Favourite Shopping Centres
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Which one is yours? Or do you prefer the more traditional setting of a city centre? Poll to follow!
Personally I prefer a town or city centre more than the sterile and soulless places like Westfield
PS - apologies in advance to people in Northern Ireland. I don't know any regional out of town shopping centres in NI
Personally I prefer a town or city centre more than the sterile and soulless places like Westfield
PS - apologies in advance to people in Northern Ireland. I don't know any regional out of town shopping centres in NI
Which is your favourite shopping centre? 91 votes
Brent Cross
1%
1 vote
Bluewater
0%
0 votes
Lakeside
4%
4 votes
Westfield Stratford
5%
5 votes
Westfield Shepherd's Bush
2%
2 votes
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol
3%
3 votes
Meadowhall, Sheffield
5%
5 votes
Metro Centre, Gateshead
5%
5 votes
Trafford Centre, Manchester
17%
16 votes
St David's, Cardiff
6%
6 votes
Braehead, Glasgow
3%
3 votes
Other Shopping Centre
19%
18 votes
I prefer town/city centre shopping
25%
23 votes
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I agree, can't stand any of them
What a dump!
We'll always go into town on the bus and reward ourselves with cocktails and a visit to a nice restaurant when we're finished shopping. You can't really do that so much with out of town shopping centres (unless you live near one) so it spoils the fun!
Voted in the end for Westfield at Stratford - good mix of shops from budget (Primark, Sports Direct and TK Maxx) through high street (River Island, Topman, Next, H&M and the awesome Forever21) through to quite upmarket stores, and I like a centre to have variety and choice, even if I can only afford the cheaper end! In similar vein, I also like the lower-level foodcourt at Stratford as, like the Bluewater Wintergarden, it has the likes of Harry Ramsden's...
This. Head-ache inducing, nauseating, stale, busy, full of screaming kids and buggies and overpriced food concessions.
It's a pointless poll anyway. People will either chose their local one or whinge that one is missing....... I thought Trinity Square in Leeds was half decent as far as shopping centres go, but it's probably too small for your list.
Thanks
It's funny though you talk about Leeds' new shopping area, when what got me thinking about shopping centres was the thread about a poster from West Yorkshire who is prepared to do a long-winded and seemingly expensive journey by public transport to Meadowhall! To me Leeds city centre outshines Meadowhall, but people are willing to travel to the big out of town centres.
There's something very satisfying about picking up an item, taking it to the till, paying for it, then walking away with it. Saying this though, I do think that online shopping will increase more and more as the years go by. I mean, who wouldn't want the convenience of shopping from the comfort of your home?
Aww leave Queensgate alone!
It's quite large for a city centre shopping centre with a big John Lewis, Boots and Primark plus the usual retailers. It has decent priced car parking and a bus station on site. The only thing that could cause people to say 'it's a dump' is its lovely early 1980s decor ;-) Well I would say that, wouldn't I?
Being serious I don't think Queensgate has had much work done to the interior since they opened in 1982
Shame that the OP had never heard of it. 7th largest in the UK
Indeed sometimes I don't want to wait for an item (even with Amazon's v.good next day delivery) Sometimes, I just to have the item there and then! I'm in impatient by nature!