This is definitely the place for gravel, manure, topsoil or grit in Cumbria. I've never been to…read moretheir shop because I've always ordered by telephone, but they have the best prices around and really good people working for them. Can't recommend them enough.

Wow!! This place is amazing! We came in here to look for some garden gnomes, which we actually…read moredidn't find surprising, but they surely had about everything else you could think of! This place is huge! I was most impressed with the GIANT castles! You could buy entire castles for your garden, or perhaps, you just wanted a corner of a castle? You can get that too! There were castle gates, draw bridges, archways, castle corners, broken castle walls, moats, life-size horse sculptures, and because it was the holidays, about any life-size winter animals or decorations you could think of! I took quite a few photos of this place because I just couldn't believe it. It was like the Costco of garden supplies! I would really like to see the person's house and garden setup that purchased the entire castle arrangement! Wow! Impressive!

Nice large garden centre in the south lakes. Every thing you might need for the garden or country…read moresetting. Not cheap but it's all about quality.

Over the years, I've developed a passion for food and cooking. Kitchen gadgets and cookbooks are my…read moreweakness and I'm always on the lookout for more of these Lakeland started off life as Lakeland Plastics, selling special bags for food storage and cooking and has developed into a general cookery store with rapid growth throughout the UKin the last few years. In fact, a Lakelands store opening in your town could be the sign that you've finally made it officially into middle class! On our recent holiday to the Lake District, the girlfriend and I had to pop into their flagship store, which was locate right next to Windermere train station - in fact, you can drive through the station car park to get to it As befits a flagship store, they have a fountain and an impressive building. There's a cafe on the first floor, which had a waiting list when we arrived and the shopfloor is on the ground floor There are Lakland products laid out in easy to find fashion that you can browse to your heart's content. I remember coming here years ago and wanting to buy the entire shop. However, on this visit, I enjoyed looking round but there was really nothing which I wanted to buy for the kitchen Having just been to Sur la Table and Williams Sonoma in the USA, Lakeland seems more for the fun cook. Where was the serious knife counter with a professional to advise on the best blade for a specific task and for you? Actually, I think the presence of more staff to tell you about their new fin range of cookware, the sous vide water baths and the fun looking cook in the cup cake mugs would have made it a more fun experience. Perhaps some demonstration stations I may have outgrown Lakeland but I'm glad that it's there to encourage people to get into the kitchen more

I am about to rain on people's parade…read more I haven't visited the store in Cumbria, but used their online service. I cannot argue about the gadgets, and wide range of appliances, I can say the delivery stinks. I ordered something on the 30/9/13, and paid £2.99 (£3s in my book), it was finally delivered on the 7/1013. I'm sorry but it wasn't a large item; they have to get slicker. There's an organisation based in Hull, and the item was bigger, but they promised next day delivery if ordered before 1am on the day of delivery, and free!!! £2.99, and it takes 7 days..... This ain't good in the world of e-commerce. The item is much loved by my wife, else I'd have dropped it down to a 2 star. That is the impact you have on people's expectations and perception. I hope they read these reviews, and think hard about their delivery policy, or whoever they deal with for their deliveries, in this case it was HERMES (not quite the Olympian God).

An extremely useful and convenient shop tucked away just off the Main Street in Sedbergh, The…read moreOffice Services stocks just about every essential for those working from home. The place has a very Dickensian feel - you enter through an ancient looking door and the interior is gloomy and almost cavelike. There is a long counter and - this is where the Dickensian feel starts to fade, lots of computers! Shelves around the walls hold stationery and pens and somewhere in the shadows a laminator and photocopier lurk, whose services you can purchase. The only real disadvantage of this place is that it's frighteningly expensive - in some cases three times as much as the prices one could find online, and although I understand you have to pay more for convenience I wonder if perhaps the shop might ultimately shoot itself in the foot by not being a little bit more competitive. That would be a shame.

Great traditional hardware store. Has just about everything you might need for that little DIY job…read more Proprietor & staff very friendly. So if you are in Keswick & need some decent glue to repair your walking boots this is the place.

We are very lucky to have this shop in our small town as it is packed to the rafters with all kinds…read moreof useful items. It's really two shops in one, as half is devoted to DIY and hardware with the other side being a well-stocked pet shop. There is a huge range of products and it's a rare occasion when they haven't had the item I needed, or haven't been able to offer an alternative. Whether it's a watering can or a toy for your budgerigar, it's all here! The staff are lovely people, real local characters, and if you take your dog into the pet 'department' it will be spoiled rotten and will for ever after try to drag you into the shop if you are passing by!

Having worked with "Little G" in the past, I can recommend their design service whole heartedly…read more Excellent results from a minimal brief.

Obviously this place is all about lightshades and chadeliers - great choice and not bad value…read morealthough they'll never undercut ikea. The staff are really friendly and might give you a discount if you ask - they do sewing machine repairs too.