A large tidy branch, that holds a lot of stock; they have quite a big selection of CDs and DVDs as…read morewell as stationary, diaries etc, although these don't seem to vary very much year to year. They have a large section devoted to greeting cards and another for books and then an entire wall for magazines, I think you'd find most unusual/specialist titles in there. There are not many tills, but I've not ever have to queued for too long in there. They tend to have soem good things in the bargain bins around the shop as well.

This branch may be good for Ealing, but it does not compare particularly favourably to other…read moreSmiths's in the region and I simply cannot allow it to show with 5 stars! Having re-arranged the tills, the queueing system does work well but I have had to wait several minutes at peak times. Certain parts of the store can be a little cluttered, although this may be generic to the brand. Book prices are often not as aggressive as Waterstones, and always much more than the supermarkets.

Pros This WH Smith is well situated in the centre of the Princess Square shopping complex. It's…read morequite a large store, and stocks a great selection of newspapers, books and stationery as well as some food and computer items. When we went, staff were happy to chat through the various memory sticks with us so we could decide which one we wanted. Cons The shop does get really busy on a Saturday and there are long queues to pay, and often not all of the checkouts are open.

I grew up loving WH Smiths stores, but I find they're going downhill a touch and this Bracknell…read morebranch is a prime example of this decline. Yes, they have a fantastic magazine and greeting card section. The other sections of the shop suffer somewhat though, in my opinion. The book department is average and can't compare to Waterstone's. The toy department can be messy and most board games are the full RRP, so you'd go elsewhere. Same with their music and computer games. Unwanted old items, or popular things at the full RRP. Now, I've always found the staff lovely, happy and cheery. But the poor staff are victim of the shop's biggest problem. Which is... Why, oh, why can we not simply pay for an item at WH Smith's without the staff begging us to buy some reduced price chocolate bar? Would you like to buy a half-price bar of chocolate, sir? They ask this while pointing at the tired old boxes of chocolate swarming all over their counter. For a start, it looks a mess. Secondly, it's irritating. And most of all, it's a cheek because more often than not, the same items are cheaper (without pretending to be on offer) at Sainsbury's just several paces away. So, please, WH Smith managment, stop embarrassing your staff and your customers by desperately hawking chocolate bars for a quid, reduced from two quid, that are 90p anyway at Sainsbury's right by your shop. Clear the counters, grow up, and take pride in the stuff you sell well. Great magazine and card departments. Friendly bright staff. Stupid and insulting attempts to fob us off with dubiously reduced choccy bars. My opinion, anyway.

I find it hard to locate somewhere that sells the magazines I read. Either the magazine is stocked…read morebut sells out as soon as it arrives before I get a chance to make my purchase or it is not stocked at all. News on the Wharf has a pretty good selection ranging from magazines about shooting to climbing to railways (not bought be me I should add) with everything in-between. There are a number of News on the Wharfs scattered around the Canary Wharf Shopping Centre. The Cabot Place West version is my favourite because it is a bit bigger than the others and is close to my workplace. It also stocks basic stationary and sweets/drinks which can be useful.

The queue here is seldom long and always well stocked on The Economist. Bummer that credit card…read moretransactions incur another fifty pence extra.

Pros This W H Smith is really big and has a big stationery and magazines section as well as a large…read morebook, music and games floor. There are usually plenty of offers available to make your purchases better value, and there are plenty of good ideas for Christmas or birthday gifts. Cons When we selected two books on a 'buy one get one half price' deal, the offer didn't come up on the till and the sales assistant wouldn't believe us about the deal until we went and got the ticket and showed her. We didn't appreciate this. We also found it very difficult to find any staff to help us.

This is quite a large branch of WH Smith, spread over two floors. It can get very busy at peak…read moretimes including weekday lunch time, and the queues are often long. The shop has a large magazine section with a good variety of titles. Items in this shop are often overpriced and you can find them cheaper elsewhere, eg CDs, DVDs, and stationary. There are plenty of staff on the shop floor but I think they could do with more on the tills.

Not a newsagent as such, just a news stand on Islington High Street. However, what a news stand -…read moreit has an amazing selection of magazines (and the usual papers) and always seems to have exactly what I am looking for. In fact, it often has magazines in stock which I can't find in WH Smith or the other, bigger, newsagents. Consequently, a big thumbs up from me!

Was certainly the most unfriendly newsagents for miles and miles until just recently when the new…read moreowners came in. I always wondered why they sold tanita digital scales there? To compliment there poor range of gift cards? A mystery! You can buy all your local newspapers here and it's good to save a bit of cash on your cinema sweeties if you're visiting the odeon. One of the only two places in Muswell hill where you can top up your oyster card which comes in very handy although it does shut at 7.

This is a large WHSmith store, a travel location serving London Victoria Station. They have a great…read moreselection of travel essentials such as a drinks fridge, including a small selection of alcohol, that covers almost the whole wall on the right side of the store. Prices are high here, ultimately you're paying for convenience, if you have more time, you can pick up 90% of the items here at a fraction of the cost, even just a couple of minutes down the road. This is the case at pretty much every WHSmith Travel location. There is a Nescafe Azera coffee machine here, obviously, you have the usual suspects inside the station, but this coffee machine is especially useful if you're in a hurry ahead of getting a train, and don't have time to wait at Starbucks/Costa etc. The checkout area seemed a little too compact for my liking, it became a little messy rather quickly, given the size of the store, it's almost unacceptable as they could easily improve the area. 4*

A larger than average station branch of W H Smiths, located right in the heart of the station, and…read moreset over two floors. The ground floor has a huge (and unsurprisingly busy) magazine and newspaper section, as well as a smaller book section, selling fiction, travel and business books. It's usually packed with commuters browsing the magazines while waiting for their train. There's also a food cabinet selling a limited range of drinks and pre-packed sandwiches. Upstairs is the cards and stationery section, with a large choice of greeting cards.

Great newsagent. very large with lots of discounted offers, and cheap toys. Staff are helpful,…read morealthough could do with a smile, but I always buy something else on top of what I should of just bought!! So that says it all!!