It’s less than five weeks until Christmas Day, so it’s time to start thinking about buying gifts if you haven’t already started.
While Christmas shopping usually fills people with dread, it doesn’t have to be that way. Choose the right location for your present-shopping and you can even make a festive day out of it.
If you're looking for inspiration, The Times has published a list of the prettiest towns in the UK for Christmas shopping and one of them is just a stone’s throw away from Greater Manchester.
Hebden Bridge is among the destinations “which haven’t been taken over by big-name chains” that The Times recommends for a spot of shopping.
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