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Enjoyable Shopping...
Ashbourne is renowned for its independant ladies boutiques, antique shops, bistros and speciality food shops. Clustered around the historic market place and along the main streets of the town they offer a delightful shopping experience. The market still takes place every Thursday and Saturday throughout the year, continuing a long tradition dating back to 1257 when the town was granted a charter to allow stalls in the market place. |
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Fashion
Fashion outlets are around every corner in the cobbled streets of Ashbourne, from designer boutiques to high street names. So whether you are searching for trendy day wear, elegant evening wear, your dream wedding dress or beautiful lingerie you will find a shop to suit.
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Antiques
Antique lovers will find a wealth of shops to please them in Ashbourne. A walk down Church Street takes you past the many antique dealers, selling a vast range of items including jewellery, fine art, old pine and period furniture.
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Arts and Crafts
Specialist art galleries and shops selling pictures, crafts, sculptures and pottery make the town an ideal place to visit if you are looking for an unusual gift. You can even watch craftsmen making glasswear at the crystal workshops in the town. The Tourist Information Centre on the market place is another place to find locally produced goods and other souvenirs.
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Food and Drink
A wide range of high quality independent food shops ranging form small bistros and cafes to intimate, award winning restaurants, all serving local produce from Derbyshire. Delicatessens offer speciality cheeses, chocolates, cakes and pastries, whilst traditional butchers and a fishmonger completes the traditional historic market town streetscene.
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