Clarendon Square Shopping Centre
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Clarendon Square Shopping Centre is a Shopping Centre in Hyde, Greater Manchester
. It is surrounded by other shopping streets with other retailers and provides a host of well-known chain stores and independents, along with containing the towns indoor Market
Hall and outside the main frontage the outdoor market. It was originally opened in 1963, but has since been redeveloped and renamed. It consists of a main mall, and accesses to the Market Hall, along with additional sections of mall at the eastern end. It is next to the other major shopping areas of the town centre, such as Market Place and Market Street, and it is also close to the towns 2 major supermarkets, Asda
and Morrisons
.
and Gamestation
.It is now owned by Manchester based property group, MCR Property Group.
and beyond.
Hyde, Greater Manchester
Hyde is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2001 census, the town had a population of 31,253. Historically part of Cheshire, it is northeast of Stockport, west of Glossop and east of Manchester....
. It is surrounded by other shopping streets with other retailers and provides a host of well-known chain stores and independents, along with containing the towns indoor Market
Market
A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services in exchange for money from buyers...
Hall and outside the main frontage the outdoor market. It was originally opened in 1963, but has since been redeveloped and renamed. It consists of a main mall, and accesses to the Market Hall, along with additional sections of mall at the eastern end. It is next to the other major shopping areas of the town centre, such as Market Place and Market Street, and it is also close to the towns 2 major supermarkets, Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
and Morrisons
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
.
History
The centre was opened in 1963 by the Metropolitan Railway Surplus Land company as an open air precinct, but by 1980 it was in decline, with consistent vandalism combined with poor construction materials and appearance deterring retailers from locating within it. In 1990 the freeholders of the precinct, the local council (TMBC) and other organisations stepped in to sort out the centre and initiate a redevelopment strategy. In 1994 that plan was made a reality with the centre extended and made undercover, along with a new market hall and increased retail space. It is now extremely popular within the catchment area and it boasts a number of well-known chain stores such as B&M, O2, ArgosArgos (retailer)
Argos is the largest general-goods retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 800 stores. It is unique amongst major retailers in the UK in that it is a catalogue merchant...
and Gamestation
Gamestation
Gamestation is a chain of UK retail shops selling used and new video games, and was the second-largest specialist video game retailer in the UK until it was bought out by Game in 2007...
.It is now owned by Manchester based property group, MCR Property Group.
Transport links
The towns main bus station is located about 5 minutes walk away, and this provides a range of services to destinations across Greater ManchesterGreater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
and beyond.