The Glades (Bromley)

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The Glades
Mall facts and statistics
Location	Bromley, London, England
Opening date	1991
Management	Capital Shopping Centres
No. of stores and services	126
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	421,000 sq
Parking	1,530 spaces
No. of floors	2

The Glades is a shopping centre owned by Capital Shopping Centres. It is located in Bromley, South-East London. It has a total of 108 stores trading from a combined floorspace of 421,000 sq ft. It is the home of a large Waterstones book store (formally Ottakar's).

The Glades also houses a large Virgin Megastore, the logo can be seen upon the main entrance. The centre is also home to GAME, one of two in the town centre, Zara, H&M, Debenhams, M&S, Gamleys and many more.

The centre was home to one of the first UNIQLO outlets in the UK but this was closed after a rationalisation of the chain following poor initial trading in the country^[1]. The company has since opened another outlet in Bromley outside the centre in The Mall.

The Glades has a gift voucher that can be used in most of the stores around the centre.

Contents 1 Development 2 Other Shops 3 Transport 4 References 5 External Links

[edit] Development

Building work has begun (Autumn 2006) on a £25 million extension next to the main entrance which will provide additional retail units, car parking spaces and customer facilities^[2].

[edit] Other Shops

The Glades has an impressive line up of shops (having over 120).

• Oasis
• USC
• Boots
• New Look
• Superdrug
• Nike Store
• Footlocker
• Levi Store - 2 stores in total
• The Disney Store
• River Island
• Warehouse
• Jane Norman
• Pumpkin Patch
• Tie Rack
• United Colours of Benetton
• Sports World - (was Lillywhites)

There is also a Creche. There is also a large Leisure Centre called The Pavilion it includes a large Swimming Pool with flume tunnels. Last Christmas saw an ice rink erected in the adajacent Queens Park Gardens.

A new Church and modern flats were also built by the owners on the Glades land. 18 million people visited the Glades last year. ^[3].

[edit] Transport

There are two train stations in Central Bromley, to get to the centre.

• Bromley South railway station - Closest, and provides services to London Victoria, London Blackfriars and Ashford International
• Bromley North railway station - Close, provides services to Grove Park only. As is on a short line.
• There is also a bus interchange outside the centre.

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

• Official Site