Shopping centres near Castle Quarter
Chantry Place
Chantry Place is a shopping and dining centre in the heart of Norwich, occupying a three-level mall on St Stephens Street. The centre is home to more than 90 stores, cafes and restaurants, anchored by Frasers, with names including Zara, H&M, Apple, Hugo Boss and River Island. Opened in 2005 as Chapelfield, the centre was rebranded Chantry Place in 2021.
Clacton Factory Outlet
Clacton Factory Outlet (also known as Clacton Shopping Village) is an open-air outlet retail park on Stephenson Road West in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. It offers around 20 outlet stores with discounts of up to 60% off high street prices, covering fashion, footwear, homeware and gifts, alongside food outlets, with free parking for visitors.
Grafton Cambridge
The Grafton is a shopping and leisure centre on East Road in central Cambridge, recently redeveloped with a strong focus on leisure alongside retail. It combines high street fashion such as H&M, sport and fitness with Decathlon and PureGym, food and bakery options including GAIL's, a multiscreen Vue cinema, and a range of health, beauty, electronics and gift shops, making it a mixed shopping and entertainment destination close to the city centre.
Grand Arcade
Grand Arcade is a major shopping centre in the heart of Cambridge city centre, anchored by a large John Lewis & Partners department store. The centre is home to around 60 stores, cafes and restaurants, including Apple, Hollister, Mango, UNIQLO and The White Company, alongside an Everyman Cinema. Opened in 2008, Grand Arcade connects directly to the historic Lion Yard shopping area in the city centre.
Braintree Village
Braintree Village is an outlet shopping centre on Charter Way in Braintree, Essex, formerly known as Freeport Braintree. It is home to over 70 premium fashion, sport and homeware brands offering discounts of up to 60% off RRP, including names such as Nike, adidas, Hugo Boss, Ted Baker, Polo Ralph Lauren and M&S Outlet, alongside food and drink outlets, making it one of the region's main destinations for outlet shopping.
Springfields Outlet Shopping & Festival Gardens
Springfields Outlet Shopping & Festival Gardens is a large outlet and leisure destination on Camelgate in Spalding, Lincolnshire, set within 45 acres including landscaped gardens. It brings together over 50 outlet brands such as M&S Outlet, Next Outlet, Levi's, Joules, Skechers and Jack Wills, alongside homeware specialists like Denby and ProCook, a LEGO store, several cafes and restaurants, a Blue Diamond garden centre, an on-site Travelodge and Springfields Adventure Land theme park.
Queensgate
Queensgate is the principal shopping centre in Peterborough city centre, anchored by John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Argos. The centre is home to more than 90 stores, restaurants and services, including H&M, Next, River Island and Primark, alongside a wide range of fashion, jewellery and homeware retailers. Queensgate sits directly above Peterborough's bus station and is a short walk from the city's railway station, with four car parks providing over 2,300 spaces.
Queens Gate
In the very heart of Peterborough, there's a place where it all comes together - fashion, beauty, home and technology. That place is Queensgate Shopping Centre - two floors and 90 stores of inspirational shopping, eating and drinking.
High Chelmer
High Chelmer is a shopping centre in Chelmsford city centre with over 50 shops, services and eateries spread across entrances at Tindal Square, Market Square and the High Street. It is anchored by Primark, Next, Boots and River Island, with fashion and footwear from Superdry, Flannels, JD Sports, Sports Direct, Skechers, Office and Clarks, jewellery and accessories from Pandora and Lovisa, and dining including Cote Brasserie and Queenies Coffee Shop.
Meadows
The Meadows is a community shopping centre on the High Street in Chelmsford, with around 40 shops, services and eateries. Boots and Sports Direct anchor a mix of independent and specialist retailers including Card Factory, Superdrug, Warehouse, Warren James, The Works and Ann Summers, alongside an Odeon cinema and a food and drink offer with Costa, Giraffe, Wildwood and Millie's Cookies.
Royals
The Royals Shopping Centre is an indoor centre on the High Street in Southend-on-Sea, with around 20 shops and cafes. It is anchored by Tesco, Dunelm and TK Maxx, with Boots, Pandora, Poundland and Toni & Guy among the other retailers, plus a food and drink offer including Costa Coffee, Subway and Bakers + Baristas.
Westgate
Westgate Shopping Centre is an indoor centre in Stevenage town centre with around 29 shops and services. It is anchored by H&M and River Island, with Bonmarche, Trespass, Yours and Claire's among the fashion offer, jeweller Ernest Jones and John Lyons, and a leisure/family mix including The Entertainer toy shop and Esquires Coffee.
Eastgate Centre
Eastgate Shopping Centre is the main indoor shopping centre in Basildon town centre, with around 90 shops, services and eateries built around an Asda superstore. Fashion is led by Primark, River Island, New Look and Sports Direct, alongside JD Sports, Smiggle, Pandora and Holland & Barrett, with a dining offer including Greggs, KFC, McDonald's, Subway, Taco Bell and a Wetherspoon pub.
Harpur Shopping Centre
The Harpur Shopping Centre is the premier shopping venue in the heart of Bedford, a varied cross section of national retailers including Boots, W.H. Smith, Argos, Vision Express, Primark, Fraser Hart, Topman, Sports Direct and a wide range of shops offering services such as hairdressing and café facilities. The Centre is located in the heart of Bedford and is within easy walking distance of the main bus station and railway station. Services include ladies, gents and disabled toilets along with baby changing facilities. The adjacent Howard Centre offers a Shopmobility Scheme.
Rushden Lakes
Rushden Lakes is a large open-air shopping, dining and leisure destination set within a nature reserve near Rushden in Northamptonshire. The centre is home to around 50 stores, restaurants and leisure attractions, anchored by Marks & Spencer, Next and Decathlon, alongside a Cineworld multiplex. Opened in 2017, Rushden Lakes combines retail and dining with direct access to the Nene Wetlands nature reserve.
Howard Centre
The Howard Centre is the main indoor shopping centre in Welwyn Garden City, with around 36 shops, services and eateries. It is anchored by H&M, Boots and WH Smith, with Monsoon, Fat Face, Clarks, Accessorize and Roman Originals among the fashion offer, jeweller Pandora, and a food and drink offer including Starbucks, Hotel Chocolat and Wenzel's The Bakers, plus The Gym Group and an Anytime Fitness studio.
Abbeygate
Abbeygate is a small shopping arcade in the heart of Grimsby town centre, developed in 1983 on the site of former brewery buildings. It retains exposed brick and original architectural features, and houses a mix of independent fashion boutiques, beauty salons and niche retailers, with a restaurant and cocktail bar.
Liberty Shopping
Located in the heart of Romford's town centre. The Liberty is the region's top shopping destination. With over 100 top name shops, including a wide range of fashion and lifestyle retailers, as well as many independent names, there is something for everyone - giving you real freedom to shop. And it's not only the great shopping that keeps people coming back, The Liberty hosts a variety of exciting events throughout the year, so why not come down and check it out for yourself.
The Newlands Shopping Centre
The Newlands Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping centre in Kettering town centre, with over 45 shops and services. It is anchored by H&M, TK Maxx, Boots and Poundland, with Clarks, Card Factory and Holland & Barrett among the high-street offer, jeweller Grace & Co, entertainment from HMV and CEX, and a British Heart Foundation charity shop.
The Galleria Outlet Mall
The Galleria is an indoor designer outlet centre in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, with around 80 brand-name stores, restaurants and an Odeon cinema. Anchors include Marks & Spencer Outlet, TK Maxx, Nike Factory Store and JD Sports, with fashion brands French Connection, Gant, Ben Sherman and Calvin Klein Underwear, homeware from Le Creuset, ProCook, Denby and Villeroy & Boch, and a dining offer including Nando's, Frankie & Benny's, Harvester and PizzaExpress.