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It has 206 shops, 38 restaurants, an Odeon cinema, a Clip n’ Climb, a bingo alley, a Namco Funscape, The Escapologist and Treetop Golf, occupying over 2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m 2) of retail floor space, making it the second-largest shopping centre in the UK, behind Westfield London. Additional retail space can be found in the adjoining Metro ...
MetroCentre (shopping centre), a large shopping and leisure centre located in Gateshead, United Kingdom Metrocenter Mall (Jackson, Mississippi) , a shopping mall in Jackson, Mississippi, USA Metrocenter (Phoenix, Arizona) , a shopping mall in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
The station was opened on 3 August 1987 by British Rail, and was initially named Gateshead MetroCentre. [1] The station's name was later shortened to MetroCentre on 17 May 1993. [2] The station is situated on a section of line built by the North Eastern Railway, which was constructed in sections between 1893 and 1909. [3]
The opening of the MetroCentre in nearby Gateshead during 1986 provided competition for Eldon Square. [12] In 1989 a new shopping centre, Eldon Garden, opened to the north of Eldon Square. Although separately owned and managed, there is an entrance to Eldon Garden's main shopping arcade from Eldon Square. [13]
Metrocentre Interchange serves the Metrocentre in Gateshead. The bus station was originally constructed in the late 1980s, opened in 1987. [1] In the early 2000s, the former bus station was demolished, with the current bus station opened in October 2004. [2] [3] A footbridge connects Metrocentre Interchange with the railway station and coach park.
With the development of the MetroCentre and competition from nearby Newcastle upon Tyne city centre, commercial interests in Gateshead town centre have declined. The 1985 opening of the Gateshead Interchange, a bus and metro transport hub, combined with changes to town centre access for private motorists, made the car park largely redundant ...
Gateshead Stadium is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving Gateshead International Stadium and the town of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 15 November 1981, following the opening of the third phase of the network, between Haymarket and Heworth .
Gateshead Interchange is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the town of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 15 November 1981, following the opening of the third phase of the network, between Haymarket and Heworth .