What is the biggest indoor shopping centre in the UK?
The largest shopping centre in the UK is Westfield London, located in Shepherd's Bush. It has over 300 stores and 70 restaurants, making it the biggest shopping destination in Europe.
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space.
4. Westfield Stratford City, London (184,100 m²) The second and slightly smaller (not by much!) Westfield shopping centre in London offers groups another fantastic retail experience, but across to the east of the city next door to the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park.
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Which is bigger Westfield Stratford or London?
With a total retail floor area of 1,910,000 square feet (177,000 m2), it is the largest urban shopping centre in the UK by land area and the 4th-largest shopping centre in the UK by retail space, behind Westfield London (White City), the MetroCentre, and the Trafford Centre.
Sitting just outside the M25, Bluewater opened in 1999 and is the fifth-largest shopping centre in the UK. It's got a whopping 260 stores and services. Next in the list came Meadowhall in Sheffield, followed by Metrocentre in Gateshead.
Is Manchester Arndale bigger than Trafford Centre?
I lived in Manchester for many years and always preferred the Arndale, The problem with Trafford Centre (TC) is the shops are smaller and you can easily scoot round the whole lot in a morning. The restaurants at TC are mainly themed places and are food court style.
What is the biggest indoor shopping centre in Europe?
Planning policy prioritizes the development of existing town centres, although with patchy success. Westfield London (White City) is the largest shopping centre in Europe.
The New South China Mall is located in Dongguan, China, and holds the distinction of being the world's largest mall in terms of gross leasable area. It has an expansive 6.46 million sq ft retail space, equivalent to 2300 stores.
What was the first indoor shopping mall in the UK?
The first indoor shopping centre to open in the UK was Brent Cross back in 1976. Soon afterwards, it became clear that the concept of indoor shopping centres could be a success in the UK, mainly thanks to the later opening hours of the shops compared to the traditional High street stores.
Several shops, including Burger King, TK Maxx, M&S, Asda Home, Boots, Go Outdoors and Poundland, will be demolished but it is expected they will be given empty shops in others parts of the shopping centre.
Part of a shopping retail park will be bulldozed to make way for a £200m warehouse and distribution centre. Several stores, including Marks & Spencer, Boots, Asda Home and Burger King, will be demolished at the Lakeside complex at Thurrock, Essex.
The centre employs 7,000 people and serves over 27 million visitors a year. A main rival is the Lakeside Shopping Centre and its two retail parks in West Thurrock, Essex, just across the River Thames, 8 miles (13 km) away by road or 3.2 miles (5.1 km) as the crow flies.
Been in Lakeside few times-this shopping centre is much better than Bluewater- cheaper popular shops(massive Primark). There is free parking too- like in Bluewater. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
It does depend what you want to buy. White City has more upmarket/designer shops but Stratford has John Lewis. I agree with parkland in that Westfield in white city/shephards bush is easier to get to although I thought the one at Stratford was slightly bigger. The John Lewis at Stratford is a bit pants IMO though.
It depends on the weather. If it is raining or cold I would recommend Westfield. If the weather is OK or if you want more than chain stores I would choose Oxford Street so that you can explore the side streets and see a bit more of London.
London boasts two Westfield shopping centres: one in west London, and one in Stratford, in the east of the city. Westfield London is located in Shepherd's Bush in west London, close to the Shepherd's Bush Overground station.
