List of UK shopping centres

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This is a list of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom, listed by size in square metres (m²). Only centres of over 70,000m² of space are listed. Some of these are out-of-town centres, while others are part of a city or town centre shopping district, which in almost all cases also includes many stores not part of the shopping centre. Many city and town centre shopping districts not represented on this list are larger than some of the centres listed. The largest shopping district in the United Kingdom is London's West End, which does not contain any large shopping centres but has 6,600,000 square feet (608,000 m²) of retail space in its three main shopping streets (Bond Street, Oxford Street, and Regent Street)[1] plus substantial additional space in adjacent streets.

This list takes into account each shopping centre's overall size, rather than retail space. If this list only took into account retail space, then the top five shopping centres would be Trafford Centre (176,516 sq m)[2], Westfield Stratford City (175,000 sq m)[3], MetroCentre (173,862 sq m)[4], Westfield Merry Hill (154,000 sq m)[5] and Westfield London (150,000 sq m)[6]

Rank Name Town/city and county Region Size (m²) Annual visitors
(where available)
1st MetroCentre Gateshead, Tyne and Wear North East England 194,000[7] 23 million (2010)[8]
2nd Trafford Centre Trafford, Greater Manchester North West England 177,000[9] 35 million+ (2010)[10]
3rd Westfield Stratford City Stratford, London Greater London 175,000[11]
4th Bluewater Dartford, Kent South East England 155,700[12] 27 million (2010)[13]
5th Westfield Merry Hill Dudley, West Midlands West Midlands 154,002[14] 23.5 million[15]
6th Westfield London Shepherd's Bush, London Greater London 149,461[14] 23 million (2009)[16]
7th Manchester Arndale Manchester, Greater Manchester North West England 148,600[17] 40 million (2011)[18]
8th Meadowhall Sheffield, South Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber 139,355[19] 25 million[20]
9th Lakeside Thurrock, Essex East 133,180[21] 25 million[22]
10th Eldon Square Newcastle, Tyne and Wear North East England 132,879[citation needed] 25 million[citation needed]
11th Liverpool One Liverpool, Merseyside North West 130,060[23] 24.6 million (2010)[24]
12th St. David's Cardiff, South Wales Wales 129,549[25] 27 million (2009)[26]
13th Bullring Birmingham, West Midlands West Midlands 127,100[27], 40 million (2011)[28]
14th Whitgift Croydon, London Greater London 121,000[citation needed]
15th thecentre:mk Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire South East 120,773[29] 27 million (2010)[30]
16th Westfield Derby Derby, Derbyshire East Midlands 120,579[14] 25 million (2010)[31]
17th East Kilbride Shopping Centre East Kilbride, Lanarkshire Scotland 106,030[32]
18th Highcross Leicester East Midlands 105,000[27] 18.5 million (2009-10)[33]
19th Kingfisher Redditch, Worcestershire West Midlands 102,000[34]
20th Telford Shopping Centre Telford, Shropshire West Midlands 100,000[35]
21st Braehead Paisley, Renfrewshire Scotland 98,470[36]
22nd Festival Place Basingstoke, Hampshire South East 102,000[37]
23rd Cabot Circus Bristol South West 96,200[38]
24th The Mall at Cribbs Causeway Bristol South West 95,225[39]
25th The Centre Livingston, West Lothian Scotland 92,900[40]
26th Victoria Centre Nottingham East Midlands 91,140[41]
27th Silverburn Centre Pollok, Glasgow Scotland 91,100[42]
28th Brent Cross Hendon, London Greater London 82,800[27]
29th Frenchgate Centre Doncaster, South Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber 82,000[citation needed]
30th Queensgate Peterborough, Cambridgeshire East 81,000[43]
31st Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran, Torfaen Wales 79,000[44]
32nd Eden High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire South East 79,000[citation needed]
33rd Centrale Croydon, London Greater London 76,180[citation needed]
34th WestQuay Southampton South East 75,600[42]
35th Victoria Square Belfast Northern Ireland 75,000[citation needed]
36th The Oracle Reading, Berkshire South East 70,700[42]
37th The Mall Arndale Luton, Bedfordshire East 70,100[45]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.crossrail.co.uk/company/communications-centre/press-releases/crossrail-planning-briefs-for-bond-street-paddington-and-tottenham-court-road-approved---westminster-city-council-release[dead link]
  2. ^ "Trafford Centre - Capital Shopping Centres". http://www.capital-shopping-centres.co.uk/shopping_centres/csc/the_trafford_centre/. 
  3. ^ "Westfield Stratford City". http://www.westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-kingdom/stratfordcity.html. 
  4. ^ "Shopping centres - MetroCentre". http://www.capital-shopping-centres.co.uk/shopping_centres/csc/metrocentre/. 
  5. ^ "Portfolio - Merry Hill". http://www.westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-kingdom/merryhill.html. "Total retail space - 154,727m2 or 1,665,481ft2 (approx)" 
  6. ^ "Westfield London". http://www.westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-kingdom/london.html. "150,000m2 or 1,614,600ft2 (approx)" 
  7. ^ CSC, Capital Shopping Centres Circular, p. 40. Total area "including retail park" is 194,000 sq m (Capital Shopping Centres, 2010).
  8. ^ "£5m Metrocentre revamp to make 230 jobs". http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/02/24/5m-metrocentre-revamp-to-make-230-jobs-72703-28228093/. "Capital Shopping Centres (CSC), which owns both Metrocentre and Metro Retail Park, would like to transform the old Esso petrol station site with a range of food and drink outlets to tempt its 23 million annual visitors and 7,000 staff." 
  9. ^ "Portfolio". Capital Shopping Centres. http://www.capital-shopping-centres.co.uk/about/portfolio/. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
  10. ^ "Tills keep ringing". http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00102cbc-12ae-11e0-b4c8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1S2Lrpmx7. 
  11. ^ ""Westfield Group Property Portfolio: Stratford City Overview"". Westfield UK. http://www.westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-kingdom/stratfordcity.html. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  12. ^ "Briefing Note PDF". Land Securities. http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/democracy/Published/C00000106/M00000882/AI00004180/BriefingNote.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 
  13. ^ "Bluewater Shopping Mall Says Annual Visitors Reach 28.1 Million". http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-02/bluewater-shopping-mall-says-annual-visitors-reach-28-1-million.html. 
  14. ^ a b c Westfield, 2009.
  15. ^ "Portfolio - Westfield Merry Hill". http://www.westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-kingdom/merryhill.html. "Annual Customer Visits - 23.5 million p.a. pa (approx)" 
  16. ^ "Westfield has 23m visitors in first year". http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23838819-westfield-has-23m-visitors-in-first-year.do. 
  17. ^ "Portfolio analysis - 7. Arndale, Manchester". Capital Shopping Centre. http://www.capital-shopping-centres.co.uk/about/portfolio/. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  18. ^ "Manchester Arndale hits 40 millionth customer". cityco.com. 3 January 2012. http://www.cityco.com/news/2012/jan/3/manchester-arndale-hits-40-millionth-customer/. Retrieved 2012-01-05. 
  19. ^ [1]
  20. ^ Ruddick, Graham (4 January 2011). "British Land, London & Stamford consider Meadowhall expansion". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/8237429/British-Land-London-and-Stamford-consider-Meadowhall-expansion.html. "Meadowhall in Sheffield boasts 1.4m sq ft of retail space and 250 stores, attracting more than 25m visitors every year" 
  21. ^ Liberty International, 2008, and CSC, Lakeside.
  22. ^ "Lakeside Shopping Centre development could create jobs". BBC. 1 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-12607749. "The centre attracts 25 million visitors a year" 
  23. ^ Liverpool Paradise Street Development Area - liverpool one
  24. ^ "Liverpool Vision". http://www.liverpoolvision.co.uk/Press/Liverpool_One_backs_the_Liverpool_Embassy_in_London.aspx. "Liverpool is now attracting more people from further afield, as shoppers and tourists experience its rejuvenation first hand. Over 24.6m visitors during 2010." 
  25. ^ CSC, St David's brochure, p. 8.
  26. ^ "Shoppers numbers set to soar in Cardiff". http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/06/03/shoppers-numbers-set-to-soar-in-cardiff-91466-23774599/. "Current annual footfall: 27 million" 
  27. ^ a b c Hammerson, 2009, p. 114.
  28. ^ "BullRing Birmingham". Hammerson. http://www.hammerson.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=133289&p=prop-cs-bullring. Retrieved 16 Jan 2012. 
  29. ^ Trevor Wood, 2008. "1,300,000 sq ft". If the figure for Midsummer Place, a separate centre adjoining thecentre:mk, is included, the floor area would be 166,000 m² (thecentre:mk, Facts and Figures (archived 1 Feb 2008), "1.79m sq ft (GLA)").
  30. ^ "Facts and Figures - thecentre:mk". http://www.thecentremk.com/Generic-Pages/About-Us/Facts-and-Figures. "With thecentre:mk boasting around 27 million visits per annum and a number new lettings over last year - shopping just gets better" 
  31. ^ "City reclaims highest ranking in league table of top UK shopping destinations". thisisbusiness-eastmidlands.co.uk. 22 June 2011. http://www.thisisbusiness-eastmidlands.co.uk/news/City-reclaims-highest-ranking-league-table-UK-shopping-destinations/article-3670371-detail/article.html. 
  32. ^ Trevor Wood, 2008. "1,190,000 sq ft".
  33. ^ "Highcross Leicester celebrates first birthday". http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk. 4 September 2009. http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Highcross-Leicester-celebrates-birthday/story-12067682-detail/story.html. 
  34. ^ Trevor Wood, 2008. "1,000,000 sq ft".
  35. ^ "Telford - A Unique New Town". Transforming Telford. http://www.transformingtelford.co.uk/_library/download/www/Files/Transforming%20Telford.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-22. 
  36. ^ Liberty International, 2008, and CSC, Braehead. "including retail park".
  37. ^ Grosvenor
  38. ^ Hammerson, 2009, p. 115 and 116. The owners also own nearby shops with an area of 33,800 sq m.
  39. ^ CSC, The Mall at Cribbs Causeway. The company also owns a nearby retail park with an area of 22,761 sq m.
  40. ^ Livingston shopping centre to reveal Elements Square extension, Retail Week, 14 October 2008. "just under 1 million sq ft".
  41. ^ Liberty International, 2008, and CSC, Victoria Centre.
  42. ^ a b c Hammerson, 2009, p. 115.
  43. ^ Hammerson, 2009, p. 116.
  44. ^ Key Note, 2008, p. 15.
  45. ^ Mall Corporation, The Mall Arndale - Luton. "755,000 sq ft".

[edit] References

  • Hammerson plc, Annual Report 2009. This report records the net internal area of each of their main properties. Information is also shown in the All Properties section of their website, but that may not be as up-to-date.
  • Key Note, Market Assessment 2008: Shopping Centres, ISBN 978-1-84729-231-5.
  • Liberty International PLC, Annual report 2008. Page 4 records the size of each centre. This information is also shown in the CSC (Capital Shopping Centres PLC) website.
  • The Mall Corporation Ltd, Our Malls. This section of their business website shows the size of each centre.
  • Trevor Wood, Going Shopping 2008: The Definitive Guide to Shopping Centres, Trevor Wood Associates. The top 20 UK shopping centres for overall attractiveness to shoppers, retailers and investors are listed in the executive summary.
  • Westfield Group, Annual Report 2009. Page 21 records the lettable area of each centre. Information is also shown in the United Kingdom Property Portfolio section of their website, but that may not be as up-to-date.

[edit] See also

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