B&Q, Southcote Hardware Retailers in Southcote, Reading
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B&Q is one of the UK's largest home improvement and garden retailers, and this superstore sits at Reading Gate Retail Park with its own garden centre and ample customer parking. It stocks the full B&Q range of building materials, kitchens, bathrooms, paint, tools and garden products, with in-store services including paint mixing, timber cutting and key cutting. A TradePoint trade counter serves builders and tradespeople alongside the regular retail floor, making it a one-stop shop for DIY projects large and small in the Reading area.
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Reading Gate Retail Park, Acre Road, Southcote RG2 0QG
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Founded in Southampton in 1969
B&Q traces back to a single DIY shop opened in Southampton in 1969 by Richard Block and David Quayle, whose surnames gave the chain its name. It has since grown into one of Europe's largest home improvement retailers, now part of the Kingfisher group.
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