WEST FIELD SHOPPING CENTRE DERBY

Advantages: COSTLY
Disadvantages: OUT PRICING SMALLER OUTLETS

...Recent talks on cutting spending and new shopping centres are not well-matched with each other. Yes we love these new shopping centres and plush surroundings, tempting everyone to spend all their well earned money. But are we tempted? This is the multimillion dollar question. I love to shop like everybody else and buy new things like any other normal person would, also to have a good choice. So my idea of shopping is the traditional high street. Traditional high street shopping is where you will find the best choice and a variety of shops to suit everyone, Building huge shopping centres takes up space of any town or city and is becoming really outdated and boring. Today another shopping centre opens its doors and it is mammoth like those of Gates Head in...

halk 10.10.2007 · Read review
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The Centre MK

Advantages: Vast range of stores
Disadvantages: Some duplicate stores

...of cash, I just get angry with so many burger vans dominating the market in Milton Keynes. Parking The parking is everywhere, and I mean everywhere, from the entire length of the building where the shops are located to the opposite side of the road. They have got 3 types of parking and you have green spaces which are free to stay in for as long as you wish and these are limited sadly so you need to get there early to try and gain a space for yourself. The purple spaces are where you need to pay cash and it is about 30p an hour if I remember right so to be fair that is cheap. Then you have the red zone spaces which are outside the centre and these are a lot more money and I cannot remember the price but I think they are over £1 an hour to stay in. The parking they have is good and is monitored so you cannot try and cheat the system...

tink-er-bell 25.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of MK Shopping Centre (Milton Keynes)

Inspiring Capital,Inspiring Shopping Centre?

Advantages: Very Clean, Easy to get around, Lots of Space
Disadvantages: Too few shops,not on two levels,not that easy to get to

...The Gyle Shopping Centre in Edinburgh which opened in October 1993 is one of 4 main shopping centres in Edinburgh. The others are Cameron Toll, St James Centre, Waverley Market(Princes Mall) and Ocean Terminal. There is also Westside Plaza but this isn't exactly what you call a main shopping centre and Straiton park,Craigleith(The Quarry) and Fort Kinnaird are all Retail parks. The Gyle is a approx a 10 minute drive from Edinburgh International Airport by car/taxi. It is approx a 30 minute drive from the City Centre depending on the time of day and the route you take to get there as it is often very congested nearby due to it being directly opposite Edinburgh Park(Home to the RBOS headquarters and a whole host of big companies) .The area round the Gyle is mostly businesses and there is are many houses nearby within walking distance...

matty168 18.11.2007 (17.11.2007) · Read review
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De Bradlei Wharf Shopping Centre

Advantages: Discount goods, nicely laid out
Disadvantages: None

...Location The De Bradelei Wharf in Dover, is located in Cambridge Road which is just off the main A20 dual carriageway. It is only a ten inute walk from the train station and a fifteen minute walk from the main bus station. It is about a five minute walk from Dover Town Centre market square. De Bradelei Wharf This shopping outlet is built in the historic Wellington Dock area of the town which is just behind the sea front with ample pay and display parking. If you buy something in store, the cost of your parking will be refunded. The cost of the pay and display is £2.50. There are plenty of disabled parking bays too. The entrance is constructed on decking which runs the full length of the complex on one side. Here you can sit outside and enjoy the hanging baskets which are put out in the summer months. The De Bradelei Wharf...

Jamie73 03.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of De Bradelei Wharf Shopping Centre, Dover

One of the first out of town shopping centres and still popular

Advantages: Indoors, warm, wide variety of shops
Disadvantages: A little dated after over 20 years

...The metro centre is a very large out of town shopping centre, and was one of the first out of town shopping centres in the UK. It is all indoors, with individual shops accessed from galleried walkways. It is quite complicated to navigate due to the size, but there are maps on every corner. Since then the site has expanded and there are now many separate shops such as IKEA, ILVA, ASDA, furniture shops, Pizza Hut, etc. These are all located outside the main metro centre complex, there is a shuttle bus between the different stores, as once outside the main metro centre you are faced with a fairly baffling car-led road system. Within the metro centre there is a cinema, lots of restaurants and bars, the shops (of course!) and a big indoor theme park to keep the kids amused while you do your shopping. There is a huge variety of shops, great...

Dinah93 22.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Metro Centre

Good shopping centre

Advantages: city centre location
Disadvantages: somewhat dirty

...The Victoria Centre in Nottingham has the better shops than the Broadmarsh (its rival just down the road). It is however only a small part of the nottingham shopping experience. There is a wide range of well known shops in the Victoria Centre and a small indoor market selling meat, fish and other goods. It is a shame that smaller, independant shops have moved out to make way for the bigger fish. The Victoria Centre has 120 shops and stores, including John Lewis and House of Fraser. There is also a wide selection of cafes and restaurants. The Victoria Centre typically attracts over 450,000 visitors a week, and can get very busy on a saturday. As well as opening 7 days a week, with late night shopping on a Wednesday, Victoria Centre has 2,700 covered parking (although parking isnt cheap). I like the Victoria Centre as it has some...

johanna18 01.03.2009 · Read review
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Greens Health & Fitness Club

Advantages: Fairly cheap membership fee, decent enough facilities
Disadvantages: A lot of niggling problems

...I have been a member at Greens Health & Fitness club in Stoke for around about three years now, as it is convenient for me to use and close enough to work to use at lunchtime. I was previously a member at Total Fitness Gym but left as the membership fees were getting too high. Greens has a good gym, with decent quality cardio machines (we have treadmills, exercise bikes, cross trainers, rowing machines, step machines and what we call 'wave' machines which give a similar motion to skiing), a weight room, two rooms for organised classes and a room with spinning bikes. There is a 25 metre pool with three jacuzzi's, a sauna and steam room, as well as an infra red sauna cabin, loungers and showers around the pool area. There is a large car park with plenty of space, with entrance and exit controlled by a barrier. This is useful as...

tor0908 22.10.2009 · Read review
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Shop Till You Drop

Advantages: Good building, spacious, good range of shops, good eateries
Disadvantages: Shops are smaller than their West End outlets

...Living in West London, we waited we baited breath for the opening of this grand centre for retail therapy and mostly, I have not been disappointed. I first went a week after it opened and was overwhelmed by how busy it was (this was end of November so Xmas shopping had already begun) and thought I would never return. 8 months later, I did, and I'm thankful that I did. The location is ideal. It is situated within a few minutes walk from both Shepherds Bush and White City underground and the new overground station. There are also numerous buses passing through making it easily accessible from all areas. The shopping centre itself is architecturally interesting and inside both spacious and glamorous. Shops range from 'The Village' with it's Tiffany's and Prada through to high street stores like Top Shop. Shop-wise, it caters for all...

Nixu1980 20.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Westfield London Shopping Centre, London

TouchWood

Advantages: Over eighty shops in one place
Disadvantages: Teenages hang out round here

...This is my local shopping centre and I thought I would share with you the many joyful shopping trips I have experienced at the touchwood shopping centre --------------------------------- Background information ---------------------------------- Touchwood takes its name from Touchwood Hall, which was situated on Drury Lane until it was demolished in 1963. The house was built in 1712 on the site of several buildings dating back as far as Saxon times. Touchwood building work started to be built in January 1999 by Lend Lease and Solihull Council. It was finally finished in September 2001. It replaced an old indoor market, which really needed to go as it was a 1960's building and the market stalls where shabby and not very well looked after. They sold mostly cheap clothes and general tat. It took a whole year to build...

redballoon 10.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Touchwood Shopping Centre (Birmingham)

Best Shopping Centre ever!!!!!!

Advantages: Amazing shops
Disadvantages: Aching feet from walking!

...I've visited Braehead many times now, i only live 5 mins away by car! I remember the excitement within the city when the Shopping Centre opened, and i can understand why. Before to go shopping all the best shops where in the City Centre, now it's not as far to travel for people like myself. There is a huge Marks and Spencers and BHS, along with C&A. For other clothes shops there is Topshop/Topman, New Look, Bay Trading, Dorothy Perkins, The Vestry, Principles (for men and women), Sports Connection and that's just to name a few. There is a huge Sainsburys and Woolworths, along with HMV, WHSmith, The Disney Store, Argos, the Discovery Store. You'll notice i've only mentioned the brand name shops, there are also smaller named shops, which are just as good. Obviously there are food courts. There are 2 ice rinks, one for skating...

bryans_claire 13.08.2000 · Read review
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