The cafe is great. They make these weird toasties, its like a sandwich with cheese grated on the…read moretop, so like cheese on toast but its cheese on sandwich. Is this a carlisle thing? Ive never seen it anywhere else, ever! Best for tea and scones with jam and cream! yum.

M&S is a good shop, with great customer service from the staff. The clothes department are very…read moregood, although the sizes sometimes are a bit crazy. But there are plenty of different items to chose from, in different styles and colours. The food hall has a wide range of products, from snacks and sandwiches, through to fresh fruit and vegetables, and microwave meals. It can be quite pricey, but you can taste the quality.

Really excellent, not just the Debenhams, as I am talking in depth and overall, of the Lanes…read moreShopping Centre, and the other stores, and in the the Scotch and English Streets. I loved this street and indoor shopping malls, as it is boasts a wide range of stores, which are suitable for me, and I have visited this shopping area nearly too often, and do enjoy browsing through, even they have a great car park area all over the carlisle area. Even there are many great restaurants, cafes, shops, bookstores, clothes stores, mobile phone stores, and everything else. I feels like I can be able to get everything in these streets. Once time my sister have came over to Carlisle to stay with me, and we went out for a day worth of shopping experience, and my sister originally thought it would be rubbish day, but she was amazed on how great the town are, and offers loads of things, and she was overly impressed with the location, and everything else, as it is quite near to the train station, bus stations, and even near to the car parks. She said that she would definitely come back there again. so after a month or so she came back with pocketful of cash! For a shopping experience, I would recommend you come during the good weather, as it is open roofed on the Scotch and English Streets. But if it is raining, and you can go in the glass roof topped mall in the Lanes Centre. It is very conveniently placed and totally near to everything else! Even near to the park, and near to the River Eden, and near to the nightlife as well!

This a great department store and I was so pleased when it arrived about ten years ago. It has a…read morefantastic range of womenswear including many designer lables such as Star by Julien Mcdonald and John Rocha. I totally love the Pineapple sportswear and Oasis is fantastic although the outlet is a little small with a limited amount of their clothing. They do a nice range of Wedding dresses which are a lot cheaper than the boutiques and you can buy them off the peg. I also really like their bridesmaid dresses which are great quality. The shop is spread over three floors which are all really accessible with the escalators and there are lifts aswell. The range of perfumes and beauty products is huge and there are often some great batgains on the box sets. I also really like the childrenswear and in particular the Junior J range by Jasper Conran. It seems to wash really well which is great when you have a toddler. The menswear is on the bottom floor and stocks a lot of designer labels and also some surprises such as Cragghoppers which I only noticed the other day. Their Homewares section is really big and again includes items from the designers, although it does seem to be quite expensive and you are paying for the name. The cafe is huge and overlooks the castle which is a really nice view. In store there is also a wedding list service and a free personal shopping service. There are also some toilets located next to the cafe which are always really clean.

This store has everything you're ever likely to need to furnish your person or your home…read more Electronics, furniture, clothing, make-up, shoes, jewelery - you name it, they've got it. Except children's clothes. It's not the cheapest, but designer brands can be found here.

Classy range of home furnishings, clothes, cosmetics etc., but really let down by lack of signage…read more I spent ages wandering around looking for the stairs

I used to love shopping in BHS but I don't go in as much as I used to. I feel that they haven't…read morereally moved with the times and the store is so difficult to navigate with a buggy. Their clothes seem to be targeted towards the older lady, although a couple of years ago I got a gorgeous pair of ballerina flatties in the sale really cheap. They are brilliant for work and are still looking quite new although I wear them everyday. At Christmas BHS has a great gift range and it is even better when they have the 20% off days in the run up to Christmas. YOu can get some really good bargains and they do have some good novelty items and stocking fillers. I do really like to look at the lighting section upstairs but it can be quite expensive. They do tend to have some very quirky lampshades that can add a lovely and different finishing touch to a room though.

Of the places in carlisle where someone can buy children's clothes, this is one fo my favourite…read more Like all BHS stores, it has good quality products for reasonable prices. It may not always be the most fashionable but you know what you're getting will last. With children's, ladies and shoes downstairs and men's and household upstairs, it's not difficult to find your way round. There is also a little restaurant on the ground floor for a much needed break after too much shopping!

I love Poundland for random good deals and and again. They sell a lot of junk but you can certainly…read morefind a bargain there as well. They often have decent pet toys at £1 that make my cats quite happy!

I absolutely love Poundland and don't know how we ever survived without it. I buy everything here…read morefrom cooking utensils to beauty products. Often they have great bargains on make-up and baby food. I like thier range of food as it is often cheaper than other shops. It can get very busy making it hard to walk round the shop particularly with a buggy. Great for a bargain

This store has a wide variety of products, split over two floors, and stocks most magazines, as…read morewell as stationary, CDs and DVDs, and now also has the main post office in Carlisle situated on the first floor. The staff are reasonably helpful, some more than others. It used to be quite easy to navigate around the store, but since the introduction of the post office, I have found the store to be rather disjointed and cluttered, and as a result don't shop in here as much as I did.

Smith's is on the up as a retailer. They now have a huge range of stationery. Good stock of…read moremagazines. Books on the 2nd floor often have special offers. However, the stairs will put off some, especially as it's where Carlisle's main Post Office is now. Get yourself a WH Smith clubcard, as they often have good special offers.

I was afraid I might die. The ceiling of this place has bits literally falling off. Exposed metal…read morewith paint chips the size of dinner plates just falling to the ground. It is in need of some SERIOUS repair. That being said, it is like all of the other discount stores around, you will find good(or not so good ) deals, one thing that absolutely surprised me was their shoes. They started at sz 4 and went up to a size 8. I'm not at all sure if there is a difference in our shoe sizing, but that just seemed rather odd to me.

I spent nearly an hour in here yesterday as I love to browse all the different departments and…read morethere is so much stock to look at. Situated in the Market Hall above Wilkinsons this shop is massive. I love the the way that the stock changes all the time and that you can always find a bargain, whether it is a pair of shoes, a handbag or a new throw for the couch. The different depatments include womens, cildrens and menswear. Although they do homewares and often small items of furniture aswell. I love to look at the children's toys although the range can be quite limited in our store and I have seen better in other towns. The fitting room are huge although I am not keen on the doors which seem to be quite small with a huge gap at the bottom not good if you bend down to far. I only realised yesterday that our store stocks children's bedding in particular baby sleeping bags which I wish I has known before I had bought my daughter a new one last week. I also love the range of photo albums that they always stock and can't resist coming away without one everytime I am here. They are definitely at least half the price of any equivalent shop elsewhere in town. I would defintiely recommend visiting here if you have at least an hour to kill and everyone loves a bargain.

i love waterstones so much, the staff are so kind and the book selection is HUGE. the vibe of the…read moreshop is so cozy and really enjoyable. will be coming more often.

This is now a Waterstone's. Standard high street bookshop. Where this wins is the layout. Spacious…read moreairy store over 2 floors, with the bonus of Costa's cafe on the 2nd floor. Escalator or a lift to the 2nd floor, so it scores better than other shops for accessibility. Standard type of stock and lots of 3 for 2 offers. Not much else though.