A huge shop with about five floors (I think!) There's a basement floor with more teenage or younger…read morefashion - there's warehouse, topshop, as well as a big-ish shoe department which has the likes of faith shoes in it. The ground floor has the mens section, jewellery section and makeup section. There's games as well here and some ladies hats and scarves. The first floor is ladies clothing and the second is houseware. The top floor has the restaurant and childrens department. It's a nice store, I have yet to be dissapointed with it, there are often huge reductions towards sale time! It's good to visit when the local warehouse store or topshop store has ran out of your size! The restaurant food is ok, fair prices but nothing special really. Just the usual soup, sausages, beans thing. It does serve an all day breakfast I think that's promoted throughout the store. The staff here are really helpful and friendly they'll chat with anyone any age about what they're buying or what they're up to and the makeup staff are really helpful and knowledgeable about their aimed product. Generally this is a very nice store, easily accesible from the main high street or the hill street centre.

A large department store partially in the Hill Street Centre in Middlesbrough. It has a wide range…read moreof sections including cosmetics, menswear, ladies concessions, teenage fashion, childrenswear and homewear. There are several designers rangers running throughout the store including Jasper Conran, John Rocha and Matthew Williamson. I particulalry like the range of bags and the baby section. When Debenhams has a sale there are genuine reductions and bargains to be had so definitely worth a look around.

This is a relatively new store to the area, where as b&q & focus have been here for some time. As…read morewith most DIY stores it's light & spacious. It has two levels, upstairs is kitchen & bathrooms. Downstairs is general DIY, paint tools etc. I find it in the middle of the Market when it comes to price & quality of goods. At Xmas they have a good selection of lights etc. As a bonus they do give nectar points with purchases & the staff always ask if you have a card so as not to miss out if you collect them. Fair sized car park with easy access to local bypass & main routes. It's very close to a couple of discount carpet places & that particular area is being developed with two new super Market superstores. Preferred store for me in this area.

Kitch-en is an utter utter gem, a small indepent gallery and shop tucked away on Montrose Street…read morethat is well worth a visit. The gallery holds fequent exhibition openings by oh-so-hip contemporary artists (on one opening night that I went to guests were invited to add their own decorations to the gallery's walls with paint and markers!) and really makes you feel that you're right in the midst of the hottest new art around. The shop stocks a great range of quirky magazines such as Meat Magazine, as well as art materials and artworks by visiting artists and artist in residence, Art-eest.

This friendly little fruit and vegetable shop is situated in the main street of Houghton le Spring…read moreopposite b&m bargains and heron's frozen food store - nearer the top end of the town. If you don't want to pay a fortune for fruit and veg at the co op supermarket nearby then you should go to Devenport's. Their food is always of the highest quality and freshness and i have never had any problems at all with them. It can get quite busy but the staff serve you quickly and calmly. Great fruit and veg at low low prices.

A great store, I walked in and got exactly what I needed immediately, beautiful serviettes for my…read moretea party. There were a lot of other things I did not need so kept my eyes dead ahead. Lovely to see stores like this still in business in a market town. Go treat yourself today to something, anything, everything!

Barkers Department Store, situated in the centre of the High Street, offers an incredible range of…read moremerchandise, including some of the worlds leading brands of fashion, lingerie, menswear, shoes, handbags, cosmetics, cards, luggage, gifts and homewares. On the first floor is a recently refurbished 200 seat restaurant with views over the Applegarth Park and an excellent menu specialising in home cooking. The store also has an online shopping facility.

Darlingtons traditional garden centre Elm Ridge has been around for years. It's quite an upmarket…read moreplace and has a Florist who does amazing arrangements for any occassion. The garden centre side is slightly restricted by the size of the area around the main building but there is usally a good range od plants in season. They also have a section covering water gardens which can be a bit of a tricky area to get started in so advice is always on hand. Worth a look but do bear your budget in mind!

This is the second bouquet i have received from Elm Ridge. By far the best selection of fresh…read moreflowers i have ever had . Beautifully presented and absolutely gorgeous. Thank you so much Amanda H x

This branch of T K Maxx is located in the new Captain Cook's Square in Middlesbrough town centre. I…read moremust confess, I prefer the branch on Teesside Retail Park. This branch is all on one floor, and seems a bit jumbled to me. They sell clothing, shoes, bags, toys, ornaments etc. I always like to take a look in if I'm in the town centre, as I would hate to miss a bargain, and you CAN get bargains here, but you have to be lucky, and you have to be prepared to rummage for them! I personally find the clothing expensive, even though it is discounted. But they do carry a nice line in reduced price toys and games, although I don't think they have a big a selection at the Teesside Park branch. There always seem to be queues at the check outs, too.

A large store, which is spacious and well laid out. They…read morestock men's, women's and children's clothes, homeware, toys and other bits and bobs. Well worth a visit, as you can pick up some designer bargains. Sometimes you can queue for a while as it gets quite busy. The children's toy section is usually quite good.

Good chemist. Has a good range of stock. This store is larger compared to some of the others. They…read morehave a large make up/perfume area and also photo counter. They have a pharmacy on site and the deliver and collect prescriptions.