Anyone familiar with Coventry?

gerdo

Hi all,
My daughter is starting Coventry uni in September. We live in Belfast and have decided that the best way to get her there is to fly and hire a car and then do all the shopping when we get there.

I've found an Ikea in Coventry but can anyone recommend an out of town shopping centre that has the likes of Tesco, Dun Elm Mill, Home Bargains etc so I can get everything in one place? Addresses and or post codes would be handy for the satnav.

Thanks.

Sasha101

Hi Gerdo

Coventry has a few out of town shopping centres and a good town centre with an excellent market and a massive Primark

But here are the main out of town shopping centres:

http://www.arenashopping.com/ - has a very new and very big Next at home store

http://www.cannonparkshopping.co.uk/default.aspx - not familiar with this one,

http://www.centralsixcoventry.co.uk/

Alvis Retail Park - probably smallest one
Holyhead Road
Coventry
CV5 8BW

Comet, Currys, B&Q, Staples, Morrisons Supermarket & Mcdonalds.

Gallagher Retail Park,
Stoney Stanton Road,
Coventry
CV6 5QG

Gallagher is my favourite! Has TK Maxx, Argos, Starplan, Poundworld, Matalan, ScS, FW Homestores, Maplin, Home Outlet Superstore, Instore, McDonalds, Dreams, Harveys and B&M Bargains.


Happy shopping

gerdo

Thanks Sasha, lots of good info there, I'll definitely check out Gallaghers, sounds like just what I need.

Tyler_Du

I assume the Ikea you refer to is the main one in Coventry city center? I would also assume you could get whatever else you need also in Coventry city.

rageagainstessays

I'm from coventry- still live there now.

gerdo

I'd rather be able to park very near the stores, I don't know what parking's like in the city centre, if I'm carrying lots of stuff, I don't want to have to walk too far with it.

katharinee

Wouldn't go to Cannon Park! That one is awful. Wouldn't grace it with the name "shopping center" really..

Tyler_Du

gerdo wrote: »

I'd rather be able to park very near the stores, I don't know what parking's like in the city centre, if I'm carrying lots of stuff, I don't want to have to walk too far with it.

The Ikea is in Coventry city centre and a short walk from the rest of the shops

Cycrow

rageagainstessays wrote: »

I'm from coventry- still live there now.

Poor you
:P

rageagainstessays

Cycrow wrote: »

Poor you
:P

Indeed, I've been feeling disadvantaged for a while now.
September, I move haha

Its truly awful here we don't even have a Waitrose. Oh the terror.

gerdo

Ok thats Cannon Park off my list !

If the Ikea is in the town centre, does it have its own car park?