Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington facts for kids
Galleries Shopping Centre pictured in 2006
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| Location | Washington, Tyne and Wear, England |
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| Coordinates | 54°54′02″N 1°31′58″W / 54.90053°N 1.53288°W |
| Opening date | July 1974 |
| Owner | LCP |
Galleries Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Washington, City of Sunderland.
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.
