 The arc joining Midsummer Place to the Centre:MK | |
| Location | Milton Keynes, England |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 52°02′37″N 0°45′20″W / 52.0436°N 0.7555°W |
| Opening date | 25 September 1979 |
| Developer | Milton Keynes Development Corporation |
| Owner | Prudential, Hermes Investment Management (thecentre:mk) Ellandi (Midsummer Place) |
| No. of stores and services | over 220 (thecentre:mk) over 50 (Midsummer Place) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,790,000 sq ft (166,000 m2),[1] building length: 700 m |
| No. of floors | One main access floor, larger stores have two or three internally. |
| Parking | over 17,000 spaces nearby |
| Website | thecentremk |
The Central Milton Keynes shopping area is a regional shopping centre located in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England which is about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. It comprises two adjacent shopping centres, thecentre:mk (a grade II listed building,[2] originally named the 'Shopping Building') which opened in 1979, and Midsummer Place opened in 2000.[3][2] The centre:mk is anchored by John Lewis and Marks & Spencer. The complex is the 14th largest shopping centre in the UK, with the size of 120,773 sq metres.[4][citation needed]
- ^ thecentre:mk, Facts and Figures[failed verification] Archived 1 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, combined gross leasable area of thecentre:mk and 'Intu Milton Keynes'.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
listedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kennedy, Maev (16 July 2010). "Milton Keynes shopping centre becomes Grade II listed". The Guardian.
- ^ "The Top 25 Shopping Centres in the UK. The complex is unique in that the complex is the "centre of town" being situated exactly in the middle of Milton Keynes". Esri.