The Thistles Shopping Centre

We visited for the first time recently with a mobility scooter, the mall is well laid out and plenty of space to maneuver a scooter about. There is a fantastic selection of shops and plenty of disabled parking nearby, in the town centre. (We didn't park in the mall xarpark so can't comment) The only issue we came across was that the disabled toilets were hidden, they weren't even shown on the maps, we had to ask the cleaners. I have since complained and they said they would rectify this issue ASAP. When we did eventually find the disabled toilets, we found many people were using them who were not disabled and clearly couldn't be bothered walking down the stairs to the main toilets. The museum isn't accessible either as its a small winding staircase to get down and we never seen a lift anywhere. We had a good day none the less!

In the heart of Stirling town centre, Thistle Shopping Centre offers high Street shopping from Primark to Shuh. With wide corridors leading to the shops and level access to the building, with a car park at the rear, you will be able to find what you need here and maybe a little of something you don't need.

Not all disabled people want to have to do their shopping from at the door, some like to browse! Shops need to have much more awareness of how much space you need to get about with a wheelchair as most of them are virtually inaccessible due to the amount of stock they have out on the shop floor and the lack of space between the display units. Disabled parking in multi-storey largely reserved for shopmobility, that which isn't reserved is very expensive.