Queens Arcade

The Queens Arcade (Welsh: Arcêd y Frenhines) is a shopping centre in Cardiff city centre. It opened on 28 April 1994.

This article is about the shopping centre in Cardiff. For the Victorian shopping arcade in Belfast, see Queen's Arcade, Belfast.

Queens Arcade
Queen Street entrance to Queens Arcade
LocationCardiff, Wales
Coordinates51.481°N 3.177°W / 51.481; -3.177
AddressQueens Arcade, Queen Street, Cardiff, CF10 2BY
Opening date28 April 1994
ManagementAEW Europe & Tristan Capital
OwnerAddington Capital
Total retail floor area9,638 m2 (103,740 sq ft)
No. of floors2
Websitequeensarcadecardiff.co.uk

History

Developed on the site of the Allders department store and the similarly named Queen Street Arcade, the main entrance is located on Queen Street, and the second entrance faces Working Street near Cardiff Central Market. The arcade has two levels, and is unusual in that the levels are sloped, so that despite its two entrances being on the same level the upper floor at the Working Street entrance is the ground floor at Queen Street. The centre internally connects with the St David's Centre.

The arcade recorded 11.2m annual footfall in 2012 and is anchored by New Look, Argos, Tim Hortons and Post Office. Four of its stores – Argos, Christopher George, F. Hinds and Whittard of Chelsea – have been in the centre from its launch and others from the opening year line-up have changed their company names – such as Cookie Jar, now Millie's Cookies, and Partners, now Ryman.

  • The former Queen Street Arcade on Working Street in 1987
    The former Queen Street Arcade on Working Street in 1987
  • Working Street entrance of the Queens Arcade in 2018
    Working Street entrance of the Queens Arcade in 2018

The original architecture was inspired by the many late 19th-century arcades of Cardiff city centre and has appeared as the backdrop for various TV programmes, including the 2005 Doctor Who story "Rose", starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, which was set in London.

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