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Lets visit the Trafford Shopping Centre in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
By Mark on April 14, 2010
I have never been to the Trafford Centre in Trafford, Greater Manchester it is suppose to be a very large indoor shopping centre and it is located in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, the nearest towns being Davyhulme and Urmston. It took quite along time to for the planning process of the Trafford Shopping to be completed and it was one of the longest and most expensive in the history of the United Kingdom. Unbelieveably it actually ended up going to the House of Lords, and it was down to them to make the final decision, but thankfully it did go ahead.
Peel Avenue in Trafford is the home to some of the best well-known stores in the U.K, like, Apple Store, H&M, and Boots. It also includes a two department stores, they are the new John Lewis which opened in 2005 and the newly refubished four-storey Marks & Spencer. Before the John Lewis store arrived there was a previously a market area and it was known as the Festival Village, and this is the entrance to the Trafford Centre. More recently, a new four-storey Marks and Spencer, and with this store comes an outside entrance heading towards a foodhall, and the best thing about this is that once you have bought your food in the foodhall, you can take you Marks and Spencer can take their bags straight to the car park. Meaning you do not need to walk back through the centre again to get out. Now the dome isactually an area in the middle of the centre where you will find more upmarket type shops like the first ever Selfridges store built outside of London. Regent Crescent is home to many high end designer stores, including Karen Millen, Jane Norman, Gap and Mexx. It also houses the bookshop Waterstones and two department stores, BHS and Debenhams.
There is also an area connected to the Trafford Centre known as Barton Square it is located to the west of the main building and you will find it is actually connceted to the rest of the centre by a glazed bridge. The architecture is based on an Italian square and includes a large fountain as well as a campanile tower. The stores are open Monday–Friday from 10 am – 10 pm, Saturday 10 am – 8 pm (some stores opening at 9 am) and Sunday 12 noon – 6 pm with some stores open from 11 am. (However, the Sunday Trading Act 1994 restricts this to a maximum of 6 hours trade.) Stores extend their closing times to 11 pm on weekdays in the run-up to Christmas.
Finally unless you are a sports fan you may not have known that the Trafford Centre is one of a major sponsor to the rugby league club, the Salford City Reds and this was not long after the centre opened the centre provided the setting for Shopping City, a BBC2 daytime programme.
- Learn about the Trafford Shopping Centre on Wikipedia:
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