SHOPPING: NORTH WEST
See Also: Wrea Green, Fylde
& Lancashire Shopping pages.
| LIVERPOOL |
Liverpool's city centre shopping area is centred on the
pedestrianised Church, Lord and Bold Street areas and
the two larger undercover malls of the St Johns Centre
and Clayton Shopping Arcade. There are many specialist
shops, most high street chain stores and the larger department
stores such as John Lewis (formerly George Henry Lee),
Lewis's (not to be confused with John Lewis!) and also
TJ Hughes on London Road.
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Clayton Square,Liverpool
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Albert Dock, Liverpool |
Designer clothing can be found
in the Cavern Walks shopping arcade in the Matthew Street
Quarter, synonymous with the Beatles.
Further shopping outlets are based at the Albert Dock
complex. Liverpool City Council has recently agreed with
Grosvener Henderson (Duke of Westiminster) to build a
new £700 million shopping and cultural complex to
transform the city centre.
The Cheshire Oaks Designer Shopping Park is approximately
15 miles from Liverpool "over the water" at
Ellesmere Port on the Wirral. |
Websites:
A-Z
of Tourism: Shopping in Liverpool
Liverpool
City Council |
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| MANCHESTER |
Manchester is the largest shopping centre in the North
West. The main retailing area is based around the pedestrianised
Market Street, King Street and one of Europe's largest
shopping malls, the Arndale Centre. Most of the major
chain stores are located here.
Smaller specialist shops can be found in and around the
Deansgate area.
Manchester is home to several of the major department
stores such as Kendals and Debenhams.
In addition to it's core city centre shopping centre experience,
Greater Manchester also has the out of town Trafford Centre.
Opened in 1998, this huge centre contains most of the
mahor chain store outlets and additional leisure facilites
housed under one roof.
There is parking space at the Centre for more than 10,000
vehicles.
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King Street, Manchester
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Websites:
Manchester
2002 UK
Manchester
City Council |
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| BOLTON |
Bolton has an excellent but often overlooked shopping
centre, with three shopping malls, department stores,
speciality shops and the renowned fish market in Bolton
town centre, a host of mill and factory shops across the
borough and the North West's largest leisure and retail
park at Middlebrook.
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Indoor Market, Bolton
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Websites:
Visit
Bolton |
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| SOUTHPORT |
Lord Street, the town's main mile long high street thoroughfare
is a delight to the would-be shopper, with its tree-lined
avenues, many high class and expensive shops set in elegant
Victorian arcades and passageways. Virtually the whole
shopping front is covered by glass and iron canopies.
Southport contains popular high street stores and a large
Debenhams department store.
Southport's extensive leisure facilities and funfair make
it ideal for a family day out.
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Lord Street, Southport
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Websites:
Visit
Southport |
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