Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington
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Galleries Shopping Centre in 2006 | |
| Location | Washington, Tyne and Wear, England |
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| Coordinates | 54°54′02″N 1°31′58″W / 54.90053°N 1.53288°WCoordinates: 54°54′02″N 1°31′58″W / 54.90053°N 1.53288°W |
| Opening date | 1974 |
| Management | David McNee |
| No. of stores and services | over 200 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | almost 3000 spaces |
| Public transit access | Washington Galleries bus station |
| Website | https://www.gallerieswashington.co.uk/ |
Galleries Shopping Centre, commonly shortened to The Galleries, is a shopping centre located in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. It opened in 1974 and has over 200 stores. In 2008, a multi-million pound expansion saw the Galleries Retail Park open beside the shopping centre.
Shops and food/drink
The shopping centre has many large supermarkets and retail chains located in the Main Centre and Retail Park.
Various other retailers include in the Galleries Shopping Centre, Superdrug, New Look, Game, Iceland, Bonmarché, SportsDirect.com, McDonald's, Subway, The Carphone Warehouse, Boots, Thomas Cook, First Choice, Thomson Holidays, Dorothy Perkins, Specsavers, JD Sports, Brighthouse, Ladbrokes and Ryman.
The shopping centre has four malls on the ground floor, the Southern Mall, Western Mall, Wessington Square and Albany Mall. The first floor contains the Eastern Gallery Mall, Western Gallery Mall and Southern Gallery Mall.
Redevelopment
During Winter 2009, the Shopping Centre, underwent through Phase 1 of a Redevelopment. This contained new tiling, new lighting and bigger and more lighter entrances into each of the malls, and was completed in Summer 2010.
Phase 2 of the Shopping Centre's redevelopment began in Spring 2011. This consisted of new floor tiling, improved lighting, a new glazed roof to add more natural light into Wessington Square. The redeveloped Wessington Square includes a new cafe and new seating and planting.
Retail Park
In 2008, the Galleries Retail Park opened. The stores include, Halfords, Home Bargains, Pets at Home, Brantano, Peacocks, Outfit, Wallis, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Topshop, Burton, Next, Clarks and ALDI.
Transport links
Regular bus services run daily to and from the Galleries Shopping Centre.
External links
- Galleries Shopping Centre Website
- Redevelopment Phase 2: Wessington Square Plans
- Galleries Washington Attraction Details
- Visit The Galleries Shopping Centre