Shopping
This page provides a variety of information about retail and related services available in the area.
However, a word of warning! In today's rapidly changing/shrinking retail world things can change very rapidly. Please report any errors in the information below to the website team.
Early Closing Days:
Beccles - Wednesday
Bungay - Wednesday
Diss - Tuesday
Harleston - Thursday
Market Days:
Beccles - Friday
Bungay - Thursday
Diss - Friday
Harleston - Wednesday
WI Markets:
Harleston, St George's Hall - Wednesday 9 to 11am
Farmers Markets:
Harleston, Swan Hotel
Held on the third Saturday of every month open from 9am to 1pm. All enquires should be made to the Market Manager, Joy Hensley, Tel: 01379 854887.
Supermarkets
Co-op Bungay
Central England Co-op Society
Hill Side Road East. Tel: 01986 895738
Opening times:
- Monday-Friday: 8.00am - 9pm
- Saturday: 8.00am - 8pm
- Sunday: 10.00am - 4pm
Co-op Website.
Co-op, Harleston
East of England Co-op Society
Bullock Fair Close. Tel: 01379 262150
Opening times:
- Monday-Saturday: 6.00am - 10pm
- Sunday: 10.00am - 4pm
Co-op Website.
Budgens, Harleston
Next to the filling station in London Road.
Budgens Website.
Local Deliveries
Milk - Dairy Crest (formerly Turrell's), Unit 1, Fysons Farm, North Lopham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2HQ. Tel:01379 688506. They deliver in Denton on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays each week.
This service now includes "milk&more". Customers can order a range of food and other domestic essentials via the net up till 9.00 pm and have them delivered with their milk the following day.
Further details are available from the milk&more Website.
Newspapers
Mondays to Saturdays – Kath Hanner, Woodgate, Darrow Green Road. Tel 788414.
Sundays – Andrew Rodgers, Bungay. Tel 892872.
Nearest Petrol Filling Stations
Esso, Harleston, London Road. Open 7 days a week 6.45 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.s.
Co-op, Bungay, Hillside Road East. Open Monday to Friday 7.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m., Saturday 7.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m., Sunday 8.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Tel: 896781.
Open 24 hours. Q8, Norwich, Martineau Lane (Near County Hall).
Norfolk Credit Union
The South Norfolk Credit Union, set up by South Norfolk Council nearly 20 years ago, eventually became part of the Norfolk Credit Union.
Then in 2014 it merged with the Suffolk Credit Union to form "Eastern Savings & Loans".
The office in Long Stratton has closed. Further information is available from the ES&L Website.
Banks
Barclays
6, Market Place, Harleston
Tel: 08457 555 555 Open 9.30am - 2.30pm Monday to Friday.
NatWest
21 Gentleman's Walk, Norwich
Open 9.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday, 9.30 - 1.00 Saturday.
Building Societies
Nationwide
1 New Market, Beccles NR34 9HQ.
Tel: 0800 554 1144
Yorkshire
Was Norwich & Peterborough
14 Market Place, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4AB.
Tel: 01379 644778 Open Weekdays 9am - 5pm, Wednesday 9.30 - 5pm, Saturday 9am - 12 noon.
Pharmacies
Boots
4 St Mary's Street, Bungay.
Tel: 01986 892348.
Open Monday to Saturday 8.30am - 5.30pm
Boots
28 St Johns Road, Bungay.
Tel:01986 896568.
Open Monday to Friday 9.00am - 6.00pm.
Boots
17 The Thoroughfare, Harleston.
Tel: 01379 852338.
Open Monday to Friday 9am - 6pm, Saturday 9am - 5pm.