Good priced and good quality clothing. This is a place to find a real bargain in the sales! The…read moreshop looks arranged and the staff are friendly and helpful. The only real draback is the ques neer to christmas but i suppose you get that everyhere

This is nothing like your average retail park; most are nearly always home to the usual large chain…read morestores and supermarkets. Okay, so Rubery's has a Morrisons, but it doesn't go overboard on the generic stores (and one supermarket is definitely a necessity for Rubery locals anyway.) At the centre of the park you'll find a Premier Inn, and surrounding that, there's a pub, bowling and cinema. So there's loads of great things for visitors to do, without having to spend too much money on travelling into the city centre everyday of their stay in Brum. However, there are quite a few roads that go through the park, and it's a little bit annoying having to cross each one to go to different store. But the park is home to one of two Empire cinemas in Birmingham, so it's definitely worth a visit to see movies on the big screen (other than at Cineworld or the Odeon) The location of the park is really great too; it's really tranquil and open planned with lots of grassland, so customers staying at the hotel don't have to breathe in the smog of the city centre all day long.

Merry Hill is a big shopping centre located in Brierley Hill, it is home to over 200 shops such as…read moreM&S, Debenhams, Topman, River Island etc.. Over recent years it has become less of the giants in shopping centres of the UK. There are plenty of places to eat from Burger king to Pizza hut, however there are quite a few smaller cafes to eat from and a Millies cookies! Parking is not a problem in the weekday, however on Saturdays and around Christmas you have to be there when they open. Other shops in Merry Hill include Disney Shop, Game, HMV, WHSmith and much more. However, Over recent years it has gone down hill slightly purely at the groups that hang around the bus station and the general crowdidness of it at times. I would recommend a trip to Birmingham to the Bullring which has better shops and better ambiance anyway.

Merry Hill - the perfect place to gather the bits & bobs everybody needs! No matter what you are…read morelooking for, you will find it here...even if you don't need anything you'll most probably leave with a shopping bag in you hand! :) A wide range of clothes, cosmetics, beauty salons, food stalls etc. are waiting to welcome you. On the weekends you can take a short break of shopping while watching small presentations of dancers, singers or musicians. Kids can have a great day in the indoor play area which is child minded. Free parking spaces make your arrival and departure as easy as possible.

Went for first time in four years today and luckily not too many customers. The shop assistants…read moreprobably outnumbered paying customers, but they were all so helpful and obliging, everyone we met showed tremendous knowledge of the items in the store and ideas. We could have stayed there for hours. The cafe is just that, a standard snack serving cafe, nothing outstanding but the service was exceptional. But the greatest benefit is the massive selection of women's and men's clothes, from the ordinary to top quality. Something for everyone. It might have been an 80mile round journey, but worth it and we will go again before Christmas to get a few more bargains.

This one goes out to all the senior citizens... boy, I get cooler by the day :P…read more Be warned this place can be terrifying. It's so big when you enter that you can't even see the far walls beyond the vast sea of clothing stands in front of you, all arranged in a grid that forces you to move pac-man style through the aisles whilst dodging slow-moving pensioners on all sides. I think it's my uber-cool little sister's idea of hell. Not exactly my idea of a good time, and I'm not about to suggest it should be yours! But they do have a huge range of middle-aged-to-elderly mens and womenswear, much of it from branded labels at outlet prices (think Austin Reed, Moss Bros, Jaeger, Hobbs etc), plus things like bed linen, books, perfumes and stationery. Whilst I may have turned 30, I haven't grannyfied my wardrobe just yet - I'm actually suggesting you earn some good grandkid brownie points by bringing your nan here to browse and bargain-hunt. Yes it'll be two hours of your life you won't get back but it's well organised, saves them the stresses of the big malls, and the pensioners love it (there's always plenty of them enjoying the cafe at the back!). As well as doing something nice out of the goodness of your heart, you might just strike it lucky as I did and find one of the handful of things in the store that someone under 40 might actually wear (and my little sis approved of!). In my case, a gorge Adrianna Papell work dress reduced from its £139 RRP to a £30 outlet bargain, that I'm proudly wearing to the office to combat the back-to-work blues today. Boom :)

Beatties is now House of Fraizer....but will always be Beatties to me!…read moreGreat department store with loads to choose from. I'm always a little skint so only go when sales are on. Oh my god the sales are awesome! £50-70% off if you time it right. I love the old deco of the building and it's been there before I was born lol

It used to be the hotspot for top clothes/brands in Wolverhampton. It still has a lot of brands in…read morethere in the Makeup / Jewellery departments. Sadly it's quite empty to what it used to be. Shame to see such a great store go downhill!

Busy shop located in the Merry Hill centre. Some great bargains to be had, especiallly books and…read morestationary. The only critisisms i would have is that the store is quite small and can get very crowded at time and queues can be quite long.

This store is always heaving with customers trying to take advantage of these cheap deals. Like…read moremost pound stores they have lots and lots of stock which although never reliable in what they have there's always something to spend your money on. And I have found that if you buy your food there before going to the cinema it can save you £5 or more although you have to be discreet taking this food into the cinema. It has to be said that the quality isn't the best and very hit and miss in the sweet section into what tastes stale so if your not bothered about the money go elsewhere but for skint students surely the place to head to.

Home Bargains is one of most favourite shops!! A nice large spacey shop packed with bargains! this…read moreshop sells toys, homewares, grocery food, health and beauty products at very low prices, i never come out withpout buying a basket full! The on let down i guess would be that there is no car parking near by so you do have to carry your shopping quite along way back to your car.

very cheap for household items you can get quite a few bargains from hereread more

Technically there was nothing in here I wanted to purchase or would probably ever purchase but…read morenostalgia for a good British High Street experience made me do a little dance when I first saw Dancers. With our high streets continuing to decline due to high rents, the general disarray of the economy and the disposable clothing nature of supermarkets and Primark, I was super happy to see that there is still a place for a shop like Dancers in Halesowen. It reminded me of Buxton and Bonnets where I used to get schools clothes from a different party clothes from as a child. The men's wear and women's wear sections were very targeted to an older audience, with you paying more for a quality item rather than spending little to last three washes. Competing against the high street Asda for the school clothing options I am amazed how Dancers is still going. It's like a one stop shop for older people as there was also a big range of home ware bits and bobs. Keep Dancers going, even if it's just as a local suit hire place for the towns people's weddings, schools proms and formal party functions.

Dancers of Halesowen is my favourite clothes outlet in the Midlands and the…read morewider World.I've shopped at the store for nearly 50 years and it is one of the few constants in a changing Town Centre. The range of quality and affordable menswear and accessories,is matched by helpful and attentive staff who make parting with hard earned cash a pleasure rather than a burden. I will be going to the shop this Wednesday for a winter coat and two pairs of slacks and know I will be satisfied and return in the future (god willing!) As a 188cm 18st man larger sizes are no problem for Dancers. Simon Davies of Hayley Green,Midlands.