WOW! Alan Brown are always fabulous..I have ordered flowers on many occasions from them and they…read moreseem to get better every time. Affordable arrangements with fantastic customer service. An example is just today, I ordered the Grand Prix red roses and asked for some lillies to be tied into the bouquet. They were a gift for my mum who is recently widowed and has just become poorly so I decided to treat her. I placed my order at 09:00am and the flowers arrived just an hour later! My mum is highly delighted with these flowers and I am so impressed with the superb service and the quality of the flowers is always very high and they last a long time. I am very pleased, as usual, with Alan Brown and I will be using them again! Thank you to all of the staff. Miss C Austin x

Right in one of the entrances to the market is Alan Brown's Flowers. They don't merely stick to…read morefresh assortment of flowers at very good prices, for exactly the same prices, they sell fabric and artificial versions for those who don't have the time to look after the flowers they buy, but want the floral designs in their homes. Instead of merely standing there, the woman who was working in the store was very aware of each and every customer spending even just a moment looking at the flowers decorating the entrance, asking if they need any help. That kind of awareness is a brilliant quality that makes the shop a very friendly place to be!

This is a beautiful little florists in the heart of Ilkley. From the mere outside you can tell the…read morekind of love and care taken with their displays and craft, with beautifully lit little trees snipped into lollypop type shapes, which immediately reminded me of visiting Disney Land Paris, where they had fairly tale square and round shaped trees, which I in particular found to be very exciting! Inside it is somewhat like a sort of beautifully scented meditation room, with some lovely water features splishing away in the corner. The lady who served me was very friendly and helped me to choose a lovely bunch of flowers as a gift for a friend, who was very pleased - I'm told they lasted over two weeks, which is quite good value for money! As a lovely alternative to supermarket flowers, which are hit and miss at best, try Amity Rose if you're in Ilkley Town!

Amity Rose is essentially a florists with lavish and decadent extras thrown in. Two bay trees stand…read moreoutside, framing the doorway and the window display was very attractive with a large 'distressed' mirror and bird cages surrounded by plants and flowers. Inside, I particularly liked the bold decoration that would bring a subtle effect to a home or garden - like the large stones with small indents just big enough to fit a tea light in. Even though it was a small shop everything was quite grand. There was a vase nearly as tall as me filled with lemons! I fantasied about one day having a house suitable for any of this but if you're looking for some extras for your home maybe take a look here for something a bit different.

I use this florist when I need something special and something special is what I always get. The…read morearrangements and bouquets are very stylish and they are particularly skillful at combining colours and variety. You can also buy beautifully potted bulbs and orchids and the wrappings and ribbons they use make it all the more luxurious and glam. It's a small shop but the variety is brilliant and I have always found them very helpful.

Excellent service and flowers were beautiful. The lady in shop who assisted us, clearly knew her…read morebusiness and was very helpful, patient and friendly. Thank you!

The Perfumed Garden has a suitably romantic name for a florist, conjuring up images of a wild…read moregarden filled to bursting with a cacophony of gorgeously scented blooms. I like my flowers to look as natural and straight from the garden as poss, and I found the flowers on display a little too 'professionally presented' for my taste, rather resembling the kind of artificial bouquets or dried flowers my nana used to decorate her house with...though I'm sure some people love the immaculate, very thought-out look. You can either buy a bouquet on the day you want it or order from a slightly different range for the next day, and all bouquets can be viewed online. They can deliver within Leeds and areas surrounding Leeds the next day and you can also buy balloons champagne and gifts to be delivered.

The Perfumed Garden is a florists in Chapel Allerton selling bouquets available to buy or order for…read morethe same day or the next day. I had no idea that a special bouquet could be so expensive until I looked at their range but maybe my eye caught the particularly pricey ones. There were some at around £20 but some larger ones went up to £90. Many of the range can be viewed and ordered online, which is handy but if like me, you like to see things in the flesh before you buy them then it is better to pop into the shop to get a more 3D view on the bouquet situation. Helpfully they offer things to accompany the bouquet gift such as chocolates or a vase.

Angela (Colourwheelflorist.co.uk) is a very talented artistshe works with plants and flowers not…read morepaint, but the results are spectacular. We asked her to look after the table decorations for an event we were holding and to provide some horticultural sparkle to the day. She didn't disappoint and everyone who came just kept talking about how amazing the interior was with real trees lining the entrance hall and how pretty the table flowers were. Great job.

I discovered Car & Kitchen during my first visit to Settle which was in August 2015. It was closed…read morewhen I found it in the early evening but an examination of the lunchtime menu in the window convinced me that it was the place for me to have my lunch next day. When I returned for lunch, I ordered what I had already chosen on the previous evening, namely the lentil and carrot soup with the salmon sandwiches. I expected it to good and it was even better, so much so that when I arrived in Settle for a return visit a year later, I visited Car and Kitchen twice, the first visit being in late afternoon when they only had drinks and pastries. I opted for a cafetiere and crumpets with Nutella. Having had only rather disappointing coffee during my previous week in East Anglia, I suddenly had the first seriously good coffee of my holiday. This was an un-plunged glass cafetiere containing enough grounds as to be opaque. I returned at lunchtime next day and ordered exactly what I had for my lunch a year previously, both to remind myself how good it was and also to get better photographs of it. I had another cafetiere to confirm that I wasn't dreaming the previous day and I also had crumpets with butter. The only disappointment was that the crumpets were served at the same time as the mains, when it was obvious that they would not stay hot for the time that it takes to consume the soup and sandwiches.

Always a memorable visit - selling something for everyone. I know I will find a decent gift here…read morefor myself or friends. Gifts are distinctive , outstanding and most of all reasonably priced. I always recommend this quirky shop to friends and family.

Cadeux is a unique gift shop that caters for both men and women. I can usually get quite excited…read moreabout gift shops, and Cadeux is not exception! Usually when I think of gift shops, I get the image of stuffy little card shops with a small arrangement of 'dated' gifts that seem to follow the same trend everywhere. Cadeux is a very stylish shop full of unusual and quirky gifts. They even offer a wedding list service so you know the choice must be extensive! They offer delivery on their goods and also an online shopping service. I'm a big fan of the artwork they stock too, from Rolf Harris, Csilla Orban & Nemo to James Blinkhorn, Doug Hyde & Fabian Perez. If you need an unusual gift idea, have a look at their collections.

Not having had children, I am not an expert on Mothercares, so forgive me if I sound a little bit…read morestupid and naive here. Visiting this Mothercare was quite an experience. I can't really summarise it adequately so I'll just have to go into detail. I came here with some ladies from my work to spend the collection of £150 we'd put together for a colleague we all loved who was going on maternity leave. I was all nonchalant and blasé and 'yeah, babies, whatever, let's just get some bibs and that'. Until I walked through the door. It's like some kind of different world. I wanted to cry within five minutes. My voice was hoarse from all the 'ooohs' and 'aaaahs' and I couldn't stop pointing at all the teeny tiny booties and t shirts and one-sies. A plethora of clothing, accessories, cots, blankets, gadgets, toys and other baby stuff, this place is quite something. There's an upstairs that I don't think I could quite have coped with emotionally (plus we overspent by £30 because we got carried away), but there's prolly lots up there too. If you're expecting, or know someone who is, and feel that you're strong enough, you have to come here

I spent hundreds of pounds in preperation for the arrival of our son. You can get everything you…read moreneed and more, infact we ended up with much more than we planned and needed to be honest. The toilets are always pristine and having a mummy's room is so useful. You can open an account to put away for your little ones arrival and you get 10% off when you do that.