Middleton Grange Shopping Centre
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Coordinates: 54°41′02″N 1°12′50″W / 54.684°N 1.214°W
| Location | Hartlepool, England |
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| Opening date | 1968 |
| Developer | Hartlepool Borough Council |
| Management | Cushman & Wakefield |
| No. of stores and services | 140 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 550,000 sq ft |
| Parking | 1,200 spaces |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | www.middleton-grange.co.uk |
Middleton Grange is a shopping centre in Hartlepool, England. It was opened by Princess Anne in 1968. The site of the shopping centre was originally terraced streets until most of them were bombed during World War II.
The architecture of the building is the 1960s brutalist style but most of it is hidden inside due to the modernised indoor conversion in 1993 but the Market Hall still has a reminder of the hidden architecture due to the market hall already being indoor and not being modernised except a new coating of paint. The longest serving retail outlet since the opening is Marks & Spencer, following the closure of Woolworths. The three anchor tenants are Marks & Spencers, Primark and the Co-operative home store. More recently, the centre has gained a HMV store.
Middleton Grange was originally built to replace the old town centre located around Lynn Street. Most of the shops and the market closed and moved to the shopping centre when it was completed. Most of Lynn Street was demolished in 1975 for construction of a new housing estate which some of Lynn Street still remains and is now called Lynn Street North.
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