Cirencester Shops - Shopping in Cirencester

Cirencester has a mix of shops that should cater for most people's needs, from small local retailers to large national chain stores.

The main shopping area centres around:

• Market Place (includes Next, Cargo, House of Fraser (Rackhams) and Jessops)
• Dyer Street (includes Argos, Gardiner Homecentre and Marks & Spencer food outlet)
• Cricklade Street (includes GAME, Halfords and Boots)
• Castle Street (includes Concord Foto, WH Smiths and Oddbins)

There is also a small covered shopping area called Bishops Walk. CD's, videos and DVD's can be found in WH Smiths in Castle Street. There are DVD and video rental outlets in the town, the largest being Choices in Dyer Street which also hires out PlayStation and Xbox games.

Relative newcomers to Cirencester include Julian Graves and Costa Coffee (which took over the premises vacated when Currys closed in 2006) and the Body Shop. History Craft have a shop in Bishop's Walk.

The catalogue shop Argos has a presence in Dyer Street. Gardiners has a large range of "white goods" such as washing machines and fridge freezers as well as selling DIY, gardening and home furnishing goods.

Womenswear is particularly well represented with many independent stores in the town together with established chains such as Next (which also has a childrens section), Dorothy Perkins and Country Casuals.

The General Trading Company closed in the summer of 2007 (the premises is now occupied by The Streamer Trading Cookshop), but Lock Stock and Barrel in the Market Place is among the shops selling 'nik naks', while Rackhams, also in the Market Place, prides itself on being Cirencester's one and only department store.

Halfords, Boots, Thorntons and Goldsmiths are further examples of the type of store to be found in the town.

You will also find the major banks and building societies such as Barclays, HSBC, Halifax (HBOS), Nationwide and Nat West

The Cirencester Charter Market can be found in the Market Place every Monday and Friday.

Cirencester, in common with most other towns and cities, is suffering from the adverse economic conditions. Woolworths closed in December 2008, Adams Childrenswear and Whittards have also closed.

On a positive note, the Corn Hall redevelopment has brought new life with Made By Bob among the shops opening.