Marks & Spencer

My wife is always dragging me to Lakeside (the Yorkshire Outlet) just to go to this shop. The 5* rating is therefore based more on her opinion than mine!
It’s good mainly because it’s cheap. There’s nowhere near the selection you get in the normal M&S stores, but what they do have is discounted quite a bit off the normal store price. They also have ‘special purchase’ items which are only sold in their outlet stores, sometimes because they’re slightly lesser quality, other timesjust because!
The best bit is the clearance section that you find at the back of the store. I got a pair of work trousers in there for £2.99 that had originally been £45, and they’re really good quality. Also lots of kids things in there for 50p and £1, so it’s well worth a good look. Great for pressies for elderly aunties!

Based at the Yorkshire outlet, this M&S sells last years stock at a discounted price. You can find the odd bargain, but it is not that much cheaper than the proper store.

This isnt your usual type of marks and spencers, for instance there is no food court, they mainly sell clothes but there is a few other homeware items, every thing in the shop is at a sale price, much cheaper than you find in regular marks an spencers, they dont have much varity in the childrens department, usually a choice of about 5 – 6 items for each type ie girls age 2 – 3,but the items they do have are excellent value, so really its just pot luck when you go if there is anything suitable for your child, but if there is it will be good value and good quality

This is a M&S Clearance store, so totally different from the normal High Street branches.
Everything instore is discounted — often heavily, and it’s a bit messier than a normal store, but that makes it all the better for bargain hunting in!
Some items are pretty poor, either with very little discount or really badly designed and you can see why they’re cheap. But there are some real gems there and you can get some complete bargains. I got a gorgeous pair of chocolate winter cords the other day for £2.99, a kids hoodie for £1.99 and a bra for 99p. Look out for the rails of final clearance stock — these are the best value.
They have fitting rooms like normal M&S stores, and the staff at the checkouts are always very friendly and polite as you’d expect. They mainly have womens clothing, with different ranges including Per Una and lingerie. There is a decent mens section as well, and a small childrenswear area to the back beside the fitting rooms. They so sell some homewares but only minimal and it is mostly towels, pot pourri and that sort of thing.
This shop and Next clearance are the main reasons that a lot of people bother making a trip to the outlet in the first place. If M&S wasn’t there I know I wouldn’t bother half as often. Highly recommended for bargain hunters!