The Pentagon

The Pentagon has a good range of shops catering for most shopping needs including a large Boots, WH Smith, Sainsburys, Superdrug and WIlkinson as well as a number of mobile phone shops, fashion stores and jewellers. A welcome recent addition is HMV.

Not a particularly high-​end place, but it has everything you need and more — shops that take up two floors include New Look and Wilkinson. Others include Boots, Superdrug and WHSmith, there are several mobile phone places, a Claire’s Accessories, a few card shops and a Sainsburys. For food you can either eat at BB’s (which is a coffee and sandwiches place), Subway, an Italian café near it (which has quite a lot of seating, something which Subway severely lacks), a bakery, a hot dog or a meal deal from Boots.
The shops on the top floor aren’t as great as the ground ones but you do have yet another New Age shop, a «Legends» style café, a menswear place and a store that sells cut-​price DVDs — if you’re after old classics, you might be able to dig out a gem there.
There is also a fabrics shop and a few jewellers, as well as a few standalone stalls in the middle of the wide walkways.
The major bonus of the Pentagon is that it is also the hub of Arriva buses — any exit on the first floor leads to the big bus stop, which is all around it and makes it very easy to travel. There is also a large car park.