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The first Trago Mills store was at Liskeard and started life as a small shed, selling items founder Mike Robertson had bought on trips up-country. The current Liskeard store, five miles west of the town just off the A38, has several acres of parkland and lakes. It also accommodates several independent businesses, including a newsagent, a butcher and a bakery. The Liskeard store attracts shoppers from all over Cornwall, as well as Plymouth.
The Newton Abbot site is the largest of the three and covers over 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land. It includes the Trago Mills Leisure Park, which is home to The Bickington Steam Railway and a model railway, said to be one of the largest OO gauge layouts in England. The Newton Abbot site also has several independent businesses, selling both food and non-food items. A new garden centre, the largest in the south west, was opened on the site in 2009, followed in 2010 by a new restaurant.
The Falmouth store, near the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, is the smallest of the three.
A distinguishing feature of Trago Mills is the architecture of the buildings at Liskeard and Newton Abbot designed by Charles Hunt of St Neot, Liskeard who was appointed architect in 1978. The buildings have an almost castle-like appearance, with tall towers clad in white with black framed windows.
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