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Money and Shopping in Cambridge (England)
Money and Shopping in Cambridge (England)
King's Parade has numerous souvenir shops and gift shops with Cambridge (and London) branded merchandise. Scour the charity shops down Burleigh Street, Regent Street and Mill Road for bargains. The Grafton Centre has all the usual high-street shops in a mall and surrounding streets. The market square in the centre of town has a general market Monday to Saturday with fruit and vegetables, bread and cakes, books, bicycle repair, tea and coffee, fast food and clothes, and a more arts- and crafts-oriented market on Sunday with pottery, ceramics, prints, clothing, etc. The surrounding streets and the nearby Lion Yard shopping centre have most of the common retail names and some individual shops to cater for most needs.
M&S Simply Food (part of the Marks and Spencer department store chain) have several mini-supermarkets that sell high-quality sandwiches, prepared meals, snacks and other groceries - usually at a high price. Regular convenience stores and supermarkets are hard to find in the city centre, but the main roads heading out of town are best place to find them. The main supermarket in the city centre is Sainsbury's on Sydney St. which stocks a full range of groceries and everyday products as well as alcohol and cigarettes. It's open from 5am to 11pm and is very busy in the evenings and weekends. Thre are also large Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Waitrose superstores on the edge of the city. Tesco has the best bus connections.
Ryder & Amies, 22 King's Parade, ☎ +44 (0) 1223 350371, . "The University Store" sells Cambridge University merchandise. �
Robert Sayle (John Lewis), 10 Downing Street, ☎ +44 (0)1223 361292, . Large department store. �
Primavera, 10 King's Parade, ☎ +44 (0)1223 357708, . High quality contemporary art & crafts. �
Cambridge Contemporary Art, 6 Trinity Street, ☎ +44 (0)1223 324222, . More art & crafts. �
Cambridge Cheese Company, 4 All Saints Passage, ☎ +44 (0)1223 328672. Excellent selection of cheese and delicatessan counter. �
Cambridge University Press Bookshop, 1 Trinity Street, ☎ +44 (0)1223 333333, . Only sells CUP books, but it is the oldest bookshop site in the country - books have been sold there since at least 1581. �
Heffers, 20 Trinity Street, ☎ +44(0)1223 568568, . Large academic bookshop. Caffe Nero instore. �
Beehive Center, on the A1134 (by foot about 10 minutes east of the Grafton Centre), . A series of shops including Asda, DW Sports Fitness, TK Maxx, Next Home, Dreams, Toys R Us. Further up Newmarket Road, there are a couple of additional large stores like Tesco and Currys. �
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