Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury has been named as Britain's Best high street.

Shropshire Star

Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury has been named as Britain's Best high street. The Shropshire Star talk to shoppers and businesses to get their views on the honour.

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00:00I'm David from the Shropshire Star. We're here in beautiful Wyalkop because the Shrewsbury

00:06shopping street has been named the best in the country and we're here to find out whether it

00:11deserves that reputation from local businesses and local people so let's go. So do you shop in

00:17Wyalkop often? Sometimes, yeah not very often I don't but I have been in the shops. Do you think

00:26it deserves its reputation as the best place in the country? Yes I do. Is there anything that can

00:31be done to improve it do you think? I don't think so it should be left how it is because it just

00:36when you walk down here it's just like old and out, Shrewsbury used to be and it hasn't changed

00:44much I don't think. It's all independent shops as well isn't it? It is yeah so they need the

00:51custom as well so yeah I like it how it is. Do you think it deserves its reputation? Yes I do.

00:58Why? It's just so nice I mean the shops are so vibrant and so different you've got a bit of

01:06everything isn't you? Absolutely. Are you shopping here at Christmas do you think? Yes that's what

01:11I'm looking for now. Excellent well I hope you have a great shopping experience. I always park

01:18down the bottom and walk up here and pop into all of the shops. Oh do you really? Yeah. That's

01:23fantastic just to keep them going. Yeah keep popping in as soon as there's anything I fancy.

01:29Do you think anything can be done to improve Wildcat?

01:34Not really I can't think of anything. So keep it the same don't you? Yeah I think so

01:41because there is quite an eclectic mix isn't there? Absolutely. So I think you know we've got

01:46everything we need here really. I'm Nicola and I work at the toy box in Shrewsbury. So ideal time

01:52just before Christmas then? Yes very very busy. Do you know that Wildcats have been named the

01:57best high street in the country? We do yes. Does it deserve that reputation? Absolutely it does it's

02:04the best street in Shrewsbury that's for sure. Fantastic and what makes it so good? All of the

02:09independent shops here yeah there's fabulous shops down here. And is there anything that can be done

02:14to make it better? Let's bring more in yeah more shops more shops more independent shops yeah.

02:20There's a few empty buildings. There is a few empty ones yeah let's bring some more independent

02:24shops in. Come on estate agents. Yeah exactly yes yeah absolutely. So on your shelves then you've

02:30got lots of goodies. We do. What's the top selling toy do you think at the moment? Oh my goodness

02:37we are we sell lots of wooden toys here. Gosh the best selling one it's hard to say there's so many.

02:47Mayleg are one of our favourites here and we're very we're very they're very popular

02:54and they're always big sellers. So come on folks you want any Christmas present here?

02:59Oh yeah there's so there's so many so many things to pick here yes. And this of course isn't the

03:03only shop in Wild Cops though. No there's lots here lots lots of lovely places to find Christmas

03:09gifts. I think it's excellent news for Shrewsbury. I think it's a perfect write-up that the town

03:15needed yeah good news all round. Absolutely and what makes Wild Cops so good? The individual shops

03:21and the independent shops independent shops yeah and that's something you don't get every in any

03:26other town so that's why it's important. And could anything be done to make it better?

03:30No. Yes it is. Exactly yes. Lovely.

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