The usual high street stores are abundant but Gloucester also boasts a wide range of unique and fascinating specialist shops and boutiques, which are ideal for exploring and possibly finding something unexpected and different.
Gloucester has been very successful in retaining much of its market town atmosphere and the city's naturally advantageous position between Wales and the rest of England means that market trade is still important, more than 2,000 years since it first began.
Located just off Eastgate Street are the modern and ever popular Kings Walk and The Eastgate shopping centres. These centres are made livelier by the presence of stalls, independent stands and increasingly popular activity days, ideal for family days out.
