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By L.C.
A regional shopping centre provides different shopping services
for example clothes shops, cinema and restaurants. They can
provide more services than small district shopping centres and are
more convenient than city centres. There are usually one or two
large department stores like Marks and Spencer’s which the
shopping centre is built around named an anchor store. Cribbs
Causeway is an example of this.
Corner Shops Local Shopping Centre
Large towns and cities
Regional shopping centres
Capital city
Shopping Hierarchy of the UK Cribbs Causeway
The location of Regional Shopping Centres are usually very close to a
junction because they are easier to access. They are also usually just outside
the city centre.
There are many Regional Shopping Centres in the UK. Here are some of
them:
Cribbs Causeway in Bristol
Festival Place in Basingstoke, Hampshire
Trafford Centre in Manchester
Metrocentre in Gateshead near Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Cribbs Causeway was built on a greenfield site which means it was built on a
total of 5 farms. Cribbs Causeway consists of the Venue, the mall and two
anchor stores. The venue has a cinema and restaurants. The mall consists of
shops and café’s.
Cribbs Causeway is situated near junction 17 and is close to the M5. Cribbs Causeway is in North West Bristol Cribbs Causeway was built on a Greenfield site which means it was built on a farm. There are other hypermarkets like Asda and DFS. Cribbs Causeway contains 7,000 car parking spaces.
Cribbs Causeway Anchor stores – John LewisMarks and Spencer
The Mall
Sketch Map
Regional Shopping Centre’s first appeared during the 1950’s in
America. One of the first shopping mall’s in America was the
Northgate Mall, built in north Seattle in 1950.
In Britain the first Regional Shopping centre appeared in 1986
which was in Gateshead. The planning for Cribbs Causeway
started in the 1980’s. Cribbs Causeway opened in 1998. The
owners and developers are Prudential, CSC and Liberty
International. Cribbs Causeway has the 14th biggest trade in the
U.K.
Inside Cribbs Causeway
Large car parks and free car parking
Easy to get to a Regional Shopping Centre
Provide low, middle and high order goods
Large covered shopping malls
Pleasant atmosphere Creates an increase
in employment. The Mall offers lots of jobs as there are 135 shops.
People stop going to the city centres
Makes it harder for small businesses to flourish
Causes unemployment especially in the city centres
Creates a lot of traffic on the motorways and junctions especially at Bank Holidays.
Towns and cities have to be redeveloped to make them more welcoming and to invite more trade
Cribbs Causeway is visited by 14 million visitors a year. Here are a few points on how people are affected by Regional Shopping Centres:
Teenagers would really enjoy the facilities for example the cinema and all the shops the only problem would be that teenagers would find it hard to get to Cribbs Causeway if they lived in Wales and would have to rely on their parents taking them.
Anyone that shops in a regional shopping centre would find the shopping environment very clean, modern and safe because of certain policies like no hoodies and no smoking. Small businesses would be affected because people would be more likely to shop at Regional Shopping Centres. This would lead to city centres becoming less pleasant places to shop around and small businesses would have to find other work which could lead to unemployment. People who lived near Cribbs Causeway would have to cope with the increase of traffic.
In my opinion Regional Shopping Centres have been a positive affect on Britain as they contain shops which contain lots of different items like clothes, electrical items and department stores. They are very pleasant places to look around as they are clean and very modern. They also have many café and restaurants. Cribbs Causeway has many interesting things to do like in the Venue for example watching a film. They are perfect for a day out.
But I also think it is also a positive affect that the Government stopped planning permission of Regional Shopping Centres because it gives more opportunities for small businesses to have a chance. If Regional Shopping Centres continued to be placed all over the country there wouldn’t be any chance for small businesses to be able to have a business. As people would shop in Regional Shopping Centres because everything they need would be there.