The Swan Shopping Centre is an

shopping centre A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collec ...

in Yardley,

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, which opened in Spring 2012. With its landmark high rise building, it stands on the A45 Coventry Road at its intersection with the A4040 Outer Ring Road (also the

Birmingham Outer Circle West Midlands bus route 11, also known as the Birmingham Outer Circle, is a route that circumnavigates Birmingham via the A4040 apart from a small deviation via the B4182 and A4030 in Bearwood. It is mainly operated by National Express West Mi ...

Number 11 bus route), known as Swan Island.

In-store Events

Since its opening there has been one event inside the Swan Shopping Centre. For the

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Weekend, Free Radio hosted a "street party" inside the shopping centre with artificial grass. There were many other things happening too with music, having your picture taken as the Queen and more.

Current Stores

There are 21 retail units in the shopping centre.

References

External links

Swan Shopping Centre websitePlanning application for redevelopment (pdf)

1890 Ordnance Survey map of the Swan area
– Swan Inn can clearly be seen on the map. {{BirminghamBuildings Buildings and structures in Birmingham, West Midlands