Banburys is a huge department store, it incorporates a lot of concession store and also a huge…read moreperfume counter and homeware section. Upstairs is a restaurant that is well frequented by locals looking for a quiet break in the middle of their shopping. It is a higher end store and therfore tends to be quite pricy but it is well alid out with an great selection of products.

This Banburys is a very big store. When you go in the door you come straight to the fragrance and…read moremake up counters. There are always really friendly staff here who are happy to advice you on what products are best for you, they also let you sample the fragrances. The you will get to the clothes and shoes. Then at the very back of the store they have the bits you can buy for your house like plates, kettles, and glasses etc.. I do find some of the bit a a bit expensive but you can see they are good quality. Then to the left of the shop they sell craft stuff such as wool for knitting, cross stitches, patterns etc.. There is a another entrance door here so if you are just after buying some wool you can go in this way. Upstairs there is more clothes and underwear for sale and there is a big cafe. They sell some lovely food in the cafe we often go there when we have been shopping and need to sit down.

Trago Mills is a fantastic shopping place for getting bargains!…read more A firm favourite of most Cornish people from what I ahve heard! At Trago you can buy anything from a new door, carpet to toys, clothes, shoes and a whole lot more! Outside they even have an area where you can sit by a lake and feed the ducks whilst you eat your lunch, its easy to park with lots of space and has plenty of lifts for push chairs and wheel chairs since it is on several levels. Basically whatever your needs you are highly likely to find it here and at a lower price than other places too! x

We had flown into Newquay airport and wanted to get something to eat on the drive to Plymouth…read more So we stopped at this place, as our cousin remembered there had been a cute cafe here. Well. There HAD BEEN, but unfortunately it has since been closed. Don't worry, there is still a cafe here, a local assured us. Just go into the hardware store, turn right, and keep walking. And yes! Eventually we did find the cafe. They didn't have a huge selection of soft drinks, which is an understatement, and they definitely were not COLD soft drinks. And they didn't have our first choices of entrees (the hunter's chicken and the madras chicken), or our second choices (the madras vegetables). But they did have fish and chips: two choices here, in fact. So we ordered a couple fish & chips and a plaice (a kind of fish) and chips. Prices seemed reasonable; the kind of prices you might expect in a cafe inside a hardware store. There are some large oil paintings inside the dining area - huge oil paintings featuring the founder of the mill, who seems like...a rather bizarre person. Oh, and I feel like I should mention that there are no toilets where the cafe is now in the hardware store, you have to walk back to the other building, where the cafe was when it was a cafe, to find them. Anyway, eventually we were served our fishes and chipses by a somewhat dazed and confused server. And the food was fine. Definitely reminiscent of Long John Silver's style in the US, to me. But the real joy here was laughing with our relatives about our experiences here and I'm sure we will be enjoying this for years and years to come. And that's really more important than what we had to eat or little things like that. And oh, I did like that they had bottles of malt vinegar on the table. Much more convenient than in other places, where you have to poke around in the packets of "tomato" and "brown sauce" (whatever that is) to find the thing you are looking for.

Atlantic Village is a discount shopping centre on the outskirts of Bideford. There are various…read moreshops including Cadburys, Whittards of Chelsea and Pilot. My favourite shop is the bookshop which sells everything from childrens books to cookery books and also stationery items, photo albums etc. There are several things for children including a small indoor soft play area and an outside wooden pirate's ship. Unfortunately you have to pay for this which I think is a shame. There are a couple of places to eat but I find it too expensive and would rather pop over to the nearby Asda. I would say Atlantic Village is somewhere to go on a rainy day if you've run out of things to do. I'm hoping some bigger names will take advantage of the many empty shops available.

We visited the Barnstaple store this week to look for a suit for my husband to wear to our…read moredaughters wedding this summer and we were very surprised to find that men's suits are no longer stocked here now, apparently, there isn't enough room for suits now that the home department has been enlarged, I would rather order home lines online than have to keep ordering suits! but were told that suits are available online where we can order. Well, we prefer to come into a store and see things displayed, colours, style choices and sizes to try on at leisure. We don't want to order several suits online, we would much prefer to see them on sale in the store and I 'm afraid that we have bought a suit else where, off the peg! I am otherwise pretty pleased with Barnstaple store but for reasons being the 'suit issue' I can only give one star.

A small branch of M&S in the main shopping street but very good nevertheless with a lot of choice…read morein all departments. Great for clothes as always, though expensive. I did however, buy a lovely pair of slippers at a reduced price! Handy for fresh flowers too.

The Quadrant Shopping Centre is great as it is indoors and with our lovely welsh weather it is nice…read moreto be in from the wet and cold. There are loads and loads of shops in the Quadrant like HMV, Game , W H smiths , Clinton cards and Debenhams. It can get pretty packed out with shoppers at peak times and especially with the run up to christmas. At christmas there is usually a lovely christmas tree with lots of decorations which make it look really nice. The shopping centre always looks clean and tidy and you will always find a cleaner pottering around.

The Quadrant is like many indoor shopping centres across the UK. It mostly houses chain stores like…read moreHMV, Clarks, WHSmiths, Faith and so on and so forth. Shops you find in every town in Britain. The Quadrant itself is quite pleasant though, it has a predominently glass roof which allows it to be very bright and airy inside. There's a gallery cafe which looks out on to the main concourse of the shopping centre which is great for people watching. The bus station also comes out of one end, so finding it is very easy, and also you won't have far to carry bags to get a bus. Or even to get to your car if you choose to park in the NCP which also adjoins the Quadrant. You can also get to Swansea Market via an entrance in the Quadrant. The largest store by far is Debehams, which is a large department store and takes up almost an entire wing of its own. ANECDOTE: I was sick on the doors of Debehams one Christmas as I was shopping for presents and very rapidly came down with a virus. There are public toilets (free) upstairs which are clean and well maintained. The buidling is decorated according to the seasons, and a large Christmas tree is the focus during the winter.

This is a relatively small example of the large chain. They have a nice Per Una section plus all…read morethe other clothes that you would expect downstairs, along with a small food section. Upstairs is childrenswear, underwear and homewear.

This is an old fasioned department store, if they havent got it they will get it for you. The staff…read morecould not be more helpfull. Do try the coffee shop, the cheese scones are great. David

From the owner: Fields of Sidmouth is an Award-Winning Department Store, offering quality brands at great prices…read more Ladies Fashions, Menswear, Babywear, Lingerie, Cosmetics, Shoes, Accessories, Linens, Curtains, Cookshop, Gifts, Award-winning Coffee Shop offering morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon teas. The store has a very popular Reward Card and offers service as it used to be.

I've only ever properly explored the part of Rossiters that sells lots of gifts and knick knacks,…read morejust near the shop's entrance inside Royal Arcade - but in this section alone there's lots of lovely stuff I'd like to be able to afford! From funky ice cube trays to fridge photo frames, it's a great place to pick up small presents. There are some beautiful greetings cards, items of jewellery, well-made children's toys, a few men's accessories, travel bags, purses, umbrellas and much more. The whole place is more intimate than large department stores such as House of Fraser or John Lewis, and the feeling is one of quality over quantity. For me, the gift and homeware areas are probably the most appealing, but glancing into their other 'departments' they have a Homes & Gardens area, a kitchen department, a range of furniture, plus some fabrics, lamps, mirrors, and more. They also offer an interior design service, though I dread to think how much that costs.

Shops like this get me really excited. I'm a big girl when it comes to furniture, home and…read morekitchenware. I just want everything. If I had my way, my house would look like something out of 50s magazine. This store is surprisingly big, considering it's in an arcade, and there is so much in there. The kitchen section is my favourite, because it sells the most adorable retro baking things and teapots and really funky utensils and gadgets that I've never seen anywhere else. Their gift section is also fantastic with brands like L'Occitane and Burt's Bees for toiletries, some really pretty scarves and jewellery, and then beautiful gift bags and paper to wrap them in. It's a shame this department store is hidden away and now has to compete with John Lewis, because it sells such beautiful things and it could be so easily missed if you didn't know about it. It's expensive, but everything is so nice that if I want something, I have to have it however much it costs.

Just a great store. Clothing, Home/furnishings Food, Cafe…read more Not in the store.............They order, you collect, couple of days at most. Treat yourself to a bunch of beautiful flowers. The best shopping experience.

Big store located in the Willows. The shop is on one floor and has a cafe situated at the back…read moreselling high priced but quality food and drinks. Everyone knows the quality of goods you get at M&S, but service is also very good here too.