Castlepoint Shopping Centre

Coordinates: 50°45′10″N 1°50′29″W / 50.75278°N 1.84139°W / 50.75278; -1.84139

Castlepoint Shopping Park
Location Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Opening date 27 October 2003
Developer Kier Group
Management Castlepoint Management
Owner Standard Life Investments
No. of stores and services 40 active
No. of floors 2
Parking 2 Levels with 3,000 spaces
Website Official website

Castlepoint Shopping Park is a shopping park in Bournemouth, Dorset, in the United Kingdom, occupying a 41-acre (17 ha) site containing around 40 shops, including major retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Gap, Topshop, Asda, Sainsbury's, and B&Q. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east from the centre of town, off Castle Lane West on the former site of The Hampshire Centre.

History

The centre opened to the public on 27 October 2003, following a major redevelopment of the site, which had previously been occupied by The Hampshire Centre for around 35 years.[1][2] Construction of the centre, undertaken by Kier Group,[3] took over two years and cost some £275 million.[4] The annual Pancake Race takes place to raise money for good causes each year.

The Hampshire Centre, (19 October 2001)

Car park problems

Netting and props underneath the car park are still in place (May 2011)

Shortly after the centre opened, concerns about the condition of the car park came to public attention when B&Q was forced to temporarily cease trading while the safety of the car park was determined. In May 2005 temporary safety netting was erected in the lower deck area of the east car park and around 1,000 parking spaces were closed to the public after concrete fell from the roof.[5][6] By 26 May 2005, these parking spaces had re-opened, although the netting remained in place.[7]

On 1 December 2005, the car park was again closed to the public following further safety concerns.[8] This led to the temporary closure of all stores within the main site.[9] The stores within the East and West Village were unaffected by this closure and remained open, although parking for these stores was limited.[10] Whilst the centre was closed a free park and ride scheme was introduced to take shoppers to alternative shops within Bournemouth town centre.[11] Following repair work, the car parking spaces and stores in the main centre were re-opened to the public in a phased manner between 20 December 2005 and 13 February 2006.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

Although the carpark was made safe with the insertion of props and the stores in the centre re-opened (and remain so), the longer term solution for rebuilding the carpark is still to be resolved.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] In December 2014 the centre was given permission by the local council to rebuild the car parks in a phased manned over the next three years, due to be completed by Christmas 2018. The work is to be completed in 5 separate blocks to minimise disruption to shoppers and tenants.[27]

Retailers

Castlepoint has 40 stores and restaurants built over 645,000 square feet (59,900 m2) of retail space. Since opening in 2003, several stores have ceased trading at the centre such as Principles,[28] Virgin Megastores, Suits Direct, All Sports, Barratts, Choices Video and Lunn Poly (later Thomson). After the sale of Virgin Megastores in the United Kingdom, the stores were re-branded as Zavvi and after going into administration in 2009, had some of their sites sold to HMV, which operated the site at Castlepoint until 2013, following the closure of some HMV UK stores.

Below are just a few of the many stores,
As of August 2015 ;
Argos, Asda, Accessorize, B&Q Warehouse, Cafe Nero, CEX, Game,[29] Gap. H&M, JD Sports Marks and Spencer, Next, Sainsbury's, Sports Direct, TK Maxx, WHSmith

Awards

Celebrity Visitors

March 2004 – Jacqueline Wilson[32]

August 2009 – Katie Price (aka Jordan)[33][34][35][36]

Gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castlepoint Shopping Centre.

References

  1. ↑ "Castlemore's shopping spree". Building Design. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Property news – More retailers commit to Bournemouth retail park". Retail Week. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Castelpoint: Who will pay?". Daily Echo. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bournemouth's £250m retail scheme opens". Property Week. 28 October 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Safety probe at shopping centre". BBC News. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Centre car park will reopen fully in days". Dorset Echo. 14 May 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "Safety scare car park open again". BBC News. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  8. ↑ "Centre may be shut over Christmas". BBC News. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  9. ↑ "Bournemouth shopping centre shut over safety fears". Construction News. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  10. ↑ "Car Park and Centre Closure". CastlepointBournemouth.co.uk. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 4 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  11. ↑ "Free bus replaces closed centre". BBC News. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  12. ↑ "Safety scare car park to reopen". BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  13. ↑ "Shopping centre reopening fears". BBC News. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  14. ↑ "Shops set for partial reopening". BBC News. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  15. ↑ "Troubled centre opens more spaces". BBC News. 29 December 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  16. ↑ "One Castlepoint shop left to open". BBC News. 19 January 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  17. ↑ "Solar gain weakens troubled car park beams". New Civil Engineer. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  18. ↑ "Centre car park 'must be rebuilt'". BBC News. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  19. ↑ "Castlepoint: Car Park Rebuild stalls after rows". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  20. ↑ "Centre car park rebuild for 2007". BBC News. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  21. ↑ "Castlepoint Repair Plan". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  22. ↑ "Parking mad". Building. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  23. ↑ "No rebuild plan for Castlepoint in sight". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  24. ↑ "Solution to Castlepoint car park?". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  25. ↑ "Mall's well that ends well". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  26. ↑ "Castlepoint Shopping Park – Car Park Progress Update". Standardlifeweb.co.uk. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  27. ↑ "Castlepoint car park repairs get go-ahead". BBC. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  28. ↑ "Collapse brings 'first' for Castlepoint". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  29. ↑ "Mario back in the Game at Castlepoint". businessdorset.co.uk. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  30. ↑ "Purple Apple Marketing Award". Castlepointbournemouth.co.uk. 3 February 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
  31. ↑ "Safer Business Award for Castlepoint". brc.org.uk. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  32. ↑ Ezard, John (10 March 2004). "Signing lasts 8 hours". London: Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
  33. ↑ "Katie Price cancels Castlepoint book signing". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  34. ↑ "Katie's fans are Priceless". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  35. ↑ "Katie Price 'devastated' to upset fans". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  36. ↑ "Katie Price signs in to delight her fans". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.

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