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Sweets in Derry: The Guildhall, Foyleside, and ...

Derry's retail centre runs from the Guildhall to Foyleside and the Craft Village — but with no single flagship sweet shop, bulk, vegan and halal-friendly ranges still mean ordering online.

Sweets in Hastings: The Net Shops, Built to an ...

Hastings Old Town's net shops — tall black wooden huts built to an 1835 council rule, and thought to be the only ones in the world — were never built...

Sweets in Kettering: The Shop on Gold Street, a...

The Shop on Kettering's Gold Street stocks 400-plus sweets and is run by Sweet Futures, a social enterprise for young people — but for bulk and halal-friendly ranges, shoppers order...

Sweets in Hemel Hempstead: Henry VIII's 1539 Ma...

Hemel Hempstead's Old Town market traces back to a charter granted by Henry VIII in 1539 — nearly 500 years of trading, and still no bulk bag of sweets among...

Sweets in Newcastle-under-Lyme: The Ironmarket'...

The Ironmarket has traded since the 14th century and the town still holds markets six days a week — but general stalls, however old, were never built for bulk bags...

Sweets in Ashford: The Designer Outlet, and the...

Ashford, Kent's biggest retail landmark is a designer outlet, and its newest sweet shop replaced a tea room in 2020 — but for bulk, vegan and halal-friendly ranges, shoppers still...