Silverburn (also known as Pollok Town Centre or The Centre) is an
out-of-town 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 ...
located on Barrhead Road in
Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. The development replaces the Pollok centre with a brand new shopping centre, anchored by
Tesco
Tesco plc () is a British Multinational corporation, multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. In 2011 it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues an ...
,
Next,
Marks & Spencer and previously
Debenhams before it closed in 2021.
History
Built on land that was previously the ''Pollok Centre'' dating from the late 1970s,
[Modern Times: 1950s to The Present Day: Neighbourhoods: Pollok, 1979)]
The Glasgow Story which itself replaced an unsuccessful development of tenement housing from the 1940s
[Bridgend Road (Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design, 1949)]
the Glasgow Story the completed Silverburn opened for the first time on Thursday 25 October 2007, designed by
BDP (architects), Stuart McTaggart (civil and structural engineers) and constructed by Bovis Lend Lease. The largest Scottish
Tesco Extra
Tesco plc () is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. In 2011 it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and the ninth-largest in th ...
had opened on 10 July 2006 at the site, replacing the Tesco store in the old Pollok Centre. It has been said that the name "Silverburn" evolved from a local consultation, as the Brock Burn which lies west of the site (with footbridges connecting to the
Househillwood
Househillwood is a residential neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, situated in the south-west of the city.
Location and history
Househillwood is close to the centre of the Pollok district and is often considered to be part of ' Greater Pollok ...
and
Priesthill neighbourhoods) was famous for containing large quantities of shopping trolleys from the previous Tesco store and this is where the 'silver glint' came from; the practice of abandoning trollies has continued.
[Mall shoppers dump 200 trolleys in burn]
Evening Times, 16 June 2014
Developed by Retail Property Holdings Ltd (RPH) to house 95 shopping units and 14 restaurants and cafes, it is one of the
largest shopping centres in the UK. It includes of retail and leisure space, 2000 parking spaces in a multi-storey car park, and 2500 spaces on the ground. In 2009, the centre was sold to
Hammerson
Hammerson plc is a major British property development and investment company. The firm switched to real estate investment trust (REIT) status when they were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. It is listed on the London Stock Excha ...
for £300 million.
Silverburn is Glasgow's fifth out-of-town shopping centre. Being located right next to the
M77 motorway
The M77 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. It begins in Glasgow at the M8 motorway at Kinning Park, and terminates near Kilmarnock at Fenwick, becoming the A77 dual carriageway. Changes were made in 2005 segregating a lane on the M8 motor ...
it is easily accessible to people coming from
Paisley or
East Renfrewshire.
It was named the "UK's best shopping centre" in 2019, the latest of several awards since its opening.
Expansion
In 2013, a programme of expansion of the centre was begun, to include a
Cineworld
Cineworld Group plc is a British cinema operator headquartered in London, England. It is the world's second-largest cinema chain (after AMC Theatres), with 9,518 screens across 790 sites in 10 countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Irel ...
cinema and nine new restaurants, completed in stages between late 2014 and mid 2015.
After a proposal in 2014 to extend the centre over its current car parking area, further plans for expansion were proposed in October 2015, with the intention to expand over the other side of the M77 with further shopping and leisure features, a hotel, and a community centre.
A Silverburn
mascot, a fox named Silvia, was introduced in 2018 following a competition between local primary school children.
Incidents
East Kilbride Connect, 4 January 2019
References
{{Shopping centres in Scotland
Shopping centres in Glasgow
Shopping malls established in 2007
2007 establishments in Scotland