Martins the Newsagents is a small shop but it always has up to date newspapers and magazines. There…read moreare usually plenty of staff serving at the counter so queues are kept to a minimum. The staff are friendly and enjoy a chat with you even if you just pop in for a packet of sweets or a paper. They are open from early morning until late evening so you can always depend on them in case you forget the evening paper or your lottery ticket! Great little local shop that sell a bit of everything.

Handy local shop near to Abbey School and with plenty of parking outside. As it is part of chain…read moreyou can often pick up some good offers and there is a lovely little bakery with fresh bread and pastries. There is also a good range of newspapers and magazines. Staff are very friendly and always pass pleasentries.

My personal favourite place to buy meat, veggies and bread…read more Big barn type market in the centre of Newcastle. Numerous stalls that offer all types of different services. Numerous award winning butchers that offer prime cuts of meat, fantastic mince and healthy plump chickens and eggs! Wonderful bakery that makes the best breads and pastry I have tried. Wonderful vegetables and fruit stands where you get can a serious deal on great vegetables. Cheapest and most authentic pick and mix selection I have ever seen Fish monger, show repair, tea shop, cafes, clothing and boot sale, cd shops, home repair, clothing alterations ... Even a room with a scale in it! Grainger Market is magical. A must see, I consider the market a tourist attraction because of how traditional it is. The people in the booths all seem very authentic and very helpful.

It took me far too long to actually go to Grainger market. I love places with lots of little…read moreindividual businesses. I was used to markets being places with cheap tat and someone with a thick Black Country accent yelling from a van about sausages, and it's just definitely not like that here. There are still veggies, butchers (and decent cheeses to boot), but there are some seriously talented craftspeople too. It's good for a look around even if you don't feel like buying anyth8ng, odds are you probably will end up doing so.

This branch of WHSmith is the most reviewed branch in Newcastle city centre of WHSmith with an…read moreimpressive 12 reviews on Yelp, including those merged across from Qype. It is probably the largest store I saw on my recent trip to the Tyne and Wear Region of WHSmith, which included branches in Newcastle Central Railway Station, Durham and the Gateshead Metrocentre. This branch was my favourite out of the ones mentioned mainly down to the size, it had a good product range for items such as lever arch folders, drinks and snacks etc. The drink selection was good however I found the 2 for £2.50 promotion to be a tad expensive, considering Superdrug nearby runs a promotion to have 2 for £2, which works out £1.80 with my Unidays Discount however sadly the range they have is much poorer than the WHSmith branch, when comparing the branch nearby to this one. There also is a huge staircase in the store, with the upper floor having some more WHSmith floor space as I recall and a post office. The staff member working seemed friendly enough, although I did have to take longer checking out my items as for some reason the self-service tills wouldn't recognise the 2 for £2.50 offer on my drinks, meaning it would take longer as I had to go to the manned checkout, then I had to go through the slightly longer process of finding my card after being told they don't accept Apple Pay by an employee, only to go on to find out they did accept it and the member of staff who served me didn't know about it. This is a large, decent branch of WHSmith, staff training on payment methods, machines recognising offers and pricing needs to be worked off at paramount importance, but until then this is still a decent store and a nice branch of the chain to warrant a three-star rating.

WHSmith is one of those shops that makes you feel really depressed as soon as you walk through the…read moredoors. This store in particular is very grotty and every visit to it so far has left me feeling deflated. The blue fluorescent lighting makes the shop horrible and dingy and the staff look like they are working in a prison. The store is far too big for what it is (a newsagent) and they never seem to have enough stock to justify the space. Especially upstairs. All that is up there is the post office and stationery, with a huge empty gap in the middle. I only really come here to buy snacks on the go as they have a good selection of confectionery, including American chocolates. I would have left a 1 star review but the confectionery lifts it up to 2. But as a whole, WHSmith works better in the travel industry, like in train stations and airports because their main high street stores are always eerily quiet and depressing, with the only noises being your footsteps and the occasional beeping of the self checkout.

lovely little paper shop friendly staff with a small selection of magazines, lottery available,…read morehome delivery and confectionary

Stillington post office and shop is a little worn down, but sells a good basic range of essentials…read moresuch as milk, loo roll, washing up liquid cereal, eggs, flour etc. The post office section is small but the people are friendly. You may have to wait if they are serving in the shop as generally there is only one person on at once to serve both counters.

Martin's is a nice little local newsagent which sells all the general things like newspapers,…read moremagazines, sweets, chocolate, drinks, stationary They also have a small selection of DVDs at really good prices. They also have a photocopy machine which is very useful as you can get copies in a minute. The staff are really nice in here and always up for a chat.

This store is open long hours and stocks a whole host of things…read more Normal opening hours are 7am - 9pm although closing is slightly earlier at weekends. Newsagency stocking a range of papers and magazines. Will order a particualr magazine in for you if you ask. Also an offlicence selling a range of wines, beers and spirits. Many lines are kept in a chiller cabinet so it doesn't matter if you just rush out at the last minute - your drink will be chilled. Lots of food items. Bread is delivered there regualrly and is always reasonably fresh. There are freezers keeping basic lines such as oven chips, fish fingers, ice cream in addition to a range of speciality Indian frozen dishes. In addition to the above you will also find cleaning materials, fire lighters and all sorts of things you would not expect to find in a small village store. Service is good and the shop is always clean and tidy. Perhaps the greatest downfall is parking. The street is busy and quite narrow for the volume of traffic it takes. Local resident complain of people parking across theri drive ways - and rightfully so. It is part of a chain which often runs very good offers. It is wroth always checking out the specials when you are there as there are some good deals to be had.