The place is full of handbags and the shiny shoulder bags silver jewellery Pandora Style Beads and…read moreBracelets. Liked the smell of those Yankee candles especially that coffee smelling one. Ladies clothes and knitted shrugs pashminas and jacquard scarves in every colour imaginable. This little shop is in the ancient part of Durham just before you get to the cathedral.

A really lovely, unusual gift shop, which is actually split into two shops with two separate…read moreentrances, near the cathedral in Durham. It sells a wide range of gifts and cards; pretty trinket boxes, jewellery, pashminas, scarves, unusual clothing and witty fridge magnets among other gifts. Many of the cards the shop sells are very pretty and rather unusual and you'd be hard pushed tofind them anywhere else. They're not overly expensive either. There's probably something to suit most people you know. Well worth a visit if you're looking for an unusual or unique present.

Excellent work on repairs/alterations, very professional, quick, and great price. I highly…read morerecommend them for any leather work!

From the owner: D.P. Leathers provides quick & reliable alterations or repairs for your leather goods. We can…read moreadvise you on what will work best. From design and colour to piping, graphics and sculpting.

Wonderful value of locally manufactured UK travel and carry luggage…read more Specializes in leather and canvas. Their exquisite products are seen everyday in travel, city tourism and safari TV programmes. You could buy the bags in London with another name on the leather badge, e.g. Holland and Holland, but they are made here. And in London you pay a lot more. Another UK shopping secret. You can order from your own design. We still have the rucsacs and shoulder bags after a long time! Great products last for years rather than the rubbish mainly seen at airports which probably lasts for one holiday after handling breaks the plastic fabric and cheap fittings.

This shoe repair shop is situated in the centre of houghton le spring and not only do they fix…read morebroken shoes but they also do watches and sell some leather good as well for example - bus pass holders, disabled parking badge holders and the like. their prices are very reasonable and they fix everything to a very high standard so much you can't even tell they were broken to start with! My daughter took her brand new watch in a while ago as she needed a couple of links taken out. they did this within a couple of minutes and refused any cash payment which was very kind of them. Great little shop very cheap and efficient!

Keys cut didn't work. Then when we went back they were very aggressive. Not a good value as the…read morekeys didn't work. Poor customer service and services didn't meet the standards.

Dropped off some boots for re-sole & heal last Saturday, picked up Wednesday ready for the winter…read moreseason. Very happy with work done & price, not that I have this done regularly but £15 seemed reasonable to me. The store is located up an alley way so could be difficult to find if not local. They do all the things that modern day cobblers do & more.

Great selection of doc Martin boots in the store. Every colour, shape & size, they also have other…read morestyles of boots & shoes but in the main this is where the Durham students get there footwear Purchased from here a few times however it's not cheap..

I bought some sandals for my wife online for Christmas. I bought them in…read more October. On Christmas day she tried them on and they didn't fit. I immediately e-mailed on Christmas day to ask about an exchange but decided to order another pair so as to not miss out. I had no response to my original e-mail so I rang them today and was told that it was out of the fourteen day returns period and out of the 'extended Christmas period'. What am I supposed to do, get my wife to try them before Christmas ?? I would even have accepted a credit note in return but was told there was nothing I can do, I will not be using this store again and advise people buying gifts not to do so either!!! Since I wrote this review they have agreed to refund the money. The original service was excellent and had it not been for the initial problem we had, I would've awarded more stars. I've increased the star rating in recognition of them bending their rules to provide a good level of customer service. We will use them again.