Shopping in Durham City

Durham

Shopping
in/near Durham, Durham,
England North East



Review added: 02/01/2010 23:12
By: durhamgirl (£67.00 earned from reviews) Earn £££'s

"While Durham isn't a particularly large city (you can walk from one side of the city centre to the other in about 20 minutes!), it does have quite a lot to offer shoppers looking for something to spend their hard earned cash on.

If you're a visitor to Durham, chances are you will park in The Prince Bishop's Shopping Centre car par as it's the easiest to find. From here you have easy access to the centre. From the name you would be forgiven for thinking it was a shopping mall, but infact it is just 1 curved street. It's home to shops such as BHS, HMV, Next, New Look, Superdrug and Boots.

From here we are lead into Durham Market Place. The Market Place is semi pedestrianised and here there is 2 entrances to the Indoor Market. It's fairly large and is home to a lots of different stalls including a butchers, book seller, mobile phone repair, bakers, shoe shop and a haberdashery. It also has a cafe and public toilets. There are over 80 stalls in total and on Saturdays there are extra stalls in the Market Place.

There is a Farmers Market held in the Market Place on the third Thursday of every month.

The other shopping mall in Durham is called The Gates. I'm not a massive fan of The Gates, quite a lot of the units are empty and the shops there are not really worh a special visit. They include Julian Graves, Evans and Poundland.

Aside from all of these high street shops, Durham is also home to a selection of creative shops and workshops. Fowlers Yard is located next to the River Wear and the workspaces are open to the public, providing visitors with the opportunity to meet the artists and craftspeople and observe different creative processes, such as hot glass arts, metal work, textile arts, photography and a Micro Brewery."

Comments

don't take photo's in the indoor market as you may be
escorted off the premises by overly officious small minded employees!