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The Works

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Discount retail chain offering products including books, art supplies, games and stationery. People often mention staff,


Address

Units 172/172a Halle Mall, Arndale Centre, Manchester M4 2HU, United Kingdom

Website

www.theworks.co.uk

Contact

+44 161 834 4382

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (59 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 8:30 am to 8 pm
  • Wednesday: 8:30 am to 8 pm
  • Thursday: 8:30 am to 8 pm
  • Friday: 8:30 am to 8 pm
  • Saturday: 8:30 am to 7:30 pm
  • Sunday: 11:30 am to 5:30 pm
  • Monday: 8:30 am to 8 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Neil N. 6 years ago on Google • 608 reviews
    Looks of puzzles and games and craft stuff at a very reasonable price. Located on 1st floor.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Paul W. 8 months ago on Google • 5 reviews
    Love going in here, always clean and the staff always know where to guide you to find what you're looking for. Always well stocked. It's always nice to see a smiling face 🌝
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 John S. 6 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Great place, I got my products all under one roof. We loved the variety of DIY crafts available, Fiction Books,Baking Books, Light boxes and a lot more.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Daniel 1 year ago on Google
    Gutes Geschäft für Spiele, Kinderbücher, Stifte etc. Im Laden hat man einen guten Überblick. Die Preise sind gerade noch o.k. Jetzt zur Weihnachtszeit gibt es natürlich viele Kleinigkeiten um etwas für Weihnachten zu basteln.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Louis B. 6 years ago on Google
    The works is the right place to shop for books and craft products, wether for yourself or your little ones. DIY products available there are of good quality. Its worth the money.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Darren H. 5 years ago on Google
    Wide variety of stock from books to games and art materials all at a reasonable price
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Zaheer M. 7 years ago on Google
    Great book store with amazing cheap prices...great alternative to Waterstones helpful staff too.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Dong-Yoo P. 8 months ago on Google • 363 reviews
    Some really good bargains as usual but the service was very poor. We visited a few weeks ago. Me and my wife stood for a good 4-5 minutes waiting to be served as two members of staff chatted away. A third member of staff who was obviously taking the brunt of the work had to tell the other two chatting that there were customers waiting. The lad that served us wasn't pleasant at all. Seemed irritated he had to cut his chitchat short. No manners at all. Served us and straight away went back to chatting with the other worker. I feel sorry for the third woman having to pick up the slack of the other two.

  • 4/5 Nikonuser 2 months ago on Google • 153 reviews New
    Good value Bookshop with the all year round permanent SALE !!! ,, nevertheless as limited as the stock is there is the odd gem to be found. Stock a wide range of crafting materials and art products…
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 derrick s. 7 years ago on Google
    A lot of things to discover though you may have to look through a lot of stuff to find it. Also great Arts and craft supplies and many discount books
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 M 1 year ago on Google
    Was going to leave a good review as I love the works their prices for books are amazing however I just saw the previous review and that’s very disgusting of the staff to behave that way, always thought they were a bit ‘off’ but I only ever go in to collect online orders. But I will leave a bad review to stand in solidarity with the precious review where a man was racially profiled.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Stuart P. 5 years ago on Google
    They didn't have brown parcel paper on a roll. But, they have plenty of other discounted items.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jane R. 5 years ago on Google
    The shop has great variety of art and craft materials and toys. I always like to visit this place as it's quite near to my residence and they always come up with some discounts and offers. I would highly recommend The Works to everyone, especially for bulk shopping.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Catherine P. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice little branch of the works.

  • 5/5 Julia W. 2 years ago on Google
    Brilliant store and helpful staff

  • 1/5 Jane 2 years ago on Google • 2 reviews
    If I could give this place less than one star I would. This place is absolutely disgusting. One certain staff member named Jackie racially profiled a black, clearly autistic, man. She called the police on him accusing him of theft despite him expressing absolutely zero suspicious behaviour. He was clearly special needs and it took him longer to complete tasks - anyone experienced would be able to see that - but rather than taking into account the way he was acting as clear special needs she decided to racially profile him and accuse him of theft. the police cornered and kept questioning the poor man. If Jackie isn’t capable of being able to treat everyone equally and the patience to deal with special needs customers she should not be employed at all. I didn’t even see any of their other staff members helping him. Definitely will not be returning knowing the staff are racist and are too pathetic to treat someone with basic human decency.
    10 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vince W. 8 months ago on Google • 1 review
    Love this store great prices and friendly and helpful staff always pointing me in the direction of alternatives, directed me to some great buys!
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Holly M. 8 months ago on Google • 1 review
    Amazing customer service, and very helpful staff Thankyou for the help
    1 person found this review helpful 👍


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Cheques
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ In-store shopping

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