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Trafford Centre (Manchester)
by bluebell190 The Trafford Centre is a large shopping centre located in manchester. I live in Bolton, and use the m60 to access the trafford centre, whenever i decide to go there is always a traffic jam on the m60 it drives me mad! The main reason i choose to go to the trafford centre is because everything is in one place, under cover and ... it is absolutely free to park. It gets very busy in the car parks especially during weekends and school holidays but you can just park on the kerbs and you never get a parking ticket. I used to work at the trafford centre so i know my way around very well, know exactly where the shops are i want to go in, so i can be in and out if i want to be. I like to spend a whole day at the trafford centre though when we go, as there is a huge food area, which is set out really posh like a ship. When you look up its a blue sky with stars, and the seating area is like on a ship deck. There a lots of cheap pizza places or you can get jacket potatoes, sandwiches, as well as the usual mcdonalds, kfc and pizza hut. These is also an odean cinema, with a new mini golf which has just recently opened. There is also a laserquest, arcade, bowling alley and dodgems! You never get bored on a day out in the trafford centre, there is so much more to do than just shopping! There is the usual range of shops like new look, river island, debenhams etc. I wish there were more cheaper shops though, like there is in the town centres, like peacocks, matalan, primark. I love these type of shops but they must not be up market enough for the likes of the trafford centre! There is a very strange shop that has just opened in the trafford centre, i cant remember what it is called but they dont have the lights on! You have to walk round the shop in the dark and they just have spot lights on here and there pointing at some of the best items. I dont think i could work in a shop in the dark all day! I thought it was annoying you couldnt see anything! When it first opened years ago there was a large area with small stalls selling cheap bargains, but that got closed down and they built a huge john lewis store in its replacement. I think they are trying to make it more of a posh shopping centre, so do not want cheaper stores who people may be a bit snobby about. There are also a number of opticians in the trafford centre, which is good as if you have read my vision express review i am always breaking my glasses, so i take them here and they usually take an hour to repair or replace so its great to do a spot of shopping while you wait! There is also a new home shopping part which they have just opened, which includes a next home, marks and spencers home, bhs, habitat dwell etc. This is great if you want to do a bit of home shopping without having to go into the actual trafford centre as it is built over the road, just with a huge long bridge connecting it. It also has its own car park too. Overall, i prefer to shop locally in the town centre of bolton if i want to go in places like peacocks and primark, but on a horrible rainy day i go to the trafford centre as its all undercover! Read the complete review |
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Trafford Centre (Manchester)
by samparry19 The Trafford Centre is a large, undercover shopping centre housing about 180 shops. These include the usuals like Debenhams, M&S, Selfridges, John Lewis and many more. On arrival, the parking here is excellent, there are plenty of entrances and plenty of car parks to park in, and all of them are FREEE, which compared to ... some of Manchesters prices is a bonus! The carparks occasionally get full during January Sales, but there is always a kerb or piece of grass you can squeeze yourself into. The car park attendants seem to have enough not to ticket you if you are parked in strange places, this always helps. The Layout of the Trafford Centre is over two floors, there is a seperate area for food/drinks, and it also has a twenty screen cinema, tenpin bowling, mini golf and an arcade. The centre is always kept nice and clean, cleaners troll up & down with trollies sweeping up. There are also staff in red coats always wandering around if you need directions. There are plenty of information points around, and for the children there are small cars they can be pushed around in. There isn't much to say about the shops themselves, these are pretty much the same inside as they would be along the high street, but again always seem to be kept clean and tidy. The dinning area is brilliant, over 60 Resteraunts with the option to sit down or take away, names include Pizza Hut, Nando's, Cafe Rouge and many more. This area is set out like a cruise ship, which also has a small pool in the middle, for young kids its great, there are even star lights in the ceiling. You may have seen this on programmes like Gok's fashion fix. Dotted around the shopping area are smaller food places like Millies Cookies, and ice cream booths, these arent cheap, but once you are in the Trafford Centre you dont have much choice but to use them The Odeon cinema is a good one, with twenty screens in total, this is close to the dinning area so is good for an evening out, the bars are a short walk from the cinema entrance. The Trafford Centre now has a dedicated area, called Barton Square, dedicated to homeware shops including BHS home, Habitat, Next Home. Fot a full list visit www.traffordcentre.co.uk The home area is very good, the prices are reasonable and this also has its own seperate carpark if you want to avoid the clothes shoppers. All in all, if you are looking for a day at the shops, and dont feel like getting wet in the rain or falling over in the snow, give the Trafford Centre a try, http://www.traffordcentre.co.uk/gettinghere/journeyplanner/ click the link for directions, you can't miss it. Read the complete review |
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Westfield Shopping Centre (London)
by emmajt81 Having always preferred indoor shopping centres like Lakeside and Bluewater to the busy streets of London I was quite excited when this first opened up. I didn't however visit it until just recently, as it is totally on the other side of London to where I am most of the time. I am now working a bit of the time in Shepherds Bush and so I ... pop in quite frequently. I was surprised the first time I walked in as I was expecting this giant shopping centre, but for me it didn't feel any bigger than its rivals Lakeside or Bluewater. In fact I would go as far as to say it isn't AS big as they are. Lakeside in Essex had a lot more high street style shops and Bluewater has more high end shops. Westfield is more like Bluewater. You won't find a Primark or a Peacocks but more an Ugg store and Hollister, and lots of top designer shops as well such as Burberry. The high street shops it does have are more high end like Zara - although it does have a H&M, New Look and Topshop/Topman. They have a good food court both indoors and outdoors and have recently just opened a Vue cinema in there on the top floor which is a welcome addition. The ceilings are much higher in Westfield which gives you the illusion that everything is much bigger. It isn't! In fact the H&M is so tiny in Westfield (with no mens section last time I was there) that it's hardly worth looking in! There is a good selection of shops I would say though. You have your every day places like Boots, Superdrug, WH Smith, HMV, you also have a variety of banks including Halifax and there is also a Debenhams in there and a Waitrose for food shopping (only really handy if you don't live far away I would guess). Like I said clothes shops wise there is a good selection. I for one love the fact that there is a New Look and an Ugg store pretty close together - something Oxford Street can't offer you. But it perhaps could do with a few more high street shops. The Boots is quite large but I find that things aren't very ordered in there and I find it quite difficult to find things if I am looking for something specific. Whenever I have been in there it's been during the day not evenings or weekends so I am not sure how busy it would get. It's fairly roomy in there with plenty of leather recliner seats scattered around - handy for the men out shopping with their other halves to stop and have a rest! Its quite a pretty shopping centre as well I suppose - its all very clean and new though so we'll see how it looks in ten years time! There's even a champagne bar (!) you can stop and have a cheeky glass of champers at! I imagine popular after work with some people but seems like a bit of a waste of space they could be using for something else more profitable to me. One downside I found with Westfield is that basically the place is on two floors in a circular shape so you will eventually get back to where you started from. But there don't seem to be any maps anywhere except at the door where you walk in (although this is usually always empty). Very frustrating when you are looking for one shop and walk around for ages looking for it. There are a couple of monitors you can go to, to search for your store but they are few and far between. Probably an excuse to make you walk round and round looking for something, and to buy more things along the way. Food wise there is plenty to choose from - no fast food though! Not a McDonalds in sight - if you want that you'll have to head out and walk round to the main high street where you'll find a McDonalds and a KFC and a Wetherspoons. There are places to eat inside and also a little walkway outside with other places to eat along with al fresco dining. Not had a chance to try it out yet but I think it will be quite nice in the summer. Nothing is very cheap here though. Even grabbing a sandwich will probably set you back a fiver unless you buy it from Boots! But then again, the shops in Westfield don't really cater for people with no money - you expect to spend a bit when you come here, just judging by the type of stores they have. There's several tube stations you can use to get here. Shepherds Bush (Central Line or Overground) are a 2 minute walk past the outdoor restaurants. White City is about a 5 minute walk, and Wood Lane is right next door and was purposefully built for access to the shopping centre. During the week the centre opens at 10am til 10pm, Saturdays 9am til 9pm and Sundays 12pm til 6pm. Restaurants and the cinema are obviously open later than this. They do have free car parking - I have never driven there so can't comment on what it is like, other than that they do have it! Overall, Westfield is what it is - a shopping centre for people who want to spend a bit more money than usual. If you are like me, you'll go there every now and then and buy a couple of things, if you have a lot of money you will be in there every week with bagfuls of stuff. It has shops that I like, but wish it had a few more cheaper high street shops. Read the complete review |
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