Top 10 Biggest Shopping Malls in the UK

Ever wondered who is really the biggest shopping mall (or centre as we used to say in the UK)? Well do we judge it by square feet or actually by visitors?

Okay, we’ll do both.

Square feet is the easiest one to do first, so here we go:

         1. Metro Centre, Gateshead                                            194,400 sq ft
      2. Trafford Centre, Manchester                                      185,100 sq ft
3.Westfield Stratford City, London                               175,000 sq ft
4. Bluewater, Dartford                                                     155,700 sq ft
5. Westfield, London                                                         149,400 sq ft
6. Westfield Merry Hill, Dudley                                       140,800 sq ft
7. Meadowhall, Sheffield                                                 139,300 sq ft
8. Lakeside, Thurrock                                                        133,700 sq ft
9. St David’s, Cardiff                                                          130,100 sq ft
10. Liverpool One, Liverpool                                             130,060 sq ft
 10. Armdale, Manchester                                               130,060 sq ft

Now when we come to visitors...

             1. Bullring, Birmingham                                                    40 million

         2. Armdale, Manchester                                               40 million

       3.    St David’s, Cardiff                                                          38 million

       4. Eldon Square, Newcastle                                                36 million

      5. Trafford Centre, Manchester                                          35 million

      6. Bluewater, Dartford                                                          27 million

         & The Centre, Milton Keynes                                            27 million

     8. Meadowhall, Sheffield                                                       25 million

        & Lakeside, Thurrock                                                           25 million

   10. Westfield Merry Hill, Dudley                                            23.5 million

And how do our Scottish shopping centres fare in comparison?

East Kilbride Shopping Centre, East Kilbride = 106,000 sq ft

Braehead, Renfrew = 98,400 sq ft

Silverburn, Glasgow = 91,100 sq ft

So quite a bit to go to compete with the big boys.