Merseyway Shopping Centre

Merseyway Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Stockport.

Merseyway Shopping Centre
Merseyway Shopping Centre logo
The centre's main entrance from Mersey Square
LocationStockport, England
Coordinates53°24′40″N 2°09′33″W
Address52–54 Great Underbank
Opening date1965 (1965)
DeveloperHammerson
ManagementCBRE
OwnerStockport Metropolitan Borough Council
No. of stores and services95
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area32,050 m2 (345,000 sq ft)
No. of floors2
Parking835 Spaces
Merseyway in 2010

Name

The centre's name, Merseyway, comes from the fact that the centre is supported above the River Mersey which runs for the length of the centre.

Some of the supports beneath Merseyway

History

The centre was opened in 1965, as one of the first shopping precincts in the United Kingdom. Since then, it has undergone considerable development.

Merseyway was developed by Hammerson and opened in 1965. It was purchased by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in 2016.

In 2017, the Merseyway car park to the north of the centre (between Princes Street and the M60 motorway) was developed as the Light cinema and Redrock leisure centre.[1]

At the beginning of 2022 it was announced that portions of the Mereseyway’s Adlington Walk will be repurposed to add additional facilities and a new library. Funding for the project was allocated by the government’s Future High Streets Fund (FHSF)[2]

References

  1. "What's at Redrock? – Redrock Stockport". Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. Statham, Nick (13 January 2022). "How a run down part of Stockport's Merseyway shopping centre will be transformed". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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