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Metrocentre is a shopping centre and entertainment complex in the Dunston area of Gateshead. It is located on the former site of Dunston Power Station , near to the River Tyne . Metrocentre opened in stages, with the first phase opening on 28 April 1986, and the official opening being held on 14 October that year.
Shopping centre City/town Country or region Area (m 2) 1 MiddleBrook: Horwich , Bolton Greater Manchester: 235,900 [1] 2 Metrocentre: Gateshead, Tyne & Wear North East: 192,900 [2] 3 Trafford Centre: Trafford, Greater Manchester North West: 188,000 [2] 4 Westfield Stratford City: Stratford, London: Greater London: 184,100 [1] 5 Bluewater ...
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 ...
In the United Kingdom, an out-of-town shopping centre is an enclosed shopping centre located outside of a town centre. The impact of out-of-town shopping centres in the United Kingdom is studied in the context of urban planning, [1] town centre redevelopment, [2] the retail industry [3] [4] and even public health and gender divides. [5]
Team Valley is a trading estate located in Gateshead. It is home to the Retail World retail park, with many large, international companies based in the area's trading estate. In 2017, there were approximately 700 companies on the estate, employing approximately 20,000 people. [1] The residential area known as the Teams is adjacent to Dunston. [2]
The branch in North Shields had been the department store of George Swann who had overstretched himself while building his new store and Shephards took over the business. In 1934, the Ellison Street store in Gateshead was given a makeover which included three new floors and expansion to 30 departments.
The town of Gateshead was an ancient borough, having been granted a charter in 1164 from Hugh Pudsey, the Bishop of Durham. [5] The borough's functions were relatively limited until 1836, when it was made a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.
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.