Edmonton Green Shopping Centre

Edmonton Green Shopping Centre is a large shopping centre in Edmonton, north London, which also encompasses a market. It is located close to Edmonton Green railway station and a large bus station, on The Broadway.[1] The centre was first opened in 1967.[2]

Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
Edmonton Green Market Square
LocationEdmonton, London, England
Coordinates51.6247°N 0.0574°W / 51.6247; -0.0574
Opening date1967
OwnerCrosstree
No. of stores and services100+
Total retail floor area450,000 sq ft (42,000 m2)
Parking1000 spaces
Websitewww.edmontongreencentre.co.uk

History and structure

The airy South Mall leading north is sheltered by a translucent roof and lined with a mix of shops. Leading off is the library and offices on three floors which was converted from a former departmental store. In the library, memorial boards to local people, from the old Town Hall can be viewed. The Market Square is a covered area (originally open to the elements) lit by clerestory windows. The market stalls today are permanent fixtures. The big, bustling no-frills market is popular with shoppers with a good range of goods, particularly - greengrocery.

The North Mall is treated differently, in the harder spirit of the late 1960s: a concrete coffered roof alternates with open light-wells, and ends in an open square, with two levels of shops and two stories of flats above; brutalistic, dark brick and shuttered concrete. The backdrop rising from the deck above North Mall is composed of huge slabs of system-built flats which the borough built so keenly at the time.[3]

It was redeveloped in 2008 with a new large ASDA supermarket.[4]

In 2018, Crosstree Real Estate purchased the centre for £72 million.[5]

Stores

It has over 100 stores, including Sports Direct, Deichmann and Matalan.[6]

References
  1. Transport for london- Buses Retrieved 9 April 2008
  2. https://www.realla.co.uk/details/15751134
  3. Cherry.B &Nikolaus PevsnerThe Buildings of England p430 London:4 North ISBN 0-14-071049-3 Retrieved 11 April 2008
  4. https://www.realla.co.uk/details/15751134
  5. https://uk.fashionnetwork.com/news/Edmonton-green-shopping-centre-sold-for-72m,1036232.html
  6. https://uk.fashionnetwork.com/news/Edmonton-green-shopping-centre-sold-for-72m,1036232.html
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