Manchester Arndale is the largest of the chain of Arndale Centres built across the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. It was redeveloped after the 1996 Manchester bombing . The centre has a retail floorspace of just under 1,400,000 sq ft (130,000 m 2 ) (not including Selfridges and Marks and Spencer department stores to which it is connected via a link ...

2018年4月21日 · We've raided the Manchester Metropolitan University visual archives to discover some photos of the centre from across the last 43 years - showing the Arndale inside and out. View along Market...

2024年12月5日 · Inside was a 40ft. wide ‘brightly decorated covered precinct’, with a terrazzo floor, suspended laylights, and – a typical Arndale flourish – a central water feature. This sounds like an arcade, or even a mall, yet the shops still respected the street frontages.

2023年7月27日 · Inside the Arndale. July 17, 2002 (Image: Manchester Evening News) A set of newly rediscovered pictures transports us back to Manchester's Arndale Centre 25-years ago.

2022年8月12日 · Today the Arndale is Europe’s biggest inner-city shopping centre with a whopping 1.4m sq ft of space in which you can do your shopping, eat some food or just shuffle along really slowly in front of me.

When it opened in 1979, much of the huge Arndale Shopping Centre, designed by Wilson & Wormersley (the architects of the Hulme Crescents), was clad in yellow tiles giving it an appearance that many compared with a gigantic gents' toilet.

2019年5月31日 · Opened in 1979, the Arndale has stood the test of time to mark its 40th birthday

Since then, we’ve welcomed iconic architecture, facilities and illuminating clear glass design. Yet the iconic Arndale Tower is the same as ever. We’re as much of an institution as Johnny Marr or Emmeline Pankhurst. Maybe it’s best if we let a local voice sum it up.

As the biggest inner-city shopping centre in the country, we bring the best shopping, food, drink and entertainment together under one roof. Get everything that you need and make lasting memories at the same time. A food court and a food market. Local legends and high-street style icons. Toys, books and sports gear.

The Manchester Arndale is the largest in-town shopping centre in the UK and it attracts around 500,000 visitors each week. The Arndale Tower looms over the complex and dominates the skyline in the vicinity.