Swansgate Shopping Centre Reviews Summary

Shop Variety and Quality

Pros:

• "Good selection of basic shops for a high street now a days, most high streets are a lot quieter than this one."
• "A lot of different stores that have a nice variety of products."
• "The variety of shops is quite impressive, catering to a wide range of interests and needs."
• "For a small shopping centre it has quit a few shops."
• "It's a small shopping centre with many shops like argos, home bargains, subway and many more shops."
• "This medium sized shopping mall has a useful range of shops for everyday shopping in comfortable surroundings with an adjacent multi storey car park that's free to use."
• "A smaller shopping center than most towns but has got the likes of a fairly large Wilko a decent size Boots and Superdrug A large Home Bargains also Argos W H Smiths and. Poundland Hinds Jewelers Specsavers Store to book your holidays and Costa Coffee all the usual mobile phone outlets Gregg's Bakers and some independent outlets."

Cons:

• "Would avoid this shopping centre unless you want to buy a coffee, mobile phone or a birthday card."
• "The building itself is a complete eyesore that sucks the life out of the surrounding town centre."
• "Drab selection of shops."
• "Variety of shops is very poor. Not big names."
• "In desperate need of some better shops and maybe even a few decent restaurants."
• "Desperately needs some better shops in there."
• "Old, decrepit, full of shops nobody needs or wants, gone majorly downhill over the last 10 years."

Parking and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Free parking the centre is all under cover."
• "Free parking which is always available."
• "Parking free and walk straight into the centre."
• "On the plus side the car park is free however it's owned by the local council."
• "The multi-storey car park is free."
• "Free parking in indoor multi-storey car park."
• "Always ample free parking, and central to all Wellingborough amenities."

Cons:

• "The car park is very difficult to manoeuvre around unless you have a small car."
• "Awful car park. I don't know why the turns to go to different floors have not been widened."
• "The car park has ramps going up to each level that were designed by some kind of sadist as a test of driving ability."
• "Unless you drive a small car prepare to line up carefully on the ramps which were designed when the average car size was an Austin Allegro."
• "Let down by the dingey and smelly car park & toilets."
• "Dark, dingy free car park in dire need of resurfacing."
• "No big name stores take out phone shops bargin stores not much left should try get better shops lower rents and open upstairs like it used to be ie wimpy or Burger King it needs some sort of eatery."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "It’s always lovely and clean and has all the basic shops you need for household goods and little cheap stuff to keep the kids happy."
• "Clean & tidy."
• "Inside of Swansgate is lovely. A great verity of shops to visit, and is very festive at Christmas time!"
• "Great to finally walk through a shopping centre again. Well marked out and open with free parking too."
• "The layout of the centre is well-planned, making it easy to navigate from one shop to another."
• "Very clean and tidy, plenty of staff to help you and to keep the place safe as well."
• "It's always clean and tidy, with a good friendly security presence."

Cons:

• "The building itself is a complete eyesore that sucks the life out of the surrounding town centre."
• "Lift/stairs always have a disgusting smell and always an unpleasant entrance to an otherwise clean shopping centre."
• "The only eating area looks like a condemned service station Costa with tired furniture and even more tired appearing staff."
• "Not much there. The stairways of the car park smell like uncleaned public toilets."
• "However, outside around Swansgate, can be VERY uncomfortable. There has been a number of people around who don't look friendly at all and sometimes in groups."
• "The Swansgate Centre is a mess there's no good food shops."
• "Very dated and run down looking shopping centre."