Shopping in Coventry

It is very easy to find the shops that you need from your base at our luxury Coventry student accommodation. You’ve got a comfortable base at your apartment, with a great kitchen set-up for you to cook up a storm for you and your new friends. With that in mind you’ll want to get out and explore, to find the supermarkets and grocery shops that will help you stock up on the essentials as you begin a new life in Coventry. There are so many different local shops and supermarkets really close to where you will be living, with a Tesco Express a quick and easy shop on Shelton Square, and a Trinity Street Sainsbury’s to name just two. Coventry is also home to a range of quality, authentic Asian supermarkets. Just on the outskirts of town are a number of larger supermarkets too (great if one of your friends in the apartment block has a car that you can use to fill up and do a big shop!).

For brand names and high street shops that you already have a feel for The West Orchards Shopping Centre is the place to head to, as are the Upper and Lower Precinct. All of the big brand names can be found in these areas, and one of the rarest things you can ever see in a UK city centre is also in Coventry – a city centre IKEA! Head on over to IKEA to buy snazzily designed and functional furniture, or just waste a few hours wandering around the huge range of choices. Just remember to always get to the food hall at the end for some Swedish meatballs or hot dogs that IKEA are famous for!

Coventry isn’t shy of promoting its independent retail scene either, and at FarGo Village there is a wide range of creative independent retailers inside a cleverly refurbished industrial space. It is a part of the city that has been regenerated in recent years and it has a wealth of beautiful buildings of historical importance that continue to function as a useful part of the retail environment. You’ll find plenty of tasty restaurants and cafés, artists, craft stores, designers, jewellers, antiques, and vintage clothes. Alongside that are regular music events, exhibitions, craft markets and food festivals.

There is plenty to explore in terms of clothing in Coventry. Kong in Burges is a fine example of a fashionable menswear outlet, and there are plenty of those for you to discover as you venture into the different parts of Coventry’s shopping scene from your home at our luxury student accommodation. For retro memorabilia relating to modern and vintage film, stage, and television head on over to Sgt Bilko’s Vintage Emporium. Glad Rags Boutique is another fantastic vintage clothing store, with Eastern Bazaar in the market specialises in abayas, thobes, and cloaks. Coventry Market is generally a fantastic place to find the best of local produce and has been winning hearts and awards since 1958.

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