Small village newsagents, friendly service. Shop also stocks a few household items as well as…read moreeverything you would expect from a newsagent.

Without doubt the best newsagent in Market Harborough and based in the centre of town, in St Mary's…read morePlace. It really is a one -stop shop and they have a huge range of magazines, including specialist ones that are difficult to find elsewhere, as well as newspapers, sweets, stationary and cards. This is also where the main post office is too - so expect big queues around peak times. I usually go around 3 or 4pm if I can, and find that the queues have pretty much disappeared by then. A really handy shop, with friendly, helpful staff. A huge asset to the town and a shop many of us cannot do without!

A great newsagents housing the main post office and situated in the centre of town. They carry what…read moremust be the widest range of magazines and comics, and an amazing range of cards, which whilst not the cheapest, are among the best quality available in town. They also offer a home delivery service which is reliable and well run. The staff in the shop are friendly and helpful, as are the counter staff in the ever-busy post office. Access to the shop is good, if a little tight in places, access to the post office part can be difficult in a buggy/wheelchair due to the queueing barriers they have in place, but they at least can be moved if necessary.

The most convinient and often cheapest place to pick up a snack/drink/paper/fags just before you…read morejump on a bus at Charles Street. The prices tend to be much more competitive than the newagents around this area and Supercigs does have a reputation as a value chain. THey have a wide choice of drinks and things available, lots of types of sweets and chocolate and a good range of newspapers and magazines. The main problem with this place is that it shuts reasonably early - the Haymarket is closed up much earlier than necessary and so you end up having to nip to the private and more expensive newsagents over the road.

WHSmith is a fairly good shop and one that has pretty much firmly guaranteed it's place in the…read moretown. This for two reasons - firstly the Woolworths across the street has closed down and secondly they have the towns main post office now full installed upstairs. Having lost their floor space to the P.O. they've condensed it all downstairs but it's still well set out. The magazine section is well stocked with the usual to the bizarre and they have an extensive book section. The only problem with that is that evrything retails at normal price where as you can get the same book for half the price at Asda. They have a back door so the shop tends to be a passageway to the car parks behind, which is something they probably encouage. The P.O. upstairs does exactly what it says on the tin.

Forbuoys is a traditional newsagent located at the top end of the high street in Stamford. It sells…read moreall the items you would associate with newsagents and other items in addition to this. The staff are helpful and polite and I have never had a reason to complain when using this shop. There is enough room to move around but it is not over large a store, but the size is what you would expect on a high street. It is very handy to have this facility in the town centre. They also have a well used notice board in the window for customers to use.

Grantham Indoor Market opened its doors in September 2011, since when it has gone from strength to…read morestrength. The market has been established within the rambling and historic Victorian school which has been tastefully decorated to give a fitting backdrop to the colourful stalls and huge variety of merchandise now displayed there. We invite you to come on a journey of discovery and explore the warren of rooms throughout the old school all of which are filled with a wide range of merchandise from fruit and veg to plants, crafts to clothes, haberdashery to fishing tackle, cake making accessories to baby wear and lots more. Many of our stallholders are permanent within the market complex, however at the weekends there are day traders who come along to sell their wares. We hope from the selection of market stalls you will be able to find just what you are looking for, and after your shopping experience you can enjoy a welcome cup of tea or coffee and a bite to eat at our award winning café.

Had a jacket potato with tuna and salad, and a lovely milky coffee. Well done to the ladies who…read morehave taken over the Old School House Cafe. Still early days, but they are doing well. Will be back again soon. Good atmosphere.

Home Bargains is situated in long eaton town centre, and offers lots of items for in the home at…read morecheapand competitive prices. the store used to be owned by kwic save however the company went into difficulties and home bargains took over offering cheap products for the home, ranging from drinks to deodarants, and all at great prices comapred to the local tesco. If you want abgreat bargain, and in these economic downturn times its a great way to save some pennys! highly recomended if you have the time to save money! Home bargains offers some goods which can be considered cheap, and these id not recomend, however the majority of food ad drink, and household products are from genuine branded companies, and all great quality. they even sell alcohol, but not all well know brands.

A pretty nice Waterstones store within Highcross mall in Leicester, you go into the store on a form…read moreof balcony where you take a few steps or a lift down onto the main store: the balcony its-self looks good and has a nice view which is rather satisfying, where you can see the range of books in-store which is okay, obviously this isn't the largest Waterstones store so the selection doesn't compare to many of their other branches but for a store of its' size, serving a small city like Leicester it remains satisfactory. I do agree with other comments that there was no staff on the shop floor, I get Waterstones is a chain but one of the best parts about a book store is being able to get that personalised service which you can't with online giants such as Amazon where you can talk to staff members and get recommendations about the latest books etc, I do think that is sort of lost here which is a shame. Satisfactory selection of books and the store does look pretty good, let down by a lack of staff and a slow lift, this is still one of the few bookstores within the city however so if you're looking for books in Leicester, you'll most likely be coming here. 3*