"Good amount of parking, nice amount of shops and a fair amount is under cover."
"The Parade is a busy but spacious shopping district that connects Swindon's central bus station, depot, and shop, to the Brunel Shopping mall in the heart of town."
"Great variety of shops but really dirty with lots of litter."
"Pleasant friendly atmosphere, spacious enough to enjoy lovely sunshine along with shopping in various branded stores."
"Got a Marks and Spencer and Waterstones and Boots. Boswells coffee shop is a Gem in the arcade."
"Has most of the standard shops you need."
"Lots of different shops..... Very clean street and plenty of bins that's what I like to see......"
Cons:
"Town centre is awful now. No wonder nobody wants to visit it."
"Certainly not what it used to be but still got value for money shops which makes it nice to visit from some of the more uppity city centres in the region."
"Town centre a bit run down and a few empty shops that could be better filled."
"Such a friendly place but like most large towns and cities there lots of large empty stores."
"Half the shops at the bottom of town closed down."
"Terrible. So many closed shops, all that's left is empty spaces."
"Many empty shops, absolutely hate visiting the town centre."
Cleanliness and Maintenance
Pros:
"Swindon shopping centre has loads to offer and is a clean tidy town."
"Very large area with equally large variety of retailers - low to medium end brands. Neat and tidy and tied into the core geography of Swindon town centre."
"The facilities are very clean. The security and the staff are very friendly."
"A lot of good shops. People are going out for shopping or relaxing for a coffee."
"Several coffee shops provide seating both indoors and out to watch the throngs, or escape them."
"Great outdoor shopping area with some well known branded stores."
"A very nice place. I visited Argos to collect an item bought online, there was a carpark nearby and I found it very easy to access even with two toddlers."
Cons:
"I felt very uneasy."
"I could not believe how dirty Swindon has got, chewing gum all over the floor."
"So sad to see Swindon looking like this. Empty shops, desolate, vandalised & graffiti."
"Local car parks stink of urine and are not cheap."
"Roads are dirty. Swindon town centre can do with some love."
"Run down, dirty and littered with empty shops."
"The whole area seemed dirty."
Accessibility and Convenience
Pros:
"Hi convenient everything in one location lovely shopping experience benches all along the parade so that makes it great when one is of an advanced age."
"All the areas are accessible via the station and parking lot."
"Great shopping centre/town centre which is also close to the big mall just on the outskirts of town."
"Located in town Centre has everything required from banks, Post office, pubs, home needs, clothing, groceries, mobile repairs, footwear, restaurants, coffee..."
"Good for shopping. Not far from bus stop or car parks."
"Central town/city centre shopping area... has a bit of everything you need."
"Most of the shopping needs are taken care of at this point from food to clothing to other household requirements."
Cons:
"With expensive parking and a dwindling choice of shops, we now only visit if we need to go someplace specific."
"The centre is in the middle of Swindon and therefore is part of the modernisation that is taking place. There are two large multi-storey car parks, but due to Swindon's ANTI-CAR Policy delays in getting in and out are a regular occurrence."
"Swindon Town centre is looking so run down! Scruffy, lots of empty shops, smashed glass from a bottle, on the floor where I went."
"Shame not everyone was adhering to social distancing so made it stressful plus lots of people not wearing masks :-("
"Looks a little run down and rough with a lot empty buildings if walking up from the brunel car park."
"It's a sad place atm, loads of shops closing, too many phone shops and tat shops but a major problem is the local feral drunks that have no issue arguing and fighting each other."