The Range

Absolute shithole waste of space

Fabulous range of craft and household stuff — I could spend a fortune in there! Its my first port of call for cardmaking items, garden furniture and birthday presents. Stock changes regularly and most items are reasonably priced. The only downside is getting out of the car park at busy times, the traffic lights only let a few out a time and it can get congested.

Very large store on the Suffolk Retail Park which is within about 10 minutes walk to the town centre. Very good parking. Other units on the estate include an Argos Xtra, Dunelm Mill, Halfords and Brantano.
Good size craft department selling everything from artists marterial to childrens craft items.
Other departments on the ground floor of the store include pets, homewares, toys and confectionary. Upstairs departments are mainly furniture and materials/​sewing items along with a small coffee shop.
The only downside of the location is it can take some time to get out of the car park due to the location and the road layout.

Well i think the reviews for this place already speak volumes you can some it up in 1 word WOW. it is packed full of all the craft items you can imagine & has an equaly large Home Improvement section covering a wide range of products & some that you wont even find elsewere it also has an upstairs where the have a great range of fabrics as well as a furniture section. due to the lenth of time you will spend inside the store they have even added the benifits of a snack bar & toilets so this place realy does have it all HOWEVER i must point out that whilst this place does have plenty of parking available at this time of year i would add approx 1 — 2 hours on your trip if you are visiting at the weekend because this place is very busy & the road in to & out of the retail park is not the best set up, we visited the range on the 16−11−08 & the que of traffic was so bad that my wife got out the car & spent 1 hour in the range shopping quite blissfully whilst i on the other hand waited in the que of traffic to get out (mostly because i was to scared to park in case no let me out after) there was plently of empty spaces to park in but i opted to stay in the que to leave & this paid off in the sence that by the time my better half was finished grabing loads of great craft items i had only manged to move about 50ft or 15 mtrs (for those of you not good with measurements approx 5 car lenghts) in total it took me 1 hour & 48 mins from the moment i joined the que to get in until the moment i managed to get right round & past the traffic lights that actualy cause this problem so to sum it all up for all you bargain hunters the range receives full marks from us, The car park could be better maybe the exit could do with a review 3 lanes to 1 just dont work & finaly the main entrance/​exit in to the estate realy lets this place down so avoid it on the weekends over the christmas season & try to make time to visit it during the week but if you must go at the weekend either get there early or allow plenty of time to sit it out Good Luck & happy Qyping

This is a massive store found within the suffolk retail park in Ipswich within walking distance to the town centre. This is one of my favorite places to go, they have everything you can think of here, from household items, to gardening equipment, toys and crafts. I make my own cards so I love the craft section here. I am sure it has the widest choice of crafts available under one roof within Ipswich. They always have goody bags full of craft products on good offers. E. g £30 worth of products for only £15.
Upstairs they sell furniture, shoft furnishings and have a large café. Sometimes the hubby and kids will go and chill in the café while I peruse the craft section, then I can go join them for a nice cuppa. They do lovely hot chocolates in giant mugs!

Big shop full of random but useful trinkets! Really good for your art supplies, so those doing GCSE or A-​level art, just come here! Its cheap for what you get and the quality is partially good.
Its a bit out of the way, but like i said, cheap is good!