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Shops and Hobbies in Stockport, Greater Manchester*

Stockport, Greater Manchester Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• Ahmed's on the market is the best in fourteen-year old fashion
• Plenty of cheap women's clothes shops which is ideal as there are plenty of cheap women. Although I did buy a shiny shirt from M&S which I returned for a full refund and I also bought a fine pair of boxer shorts from Next which the ladies liked.
• Loads. Look on merseyway to find all common high street names, such as New Look. Stay here for sports shops as well, although the Peel centre is worth a look for sports clothes and gear. Look on Underbank and Hillgate for clothes shops of a different kind (Cobwebs is worth a good look, sells fetish gear).
• Cobwebs, Hillgate - Sells great goth/fetish clothing. The main reason I ever go to Stockport.
• All the usual High Street shops, plus great one offs such as NS2, Control and Dollybird.

Arts, crafts and such (Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.)

• Try Houldsworth Mill for craft shops.
• Two CrafT Shops in Houldsworth Mill Shopping Village. The Crafty Pair who specialise in Cardmaking and Scrapbooking to Inspirations who stock all kinds of Polymer Clay, tools and accessories such as Fimo and Premo to Pasta machines and Extruders
• stockport art gallery up the a6 is free admision and actually quite good!
• the art gallery by the town hall. very eerie in there!
• hobby craft
• Check out Funky Forest on Lower Hillgate (or is it Little Underbank?)
• stockport galleries not too bad but you see more interesting art in the college next door
• The Art Gallery on the A6.
• Stockport village behind Outline if your wanting jewellry and stuff
• vernon mill.you can find it at the side of horns vauxhall garage(just look for the signs for bed & sofa shops.you will find art,sculpture,ethnic stuff,garden things and possibly the worlds biggest selection of fossils.p.s the nelson is really quite a friendly pub.
• The museum shops in the town centre - the Hat Museum and the Air Raid Shelter (otherwise known as Chestergate Hotel). The second-hand book shop in Heaton Chapel sells homemade crafts too
• Not much, but the main art gallery on the A6 has seen a bit of change and improvement.
• What! Culture...here.. snigger!! Car boot on a Sunday.
• Craft village and also Tradicrafts are cool places to buy from. Stockport Art gallery, on the A6.

Magazine and Comic Shops

• The specialist comic place closed down but there's loads of discount book shops in town.
• Loads of these, just look to the many thousands of newsagents present in this town.

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