Pentagon Shopping Centre

Chatham, the historic naval and garrison city on the Medway River in Kent whose Royal Dockyard heritage, large South Asian and Caribbean community, and mixed working-class and professional demographic give it a commercial character specific to the Medway conurbation’s retail catchment, gives Pentagon Shopping Centre a community regional shopping identity whose tenant mix reflects both the mainstream national chain presence and the culturally specific retail character of a Kent city with significant ethnic and community diversity. Primark and TK Maxx anchor the accessible fashion and off-price comparison-shopping floors. Boots and Superdrug anchor the pharmacy and accessible beauty categories. JD Sports and Sports Direct give the property an athletic footwear and licensed sports merchandise floor. The Baobab Centre and Bookshop, the Chatham community and multicultural organisation, gives the property a community services and cultural identity for the Medway’s diverse African and Caribbean communities. Waterstones and The Works give the property a books and culture retail identity. Warhammer gives the property a tabletop gaming identity.

Halfords gives the property an automotive accessories and cycling identity. New Look and Bonmarché serve the accessible women’s fashion categories. Deichmann serves the affordable footwear category. Costa Coffee and Greggs serve the daily café and quick-service bakery floor. Timpson serves the key cutting, shoe repair, and personal services categories. Sue Ryder, British Heart Foundation, and Emmaus give the property a significant charitable retail presence for the Medway community’s secondhand and ethical purchasing culture. The Fragrance Shop serves the fragrance and beauty category. Specsavers serves the optical and audiology category. EE, O2, Vodafone, and Three serve the UK telecom retail categories. Poundland serves the value and household essentials category.

The property’s commercial role in the Medway is the Chatham town centre regional shopping centre: a Primark-TK Maxx accessible fashion and off-price anchor whose JD Sports-Sports Direct athletic merchandise, Baobab Centre multicultural community identity, and Chatham Medway catchment give the Chatham, Rochester, and Gillingham household a practical town centre comparison-shopping and community services destination in Kent’s largest urban area.