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An extension opened in 1994, with a frontage on to Church Gate. A further large extension opened in 2008, when the entire centre was renamed Highcross Leicester. Highcross Leicester contains over 100 shops, with a range of both large and smaller units, including branches of the department stores John Lewis & Partners. There are also 40 ...
This is a list of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom, listed by retail size in square metres (m 2).Only centres with space of 65,000 m 2 (700,000 sq ft) or more are listed.
Haymarket Shopping Centre. The Haymarket Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the city centre of Leicester, England.It was opened on 4 June 1973 [2] as part of the Haymarket Centre and was the country's second shopping centre after the Bull Ring, Birmingham. [3]
The city centre was the High Cross, at the junction of the current High Street and Highcross Street (in mediaeval times, High Street ran between the north and south gates along the line of the current Highcross Street, while the current High Street was called Swinesmarket). Leicester Cathedral [2] and the Guildhall occupy this old area of town.
Brand Image Founded / Came to UK Owner # of shops Notes B&M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 741 [1]: The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004
Anglia Square, Norwich; Arc, Bury St. Edmunds atria Watford, Watford (formerly The Harlequin and intu Watford); Bond Street, Chelmsford Braintree Village, Braintree (formerly Braintree Freeport)
Beaumont Shopping Centre has a purpose-built bus terminus that has seven stands served by a number of buses which run into and around the outskirts of Leicester. Centrebus provide services UHL (Hospital Hopper), Orbital 40 and route 154. First Leicester provide services: 14A, 25, 26, 54 and 74 which all opetate into Leicester City Centre.
The company bought the Joseph Johnson store in Leicester in 1962, which was subsequently rebranded as Fenwick. [7] Fenwick was an anchor department store for the 1976 opening of Brent Cross Shopping Centre in London, which was the first large out-of-town shopping centre in the UK. [ 8 ]