the Jubilee Weekend. Young and old were tapping their feet and dancing, great stuff! The restaurant itself is light and bright,with inviting looking food on offer and friendly staff; it also has a terrace. The food and drinks are served on Denby Pottery, but for me both coffee and cake lack any real flavour. The hot meals look impressive though. There is also a series of different stores too, one is an extremely impressive Kitchenware store, you can get virtually everything kitchen related in here, from pots and pans, to utensils, cake decorating items, etc. It also has an impressive demonstration hall, where visiting top chefs give cookery demos. Next door to this store, is a gardening store, selling a variety of plants, pots, garden furniture, posh sets of secateurs and trowels etc; a place for gifts, rather than a place to kit out your garden. All in all, an entertaining place to visit, with a variety of places to shop and dine.

This is a great store, it's like a supermarket but only has shelved groceries so no fresh or frozen…read moregoods. They do sell non food items such as health and beauty products and toys and home wears. Depending on which store you visit will depend on the stock available. The stock changes regularly depending on what they are able to get in. This store is big, bright and fairly well laid out and easy to manoeuvre around. There is plenty of confectionary and some staple goods and beer and wine. This store has a good home wear section from bedding to cushions to pots and pans. The prices are excellent as the name is a give away, its worth having a look to see what they have before going on a food shop as it could save a bit also can help towards getting presents, as they have U2 books and high school musical goodies and other children's goods.

Lengthy threads on money-related web forums have arisen on the subject of Home Bargains and the…read morebargains within, and with good reason. This is a shop that stocks all sorts of stuff at bargain prices. Toys, toiletries, food, household goods - often top quality branded items at knockdown prices. There's a load of staple items that you'll always find in store - but they constantly get new deliveries, and that's where the fun starts. You never know quite what you're going to find. Many of the new finds are placed at the beginning of the first aisle as you enter the store - but others are cunningly hidden throughout the shop, so it's important to go down each aisle just in case. In addition, not all stores get the same items - so it can be nail-biting trying to find that elusive item you've read about on a web forum. One downside of all this is that it's difficult to go armed with a shopping list - and you always end up buying more than you'd intended. The Hillsborough store is fairly standard as far as Home Bargains stores go. Unlike some other Home Bargains stores they do stock alcohol, though as there is no parking at the store, it's best to take someone with strong arms if you intend to stock up on booze - or try the Sheffield Parkway store. It does get very busy and for some reason this store does tend to attract people who like to barge past you in the aisles and reach across you to get stuff without an 'excuse me' or a 'sorry'. The queues at the tills can be long and slow, and the staff often seem to be grumpier than most. This aside, I'm prepared for the extra wait and the extra miserable staff just to get my hands on all those lovely bargains!