De Bradelei Wharf is one of a few design discount houses. It has a great range of clothing and…read moreshoes from comfortable ecco, flyflot to timberland footwear at discount prices and fashion houses Alexon, Eastex,Windsmoor, Planet, Kaliko, Dash,Weird Fish, Craghoppers, Regatta. Every time I go to Kent, a stop here is essential as on top of their discounted prices when they have sale, seems to be quite regularly, the bargains become even better. I got a fabulous linen hand embroidered summer dress for only £3 and a linen embroidered jacket for £5 last summer. My footwear invariably comes from here, great sandals made by flyflot are a definite bonus. They also have quality Waterford crystal, Royal Doulton etc.

First of all let me state,"I hate shopping", that said, if I am looking to buy any casual clothing…read morefor holidays etc. this is one store I always visit. They have a fair variety of men's clothing plus the shoe section is well worth a browse. The car park is massive and you get the money back from till when you make a purchase. Wife always wants to spend far longer browsing through store than I do, so it is handy that they have a cafeteria where I can sit for awhile over a cake and coffee.

This place is absolutely massive. Sells clothing by makes such as FCUK, Elle, etc. It also has a…read morelarge range of Homeware like plates, cutlery and that sort of thing, a large range of fragrances and perfumes, bed linen, toys, and lingerie. It is a very spacious store with the main walkways being very wide and large enough for trolleys passing as one entrance to the store is straight from the Sainsburys next door. There is a restaurant upstairs which has a good selection of snacks at a fair price, and also a small beauty parlour next to it.

Choices choices choices. Lovely choice in clothes, make up and bags. Oooo I love my bags…read moreLove the Yankee candles to.

This is a weird shopping mall with a weird combination of shops that has blatantly placed itself…read morenext to the eurotunnel entrance to capitalise on Brits going throughg the tunnel, but has failed miserably to offer the sort of thing we would love to see here. We don't want weird chocolate shops and random perfume places. What would make this place totally awesome would be a farmer's market with fresh local produce, like the one in Le Touqet. Get one of these in here and I'd be tempted to drive down from London to do my grocery shopping every month!

The only thing worth going here for (IMHO) is Carrefour. I've checked it out several times and it's…read morepretty much what you'd find in any shopping centre - H&M - Zara - Etam - Toys R Us even a Tescos wine store. There are a few French boutiques, gift shops and shoe shops, but generally they are average to over priced, especially the electrical store Darty. I can only suppose that they pay a premium in rent that they have to pass on. If you're gasping for a pint there is an English pub in the food court, which is a bizarre faux French street cafe affair (see photo). If you do go, make sure you make a careful note of where you've parked and which entrance you use (it's easy to get turned around).

Fremlin Walk shopping centre is a fancy and busy shopping area in Maidstone East. Has an adjoining…read moremulti level parking garage, multiple eateries and retail shops. We visited twice in 2 days and enjoyed both times.

Fremlin Walk is a fairly new development in the middle of Maidstone town centre. It has a good…read moreselection of shops - Next, Schuh, River Island, Republic, House of Fraser, Beaverbrooks - to name a few. There's also a few coffee shops dotted up and down the street. My only advice to people shopping here is NOT to park in the underground car park - they charge extortionate prices to park the car. You are better off choosing one of the outside car parks like Brewer Street.

westwood cross has really come on in the past couple of years. Not only do they have the retail…read moreshops you may need (Debenhams,Next,M&S,TK Maxx,Mothercare,Game,Topshop to name a few) but now they have opened some restaurants,bars, a cinema and a casino. They are currently building more units, due to open in time for Christmas, which will include a toyshop. This is one of the few retail parks where you can buy most things, eat, go to the bank/cinema/casino, even go to the supermarket (theres 2 within walking distance) and even stay at the hotel overnight - all without being charged to park! Thats pretty rare these days!

Shopping complex with various restaurants (Nando's, Frankie and Bennys etc.) Coffee shops (Costa…read moreCoffee) and plenty of clothes shops (M&S, Boots, HMV, Debenhams etc.) Really convenient as it's all in one place and easy to get to. Wide range of shops.

Eldridges is like stepping back in time, they have everything you could want for the home linens…read moremarket, curtains, bedding, lingerie, tea towel, net curtains and haberdashery by the yard. They always have good offers outside in their baskets and stock a range of hythe specific souveniers. The staff are LOVELY they take their jobs seriously, are very knowledgeable and have a traditional approach to service which is sadly lacking in many more modern stores, attentive yet not overbearing. The quality of their items is very high, if a little traditional, but if you are looking for dependability and durable items this is the place. Always seem to have what I am looking for, sometimes a little pricer but worth it for the service.

I have never left this shop without what I went in for!!…read moreThey have everything you could need and plenty more. The staff are very knowledgeable and more than willing to help you out! The slightly higher prices are nothing when you take into the consideration the information they pass on!!!

This is a great place for shopping - clothing, food, beauty, etc. It's got it all. It is always…read morebusy with people from all over. Canterbury also hosts several fun events throughout the year. The absolute best is when the city puts together a Christmas market. It's so much fun and worth checking out for the hot mulled wine and minced meat pies!

awww man , Didnt I mention I like Christmas market. As a foodie, I ventured out and then discovered…read morethe christmas market is up! I was euphoric ! Tried a traditional brutwurst hotdog at the price of 4 quid! Yummmm.. nom nom nom, and then also tried the mulled wine , topped with whisky~ best drink to warm up in a winter ! they also had a lot of hand crafting boots selling christmas goodies. What a happy day~~~

I must apologise to John Lewis, I was young and naive and hopefully I have grown since my last…read morereview. Having experienced some near horrendous customer service from other home stores over the last year (cough Ikea cough shameonyou). I have to say how pleasantly surprised I was by John Lewis' fantastic response to my broken television catastrophe (I was right in the middle of a modern family box set marathon, catastrophe is an understatement). I did not have the receipt and had lost all faith in the decency of human beings when I took my tv to the Tunbridge Wells store I had purchased it from less than two months before. I explained that the tv had already been taken away to be 'fixed' and returned to me still broken by Sony's repair team (cough Sony shameonyou). They said they would try to find the item number for me on their system even though I didn't have the receipt and gave me a voucher for a free tea and cake to use whilst I waited in their in store cafe. Note my pleasant surprise that since my last review they also now provide soya milk. After I enjoyed my tea I went back over to the customer service desk where they informed me that from the item number they could see that the tv was only received by them in store two months ago and so it could not be more than two months since I purchased it and that they would send it away to be fixed, in the interim providing me with a free replacement tv. A week later I returned to collect my now fixed tv and was a very happy bunny. An important lesson many other big chain stores would do well to remember, never underestimate the power of good customer service.

Their customer support is so good that I will never purchase an electrical or large homeware item…read morefrom anywhere else. ~TV replaced, no quibble. Washing machine fixed, no problem. Love 'em.