Starting in the brilliant couture chocolate shop and café, “Chocoa”, we wet our whistles and got ready for some serious retail therapy (the artisanal chocolates are amazing, and would make excellent Easter gifts).

We found some gorgeous pocket watches at Robert Adair Jewellers: perfect for a birthday surprise (hint, hint!) We also had a sneak peek at the workshop upstairs, which was absolutely fascinating. Thank you Stuart, Jonathan, Hannah and Lindsay.

Ballymena has some great independent clothes shops, and we were very impressed with the range of men’s clothing in the cavernous Wallace’s and the legendary Sam’s, which also houses Laird Law Male Grooming with their glorious handlebar moustache logo! 

We stumbled across a delightful little gift shop called “Just” which is a treasure trove of tasteful trinkets, and there are lots of other independent stores making the retail offering unique compared to other towns and cities, as well as two major shopping centres, the Tower Centre, and Fairhill. 

There’s ample parking at £2.00 all day if you arrive before 9.30am in Alexander Street Car Park. 

Ballymena has some great independent food stores and eateries; “Freshways” is a super little greengrocers with fantastic fresh produce, and we also enjoyed a leisurely lunch in The Grouse with a pint and some top notch pub grub. 

Before heading home, we called into The Front Page for a quick tot of whiskey, and within half an hour we were back in Belfast, our bags packed with goodies! 

Ballymena Means Something for Everyone. 

Ballymena Means Something for Everyone. 

Chocoa 

https://www.chocoa-chocolate.co.uk/

Wallaces Ballymena & Cookstown & Remus Uomo

https://wallace1948.com/

Robert Adair Jewellers

https://www.robertadairjewellers.co.uk/

Sams Ballymena  & Laird Law Male Grooming

https://samsofballymena.com/

http://www.lairdlawmalegrooming.co.uk/

The Front Page Bar Ballymena

http://www.frontpagebar.com/

Tower Centre Ballymena & Fairhill Ballymena

https://fairhillshopping.co.uk/

https://towercentre.com/

The Grouse

https://grouseballymena.com/

Freshways

Just

https://www.facebook.com/Justboutiqueballymena/?locale=en_GB

The Old Variety Market

I used to work he when I was 11 !

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Ballymena Gift Card

Give the Gift of choice in Ballymena. The Ballymena Gift card is the perfect gift for any occasion. Treat your friends, family, clients, colleagues and more by giving them the gift of choosing what’s perfect for them.

The gift card is accepted in shops, café’s, restaurants, bars, health, beauty, home and more. You can spend it in participating businesses throughout the town centre and in both of Ballymena’s Shopping Centres Tower Centre & Fairhill Shopping Centre. You can also purchase a card in both of the hopping centre too. 

Ballymena is filled with great eateries, unique boutiques, independent department stores and all your favourite High Street stores. This makes the Ballymena Gift Card a truly unique gift for all occasions from, Birthdays to Christmas, Anniversaries, Weddings, New Arrivals, Saying Thank you or simply treating someone you love.

The Ballymena Gift Card can also be collected locally at any of the sales points listed at the bottom of this page after the Where To Spend Section.

WELCOME TO BALLYMENA

Ballymena Town Centre is one of Northern Ireland’s top shopping destinations. With two shopping centres, all your favourite high street stores and you are spoilt for choice with independent department stores, boutiques, eateries, and homeware stores throughout our Hight Streets. There are also beauty, barber and hair salons a plenty and Ballymena Means Choice. Ballymena Means Something For Everyone.