Not many people have heard of this store if they don't come from Bedford…read more It's quite a random shop in that it sells a huge range of items from older peoples fashion to teenagers fashion, homewear and make up and perfume! They always have good sales throughout the year. It has a cafe and hairdressers in and is spread over 3 floors. This store could be comared to the likes of Debenhams of House of Fraser. This place is ideal for gifts.

This is a department store, a bit like debenhams. It sells a huge variety of items and is over 3…read morefloors. In places it is a bit like a rabbit warren, and you could quite easily get lost. It also has a cafe and a hairdressers within it. Ideal place to find all those items you cant find in other places.

This is the largest department store in Bedford set on the High Street. There is a restaurant as…read morewell as the usual departments. Look out for the awesome sales.

A great store with everything for the house and home. Has a lot of extra gifts around Christmas…read moretime and has a lot of discounted blue days with 20% off. This store has a lot of brands at affordable prices.

This shop is so small, it's ridiculous. They maybe have 4 stands of womens clothes and a small wall…read moresection for them. They try to cram everything into such a small space! They have womenswear, kids, accessories and shoes in the space that would normally just be for the shoes - I don't kid, it really is that small! Upstairs is menswear which is somewhat more spacious than the downstairs. If you are looking for something imparticular, I wouldn't even bother setting foot in here as it's about 90% true that you wouldn't find it. The only good thing is that it is very local as it is in the centre of town, unlike the other Next which you have to drive out to. This isn't very accessible as everythings so close together and there is no lift to get upstairs.

I personally wouldn't class this as a shopping centre - I would imagine that to be something like…read more100 different shops to the ones accessible by the street. This is small and not very interesting - most of the shops can actually be accessed from the street. In the Harpur shopping centre there are round 30 shops including Primark, Superdrug, Boots, Argos, Clintons, TK Maxx, 99p shop, Ann Summers, a few phone shops and several more. It's not very exciting at all! There is a spiral in the middle which leads down to the Harpur centre car park, WH Smiths and a sports shop. There are 2 different sets of toilets in this centre - but that's really the only good thing about it!

The main shopping centre that has a variety of stores that caters for everyone. The centre is kept…read morein good condition and is part of Bedford's history. It features stores for the home, clothes and grooming. It does not have food supermarkets but does have canteens and cafes.

This dept store has been in town for years. It has a very nnice coffee shop upstairs. It also has a…read morevery nice gift section which includes ornaments etc. There is a craft section and a childrens toy section. The also sell white goods and homeware. The store is rather overpriced and you can find things cheaper elsewhere.Personally I think the store could do with a bit of a revamp as it has not changed for years and the clothes are very dated.

This is an absolute nightmare and I would avoid this shop at all costs. I don't know what poundland…read moremay do to the people of Bedford, but it seems to me that it turns them into nutters who have run out of manners. Too many times have I been in this shop to have been shoved and pushed in every direction, I have even been sworn at on occasions. If you can get in there when it's quiet then it's great, they do have some good stuff and lots of branded goodies but i'm starting to wonder if it's worth it! It's the perfect place to go to get sweets for halloween or little stocking fillers.

This shop is an absolute nightmare to visit. It's always packed, the staff never know what's what,…read moreand the place always seems to have stuff virtually thrown all over the place so it's falling off the shelves onto the floor and being trodden on etc. Having said all that, it really does have some rather good bargains if you can brave the turmoil and try and visit on a 'quiet' day (I've not yet managed to figure out when it's quiet so if anyone knows please share with me but errr not the rest of the world eh ;) or it won't be quiet then anymore lol). Also I'd say this is not a place to go if you get claustrophobic, or if you find it hard to deal with lots of people for any other reason like being unstable on your feet or anything. This is one shop where I insist on using my wheelchair even if I'm feeling fit enough to walk because otherwise I'm liable to get knocked over and trodden on!