Well actually you may not have to go without your must have brands such as Police jeans, Firetrap, Diesel and Wrangler. If you’re a savvy shopper and ready to hunt around you can find these brands at knock down prices.

One of the best places to start is the internet, you can find out a wealth of information on designer discounts and a hoard of voucher codes. Signing up to your favourite brands email mailing list will open you up to offers they are running plus links to their social network pages which you can find offers, deals and completions on. Voucher code websites are also handy and if there is something you have an eye on check to see if you can find a voucher code to get you money off or even free delivery.

If you’re out and about you can also use your mobile if it is internet enabled, many network providers can show you where to find deals, or you can find apps that also help you find deals where you are through GPS.

You can also look for discount stores, on the internet or the highstreet, discount out lets tend to buy in bulk to deliver you the best prices on fashion favourites such as Voi jeans and Gio Goi which means you can make great savings on your favourite brands when you need to be saving money.

Meadowhall has a selection of department stores inside like highstreet favourites Marks & Spencer and Debenhams where you can find great everyday clothing and homeware to House of Frasier where you can find the latest brands and fashions for designer menswear and womenswear like Whistles, Ted Baker, D&G, Calvin Klein, Paul Smith, Diesel, Gant, Versace, Timberland, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, and many more.

If you’re looking for some hip designer brands Meadowhall has plenty to offer on their ‘highstreet’ you have All Saints, Bench, Firetrap, Jack Jones, Henleys, Quicksilver, Ted Baker and many more to get hip fashionable clothes. Once you have the clothes sorted out you can look for shoes and accessories to go with them and you can find them at Accessorize, Claire’s, Kurt Geiger, Office, Moda in Pelle and USC.

In the 1970’s the lad that the Metro Centre was built on, was purchased for £100,000. In 1995  the Metro Centre was sold to Capital Shopping Centres for around £364m.

When we last went to the metro centre some areas of it are looking pretty dated, like the Mc Donald’s restaurant which looks like it’s been untouched since the late 1980’s. The Theme park which was a massive hit when opened in 1988, and was Europe’s largest enclosed theme park and cost £20m to construct and develop. Metroland had 13 rides of varying type from Dodgems, Swinging Ship and a big wheel.  Metroland was closed in April 2008 so that the Yellow corner could be re developed.

Metroland 1

Metroland 2

When you visit the metro centre allow a good day to walk round it without having to rush as some of the retail outlets are huge. The size of shops is reflected in the title that the Metro Centre holds which is largest Shopping Centre in Europe. Having around 342 spread over 168,900m2, there is even more retail opportunities in the retail park next door which houses large outlets of bigger names.

Theresmany big names that you’ll recognise that have shops in the Metro Centre such as Marks & Spencer, Modelzone, Lush, Boots, HMV, Argos And Debenhams. If your hungry then there are plenty of eateries from big name in the food game like,  McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Nando’s.