Thw Trafford Centre - Welcome To Shopping Heaven

Advantages: Great variety and suitable for all ages.
Disadvantages: Queues can be big to enter and exit the complex especially at rush hour

...To me the trafford centre is a completely different world. The trafford centre is located on the edge of the Manchester orbital Motorway (M60) and is set back close to trafford park hence the name the trafford centre. The trafford centre caters for all tastes wherever expensive or budget. Or exquisite or ordinary run of the mill. The shops range to the High quality and prices of Selfridges (The only one outside of london) and to the welcome high street name of Sock Shop. The trafford centre has aproximately 50,000 free car parking spaces with about half of them under shelter to allow you to enter the complex while keeping under shelter from wind rain whatever the weather throws at you. There are excellent facilities for the disabled at the trafford centre. They provide fee wheelchair loand and scooter hire to allow...

atlantis140 11.04.2001 · Read review
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The Trafford Centre MAJOR REWRITE

Advantages: Free to park, lots of shops and decent entertainment sections too.
Disadvantages: Gets busy at weekends, some very expensive places to shop and eat.

...NOTE : I have re-written this op almost completely as I felt I had more to add (and I'd already started it before realising I did it already - DOH) The Trafford Centre may well be the shoppers idea of Paradise (Moose perks up her ears.) Opened in September 1998, and just a stones throw from where I was living at the time, the massive centre took shape on top of previously overgrown waste ground in Davyhulme, Manchester. The Trafford Centre is among the largest shopping centres in Europe, but it has more to offer than just shops, as I’ll explain later. Before I go on I’ll say two things which make me qualified to write this op, firstly I’m a shopaholic, and secondly with the centre on my doorstep for 3 years I used to go there amazingly regularly, so I know it pretty well. As a result I’ve reviewed it...

Nameless 22.02.2001 (29.06.2001) · Read review
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The Trafford Centre

Advantages: Everything is under one roof
Disadvantages: Not enough cafe's

...In Oct 2000, 3 friends and l, took ourselves off for a weekend of girly shopping to Manchester. Our first stop was IKEA (obviously!) and then we moved on to that shopping Mecca - The Trafford Centre. I had heard various reports - "Three miles of Shops in one place" being the most striking, so we were full of high hopes. Having got parked relatively easy - which we were surprised at, we made our way inside. Stores such as Debenham, Selfridges, Boots, The Pier etc etc all jumped out. Every high street store imaginable was there. We split up meeting up every so often to compare purchases and re-fuel! So what did l think of the experience, well indeed there were lots of shops to choose from - but l think 3 miles was an exaggeration slightly! Overall though l wasnt impressed - there was nothing different really, or unusal...

purdy 23.02.2001 · Read review
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Trafford Spender!

Advantages: Wide range of shops, plenty of places to eat, easily accessible by Public transport
Disadvantages: Can get very busy, especially in the school Holidays & at Xmas

...I remember the day when the Trafford Centre - one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, opened. There I was, stood outside this magnificent building that looked far too posh to be a shopping centre, hoping that the shops inside wouldn't be all designer and that I would be able to afford to buy something from there. I'm lucky really - the Trafford Centre (from now on I will refer to it as the TC) is literally 5 minutes drive away from my house - and 2 minutes away from where I work. I visit the TC at least once a week - sometimes not to shop at all, but to have a walk around, get some lunch and generally window shop for a full hour. Anyway, before I talk about the TC nowadays, I want to take you back??.. The Beginning The Idea of the TC was conceived in 1984 by Peel Holdings, who are the largest privately...

jayandfoo 14.06.2005 · Read review
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Try the Trafford centre for a great day out

Advantages: All under one roof, great shops, lots of places to eat, caters for everyones needs
Disadvantages: Can sometimes be crowded

...I first visited the Trafford Centre a couple of years ago. I now live in Manchester and frequently visit the centre. There are over 280 shops within the complex, 35 restaurants. It is also Europe’s largest foodcourt. The opening hours are as follows: Mon-Fri 10 am-9 pm, Saturday 9 am-7 pm, Sunday 12 noon-6pm. Also, parking isn’t a problem if you’re driving to the centre, as there are 10,000 free parking spaces. The Trafford Centre is located next to junctions 9 and 10 of the M60 Manchester Orbital Motorway, (formerly the M63). Also bus services operate from all parts of the region direct to their own on-site bus-station. The clothes shops include Selfridges, BHS, H&M, Debenhams and many more. There are many designer shops, and loads of really good discount and bargain shops. The shops cater for everyone...

emma_fitzgerald 15.04.2001 · Read review
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New Trafford

Advantages: huge,big sales,clean & tidy, all the brands
Disadvantages: too far away from Manchester

...When 1st I went to Trafford Centre, I can say I was amazed. I’ve been to a lot of shopping malls, shopping centres, or whatever. I’ve been to Italy, Hungary, Spain, but I have to admit that Trafford was by lots to far the biggest, most completed, most tidy and many many pros more. A friend of mine suggested it to me so I took Mrs aek21 to go by train. When we arrive in Piccadilly station we knew were to go. Thanks God ‘cause the town is in a very big mess and no one knows where to go. Anyway we went to Manchester Piccadilly bus station ant we took the bus 250. We paid £3.60 pp return and after a 20’ drive we end up to the Trafford Centre. You can go by car if you want. the last thing to worry about is where to park your car, as with 10,000 free spaces and 350 bus spaces you are sure tha you will not struggle...

aek21 01.02.2002 (13.04.2002) · Read review
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Welcome to The Traffic Centre

Advantages: Lots of high-end shops.
Disadvantages: BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.

...The Trafford Centre - of The Traffic Centre as I sometimes refer to it, is a bit shopping complex, that has two floors and is located on the Manchester ring road (the M60), between junctions 9 and 10. The shopping centre has all the big stores - Selfridges, Mark and Spencer's, Debinhams and John Lewis to name but a few. It also has smaller designer shops, female, male and children clothes stores, as well as gift shops and home ware stores. You can also go to the cinema, or go for a bite to eat at one of the many restaurants - there are loads available - that range from fast food to nicer, sit-in restaurants. There is lots of parking available and you can also access it by bus. I live close to the Trafford Centre, so it's easy for me to get there and I have also had various part-time jobs within the centre over the years. However...

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The Colombo Centre, Lisbon's Trafford Centre

Advantages: Very clean and plenty of variety.
Disadvantages: Approximately 15 minutes outside the City Centre.

...The Colombo Shopping Centre is located on the Avenida General Norton de Matos, Benfica, Lisbon. It is accessible by both metro and bus, and just a short taxi ride from Lisbon’s city centre. Opened in 1997, the Colombo Centre is Lisbon's newest mall, being the largest in the Iberian Peninsula. As well as a shopping centre, it also houses a leisure complex, with a multiplex cinema, health club, driving range, and bowling alley to name a few. The shopping centre itself comprises 420 shops, including a large Marks & Spencer and a Fnac superstore selling almost everything from food to large electrical appliances – I found this store to be extremely inexpensive, especially on alcohol. The large stores are punctuated with speciality shops, selling goods such as local porcelain, jewellery, shoes, (leather items are very...

Shekera 14.10.2001 (15.10.2001) · Read review
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What a fabulous shopping experience

Advantages: Many shops all under one roof
Disadvantages: Can be tiring walking around so many shops.

...The Trafford Centre is an attractive building housing numerous shops including John Lewis, Debenhas and Selfridges. There are many smaller shops as well as the usual high street ones like m&s, next, top shop etc. Parking is free and plentiful and there are lots of places to eat. If you want lunch there are KFC, McDonalds, Subway, Nando's etc. Also there are many restaurants upstairs for evening meals and an Odeon Cinema. There is a kids zone where you can pay for your kids to spend some time playing. You need plenty of energy to walk around the centre as it is vast. There is also an add-on linked by a walkway or with its own car park which is called Barton Square. This is mainly homeware and furniture and has shops like Next Home, BHS home, M&S home, Habitat and many others. At certain times of the year they have other things...

sueholland 10.08.2009 · Read review
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Shopping, Food And Entertainment

Advantages: Fantastic shops, facilities and entertainment
Disadvantages: Can be very crowded, queues for all food outlets, restaurants

...everything for me, really. Most importantly once I?m there I don?t want to get lost. That means I need well-directed and signposted information, not just for the journey there but getting around the shops as well. If you visit a city centre you will generally have to move from one place to another, one large dept store to another, one end of town to the other in order to satisfy a great lust for shopping. Along the way, if you?re like me, you will find yourself asking for directions every two minutes, where?s Debenhams? Where?s Marks and Spencer? Where are the bloody toilets? I think I have found the answer in the Trafford Centre. I have been there four times and four times just isn?t enough. To be honest I could probably spend a week there solid and just camp out each night in order to get through all the shops. I first went with my husband...

criple 25.11.2002 · Read review
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