Arndale Centres were the first "American style" malls to be built in the United Kingdom. In total, Arndale Property Trust built 23 Arndale Centres in the United Kingdom, and three in Australia. The fi
The Arndale Centre, in Headingley, Leeds, in April 2011
The first Arndale Centre, in Jarrow, opened in 1961. It is now known as the Viking Centre.
The Cross Gates Centre in Cross Gates, Leeds was an Arndale Centre until 2000.
Southside Wandsworth is a shopping centre in the district of Wandsworth in London, England.
Arndale Centre
…Arndale's first office was in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and moved to offices in Bradford in 1964 in the then-new Arndale House When the Wandsworth Arndale opened in 1971, it was the largest indoor shopping space in Europe. The largest Arndale Centre built was Manchester Arndale. It was redeveloped from…
Interior view of the main mall
The centre from King George's Park, showing four of the five tower blocks built near to the shopping centre
Boarded up shops in Arndale Walk, the last "1970s" part of the centre, which was demolished in 2013
Garratt Lane entrance, showing a redeveloped and extended part of the centre (on the left, with the cinema above the shops), and the lower 1971 structure (on the right)