What you can buy
TOBACCO - 3,200 cigarettes, 200 cigars, 400 cigarillos, 3 Kg smoking tobacco.
ALCOHOL - 110 lts beer, 90 lts wine, 10 lts spirits, 20 lts fortified wine.
Pre -order by internet from the Wine Beer Warehouse and if you spend £400 or more get a free daytrip with Seafrance or £30 cash back if you travel with Eurotunnel.
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Information about shopping in Calais for DIY and Decorating goods, kitchen units etc. Day-tripper.net, the web magazine which saves you money when crossing the channel to Calais.
Its not just people with holiday homes in France buying DIY and decorating products. Range, quality and price all come into play for U.K. shoppers, even those buying for their U.K. homes. Here we list some shops in Calais as well as links to the main French web sites.
Many DIY and decorating items are cheaper in France. Check prices before you go, although the range of goods is often better and wider, in itself a good reason to shop in France.
Paints and flat packs can be more expensive, although taps and showers can be a lot cheaper.
A Times article recently highlighted the following products as being cheaper; DIY workbench - 71% cheaper, Pine Curtain Rail - 51% cheaper, Bath taps - 40% cheaper, Beech flooring - 31% cheaper, Acrylic bath - 28% cheaper, Lawnmower - 14% cheaper (exchange rate 1.40 euro).
OFFER 1 - 20% off daytrips to Boulogne with Speedferries. 50 minute crossing. From £20 return (Offer available on this site only)
OFFER 2 - Cheapest ferry fares to Calais with P O Ferry. Cheap daytrips starting at £20 only (No fuel surcharge, subject to availability)
Direct Booking links
| Transmanche Ferries Dieppe | LD Lines Ferry Le Havre | Transeuropa Ferries |
| Norfolkline Dover to Dunkirk | SpeedFerries Boulogne | DFDS Ferries Newcastle |
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Tel: 0033 321 96 50 50. Fax: 0033 321 34 99 77. Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00am - 8.00pm. www.leroymerlin.fr Other DIY / Decorating chains in France
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Deregnaucourt, Michel. 26 place d'Armes. Tel: 0033 321 34 31 62 Parenty et Cie, 152, Bd. Gambetta. Tel: 0033 321 34 32 69. |
ARC, 15, rue Amphère, 62100. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 00 77 57. Batiment Amenagement Construction, 30 rue Mollien. Tel: 0033 321 96 52 14. Yves CARON, 25 rue Becquerel. Tel: 0033 321 36 40 20. Cauet Constructions, 335 Av. Antoine de St. Exupéry. Tel: 0033 321 34 42 29. C.E.B.A.T, 292, rue Gravelines. Tel: 0033 321 36 88 15. Maurice DEMAZEUX, 19, rue Mignard. Tel: 0033 321 34 20 78. SPIE-CITRA NORD, 54 rue Moscou. Tel: 0033 321 96 56 22. THELU, 107, rue Descartes. Tel: 0033 321 46 72 00. |
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- 4 Murs, Zone La Française (by Auchan), 62231. Calais - Coquelles. Tel: 0033 321 36 34 49. 
- Bricoman - Now in Calais in the new ZI Curie close to the exit 44 (A16). Opposite Calais Vins. Also at Centre commercial Carrefour, EVREUX. Open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 7.30pm. Saturday 8.30am to 7.30pm. Tel: 0033 232 23 33 50. Fax: 0033 232 23 33 51. (near Rouen). 
- Castorama (Garden furniture, decorating products) rue de Judée, ZA Marcel Doret. 62100. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 97 25 00. 
- CEDEO, 48 Quai Gustave Lamarle. 62100 Calais. Tel: 0033 321 46 08 60. Fax: 0033 321 46 08 65. (Plumbing and heating materials). 
- Chantemure. 
- . Batiman. Windows, doors, staircases, cupboards etc. Soutern France only. 
- Bricomarché - rue Notre Dame. 62480. LE PORTEL. Tel: 0033 321 80 82 81. Fax: 0033 321 91 39 31. 
- Mr.Bricolage (DIY, Gardening, Decorating goods). Now in Calais!. 69 RUE FAIDHERBE, BP 369. 62205. Boulogne sur Mer. Tel: 0033 321 30 36 30. Fax: 0033 321 87 40 42. Open: Monday 2.00 to 7.00pm. Tuesday to Saturday 9.00am to 12.00pm, 2.00 to à 7.00pm. 
- Bricorama (DIY, Gardening, Decorating goods). 55, rue Camille Desmoulins. 62230. OUTREAU. Tel: 0033 321 31 71 19. 
- Gedimat, BMA, 19 rue de Copernic. 62000. Arras. 
- Weldom (formerly know as OBI). None near the channel - nearest is in Compeigne, north of Paris. Zac des Mercières, 60205. Compeigne. Tel: 0033 344 30 12 00. Fax: 0033 344 23 04 14. 
- Point.P. Plenty of stores in the North - look under "Sites Agences". 
- Saint Maclou - Carpets, rugs and plastic flooring. Centre Commercial Auchan, St Martin-Les-Boulogne. Tel: 0033 321 31 90 09. Fax: 0033 321 91 56 40. 
- Isoferm, 825, rue Marcel Doret Hôtel d'Enterprise. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 36 74 17. Fax: 0033 321 85 37 48. 
- Lapeyre Doors and Windows (Opposite Auchan), Tel: 0033 321 36 33 33. Fax: 0033 321 36 32 00. 41 Av. du Général de Gaulle, RN 1 - BP 79. 62903. Coquelles. Open: Monday to Friday 9.30am to midday, and 2.00 - 7.00pm. Saturday, 9.00am to midday, and 2.00 - 6.00pm. 
- Mobalpa (Pierre Guerbadot) 126, Bd. Gambetta, Calais. Tel: 0033 321 344 15 71 57. 
- Boulanger - Electrical goods. C. Cial Auchan "Parc La Française". 62231. Coquelles. Tel: 0033 321 46 22 46. Fax: 0033 321 46 43 70. Open: Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 12.30pm, 2.00 to 7.30pm. Saturday, 9.00am to 8.00pm. 
- BUT (furniture and household goods). 359 Av. St Exupéry. 62100. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 97 36 13. Fax: 0033 321 34 53 48. Open: Monday, 2.00 to 7.30pm. Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00am to 12.00pm, 2.00 to 7.30pm. 
- Conforama (Furniture and electrical goods). ZC la Francaise. 62231. Coquelles. Tel: 0033 321 36 61 61. 
- Darty (an electrical chain in France). There is a branch at Cite Europe. Tel: 0033 321 46 04 70. 
- GITEM. Store in Dunkirk.