Southsea has many independent shops
which make it a pleasure to browse around There are some
high street names but not many, two of the largest being
Knight
and Lee (John Lewis Partnership) and Debenhams. Marmion
road has some delightful gift shops Interior
Trading Company being one.Victoriana has plenty of good
quality pine furniture, old and new in one of it's stores
and the other deals in mainly maghogony furniture and beds.
If you like Jewellery then Barabara
Tipple Jewellery is the place to go, an award winning
jeweler. A walk around the shops will give you an appitite.Waitrose
is the only supermarket in Southsea andhas the largest car
park.Parking is free for a few hours if you purchase goods
and get your car pass stamped.There are plenty of Restaurants
and cafe's to stop and rest an refuel at.
Knight and Lee has been a presence in Southsea`s main
shopping area since 1887, but the origins of the business
go back a further 56 years.View their
history For more information on the history of the John
Lewis Partnership visit The
Memory Store.
Just around the corner from Southsea shopping center is
Albert Road which joins on to Highland road .If you fancy
a treat at the start of the shopping then vist my friends
fish and chip shop, The Kingfisher.You
can wander down Albert Road where there are a variety of
small specialist shops, including designer clothes, magazine,
and record shops,specialist toy shops,second hand shops,
antiqes shops,barbers and hairdressers and many more wonderful
indepent shops . The Ark charity shop is a good place to
buy furniture for student, all the profits go to the Ark
andimal charity.For lunch try the wine vaults or citrus
caf'e. If you get to the end of Highland road then turn
right and find the Eastney Tavern public house where they
serve a brilliant meal. |