Shopping Centres

The Only Place to Shop in Brum!

Advantages: Lots of great shops
Disadvantages: Can get very busy, expensive car parks

Now in its fourth year since being renovated, the Birmingham Bull Ring Shopping Centre is a fantastic place to shop. There are a wide range of stores - all the usual High Street favourites, as well as some smaller retailers. Perhaps the most noticable and well known thing about the Bull Ring, is the design of the Selfridge's building. From the outside, it looks like a large, bulbous spaceship, pannelled with hundreds of silver circles. On the inside, ...
...thousands of products on offer. The Bull Ring complex spreads around St Martins Church, the statue of Lord Nelson looking out imposingly over the square. The mall's are split into two parts, one either side of St Martins, although they are joined by the lower ground floor. The inside of the centre looks modern and clean, with marble-effect floor and a glass ceiling. There are several touch screen computerised information points situatied around ...

amytheduck 08.02.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of BullRing Shopping Centre

MEZZA

Advantages: Huge shopping centre with cinema and free parking
Disadvantages: traffic

...5 minutes walking distance from merry hill and visit it almost every week i should be able to tell you how great merry hill really is. it's one on the biggest shopping centres in england and really is worth a visit because: * Parking is Free *Shops are open from 9-9 on weekdays so you have plenty of time to shop. *The copthorne hotel provides excelent accomodation and is opposite merry hill. *Ther are even apartment you can buy live in in merry ...

hash007 29.07.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of Merry Hill

The Fort Shopping Centre

Advantages: Good shops good variety good quality,
Disadvantages: Not many cheap shops

...number of great shops at the Fort Shopping Park and that's why I decided to write this review. {EDIT: This one is in Birmingham Erdington not far from spaghetti junction} First of all lets look at the locality. The Fort is a relatively easy place to get to if your in the car but the public transport routes are poor. There used to be a bus service (the number 11) which dropped you right outside the fort but then this got re-routed. There are no ...
...get you there im affraid. The plus side is that there is free parking on two levels and even at christmas and peak times you can find somewhere to park. Clothes Shops There are a vast amount of clothes shops at the fort especially for women Topshop River Island BHS Next New Look JJB Dorothy Perkins Evans Warehouse Oasis All of these shops are relatively large and offer a good range of womens clothes. This is why the fort would be an ...

metcaljl 26.02.2005 · Read Full Review
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Review of The Fort

My little Mirage - Oasis ♥

Advantages: Great shop
Disadvantages: hmmm none really

...simular shop called "Revenge" The Oasis is one of the most popular shops for people of the Gothis, Punk, Skate etc scene to go and purchase new goods from. The purchases are quite cheap too! But some items can be pretty dear but they are all god quality items to have in your wardrobe. ♥ Level 1 ♥ When you walk into the shop is level one. Here is home to all the footwear ranges, Mens tops, Levis jeans, Goth style clothing, PVC clothing ...
...hats upon this level. The Oasis also has its own piercing shop where you can have a wide range of piercings done, or they will simply help you out with a piercing you have already had done. And why not visit the hairsalon where you can have wild hair and a range of colours within it. ♥ The staff within the Oasis are also very friendly and will assist you with anything from telling you where something is to telling you how good an item of ...

Kezzie_Lee2201 31.07.2005 · Read Full Review
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Review of Oasis Centre

One Time in One Stop is enough for life

Advantages: Easily accessible, all the basic shops.
Disadvantages: All the same old shops, boring.

...One Stop shopping centre in Perry Barr. This is in North Birmingham, about 3 miles away from the city centre and easily accessible on buses including the 11 and 51. There’s a huge row of bus stops in front of the shopping centre, which have lots of rubbish and are not the nicest place to hang around. Most of the shopping centre is in an inside mall on one level, but there are also some larger stores outside, surrounding the car park. Access is easy, ...
...sloped travelator upon going through the main entrance. The malls are wide, although there are a number of stalls in the middle making it a bit crowded at busy times. The stalls offer hair weaving, manicures and jewellery, and there is also a discount book stall. The toilets are satisfactory but last time I visited, the female toilets were closed so I had to use the Burger King toilets. There are also payphones by the entrance as well as a few cashpoints ...

MissDirect 24.08.2002 · Read Full Review
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Review of Perry Barr One Stop (Birmingham)