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Shops and Hobbies in St Austell, Cornwall*

St Austell, Cornwall Clothes, Magazines, Art, Galleries, Hobbies

Clothes Shops, Shoe Shops, Fashion and Bargains

• no decent places other than ur usual boring dotty P, new look, select bowt it really. crappy and nothing special. st austell is crap
• The Lavender Pillow in Mevagissey. They have recently extended the shop and now have a an amazing alternative clothing section. Goth clothes to die for. Hippy, ethnic and all sorts of alternative stuff. Good prices too.
• burtons thats it.
• Is Fosters still going? If not, any of the surf shops.
• Only decent clothes shops r New Look or that one by the cinema where Emma works.
• planet lifestyle? otherwise go to truro
• Planet, cornwall spots and topshop
• Alias Smith is the classiest shop in St Austell and then there's planet lifestyle for skater and surfy stuff but they need more !!! Get rid of NEW LOOK !!!
• The only good clothes are in the skate shops.
• its good for shoes
• QS or peacocks if u like that kinda thing
• no where at a push new look and then theres purple planet or planet lifestyle it all sux though.
• Many - far too many shoe shops,
• Planet lifestyle - THE place to shop for all the top surfing and coolest gear, like quicksilver, billabong, rip-curl, etc...
• Oxfam!!!!!! Or burtons if u prefer non-used clothes. Most of the shops in st austell, are either bakers, shoe shops, banks, or charity shops! no big-name shops come to st austell, and anyone who starts up a shop closes down in a few months.
• Charity shops unless you have an unusual fetish for New Look
• Planet Lifestyle
• dorothy perkins,new look ,select/mckays
• Co-op - Farah's, pilot shirts etc, v. trendy v.cheap
• The Bridge Agency, top quality, behind the video bug

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

• Most shops in Fowey, Mevva, Charlestown and Pentewan.
• Fantastic galleries in local mevagissey and mid cornwall gallery on the way to St Blazey
• Market house, at the end of the town centre sells a lot of rubbish, but some crafts and paintings for example can be found there
• erm, bobs crud shop is good if u like cruddy crap
• Theres a grand gallery in charlestown!
• St Blazey Art Gallery
• St. Austell is full of arty crafty shop's - All of cornwall is!

Magazine and Comic Shops

• WH Smiths
• Woolworths

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