Shopping Areas in Stirling

Having lived in the west of Scotland in small towns all of my life I have always had to travel to meet my shopping needs with Glasgow and Clydebank being my normal haunts but over the recent years I have begun to use Stirling as a shopping option more and more thanks to the huge transformation which has taken shape throughout. Stirling is an old town with a castle and not much else on offer until huge improvements to the shopping facilities (namely the Marches and Thistle shopping centres) have caused the town to be a name which is linked to shopping. With excellent rail and bus links to the town centre right beside the shopping areas the town has become a popular ...  Read the complete review

The Thistle shopping centre in Stirling has grown dramatically over the past few years. The shopping centre is located right in the middle of town and is a short walk from the train station and Stirling's main bus station is joined on to the centre so there will no be any problem with the availablilty of transport for shoppers. The Thistle centre is open seven days a week from 9-5.30 with the exception of Thursday which is late night shopping and the shops are open till 8. In recent years the shopping centre has doubled in size with a whole new section that has been built. There are a wide variety of shops on offer ranging from clothes shops through to ...  Read the complete review

How Stirling's shops have changed over the 18 years I have lived in the area...now the town is a bustling shopping centre, attracting people from all over. When I first became old enough to appreciate shopping (about 10 years ago - I'm only 20!), Stirling was Rubbish (with a capital R)! The Thistle Centre did have 3 big stores - Marks and Spencers, Frasers and Debenhams. And there were a few smaller shops such as Prinicples and JJB Sports. But that was it - so to do any serious shopping, a trip to Edinburgh or Glasgow was essential! But recently the Thistle Centre has expanding into the Thistle Centre Marches and now incoporates a huge ...  Read the complete review