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 first opened in Jarrow, County Durham, in 1961, as a pedestrianised shopping area.
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. When it was built it was the largest indoor shopping centre in Europe and is currently the fifth largest indoor shopping centre in London after Westfield Stratford City, Westfield London, the Whitgift Centre and Brent Cross Shopping Centre.
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)
