This gift shop - selling hand-made high quality crafts - looks quite compact from the outside, but…read morethe inside goes on forever (well almost!) There are rooms with potters, jewellers, fabrics, kids stuff, art galleries, and an antiques section a great place to find individual christmas gifts.

le strange arms is a lovely place and the gift shop is great :) will be going again!read more

Lovely little shop, if you need a gift for that person who's difficult to buy for,(lets face it, we…read moreall know one of them!), its great. It's packed full of lovely interesting bits from crystals to wooden signs, to jewellery. The only down point is the lack of parking, but then you can reward yourself after taking the short walk up the hill with a pressie for yourself from the shop!

This is such a lovely little shop, it sells all sorts of unusal items, thinks like wooden carved…read moreanimals, crystals, ornaments etc. It is bursting to the seams with delightful items that would make great gifts or additions to the home. The staff are very friendly and you dont feel pressured into buying something quickly, they give you the time to browse at you own will. When you first see the items for sale you would assume they were very expensive but it is actually the complete opposite, and you will be surprised how cheap the items are. This is certainly a place to go to get those more unusual christmas gifts

There are two shops in Staithe street situated next door to each other. One's called This & That,…read morethe others called That & This. I suspect that they're owned by the same people! An excellent pair of shop none the less, they're bargain bucket outlets selling all sorts of bric a brac and household items at very good prices. It's fun just having a rummage around seeing what they've got and making a few impulse purchases as you go. Somewhat bizarrely their pavement display consists mainly of socks and underwear (again all at very cheap prices) - I can vouch for their quality and longevity! I love these shops and Wells shopping wouldn't be the same without them.

A fantastic shop for unique and bespoke cards, gifts, retro goods and handmade items that can't be…read morefound elsewhere. Definitely well worth checking out! It's great for gifts for the hard to buy for people in your life!

Was here with my wife and mum a few weeks back. Always nice to go there as there are lots of little…read moreshops to visit. My wife was really happy to visit the haberdashery shop whilst my main interest when I was there was the cider shop. They used to have a shop selling items that a local craftsman had made on a wood lathe in the shop. This has now gone and a more commercialised shop is there now selling wooden gifts, which is a shame. The Rose shop was amazing, hundreds of different varieties of rose bush, including some classic tea roses.

There are some genuine cottage industries here, in particular a glass workshop and a wood turners…read more Other industries are a little more suspect. Whilst the website gives details of lovingly crafted articles almost every shop had commercial goods for sale - imports from the East - together with their craft-ware. We were at the end of the season, but only one workshop actually had a craftsman (well woman) performing her magic. For me the joy of craft fairs and centres is the opportunity to view unusual goods and see handmade products. Thus the presence of imports and goods that you could easily buy on the high street being sold at craft centre inflated prices was very disappointing. I appreciate that imports might be a way of making a quick bit of money, but for me this really did detract from the whole enterprise. For those with children there is quite a nice little Junior farm. Rather like a traditional pets' corner, this area allows children to get up close to some lovely farm animals and to help with some of the more fun chores such as egg collection. There's a regular timetable of events so you can call up in advance to find out when certain things are happening if that is your bent. In the season (late March through mid September) there is also a children's funfair. Payment for the rides is by token. The fair had closed when we visited and so I cannot comment on how good (or busy) it was. It might just provide some entertainment though! There is also a fairly large area of open space where one could picnic or have a bit of a run around. This area, at the end of the season, was a bit muddy, but provided it is dry, high season shouldn't be a problem.

This shop offers goods of ghe highest quality. A little on the expensive side but you only get what…read moreyou pay for. Definitely no tat here. Extremely helpful staff who go the extra mile to assist in their customers requests

This Evolution in Ipswich town centre has been here for a long time. I used to go to it to buy my…read moremum blue glass items for christmas and birthdays and this was one of the only places to get them at a reasonable price. Now after all these years my kids go here to buy me presents for bithdays and christmas shows how times have changed but some things just stay the same. Obviously the items for sale have moved on with the times, they just sell quirky pieces that are not the same as everywhere else. They are a much more personal present something a little different. The staff are friendly and helpfull and will wrap items if you need them done too. There are a couple of steps in the shop but if you have a buggy they jump to help before you could even think of asking. A great place to buy that extra speacial gift.

Lots of lovely gifts ranging from the pocket money price to slightly more expensive items. Various…read morehousehold and dispaly items, storage, jewellery, cushions throws stocking fillers etc. COurteous service, light and airy shop - very good prices, a good place for some different ideas. MAny budhist items too.

Dragonfly Home, like its companion stores Dragonfly and Dragonfly Kitchen, is a beautiful…read morecollection of lovely home items arranged in such a way as to convince you that you can't leave without buying them! I've been seduced by a beautiful bedspread or Emma Bridgewater teapot many times. There's a mix of high-end quality furniture and well-known names such as Cath Kidston, together with niche designers and imported wooden items. Perfect for an extra-special gift or for treating yourself, it's well worth a visit. One of my favourite shops in Louth.

A really quaint shop, selling household and kitchen items. The things sold here are much more…read moreunique than mainstream shops and although perhaps a little pricier, you can often pick up a bargin too. A lovely place to buy presents from (or treat yourself) as you always feel you have something a bit different to what everyone else has. A visit to its sister shop next door, is highly recommended too. This sells gifts, cards etc and is equally, if not more so, lovely.

Living in the US, I wanted to send flowers to my sister, who lives in a Cambridge college, for her…read morebirthday. She loved the arrangement! Flower House was attentive and easy to work with through email. Would strongly recommend them if sending flowers to a loved one in the area.

I ordered a floral arrangement via e-mail from the Flower House while abroad and they took care of…read morearranging and delivering for me. Everything went very smoothly without a hitch!