The Cornmill Shopping centre is located right in the centre of Darlington. It has a wide range of…read moreshops including big names such as Woolworths, Dorethy Perkins, Adams, HMV, WH Smiths and Primark. It also has some more unusal places such as a chinese herb shop and some individual stalls. It has a car park over the road from the shopping centre, and the parking is reasonabl priced.

The Cornmill Shopping centre has a decent range of shops for its size - there's Primark, a small…read moreTopshop, New Look etc - theres also some cafes and small specialist shops. There are also some individual stalls dotted around that sell jewellery, kids toys etc, so there something there for everyone. The centre is always tidy and clean as well.

M&S has some nice food, although it is expensive. There's always lots of pensioners with a trolley…read morefull of ready meals for one mmmmthere's me thinking pensioners were supposed to be struggling on a pension, I certainly can't afford to do my weekly shop there that's for sure! The food hall is very dark and cold and during the refurb they installed a 'bakery' which made us chuckle when we saw it as it was just an oven on a wall ! However their food is good quality and you get what you pay for. Kids clothes are good quality and not too pricey. Womenswear and menswear (upstairs) is a little old fashioned for me at the moment but the place is heaving whenever there's a sale, granny's fighting over a navy twinset is always worth a view. Upstairs there is a little coffee shop which is pleasant enough, selling some of the food you can buy downstairs in the food hall and there's a toilet too. Underwear is good, large selection and not too expensive. I was treated extremely poorly once by a very rude duty manager but that's the only negative experience i've had in there. I do find the whole M&S experience annoying though and by the time i'm leaving i'm almost ready to scream, it's not a calm place to shop.

Debenhams is a large unit covering both floors of the centre. It's pleasant store to visit selling…read moreclothing, cosmetics, perfume, footwear, kitchenware, curtains and household items. It sells clothes mainly for the more mature lady but has several younger concessionary stands inside. Debenhams often has 'events' when the store is open until a ridiculously late hour with discounts on everything in store, blue cross sales, end of season sales, mid season sales, in fact there's nearly a sale for every other week!! This does raise suspicions as to are they really genuine sales but sometimes you can get some really good offers. There is a cafe upstairs and a toliet. The cafe is generally quiet and has a loyalty card, each time a tea or coffee is purchased your card is stamped and when the card is full you can get a free hot drink. It's fairly expensive and doesn't have a huge range to choose from but you are almost always guaranteed to get a table.

I'm always a bit sceptical of any store that calls itself 'catalogue bargains'. I always wonder why…read moredid the products sell? is there something wrong with them? are they seconds? But recently when strolling past I happened to notice that had some Christmas wrapping paper in the window. Christmas was getting closer and closer and I always panic that I haven't got enough so went in to take a closer look, in all honesty expecting some thin, 'cheap' paper, how wrong I was! the paper was Lovely, the sort of quality you would expect from a reputable store such as m&s. I ended up buying reems and reems of the stuff. They also had some lovely gift ideas, and had I not already done my xmas shopping, I would've found lots of useful bargains here. All in all.. I was quite, quite impressed!

When you go into Scarborough twn centre you frequently see catalogue bargain shops carriers. People…read moresing its praises and recommend it. It does vary on the day and sometimes I haven't bought anything and another day have staggered out with bags of stuff .It is ex-catalogue stuff and now and again they have a sale and sell stuff off really cheaply ,i have had trousers for 62p and skirts and tops for silly prices.I have a much admired padded jacket which I bought for £2.49.It was a size 28 and I altered it to an 18 but it was well worth the effort. They sell some furniture and household items. They get televisions dvd players and a host of other electrical stuff. They have some toys and there are some god bargains in footwear.The only problem is that you can get hooked and it is hard to resist things that you dont need when they are really cheap.

Scarborough's Matalan is a very large shop located in the centre of the town. It has the full range…read moreof matalan products which are very well displayed in this spacious shop. One of the main problems with the shop is the lack of parking immediately outside, it makes it difficult when buying a lot of heavy items, you can't even really pull up outside of either door because of where they are located. The queues at the till are another downside, they can be very long at times and very slow moving. The range of products is very extensive and very good value for money but you do need to check that they haven't at some point been trailed along the floor as alot of there items have.

Very large bright open store with plenty of space. Clothes are cheap and sometimes a bit hit and…read moremiss with the quality, but there are some good bargains to be found. The homeware part is great, upto date and modern pillows, mirrors, pictures, plates etc at good prices. Nowhere to park outside as it's at a very busy point in the middle of town, so if you do stock up on heavy household items you can struggle to get to the car. There are a couple of nearby car parks though. The queue for the tills is always long, no matter what time of day you go and during the summer the air conditioning had been turned off due to seagulls nesting in it and it was like an oven in there! Never mind the poor suffering customers as long as the birds are comfy haha! At the end of the day there are clothes piled everywhere and all over the floor, I pity the poor souls that have to go round picking everything up!

Great shops here,mixture but mainly clothes ones.Great bargains to be had,my friend bought her…read morewedding dress there at next to nothing.They have picnic areas so you can take your lunch with you as the cafe is quite expensive especially if you have a few children to feed.There is car parking available on the site & always a space free,it also caters for disabled as access is available all round,baby changing etc also here.It's open all year round so you can go when you wish but does close after 5 or 6.They have different event happing over the year i.e childrens favourite characters appearing,bonfire night shows & santa will soon be on his way so keep a look out for him

Hornsea Freeport is a great day out of shopping for anyone visiting the lovely East Coast town of…read moreHornsea. Freeport, part of a national chain of American type shopping experiences, can be found on the road connecting Hornsea to Withernsea, the not so salubrious neighbouring seaside town. Freeport offers a good selection of shops ranging from clothes and footwear to household items and confectionary. The places to grab a coffee and a sandwich are quite limited but you are only five minutes away from the town centre which is a lovely place to explore and enjoy a lunch in one of the many cafes and restaurants.

Parkway Shopping Centre is a great little shopping centre if you know what's there. I mean, ok,…read moreit's not as good as a main town centre, but it does have a lot to offer. It's all indoors for one thing, so no problems with wind and rain! They have free parking, in a number of car parks dotted at different points around the outside of the centre - but they are invariably full! I tend to park in the Tesco car park at the far end, as it seems to have a bit more space than the others. At one end we have the Rainbow Leisure Centre, which is great for swimming, badminton, etc. At the other end we have a massive new Tesco, split over two floors. In between there are loads of other shops, like Priceless Shoes, Iceland, Superdrug, a pet shop (sorry the name escapes me for the moment), a card shop, a florist, a Chinese restaurant/takeaway, a chemist, a bakers, a post office, a couple of good general shops - Home Bargains, and Instore, which sell all kinds of things like kitchenware, bedding household items, and toys, all at bargain prices. Also Peacocks, the clothing store. Outside, there are a few extras, but I don't tend to go outside much! There's a pizza takeaway place, there's a branch of Punch Robson solicitor's, and there's a Dentist's surgery. I used to think this place was really grotty - but now I've got over that and just see it as a great place to grab a bargain!

Usually full of people as there is a large tesco extra attached to it. It's also right next to a…read moresecondary school and sixthform so during the week it's flooded with teens eating. There's 3 carparks all free and very big, though beware the Tesco carpark, it's a nightmare to get in and out, it has sharp corners and people often reverse out without looking. At one end is the rainbow leisure centre. There's also Whites Cafe at this end. Then there's Home Bargains, Greggs, instore, in shops, a shoe shop, some card shops, a pet shop a fruit stall, few second hand shops and then the Tesco. Theres a flower stand near the sports centre that has nice flowers. I would recommend checking out the inshops as it's quite cheap and you can find quite a few bargains in here - there's also a framing service here that's quick. There are a few security guards as well about. Oh and post office but the queues there get really long. I always find I need to keep alert here, there are some annoying youths hanging about and quite a lot of pushchairs and trolleys, but it's a good convenience place.

Princes Quay is a small shopping centre in Hull city centre, the state of the shopping centre…read moreright now for me is heartbreaking as it has so much potential. It's built over Prince's Dock which adds a unique twist to the centre, meaning as you walk along, you can see the river which looks so beautiful in the sunshine, yet the mall is full of either cheap, tacky stores or empty units. There are very few familiar brands in terms of shopping, other than a large Primark store. It does get better for food and drink, with some options including Nando's and Pizza Express and for leisure, there's a Vue cinema. The security staff in the mall didn't seem too friendly and made me feel uncomfortable just for wanting to visit Pizza Express. This place has so much potential, they need to shut the place down for however long it takes to renovate the mall and fill the empty units, as for now this is only going to be a place one would visit if heading to the cinema or a specific brand within the mall, it just seems depressing to walk through. 2*

Large range of shops, but too many empty units. The food…read morecourt is currently being renovated, so there are only one café open, and the hot dog tall mentioned earlier. The cinema is good, but the place desperately needs some work.

A very large chopping centre with lots of well known stores, such as a large Primark, a large…read moreWoolworths and Marks and Spencer. There are also some small indepedent sellers that vary, such as wall canvasses, portraits etc. There is a multi storey car park above and the parking is reasonable - around £1.20 for 2 hours. It does get very busy though, especially at weekends.

The hill street centre is the one closest to the railway station and the A66…read more It's a well established shopping mall and has been there for many many years. Some of the main shops it includes are Primark, Card Factory, Woolworth's, New Look, O2, 3 Mobile, Warren James, Principles, and Thornton's. You can access it by going through Marks and Spencer, Debenhams or Clinton Cards or by one of the other three entrances/exits. You can also travel from the Hill Street car park straight into the building. Also quite recently the Hill St got a La Senza and a Monsoon, welcome additions. However there are still a few empty retail units which are not very good to look at generally. At the centre of the shopping centre is a Gregg's with a large open seating area. All in all it is a nice shopping centre, clean and wide enough to weave through the crowds,

Junction 32 is mainly good if you are wanting to go out & get some fresh air, or if you're wanting…read moreto take something back. But, there's not really that much there apart from going to a cafe for some tea. There is loads of clothes shops at J32, but there's only a few of them that are on the High Street, and others are shops which you've probably never heard of before. I'm only rating this place 2 stars, but that's maybe because I'm used to seeing the High Street shops.

Yay! I'm a fan. As a consummate bargain hunter I love any opportunity to have a nosey around places…read morethat offer good quality goods at bargain prices. Located just across the road from the fabulous Xscape, Junction 32 is the more shopping oriented venue out of the two, offering an array of discounted shops, in the form of Christy's, Gap, Gaggie, Whitard's, Nike Factory Outlet, Rockport, LaSenza, Monsoon, Mango and Mexx to name but a few. Once you've walked your feet off following the square layout of the place, there's a Starbucks to indulge in, but as Starbucks' go, this one isn't that brilliant, Thornton's Cafe, Subway, BB's and some others to recoup and gather energy back to the core. But if that doesn't just do it for you, wander over to Xscape as there are plenty of food facilities over there. Massive car park, so if you've climed into your motor vehicle, there's no worry about finding a place to park, and it's free too, nice little bonus. Open until 8 on weekdays, it's been a life saver on occasions where work doesn't permit leaving until 6pm, and everywhere's shut.