WREXHAM, Rhyl, Llandudno and Bangor are the prime shopping towns in North Wales, featuring many of the usual high street names, plus indoor shopping precincts. There is also a good range of the national retail giants at the Broughton Shopping Park, close to the A55 near Chester, where parking is supremely easy, everything's on one level, shops stay open late and it never seems crowded.
 Out-of-town factory-style outlets include Tweedmill in St Asaph (left), James Pringle Weavers at Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, Abakhan Fabrics at Mostyn, and the Anglesey Pullover Company in Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. Smaller town centres like Ruthin, Porthmadog, Beaumaris, Pwllheli and Conwy, make a nice change because they feature interesting independent retailers, and Betws-y-Coed's shops are a real honeypot for visitors all year round. Markets For bargain-hunters, markets are held in most sizeable towns at least once a week, but Wrexham leads the way with three permanent indoor markets, as well as an outdoor one every Monday. Mold also has a permanent indoor market, as well as outdoors on Wednesday and Saturday, and Ruthin market is held on Thursdays indoors. Neighbouring Denbigh has a Wednesday market, Holywell's markets are on Thursday and Saturday and stallholders are in Flint every Friday. Llangollen market is on Tuesday and Prestatyn's on Fridays and Summer Sundays. Abergele is famous for its popular Sunday market and there is also a Sunday market in Greenfield, Flintshire. Llangefni market is held around the town hall every Thursday and Saturday, while other Anglesey markets are in Amlwch (Friday), a covered market in Holyhead and a Thursday market in Valley. Colwyn Bay has a market on Tuesdays and Saturdays, Llanrwst is also on a Tuesday, as is Conwy. In Gwynedd there are markets at Pwllheli (Wednesday), Porthmadog (Summer Fridays) and Caernarfon (Saturday all year and Summer Mondays). For details of WI markets go to www.wimarkets.co.uk. There are also farmers' markets in Llangefni, Bangor, Colwyn Bay and Northop. | 
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