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Shops and Hobbies in Farnham, Surrey*

Farnham, Surrey Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• farnham isthe epicentre of clothing as long as u r a 75 yr old tory!
• Clothing wise the joint is poor, unless you still get pulled into Peacocks by your mother.
• Try curb surfers for skates, or locate the mighty Goleta Seven skateboard company. The run the distro from somewhere in the town??????????
• Dont even bother save your money for a train to guildford
• colours..by the supermarket
• Next for the trendy, Elphicks the dept. store for the bourgeois, and Peacocks for the fiscally challenged.
• Loads of shops for the older generation. However, there is a Next, Pilot and Dorothy Perkins. Although DNA have some alternative gear in there.
• Train to Guildford is my recommendation, unless you like Tweeds.

Arts, crafts and such (Anything from pukka art galleries to craft shops. Trendy and twee both welcome.)

• There is the ashgate gallery and Farnham Maltings, Also there is a gallery at the top of the Lion and Lamb. When you get there, turn round and look at the statue. Weird?. There is also a Pottery in nearby Village Wrecclesham
• arty gallery thing just off Downing Street at the bottom nr the toy shop - obviously farnham = v.arty as there is the college - was cheeky fish but that shut down they used to do crafty stuff - bizarrely is my little world which sells dolls house furniture - elphicks sells crafty stuff and there is great fabric shop in lion and lamb if u make your own clothes like the erm..talented moi. maltings is always doing arty stuff too
• Cheeky Fish in East Street (in what was the Royal Deer pub, opposite Barclays) is great for anything kitsch. Lots of girly retro pin-up art products, fairy lights, angel wings, fluffy cushions and gifts. It may be pink but its not just for girls. 10% student discount!
• the maltings has a pretty cool craft fair every so often. there's this hop in downing street where you can paint mugs and stuff, it looks a bit try hard but it's actually well good fun
• art college i guess a couple of gallerys but only soso
• The art supply shop in west street sells big marker pens and paint pens. And the big halfords had a fine range of spray paint.......For your car obviously.
• any exhibitions going on in the university..farnhams quite arty really
• Theres the Art College, which has a free gallery, oooh.
• The New Ashgate Gallery is situated at the bottom of Downing Street. As for other arty / crafty shops I can only reccommend Presenly Yours in Downing Street - they have loads of unusual stuff from around the world. Remarkable Impressions is also a great place to shop - very friendly and lots of unusual gifts.
• This town is Twee incarnate, plenty of galleries and shops, and the ubiquitous Maltings has exhibitions and markets.
• Matltings Market, first Saturday each month. Basically one huge antiques fair.

Magazine and Comic Shops

• Just that one next to the bookies in the woolmead

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