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London Designer Outlet (abbreviated LDO) is a semi-outdoor shopping centre in Wembley in the London Borough of Brent. Located on Wembley Park Boulevard adjacent to both Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena, it opened in 2013 as the first outlet centre in Greater London. [3]
The retail centre of Wembley (the High Road and north end of Ealing Road) has suffered from chronic traffic congestion and from the opening of neighbouring purpose-built shopping centres, first Brent Cross Shopping Centre in the 1970s and later the Harrow and Ealing Broadway shopping centres.
Boxpark Wembley. A third Boxpark opened near Wembley Stadium in December 2018. [24] [25] Boxpark Wembley is the largest one yet, covering a floor area of 50,000 sq ft, with a 2,000-person capacity events space. [26] Boxpark Wembley has 30 units, and 24 food and drink retail outlets have opened at the venue.
It was designed by the architectural firm of Reynolds and Scott. They were one of the most prolific post-World War II architects in the UK. It is situated facing the junction of High Road Wembley, Harrow Road and Wembley Hill Road, in the centre of Wembley. On 4 November 2016, it was designated a Grade II listed building. [3]
Beaumont Shopping Centre, Beaumont Leys; Broadmarsh, Nottingham; Cavendish Arcade, Buxton; Derbion (formerly Intu Derby, formerly Westfield Derby, formerly Eagle Centre); East Midlands Designer Outlet, South Normanton
A notable example is the Halton Lea Shopping Centre (originally known as Shopping City) in Runcorn, which opened in 1972 and was conceived as the centre point for the new town's development. Another early example is the Brent Cross Centre , Britain's first out-of-town shopping centre and located on the northern outskirts of London , which was ...
By the 1990s, the centre was facing increasing competition from other large out-of-town shopping centres in the region, such as the Lakeside Shopping Centre. Work to extend the centre was begun in 1994 and was completed by 1996, giving it a capacity for 120 stores [ 13 ] as well as a new multi-storey car park, replacing the older one, which ...
In the later 1970s, modern multi-purpose halls began opening in British towns and cities. The first was Wembley Conference Centre on Empire Way in Wembley Park, designed for the British Electric Traction Company by R. Seifert and Partners. Construction began in May 1973 and it was officially opened by the Duke of Kent on 31 January 1977. Its ...