W H Smith

Biggest selection of specialist mags on sale in Doncaster plus much more. Not as big as it used to be.

I really love to browse around in WH Smith, but rarely buy anything as it’s all so ridiculously overpriced. I’m a bit of a stationery freak, so the range that they have in here does excite me in ways that folders probably shouldn’t.
I’ve only ever been to the stationery section, unsurprisingly, but I’ve found it to be quite well stocked with a good selection of stuff in lots of funky patterns. You do pay for the priveledge though, of having a pink polka-​dot pen to match your pink polka-​dot folders, notepads and everything else under the sun. Often they do 75% off sales which brings the prices down to pretty much what the stuff is actually worth, so look out for these.
Staff are pretty faceless, adequate, polite, not too much going on with them. I don’t buy often so haven’t paid too much attention, but haven’t noticed anything particularly good or bad with regards to the service.

It spread over two floors. The lower floor is where you buy stationary and magazines, the upper floor is for books. You can top up your mobile here as well

Within the Frenchgate shopping centre this is a good sized WH Smiths spread over three floors. The lower floor has DVDs/​CDs and Games on offer, the ground floor offers magazines, some books and stationary and the upper floor has a greater selection of books and arts/​crafts materials.
Often has good offers on and is usually well staffed.