The clock tower of Victoria Centre in 2003. |
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| Location | Nottingham City Centre, England |
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| Opening date | 1972 |
| Owner | Capital Shopping Centres |
| No. of stores and services | 120 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 91,140 m² (981,000 ft²) |
| Parking | 2700 |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | www.victoriacentre.uk.com |
The Victoria Centre is a shopping centre in Nottingham, England. Its four main anchor stores are John Lewis, House of Fraser, Boots and Next. Other notable stores are The Entertainer, Topshop, Republic, Monsoon, Swarovski, GAP, Tesco Metro and HMV.
The centre has various fashion and high street stores as well as cafes, restaurants, a health & fitness centre and a bus station. The Victoria Centre's is in direct competition with the Broadmarsh shopping centre to the south. 3.2 million people live within a 45 minute drive of the centre.
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The centre stands on the site of the old Nottingham Victoria railway station, which was demolished in 1967. The clock tower and the Hilton Hotel are the only parts of the old station to survive. The shopping centre was built between 1967 and 1972 by Taylor Woodrow. Above the shopping centre rise the 26 floor, 256 feet (72m) high Victoria centre flats, which run North to South along the length. There are 464 flats and 36,000 sq ft (3,300 m2) of offices.
In 1973, the sculptor Roland Emmett commissioned a water powered clock known as The Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator. During the 1980s and 1990s it played a section of music at each quarter hour composed by the Frenchman Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), Gigue en Rondeau II. This musical sculpture is by Boots, Next and John Lewis and is a popular meeting place.
In 1997 the centre was extended to give more retail space and anchor House of Fraser. Following this was a refit of refurbishing of the rest of the centre.
On the first floor, opposite John Lewis, is the city's largest indoor market which sells a range of goods including, amongst other things, fresh food, meat and fish.[1] The market is open from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 - 5:00pm. In 2008 it won greenest market in the Midlands award from the National Market Traders Federation.[2]