All in all The Walnuts contains about 40 units if you include the exterior shops along the concrete…read morepiazza. It's a fairly low key affair; Peacocks and Wilkos are about as exciting as it gets. Unsurprising really, given there's only one main shopping level. There are 500+ car parking spaces though (helpful if you're bringing your entourage I guess) and an adjoining leisure centre which is part of Bromley Council's network of facilities. I don't like the layout. You'd think it would be easy enough to design a mall; shops on one side facing shops on the opposite side, but somehow this one seems to get it wrong - too much interrupted flow your Feng Shui master would probably point out. Come for the shops by all means, but not the 'shopping experience'

I understand that the Walnuts Shopping Centre was built on an old walnut orchard. Shame. They've…read morepaved paradise and put up a parking lot.

This Claire's is a great place to go to get your accessories. It has a very wide range of stuff in…read morethere with a great variety of designs. Normally they a little stand in the store that is always in store even if you do not have a lot of money you can still pick up some thing. They also have stuff specially designed for little children as well. Furthermore they offer ear piecing in store for both women and men as well as for older and younger people. The staff are very friendly too so they are willing to help all the time.

i went with my daughter to get her ears pierced they were brilliant with her and helped me (a…read moredisabled mum) too it was a great experience would definitely recommend

This New Look store near the walnut shopping centre is very good to go to if you ant to quickly run…read morein and buy something for a night out. You can pick up every thing to a new hand bag to new shoes to match the bag. Also they have great outfits to pick from so you can feel really special for your night out on the town. Also if you want to but earring and bangles to match they have them well stocked as well as jeans at really good prices. If you can NUS then you get 10% off.

I love charity shops. My house has been furnished from skips…read moreand my cupboards are full of stuff. A bargain is as good as it gets, sometimes. PDSA Orpington however made me SO cross, I hadto write. This was the last of the 8 million charity shops that adorn the High Street in this South East London Satelite, not because there is a super duper new out of town shopping experience but because people like it that way.apparently. After a few minutes of innocent browsing, I became aware of a woman glaring at me over folded, permatanned, leathery arms. Her bright pink mouth pursed like a dogs bottom. I glanced at her and considered what she was doing. If I were a shoplifter, I wouldn't get far as I have a bad leg, but what would I be doing nicking a £4.99 dress anyway? I thought I must be mistaken. I went to the til, then spotted some cameras so left the queue to take a better look. As I peered at them over the fan, leatherface asked in a loud voice from right next to me Have you served this lady? obviously meant to let me know she had me in her sights. Dumbfounded, I left the cameras, made my purchase and went on my way. I have never been made to feel so awkward in a shop before! Did she really have nothing better to do? Perhaps she should leave the shop keeping to the other, much nicer ladies that looked embarresses at her behavior. Maybe she was a retired headmistress that missed her job! Either way, the PDSA are going to get a letter. I have a direct debit giving them a little every month because as an impoverished student, they glued my dog back together on numerous occasions and I believe I owe them. Grrrr to leathery bored housewives with dogs bottoms for mouths and pink lipstick. Now I have vented, I should stop going over it.