When was queensgate shopping centre built

In , Queensgate shopping centre announced it would be opening on Boxing Day for the first time in its year history. This included top-brand clothes shop Primark taking over several units and an extension to replace the units taken over. The changes to the car park removed references to local historical figures Edith Cavell , Frank Perkins, Henry Royce and John Clare in favour of a colour-coded system, although these were subsequently reinstated.

This article is about Queensgate disambiguation Queensgate. For other uses, see Queensgate shopping centre, United Kingdom disambiguation. All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles including the article images and facts can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:. Thirty years on, and the centre continues to flourish, boasting over 90 national high street and unique independent retailers, enticing hundreds of thousands of shoppers every week.

Already the newly renovated Green Clare car park has opened to rave reviews from the public. Aside from developments in Queensgate, Peterborough city centre has also changed dramatically over the past three decades. In fact, despite the tough retail landscape, last year we saw footfall increase two and half per cent against the year before. With so much good news and new projects in the pipeline, we look forward to another fantastic thirty years ahead.

This newspaper has been a central part of community life for many years. Our industry faces testing times, which is why we're asking for your support. Every contribution will help us continue to produce local journalism that makes a measurable difference to our community. Cambs Live Exclusive. In some areas were re-paved and a number of shop fronts were updated. There has been discussion of covering the entire street with a glass roof, but the plans have not been finalised.

The plan was to create a Planning permission has been granted and work is scheduled to start in ; tenders for the cinema and the food hall have been allocated. Queensgate advertises on Heart with the jingle, the capital city of shopping. Facebook Twitter.