A stone's throw away from Eldon Square in Newcastle city centre, located between TKmaxx and Fenwick…read moreon Northumberland Street, this is a decent sized Sports Direct branch as one would expect from a city centre, in many ways, it is pretty much a typical Sports Direct branch in terms of the slightly-cluttered, jumbled layout. One thing I dislike about Sports Direct is with the exception of a few locations such as London - Oxford Street and Manchester - Arndale, so many of the stores follow the same generic look and layout, which is decent if you want to find something but considering that layout is lame, uninspiring and not as modern as rival sports stores such as JD Sports, who have a much larger and nicer store nearby, it doesn't work out great. The selection of products, promotional offers and service were okay, albeit they didn't stand out again in comparison to the competition, and I struggle to understand the need for the cluttered store, albeit this is common in Sports Direct branches in locations which aren't as busy, perhaps out of town, to be like this in a big city like Newcastle which is arguably one of the biggest cities in the UK in the North East region is absurd. Typical Sports Direct branch which is frankly uninspiring and could do with an improvement in general in a significant number of factors mentioned, it is in a good location however and without a branch of Sports Direct in Newcastle, I'd say the city would be slightly worse off (albeit not by much)! 2*

This branch of JD Sports is a giant store, it is located on Northumberland Street in Newcastle city…read morecentre, and it is one of the rare stores which actually has a larger and more modern store here in Newcastle city centre than at Gateshead's Metrocentre, which is around two and a half miles away, at the other side of the River Tyne. This branch seems quite modern, and it makes me feel it definitely has been refurbished recently, especially since this place was last reviewed by two Qype users nearly 9 full years ago. The staff seemed average, the product range was okay, albeit the selection of football shirts was quite poor, they included Newcastle United which is obvious for geographical reasons, but they also had shirts from Chelsea and Manchester United and Liverpool which I can't understand as they didn't stock my favourite club Manchester City, who finished higher than United and Liverpool last season, and have won more Premier League titles since its' formation in 1992 than Liverpool, and have the longest active streak in England of Champions League Qualification, which came into effect last season when Arsenal could only manage finishing in 5th place, meanwhile City of course finished third. The store has a decent, maybe slightly above average selection of most other items and a nice feel to it, it is located over two floors with footwear upstairs and in my opinion warrants a medium to high three star rating.

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I had some missing nipples from the spokes on the back tyre of my bike. I left my bike at the…read moreNewcastle store and it took them 4 days to get back to me. When I foolowed it up for the 3rd time I spoke to the bike repair man who told me it's not worth fixing what was a perfectly good tyre, probably better quality than the one I ended up buying and he would replace it for £70. I am person who trusts experts so I agreed. I picked up the bike on the 17th March. The tyre exploded on the 1st May. I decided to buy new tyres on line because the ones on the wheel seemed pretty rubbish and when I removed the inner tube I noticed there had been a previous puncture repair. Would not go near this store again. That is a despicable practice. You live and learn.

Bought some trainers from their online shop and what I received are either shop demo stock or…read moreperhaps something like Amazon try before you buy or similar. Both soles show signs of being worn on a dirty surface. There is a dirty mark on the toe section front of one of the trainers. Also, the state of the box is clearly poor, especially the underside indicating that this box of trainers is definitely not in a new condition.

An independent retailer and originator (many years ago) of the Berghaus brand…read more Very, very knowledgable staff and a truly great selection of brands. Focused on travel and snow sports but also carries a small but well thought out selection of summer and winter climbing gear. If I had to make one criticism it would be that the displays are laid out in a somewhat haphazard and crowded style, which detracts from the products on offer. I cannot speak highly enough about the service this shop provides.

Rubbish. The…read morewebsite offered me a discount and I successfully placed an order including paying on my credit card. I got a phone call the next day to say that the website should not have offered me the discount and that LD Mountain Centre would not honour the order. I think that's a pretty poor show, personally.