Meadowhall Centre

The popular features of the Meadowhall Centre are astonishing building, varieties of shops and excellent food centre. The whole building is an architectural beauty. When it was opened on 4 September 1990, it was the second largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom. Besides that, in the first year of its opening, it attracted around 19.8 million visitors. Clearly, from its opening it was an apple to the eyes of the consumers. To maintain its initial success, the authority of the shopping mall is very dedicated. Its exact address is 1, The Oasis, Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield S9 1EP.

The shopping centre is the largest in the area of Yorkshire. Having a retailing area of 139,355 m2 (1,500,005 sq ft), the shopping mall is positioned now at the eighth largest shopping centre (according to some statistics, ninth) in the United Kingdom. It has housed more than 280 retailers including 10 anchor tenants. Most of them are leading high street stores. Some of them are Armani Exchange, Debenhams, House of Fraser, Primark, Zara, Next,  Burtons, Dorothy Perkins, BHS, Republic, Marks & Spencer, Blue Inc, Tucci, Miss Selfridge, Officers Club, Foot Locker, JD Sports, H&M, Waterstones, HMV and Apple Store. However, prominent fashion retailing shops are Hugo Boss, French Connection, Bench, G-Star Raw, Super Dry, River Island, Jane Norman, Timberland, Ted Baker, Fire Trap, All Saints and Hollister. Moreover, leading three leading pharmacy and beauty products seller, namely Boots, Superdrug and Barratts, are also working under the same roof. 

The number of annual visits to this shopping centre is around 30 million now. It is famous for the Christmas and January sales. Sometimes the shops need to follow the odd rule, one in one out. It results in its name to the local people as “Medowhell”. For that reason, in May, 2012 it has been decided to extend its retailing area adjacent to it.

After having an exhausting shopping time, visitors can take a load off their feet to have an experience of cuisines fr om around the world. According to their mood, they can have Mexican, Indian, Italian, and Thai, which are tantalising to their taste buds. There is a dining area namely Oasis dining area, wh ere restaurants are cafés are serving delicious foods during the visiting time. This area is expanded to two floors. The ground floor is dominated by exquisite cafés, such as McDonalds, KFC, Pizza hut and Shere Khan. The upper floor is leaded by first-rated eateries, such as Frankie & Benny's, Coal Grill And Bar, PizzaExpress, Café Rouge, Hand Made Burger Co, Zizzi and T.G.I. To unwind, visitors can also watch Hollywood blockbusters in the 11-screen cinema hall Vue. 

A parking space for twelve thousands of cars undoubtedly provides an opportunity to a huge number of people to come using their own rides. Moreover, Meadowhall is considered to the only shopping mall having rail, bus and tram interchange. As a result, it can be very conveniently reachable place from the local region and the other side of the country.

Its elegant design and environmentally suitable construction have leaded it to a different height. Its most noticeable feature is its glassy dome. Its iconic roof with glass enhances its inner beauty. Its enormous Oasis food court is designed to bring the ancient aroma. Its waste does not go to any landfilled; 97% of it is recycled and the rest of them are incinerated with energy recovery.

Since its beginning, the Meadowhall Centre has been proving its huge necessity among the local people. Its extraordinary shopping environment is capable of winning anyone’s heart.