Leon Leon
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The Iron Bridge
Due to the recent Snow and being in December, it was a good time to visit Iron Bridge for a few winter (and Christmas) snaps!
Iron Bridge is a very nice place with some attractive buildings. The Christmas lighting looks quite good night, in fact better than Bourton-on-the-water, which is one of the most popular villages in the UK! I do think the Christmas tree would have had more WOW factor though with multi-coloured lighting and perhaps bigger bulbs. And maybe a few more lights further down the streets, but it's still ok and well worth a visit.
Iron Bridge is a very nice place with some attractive buildings. The Christmas lighting looks quite good night, in fact better than Bourton-on-the-water, which is one of the most popular villages in the UK! I do think the Christmas tree would have had more WOW factor though with multi-coloured lighting and perhaps bigger bulbs. And maybe a few more lights further down the streets, but it's still ok and well worth a visit.
Matalan
Telford Matalan is an ok store, however, I do feel the Shrewsbury store is a bit better as it often has more stock and products that cannot be found in the Telford store.
All Matalan stores offer good quality products at reasonable prices though. With so many stores and department stores closing (like Debenhams) we all need stores like Matalan, so I am happy and very appreciative with the service they provide.
All Matalan stores offer good quality products at reasonable prices though. With so many stores and department stores closing (like Debenhams) we all need stores like Matalan, so I am happy and very appreciative with the service they provide.
Brixton Way Harlescott Retail Park
A handy retail park with plenty of parking. My favourite store is Charlies as it has a good range of quality products that cannot be purchased anywhere else locally. I would like to see more branches of Charlies, especially one in Telford!
Castle Street Car Park
An ok carpark in a great location. Certainly better than some carparks I have visited in Kent! Prices are reasonable too!
My only negative is the fact they have a keypad on the gate entry machine when you drive in that asks you for your registration number. But when you input your registration number the machine says "Vehicle Not Recognised". I pushed the HELP button and the guy said just enter your registration number on the PAYING machine when leaving, so WHY bother asking for it at the gate!!! A confusion for new visitors that needs to be gotten rid of is my opinion.
My only negative is the fact they have a keypad on the gate entry machine when you drive in that asks you for your registration number. But when you input your registration number the machine says "Vehicle Not Recognised". I pushed the HELP button and the guy said just enter your registration number on the PAYING machine when leaving, so WHY bother asking for it at the gate!!! A confusion for new visitors that needs to be gotten rid of is my opinion.
Tamworth Borough Council
I have visited a lot of towns and cities around the UK and on Saturday I visited Tamworth. I visited the retail park areas as well as the Namco Fun Centre (opposite the Snowdome) and its nearby park.
The group of retail parks offer a HUGE range of stores, possibly more stores than any other retail parks I have visited. Unfortunately, the multi-lane road system around the retail parks is NOT new visitor friendly and it's very easy to be in the wrong lanes causing stress and confusion to drivers. If each part of the retail park was identified as a ZONE (zone 1, zone 2, etc) and each zone number was duplicated on the road lanes, drivers would know exactly where each lane leads to, making traffic flow better and less stress to the driver. This could also be done using colour coding. If you wanted to visit the RED zone of the retail park you would get in the lane with RED zone written on it, simples!
From the areas I visited in Tamworth I was very impressed by it. It looked clean, tidy and packed with all the retail and leisure facilities the local community would want. For facilities, it looks like Tamworth County Council certainly know exactly what they are doing! I cannot comment on other areas such as residential or industrial as I have not seen those areas.
I totally recommended Tamworth if you need a good day out. Best to avoid a Saturday as it gets extremely busy!
The group of retail parks offer a HUGE range of stores, possibly more stores than any other retail parks I have visited. Unfortunately, the multi-lane road system around the retail parks is NOT new visitor friendly and it's very easy to be in the wrong lanes causing stress and confusion to drivers. If each part of the retail park was identified as a ZONE (zone 1, zone 2, etc) and each zone number was duplicated on the road lanes, drivers would know exactly where each lane leads to, making traffic flow better and less stress to the driver. This could also be done using colour coding. If you wanted to visit the RED zone of the retail park you would get in the lane with RED zone written on it, simples!
From the areas I visited in Tamworth I was very impressed by it. It looked clean, tidy and packed with all the retail and leisure facilities the local community would want. For facilities, it looks like Tamworth County Council certainly know exactly what they are doing! I cannot comment on other areas such as residential or industrial as I have not seen those areas.
I totally recommended Tamworth if you need a good day out. Best to avoid a Saturday as it gets extremely busy!