Shopping in York in general

York is my mum's favourite place for shopping, which I always take as a good sign as she's a hard lady to please!! Anyway, York pretty much has everything you could ever want! For high street names, like Boots, H&M and WHSmiths, then Coney Street should be where you're heading. Noticeable by it's absence is Primark. There's often fevered debates about this, but as I find that Primark too often resembles a jumble sale/brawl, I'm happy without it, after all Leeds is just down t'road... At the centre of York is Parliament street, which is again mostly full of well known names like Marks and Spencers and New Look. However, continue heading towards the tall ...  Read the complete review

York is a bit of an oddity as far as shopping goes. It's got a weird mixture of big names and shops that you've never heard of, all of which blend together visually to maintain York's olde worlde look. York is easily accessible by road or rail. If you arrive by train you have just a few minutes walk to either the main high street (passing by the best bacon butty shop ever on the bridge - make sure to stop and try it), or if you turn right heading out the station, Micklegate, a street that amongst students is known as the Micklegate Mile owing probably mostly to the fact it's about a mile long and mostly pubs! Anyway if you go down Micklegate first ...  Read the complete review

York is brilliant for shopping if like me you like lots of individual shops. There is no shortage of shops in york. A good advantage for york is that it is quite easily accessible by train. If arriving by train you need to walk over the bridge and it is from here that the shopping area begins. There are plenty of twisty streets in york and on each one is a row of shops. If you want a bargain there is an all year round market that has a variety of stall from cards to clothes. Just behind the market is the famous shambles. Here you will find plenty of little shops that all have tempting displays especially the chocolate ...  Read the complete review

Artfulness is a small art gallery tucked away in Goodramgate in York, a street perhaps more renowned for its selection of charity shops rather than an exclusive art shop. I came upon it quite by chance and looking at the window displays I had to go inside for a closer look at what was on offer. Once inside you can browse to your heart's content, the owner was very friendly but not at all pushy, but she was very helpful and happy to discuss the artwork displayed. She promotes up and coming artists as well as more established ones and has a wide selection of artwork produced by local people. I thought this was very commendable as I feel anything to encourage the ...  Read the complete review

The City of York is not only a great place for history, tradition and sightseeing, it is also a shopper’s dream! I am writing this opinion from the point of view of someone who is not particularly interested in shopping – I never have been the sort to wander round shops for the sake of it. So, for me to consider York a great place to shop, it must be good. The main part of the city has all the big chain stores including Marks and Spencers, Boots, Virgin, Woolworth’s, WH Smiths, Debenhams, etc., and is well laid out and mainly pedestrianised. All the major banks and building societies are also represented so there’s no problem ...  Read the complete review