I like that it's never too busy (excluding holiday/Christmas times) so you can walk around and have…read morea good look at the stores. They have an excellent range of shops for women's dresses (Reiss, Hobbs etc) and lots of athlete attire stores like Nike and Under Armour. I often find the Reiss discounts are some of the best for the quality you're getting. They also have a good food court with fast food and some nicer places like Wagamama. The Cadbury's store is great if you're looking for bags of mini chocolates. My best friend loves strawberry creams and they sometimes have entire bags of just them. At Christmas they have some great items too, but not very heavily discounted. Nice place to walk around and a great shopping centre for wedding outfits etc.

Everybody watch out this outlet place is not fun. If you are an introvert beware of Nike area. Shoe…read moreshopping takes way too long do not come looking for shoes if you want to be happy. The highlight my five guys burger HOWEVER our table was sticky for som reason. Lastly, one of the bathroom stalls had a secret message engraved into the door: Yikes I retire

The West Swindon District Centre is dominated by the big Asda that is there. The main part of Asda…read moresells groceries, clothes and things like saucepans and plates, greetings cards, newspapers. There is also a separate Home Entertainment section belonging to Asda, selling DVD's, computer games, CD's etc. and another part of asda called Outdoor Living. Other shops in the centre include MacDonalds, a shoe shop, a post office, Blockbuster videos, a travel agents, a couple of banks, a cafe, estate agents and a dominoes pizza place. A fair selection of shops really if you don't want to go into town and it is all free car parking.

A huge store full of goodies. It's worth going every week as the stock is constantly changing. Very…read moregood at the mo. for ski wear. Brilliant selection of gifts - perfume, bags, toiletries, food items. Have recently opened a jewellery section which is in the centre of the store - some really lovely stuff (watches included). Very good for underwear - look out for all the top names Babywear excellent and some unusual clothing. Also sell toys, bedding and homeware. Huge car park. Small cafe inside. Best to allow plenty of time to search through all the racks - can't be done in a hurry. I find the best time to go on a Saturday is just as the store is opening at 9.;00 - otherwise daytime in the week.

TK Maxx is a good place to get designer labels cheaply. The store in Swindon is away from the town…read morecentre, but is near to the train station, so long as you know where you are going. There is also lots of free car parking. They have racks and racks of clothes and shoes etc. Sometimes, there is so much to look through on the rails that it can be off-putting. The stuff is not laid out well to enable you to browse easily. In the Swindon store, there is a small cafe where you can grab a cake and a cup of coffee when you have shopped to drop! There are not many other places nearby, it is a bit out on a limb.

The brunel centre is swindon town centres indoor shopping centre. In the shopping centre are many…read moreshops including boots, claires accessories, bay trading, early learning centre, house of fraser, zavvie (used to be virgin), wedding shops, cafes and many many more. The shopping centre is great as it has a lot of shops under one roof, which is great for when the weather isn't very nice. There's shops to suit what everyone wants to look at, and the cafes are great for when you need a break. I would reccomend coming to the brunel centre if you ever visit swindon and decide to go shopping.

Great for fancy dress hire and all the little bits and pieces that make up a good costume. Make up,…read morewigs, accessories - great range. Good service and the costumes were lovely and clean and well looked after. Friendly staff.

The Giant party shop, Swindon are a small, independent party shop. They sell a good range of party…read moreaccessories, and balloons. However their main line is fancy dress costumes- there are literally hundreds to choose from upstairs. The staff are helpful and have even ordered in costumes for me at no extra cost. The costumes are always clean and in good condition. I would recommend the GPS for all your fancy dress needs

Not really sure if it is just me, but I feel like the store is always in a bit of a mess when I…read morecome in for a browse. It has the feel of the House of Fraiser outlet store down the road, but no outlet prices. It is quite easy to find, although Mr. Snarky had trouble finding the parking garage that is connected to Debenhams. Most of the time I stop in to get things for Mr. Snarky, not myself. They usually have a good selection of polo shirts as well as sweaters and they are usually on a buy one, get one half off deal. The store is spread over multiple floors, although it doesn't seem quite as large as some of the other Debenhams I have been to. They do have a nice lingerie/bra section and you can have a bra fitting if you find you are one of the many women wearing the wrong size bra. Sorry I saw a sign in store about 70% of women wearing the wrong size bra... Anyway, there is a cafe, travel money office, in addition to the usual departments. Some departments are a bit smaller than others, for example the shoe department is quite small, so there may not be quite the selection you are looking for. On most visits I have received pretty good service, specifically in the Men's Department, but on the most recent visit service wasn't great, in fact I was so disappointed, that I just made a note of the information from the shoe I was looking at and looked it up online. I have been looking for shoes for the wedding (not long now) and haven't been having much luck. Debenhams was the last store before heading to the bus stop, so I stopped in thinking I probably wouldn't find what I want. I noticed that they had a display of shoes with a sign that read 'Bridal Debut' and there were some promising candidates. After looking through the display, I found a pair that looked like it would not only match the colour of the dress, but also the vintage feel of the dress. I noticed they only had two sizes in the shoe, so I tried on the 5 and sometimes the 5 works, sometimes it doesn't. I managed to get my foot into the 5, but walking wouldn't really be possible in them. There was a sales associate sitting on one of the benches doing something with sales tags. To be honest, I didn't realize she was a staff member until another customer asked her a question. I took another look around to make sure that there wasn't a 6 on the display before asking, but still couldn't find one. So I walked over and asked her if they would have a size 6 and she said that there were no other sizes in the stock room. I remember on one of my past visits that they used to have a kiosk where you could scan the item and order the size you need, so I asked about ordering or even just locating the size at another store and she said that wasn't possible. I got the distinct feeling that I was interrupting her and that she wasn't going to do anything to help. So I went back to the display and used the free in-store wifi to look up the shoe and see if it could be ordered. And it was the second shoe to appear on the shoe page and not only can it be ordered, but it can be ordered to collect the next day in store. It was really disappointing because I usually have a good experience here and am able to find what I am looking for. According to the Debenhams website they do have an in-store ordering service, so I don't know if the website is out of date or if the employee just didn't know about the service, but something to keep in mind if you can't find the size you are looking for.

This is a huge store on three floors with an impressive array of goods for sale…read more The top floor houses The Pierre, homeware goods and childrens clothes. The first floor is entirely womans wear with loads of mini store selling their clothes here, Jane Norman and Oasis but two of them. Unfortunetly due to there being limited space for each vendor, the full array of clothes each store would sell individually is not always available. On the ground foor, are the cosmetics, mens wear, accessories and the general gifts. Great store for finding special gifts. Fantastic deals, like 25% off days etc. There is a cafe on the first floor and hair salon and wedding section on the top floor.

Primark in Swindon is huge. It has two floors, stocking every item under the sun. Their prices are…read morecheap, however this does mean you pay for what you get so dont expect the clothes to last forever, however as they are fashion forwrad this is a great shop to grab on trend fashion to get you through the season. Being so affordable means you never feel guilty about shopping at Primark and you can often find great deals. One word of advice if you see something you like, buy it - the chances it will be there when you come back a few days later are not very good. The shop can somethings look like a tornado has been through it, but if you will to dig through it all you will find some great bargains. Stock kids, ladies and mens wear, accessories, shoes, homeware and lingere. Great store with many a bargain to be found and quick turn over of clothing so worth popping in often. ;-)

Since moving to its new location this Primark store has become really popular. There are 3 levels…read more Lower level for men and children, ground floor for ladies wear and upstairs is accessories (bags, jewellery), shoes, nightwear and underwear. The stock seems to change quite regularly and the prices are as low as you would expect. Can be a bit messy so you have to dig around to find what you are looking for and in your size, but when you are paying so little it is really not a problem. Things always seem to be fairly up to date fashion wise - they have loads of funky tights in at the moment for about £2 each pair. Changing rooms and tills always look to be busy, but it doesn't take too long to get through the line. I would say the best bargain store in Swindon.

One of three fancy dress hire shops in Swindon this one is the longest established. Have a good…read morerange of costumes to hire selected from photographs on the counter. Also have a very good of accessories to add to your costume or to make up your own. Good range of make up items and wigs. Nowhere to park here so need to use one of the multi storeys nearby.