Go Outdoors

Service is terrible! Good range of products, ok prices, but be prepared to pay with your time!

Very Goood very reasonable prices. …

A great place if you like the outdoors as the name implies. They have a great range of products and also offer a price match policy and they honour it.

They offer a discount if you purchase one of there discount cards and it can amount to considerable saving for just £4.00 per year.

Ironically, this ugly warehouse-style building by the side of an urban road contains everything you need to enjoy the great outdoors. It's recently been taken over and the new manager is really friendly and has introduced some new ranges, so it's well worth a visit.

As the name suggests, the focus is on outdoors clothing and equipment, so expect fleeces, walking trousers, raincoats and walking boots. There's also a good range of camping equipment, ranging from tents to caravan gear, camping stove and dubious looking mountain food. Think Millets, but bigger.

If you're not used to outdoor shops, it's great fun looking at the gadgets like 'sporks' (half spoon, half fork) and 'platypuses' (water bladders in backpacks with a giant straw). If you are used to outdoor shops, you'll be bound to find something here. I must confess to being a bit of an outdoors snob, but there are some really good bargains here, especially with waterproofs, and you can't go wrong with generic camping bits and bobs.

There's even a new and improved rock climbing section with all the basics. It's probably the best place for rock shoes and harnesses in the area and the manager can give some very useful advice. There are sections for fishing, running, cycling and even skiing, and whilst this is in no way a specialist shop for any of them, it's big enough to have a reasonable range of basic items to satisfy the enthusiast's immediate needs.

Go and buy lots of fun gadgets and look forward to your holidays, when living in a tent suddenly seems like such a fun idea.