City Guides
Sheffield
Shopping
The opening of Meadowhall shopping centre, just three miles north east of Sheffield, has impacted on the city centre shopping experience. With units in the centre available for a relatively small rent, and prices in the city centre rising continuously, many Sheffield retailers have opted to relocate to the shopping centre.
These changes have been counterbalanced, however, by the development of larger branches of chain stores in the city centre, and the planned expansion of the outdoor market. The centre is undergoing significant redevelopment, with plans for modern and pedestrianised shopping streets and a new road system to accommodate a greater volume of traffic.
Meadowhall Shopping Centre was opened in 1990, and attracts somewhere in the region of 30 million shoppers every year. Meadowhall has grown in popularity since its opening, and is now one of the largest and busiest shopping centres in Europe.
Meadowhall is home to almost three hundred stores, including large chains such as H+M, Topshop and Topman and Marks & Spencer, and also a huge variety of small independent stores. There are well-priced and well-equipped crèche facilities, as well as events and activities for children during the school holidays. The Oasis food court provides a range of cuisines and bars, and contains the Warner Brothers eleven-screen cinema.
Ideally positioned between Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and Doncaster, the shopping centre has a reliable and frequent public transport system and – located just off the M1 at Junction 34 – is easily accessible by car. The Supertram journey from Sheffield city centre takes only ten minutes, and buses from the centre take only a quarter of an hour. The centre also has its own train station, used by nearly four hundred trains every day. There are cycle paths linking Sheffield city centre and Meadowhall, and cycle stands are provided for securing bikes outside the centre. 12,000 free parking spaces are also provided.
Sheffield City Centre offers an alternative to the permanently busy Meadowhall, with a range of chain stores and independent outlets. The city centre is currently being regenerated, and large pedestrianised areas are planned to further ease the shopping experience.
The Devonshire Quarter hosts a range of independent boutiques and bohemian stores. Division Street, running through the centre of the Devonshire Quarter, is the home of a number of designer clothes stores and alternative interior shops, as well as the Forum, a small shopping centre.
Budget stores and supermarkets can be found on The Moor, the planned site for the new outdoor market complex. Fargate, a pedestrianised main street in the centre of town, is home to a number of high-street stores, such as Miss Selfridge, Virgin Megastore and WHSmith.
These changes have been counterbalanced, however, by the development of larger branches of chain stores in the city centre, and the planned expansion of the outdoor market. The centre is undergoing significant redevelopment, with plans for modern and pedestrianised shopping streets and a new road system to accommodate a greater volume of traffic.
Meadowhall Shopping Centre was opened in 1990, and attracts somewhere in the region of 30 million shoppers every year. Meadowhall has grown in popularity since its opening, and is now one of the largest and busiest shopping centres in Europe.
Meadowhall is home to almost three hundred stores, including large chains such as H+M, Topshop and Topman and Marks & Spencer, and also a huge variety of small independent stores. There are well-priced and well-equipped crèche facilities, as well as events and activities for children during the school holidays. The Oasis food court provides a range of cuisines and bars, and contains the Warner Brothers eleven-screen cinema.
Ideally positioned between Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and Doncaster, the shopping centre has a reliable and frequent public transport system and – located just off the M1 at Junction 34 – is easily accessible by car. The Supertram journey from Sheffield city centre takes only ten minutes, and buses from the centre take only a quarter of an hour. The centre also has its own train station, used by nearly four hundred trains every day. There are cycle paths linking Sheffield city centre and Meadowhall, and cycle stands are provided for securing bikes outside the centre. 12,000 free parking spaces are also provided.
Sheffield City Centre offers an alternative to the permanently busy Meadowhall, with a range of chain stores and independent outlets. The city centre is currently being regenerated, and large pedestrianised areas are planned to further ease the shopping experience.
The Devonshire Quarter hosts a range of independent boutiques and bohemian stores. Division Street, running through the centre of the Devonshire Quarter, is the home of a number of designer clothes stores and alternative interior shops, as well as the Forum, a small shopping centre.
Budget stores and supermarkets can be found on The Moor, the planned site for the new outdoor market complex. Fargate, a pedestrianised main street in the centre of town, is home to a number of high-street stores, such as Miss Selfridge, Virgin Megastore and WHSmith.
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