Trinity Walk
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Trinity Walk is a shopping centre  in Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....

, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

. England. Opened on 6 May 2011, Wakefield Council describe it as "the most important City Centre development for more than 20 years."

Retail scheme

Sovereign Land, AREA Property Partners and Shepherd Construction secured an 82m property loan in January 2009 for the 500000 sq ft (46,451.5 m²) retail scheme. Trinity Walk is a partially enclosed shopping centre with over 40 stores and 1000 car parking spaces, with access from Wakefield’s inner city ring road (A61) and the main bus station. The centre contains major stores, including an 8,500 m² Sainsbury's and a 9,000 m² Debenhams
Debenhams
Debenhams plc is a British retailer operating under a department store format in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and franchise stores in other countries. The Company was founded in the eighteenth century as a single store in London and has now grown to around 160 shops...

, and retailers Next, New Look, Top Man Top Shop
Top Shop
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 and H&M
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....

. Trinity Walk has enabled Wakefield to rise 42 places, from 99th, in the CACI Retail Footprint rankings, making the city centre a sub-regional shopping destination.

Shopping

In addition to Debenhams, Trinity Walk has over 40 shops and restaurants including:
  • Sainsbury's
  • New Look
  • H&M
    H&M
    H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....

  • GAME
    GAME (retailer)
    The Game Group plc is a British video games retail company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index....

  • Orange
  • Next
  • Peacocks
  • River Island
    River Island
    River Island is one of Britain's best known high street fashion brands and can be found in most cities across the UK. The brand also has stores in Singapore, Turkey, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the Middle East.-History:...

  • Topshop
    Topshop
    Topshop is a British clothes retailer with shops in over 20 countries and online operations in a number of its markets. Its sales come primarily from women's clothing and fashion accessories...

  • Dorothy Perkins
    Dorothy Perkins
    Dorothy Perkins, whose trading name was inspired by a rambler rose of the same name, is a large British women's clothing retailer, active mostly in the United Kingdom.- History :...

  • Burton
  • Bank
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  • Republic
  • Argos
    Argos
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  • ASDA Living
  • Costa Coffee
    Costa Coffee
    Costa Coffee is a British coffeehouse company founded in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa, as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Since 1995 it has been a subsidiary of Whitbread, since when the company has grown to over...

  • Deichmann
    Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH
    -About The Company:Deichmann Shoes is a shoe store which is the largest monger of shoes and sportswear in Europe. Established in 1913 by Heinrich Deichmann. The company is headquartered in Essen, Germany...

  • Carphone Warehouse
  • Supercuts
    Supercuts
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  • Pizza Express
    Pizza Express
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  • The Entertainer
    The Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd.
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  • Pulp
    Pulp
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  • The Body Shop
    The Body Shop
    The Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries, and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world, following O Boticario, a Brazilian company...

  • USC
  • Greggs
    Greggs
    Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....

  • Brookfield
    Brookfield
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  • Coral
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  • JD Sports
    JD Sports
    JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as just JD, is a sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom and with one in Ireland...

  • Select
    Select
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  • Superdrug
    Superdrug
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  • Jack & Jones
  • West Coast
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  • La Senza
    La Senza
    La Senza Corporation is a Canadian fashion retailer based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, which sells lingerie and intimate apparel. The La Senza brand is currently owned by Limited Brands.- History :...

  • Hype
    Hype
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  • Lush (company)


History

On 19 March 2009, it appeared that the development was going to fall victim to the credit crunch when KPMG
KPMG
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 were called in as administrators as the Anglo Irish Bank
Anglo Irish Bank
Anglo Irish Bank was a bank based in Ireland with its headquarters in Dublin from 1964 to 2011. It went into wind-down mode after nationalisation in 2009....

 withdrew its support for the project. Building work stopped and the steel structure stood half finished.

The scheme was rescued in early 2010 by a consortium who bought the development from administrators - a joint venture company comprising Sovereign Land, AREA Property Partners, and Shepherd Construction.

Trinity Walk opened on Friday 6 May 2011.

Wakefield Regeneration

A designated renaissance city, Wakefield is one of the UK’s top 20 locations for business growth. Trinity Walk created hundreds of new jobs in the city.

In addition to Trinity Walk a further £240 million of new development is underway throughout the city centre, including:
  • Merchant Gate
  • The Hepworth Wakefield
    The Hepworth Wakefield
    The Hepworth Wakefield is an art gallery in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, which opened on 21 May 2011. The gallery, is situated on the south side of the River Calder and takes its name from artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth who was born and educated in the city.The gallery was designed by...

  • Waterfront, Wakefield
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