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| Location | Birmingham, England, UK |
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| Coordinates | 52°28′39.72″N 1°53′39.04″W / 52.4777000°N 1.8941778°W |
| Website | bullring |
The Bull Ring is a major shopping area in central Birmingham England, and has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area; in the 1960s, and then in 2003; the latter is styled as one word, Bullring. When coupled with Grand Central (to which it is connected via a pedestrian overpass, branded as 'LinkStreet') it forms the United Kingdom's largest city centre based shopping centre, styled as Bullring & Grand Central.
The site is located on the edge of the sandstone city ridge which results in the steep gradient towards Digbeth. The slope drops approximately 15 metres (49 ft) from New Street to St Martin's Church and is visible near the church.[1]
The current shopping centre was the busiest in the United Kingdom in 2004 with 36.5 million visitors.[2] It houses one of only four Selfridges department stores and previously the fourth largest Debenhams in the UK.
- ^ Remaking Birmingham: The Visual Culture of Urban Regeneration. Kennedy, Routledge Ltd. 2004. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-415-28839-8.
- ^ "UK's busiest shopping centre". icBirmingham. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2008.