Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

If you could live very close to one shop, which would it be?

237 replies

JMSA · 31/01/2026 14:19

I can’t lie, Home Bargains. I just love it.

OP posts:
LookingThroughGlass · 01/02/2026 18:39

Anything I had no interest in whatsoever so I didn't spend too much money there 😄Somewhere like Halfords, or one of those official football club merch shops, let's say a Leeds United shop because there's one I often walk past.

Londonrach1 · 01/02/2026 18:27

Lidl

Shoxfordian · 01/02/2026 18:25

Waterstones although it'd decimate my bank account

JohnTheRevelator · 01/02/2026 18:24

Aldi!

Sahara123 · 01/02/2026 18:23

Although I wouldn’t want to live on a motorway so it would need to be moved to rural Scotland!

Sahara123 · 01/02/2026 18:21

Gloucester Services - same company as Tebay.

Emeraldforest · 01/02/2026 18:20

Selfridges! But I am lucky enough to be 5 minutes walk from. Sainsburys, Aldi,Iceland ,a small Morrisons etc etc, but something more fancy would be lovely.

AnneShirleysNewDress · 01/02/2026 18:13

Cranstons Cumbria Foodhall

VikingBird · 01/02/2026 18:12

Pret 😊

BlueandWhitePorcelain · 01/02/2026 18:03

Waitrose or a Tesco Extra with a pharmacy!

knor · 01/02/2026 18:00

m and s 100%! I use to live 10 min walk from one when I rented and it was such a delight going there :D is also nice if you’re having people round/want a treat as you always know you can get really good food

27pilates · 01/02/2026 17:50

M and S foodhall

WhitePudding · 01/02/2026 17:47

Waitrose is sort of my corner shop with Lidl directly opposite -perfect combo!

That said, if it ever was feasible to move (which it’s not), I’d love to be close to the fabulous M&S at Cheshire Oaks. I’m a very sad person I know!

Mydogisagentleman · 01/02/2026 17:44

Dunelm, waitrose, john Lewis, big big big Mark's.
Me and DH went to a giant one in Peterborough. He loathes shopping, but was impressed by the household stuff

OttersMayHaveShifted · 01/02/2026 13:11

Ooh I said John Lewis, but I'd be very tempted by IKEA!

Crikeyalmighty · 01/02/2026 13:10

M&S food hall -

TimeForATerf · 01/02/2026 13:06

Nodirectionhome · 31/01/2026 18:28

My nearest shop is Home Bargains (10 minute walk).

I live 15 minutes walk from M & S and 20 minutes walk from Bury market. 15 minutes from a Tesco Extra, 10 minutes from Aldi. All other shops, restaurants and cinema within 20 minute walk. One of the main reasons I live here.

Show quote history

Lucky, lucky you....oh to be able to nip into the market and buy something for dinner that day depending upon what's in season or what you fancy!

godmum56 · 31/01/2026 21:19

Wonderknicks · 31/01/2026 18:12

I had these this week after about a 15 year gap. They were revolting, I couldn't finish them!
Wholefoods might be my choice if they are all like the one I went to in LA. Otherwise I'll make go with a Booths!

Show quote history

no not the meatballs. The hotdogs are good and the frozen cinnamon buns are sublime.

Vetoncall · 31/01/2026 19:18

Waitrose definitely.

We're a 5 minute drive from an M&S Foodhall where we do most of our shopping, but we don't have Waitrose at all here in NI. I lived in England for 7 years with a big Waitrose 10 minutes drive away and I still really miss it. Every time I go to Edinburgh or England now I make sure I can get in at least one Waitrose visit!

Ponoka7 · 31/01/2026 19:15

Not popular but, Primark. I live within walking distance of many of the shops mentioned and a short bus ride away from Dunelm and Matalan. I miss shops that no longer exist, the discount shops and the markets. We used to have a big, Outfit store (Arcadia group). The Wallis dresses used to go down to £15 in the sales.

Catladywithacat · 31/01/2026 19:14

With you on home bargains only if it’s a good one, bmn or the range. Also M n S

Davros · 31/01/2026 19:12

Pentalagon · 31/01/2026 17:01

There’s a fabulous independent green grocer that isn’t quite in walking distance. Getting there is doable but they lugging the haul home isn’t.

I use my trusty shopping trolley. No one gives a shite or thinks it’s for old people only (which I am!). It makes SUCH a difference

Girasoli · 31/01/2026 19:08

I live a 10 minute walk from a big Asda with a chemist and opticians. It's super handy - can get food/clothes/birthday presents/small house stuff all in one place.

Rayqueen2026 · 31/01/2026 19:08

Home bargains or B&M

ScrambledEggs12 · 31/01/2026 19:05

Wonderknicks · 31/01/2026 18:12

I had these this week after about a 15 year gap. They were revolting, I couldn't finish them!
Wholefoods might be my choice if they are all like the one I went to in LA. Otherwise I'll make go with a Booths!

Show quote history

Oh, that's really sad.

Tbh I probably only love the meatballs so much as it's such a novelty to go to IKEA!

Swipe left for the next trending thread