Minor Centre, also known as Grove Green Centre, is a shopping area in the development of Grove Green

Grove Green

Grove Green is a suburban housing development, partially forming a part of Weavering village, near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. The estate is also near the village of Bearsted and is convenient for the M20 motorway making its homes keenly sought after by London commuters...

, and Weavering

Weavering

Weavering is a village, mainly consisting of parts of the Grove Green and Bearsted Park housing Estates, centred around Weavering Street, within the borough of Maidstone, Kent in South East England that was formerly farmland.-History of Weavering:...

 village.

Minor Centre includes a Tesco

Tesco

Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...

 superstore, The Grove Green medical Centre, Mann Countrywide estate agents offices, Lloyds pharmacy, Johnsons Dry Cleaners, A Tesco Petrol Station, and the Newsrack News Agents, which includes the Grove Green Post Office. The Shepherd Neame

Shepherd Neame

Shepherd Neame is an English regional brewery founded in 1698 by Richard Marsh in Faversham, Kent. It is a family owned brewery that produces a range of cask ales and filtered beers. Production is around 230,000 barrels a year...

Early Bird Public House is also located within the complex.

Tesco Fire

In 1993, a skip located outside the Tesco store was set alight by youths. The skip fire then spread to the roof of the Tesco store. The entire Tesco store was consequently burnt down. The rooves of the units were not separated, so considerable damage was caused to the other units in the complex. During the rebuilding of Minor Centre, it was ensured that the loft space of each unit was separate, not shared, as previously.