My local dress fabric shops are sew fabrics in Darlington - 2 hours each way in 2 buses each way and while they have a lot of stock, they don't get much new stock so I'm finding less and less that I like, there. And BST fabrics in South shields. 2 buses plus a long walk through a dodgy area - I keep getting lost trying to walk it on Google maps so won't try it in person, on my own
And Boyes!