Top 10 UK Shopping Centres
MetroCentre
Centre Management Offices, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England NE11 9YG
Europe's largest shopping centre, the MetroCentre boasts over 300 shops in themed malls, covering 169,000 square metres of retail space. There are the big anchor stores of Marks and Spencer, House of...
Bluewater
Upper Thames Walk, Greenhithe, Kent, England DA9 9ST
The Bluewater shopping centre is the UK's second largest and occupies a quite unique location in a former chalk quarry complete with surrounding 50 metre high chalk cliffs, parkland, trees and a tranquil...
Opened in October 2008, Westfield London has 265 shops covering a retail floorspace of some 150,000 square metres. 80% of the stores at the Westfield shopping centre are fashion clothes related, with...
The Merry Hill Shopping Centre has over 220 shops with the anchor department stores being Debenhams, Marks and Spencer and BHS. There are also Sainsbury's and ASDA supermarkets. The list of instantly...
Meadowhall
Management Suite, 1 The Oasis, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S9 1EP
The 5th largest shopping centre in the UK, Meadowhall in Sheffield offers shoppers over 280 stores including leading names which include: Argos, Barratts, Boots, Burton, Carphone Warehouse, Currys Digital,...
The Trafford Centre is a vast shopping mall of around 230 well known stores including: the Apple Store, Bon Marche, Boots, Burtons, Evans, Ernest Jones, H Samuel, H&M, Laura Ashley, New Look, Next,...
Lakeside shopping centre is one of the UK's top 10 largest retail destinations, with over 250 shops, cafes and restaurants including large branches of House of Fraser, Marks and Spencer, Primark, BHS,...
Arndale Centre
1st floor Management Office, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M4 3AQ
Manchester Arndale Shopping Centre is one of the top 10 largest UK shopping centres and the largest UK inner city shopping mall, accommodating over 240 shops, including the anchor stores of Next and BHS,...
Liverpool One is a huge shopping centre encompassing around 130,000 square metres of retail heaven alongside the Liverpool Docks and not far from the Mersey Tunnel. 160 shops and stores await you at Liverpool...
The Birmingham Bullring is one of Europe's busiest shopping centres with 160 shops attracting over 36 million visitors in the first year after its redevelopment in 2000 - 2003. Distributed over 3 levels...
A guide to
Birmingham Shops and Shopping Centres covering the shops from major chains and many independent stores offering a wide range of products from clothes to couture, footwear to photography.
Photo Updates
I've been looking through some photos I took a while ago and have updated the following attractions: Attingham Park - Shrewsbury, Chirk Castle near Llangollen, Croft Castle - Leominster, Lower Brockhampton - Bromyard and Moseley Old Hall - Wolverhampton. More to follow!
Packwood House
Lapworth, Warwickshire
Packwood has both an interesting house and beautiful garden, which is noted for it's unusual topiary Yew Garden based on the theme of the 'Sermon on the Mount', but also has some wonderful herbaceous borders, and all surrounded by a tranquil lake and 400 acre parkland with walks.
Blakesley Hall
Yardley, Birmingham
Finally managed to get over to Blakesley Hall in Birmingham at the start of July. This is a well preserved half timbered building run by Birmingham City Council with free admission. Interesting interior and room settings, geared towards school educational groups, but well worth a look.
Sarehole Mill
Hall Green, Birmingham
Interesting working water mill operated by Birmingham City Coucil offering free admission. JR Tolkien lived opposite as a child, and it is thought that he drew inspiration from much of the landscape and landmarks in the area for Lord of the Rings.
