Freeport Braintree

Freeport Shopping Village was opened on the outskirts of Braintree just under six years ago, at which time it came as something of a revolution to this sleepy but fast growing market town, whose town centre consisted largely of estate agents, umpteen charity shops and a couple of ‘department’ stores which made Grace Brothers seem like Harrods. There was a tremendous hoo-hah from local shopkeepers who feared it would encroach upon their business, and after much debate, the scheme was eventually agreed by the Council, on the proviso that the Freeport outlets wouldn’t be allowed to sell, at discounted prices, goods that were currently available on the High Street. This ...

Oh yes they can!! I will tell you why.... I am lucky to have a major, out of town, shopping village built right behind my home.... WHAT!! I hear you cry, lucky to have it behind your home?? I know most people would hate the thought of such a huge development right behind their house... what with all the extra traffic, the noise and the lighting, on day and night, but it is not all bad. I guess I am not a NIMBY (not in my back yard) but a YIMBY (yes in my back yard) This village is the Braintree Freeport Designer Village.... >>Braintree is mid-north Essex. Both Freeport, and Braintree, are found alongside the A120.. About 16 miles from ...

Shopping for a bra should or could be a pleasurable experience, well shouldn't it. WELL IT WASN'T. Why is it when you knowwhat size you need, what colour you want and the shop is full of bras, in all colours all designs, all shapes and prices so cheap you can afford a dozen, that they don't have your size. Having decided to replenish my underwear stock, which is something that I don't do that regularly, now I know why. We took a visit to our local out of town retail outlet "Freeport" in Braintree. Seeing sale signs beckoning in the Gossard shop and leaving my husband outside for fear of embarrassment (his, not mine I ...