Ellesmere Shopping Centre

Walkden, the town in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester whose post-industrial residential character and working-class household give the Ellesmere Shopping Centre at Bolton Road a community retail identity whose catchment reflects the practical provisioning and value purchasing culture of the Walkden and Worsley area rather than the comparison-shopping occasion of larger Greater Manchester formats. Tesco anchors the full-service grocery and daily-needs category as the primary food provisioning anchor for the Walkden household. B&M anchors the value home goods and general merchandise floor. Malina Mini Market gives the property a Polish and Eastern European specialty food identity for Walkden’s Eastern European community whose post-2004 EU accession migration has established a commercially specific food retail presence in the town centre.

JD Sports serves the athletic and licensed sports merchandise category. Home Bargains serves the value home goods floor alongside B&M. Boots serves the pharmacy and accessible beauty category. Holland and Barrett serves the natural health and supplements category. Well Pharmacy serves the community pharmacy category. Costa Coffee and Greggs serve the café and bakery floor. Savers Health and Beauty serves the value health and beauty category. F&F Clothing, the Tesco own-label fashion brand, serves the accessible fashion category within the Tesco complex. Max Spielmann serves the photographic printing and electronics repair category. Card Factory serves the greeting cards and gifting category. Barnardo’s and Forces Support give the property community charity retail identities. The Groom Room Walkden gives the property a pet grooming identity.

The property’s commercial role in Walkden is the Bolton Road community shopping centre: a Tesco-B&M practical grocery and value anchor whose Malina Mini Market Eastern European community food identity, JD Sports athletic merchandise, and Home Bargains value home goods give the Walkden and Worsley household a practical daily-needs and community services destination in this Salford residential trade area.