2015
TQ7963 : The new Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre extension
taken 10 years ago, near to Bredhurst, Kent, England
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The new Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre extension
This is a new section of the shopping centre is complete.
The timber areas are to be leased out to new food outlets.
As seen from the link road around the centre.
The timber areas are to be leased out to new food outlets.
As seen from the link road around the centre.
Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre
This was one of the first out-of-town shopping centres in Kent in 1974. The centre includes the county's largest branch of Sainsbury's (formerly a Savacentre) and Medway's largest Marks & Spencer. The centre also once housed the world's largest branch of NSS. This newsagents later became a 'Forbuoys' (now part of the RS McColl group).
In the early 1990s an extension was built which is now home to M&S. The original Picnic Parlour at Hempstead Valley was the UK's first food court and the centre was modelled on successful complexes in North America.It was originally planned to be an open-air shopping centre but the concept was changed to a covered shopping complex. The centre opened on 17 October 1978.[1]
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- Grid Square
- TQ7963, 217 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David Anstiss (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 24 May, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 2 June, 2015
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 7935 6329 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:20.4241N 0:34.4138E - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
- View Direction
- SOUTH (about 180 degrees)