Great West Way® Travel Magazine | Issue 01

Pictured:
Couple enjoy
shopping in
Windsor
as Way’s Rare & Secondhand Bookshop, nautical fashion
emporium Boatique and Italian shoe brand Moda in Pelle.
Moving west, you’ll come to Newbury, whose Parkway
Shopping complex is a great town centre addition,
featuring John Lewis at Home, L’Occitane, Hotel Chocolat
and Neal’s Yard Remedies; while in Hungerford you can
spend an entire day exploring the Hungerford Antiques
Arcade, home to more than 100 antiques dealers – and
plenty of weird and wonderful finds.
Antiques are also a popular feature in the beautiful
market town of Tetbury. Make sure to visit Lorfords,
who sell their own range of traditionally upholstered,
contemporary sofas/armchairs; Muir Antiques, who
mix contemporary design with selected pieces from the
20th century, French decorative antiques and retro; and
Brownrigg, based in an impressive Georgian house, spread
over three floors dealing in period antique furniture,
decorative antiques and painted antiques. A short drive
away is Malmesbury, England’s oldest borough, where
you’ll find local favourite French Grey Interiors, gift
shop Woodcock & Cavendish and the popular cashmere
knitwear brand, Sassy & Boo.
Don’t miss out on a potter down the high street of
market town Marlborough, either - one of the widest high
streets in England, with a host of adorable tea shops, as
well as interior design shop Susie Watson and modern
British art gallery Katharine House Gallery.
And, not too far away, in Bradford on Avon, the honeycoloured
stone and meandering, cobbled streets are home
to the likes of Made In Bradford on Avon, a collective of
local artisans’ wares in the old vaults, vintage treasure
trove Instant Vintage, gift shop Strawberry Blue and the
wonderfully pungent The Cheese Shop.
BATH & BRISTOL
Towards the end of the Great West Way, you’ll pass
through both Bath and Bristol, wonderful cities with very
different but inspiring shopping scenes. In Bath, celebrate
the beauty of the city’s extraordinary architecture, while
perusing the likes of Jolly’s – the oldest department store in
the UK, and Rossiters of Bath, an independent department
store in a wonderful higgeldy piggeldy building.
Also, make sure to wander along Pulteney Bridge in
Bath. This gorgeous Georgian bridge is one of only four
worldwide to have shops lining both sides and is a classical,
and retail, masterpiece.
From here, take your time exploring the winding
Georgian streets in search of the best boutiques and
bookshops. Mr B’s Emporium is best for books, Vintage to
Vogue is a top destination for vintage fashion, while, when
it comes to homewares, you’re spoilt for choice – Found,
Graham & Green, OKA, Brissi, The Fig Store and The Loft
and Looking Glass of Bath are all inspiring, beautiful shops.
The newly launched Bath Gift Card is also a great idea
if you’re planning a weekend away here or in search of a
unique present. Accepted across the city in over 200 shops,
bars, museums and beauty salons, the Mastercard-based
card works in the same way as a store gift card, but can be
redeemed at a wide range of participating retailers, hotels,
restaurants and attractions. (You can buy a pre-loaded
card online, bathgiftcard.com or at the Visitor Information
Centre, just off Terrace Walk.)
In Bristol, Cabot Circus shopping centre remains the
perfect destination for contemporary fashions, but for a
sense of heritage you can’t beat St Nicholas Market – an
award-winning indoor market dating back 275 years. There
are a host of independent food stalls, as well as shops →
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