Stratford Centre is a shopping mall and indoor market in
Stratford town centre in east London. It is situated opposite the busy
Stratford Regional station and this contributes to the high footfall through the centre, currently at around 26 million visitors every year,
as many people use it as a cut-through between the stations and Stratford Broadway.
The centre currently has 62 retail units, internally and externally, plus, off the East Mall is the Market Village, which contains many small independent traders, and in the West Mall is a market that trades Monday to Saturday.
History
It was built by Ravenseft Properties Limited, and opened in 1974. Refurbished and partially extended in 1998 it comprises 330,000 sq. ft. on a single level, it was sold by
Land Securities
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to Catalyst European Property Fund LP in 2010.
In 2017, an acid attack involving a noxious substance took place at the centre. Six people were injured.
During 2018, the Stratford Centre was closed after 50 shops were flooded by a burst water main on Stratford Broadway, where the flood water was a depth of around eight inches.
Stores
Stores include:
Apple Jacks Health Shop,
Barclays Bank
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Barclays traces ...
, Baseo,
Blue Inc,
Boots
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Boot or Boots may also refer to:
Businesses
* Boot Inn, Chester, Cheshire, England
* Boots (company), a high-street pharmacy chain and manufacturer of pharmaceuticals in the United Kingdom
* The Boot, Cromer St ...
,
Burger King,
Card Factory
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,
Car Phone Warehouse
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,
CeX, Chopstix Noodle Bar,
Clarks,
Costa Coffee
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Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by Sergio Costa as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. I ...
, Creams, Dewhurst Butchers, Discount Second Hand Jewellers,
EE,
Footlocker, Granier Bakery & Café,
Greggs
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,
H Samuel Jewellers,
Halifax Bank
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It is named ...
,
Healthy Planet,
Holland & Barrett
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,
HSBC Bank HSBC Bank may refer to any one of the following principal local banks or divisions of the HSBC Group:
Asia-Pacific
* HSBC (Hong Kong)
** PayMe, its local payment service
* HSBC Bank (China)
* HSBC Bank Australia
* HSBC Bank India
* HSBC Bank M ...
illusion J D Sport,
KFC, Lituancia, Loon Fung,
McDonald's
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, Milano Couture,
New Look, Notting Hill,
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, Osbon Pharmacy, Paul Harrison Jewellers,
Peacocks
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,
Percy Ingle Bakers,
Pizza Hut
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,
Poundland
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, Risky,
Sainsbury's
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Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company ...
,
Shoe Zone
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, Shuklas / Stratford News,
SpecSavers
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,
Sports Direct
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,
Starbucks,
Subway,
Superdrug,
The Body Shop
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Founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick, the company currently has a range of 1,000 products sold in about 3,000 stores, divided ...
, The Business Lab, The Fragrance Shop,
The Perfume Shop
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,
The Works,
Warren James.
The centre is proposing to re-develop the site, with a 26-story residential building for students and to have additional parking and shops in the shopping centre.
Access
To the north of the site lies
Stratford station which is served by
London Underground
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The ...
's
Central and
Jubilee
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lines,
Greater Anglia,
TfL Rail
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,
London Overground
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,
Docklands Light Railway
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, and a number of
services. The
Elizabeth line
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is scheduled to serve the shopping center from 2019.
The centres central thoroughfare is called the ''West Mall'' and is an indoor car-free street market between Stratford Broadway and Great Eastern Street is classed as a
public highway
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and by law is kept open 24 hours a day, although most of the shops close at night.
There is also a
multi-storey car park
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which is open 24 hours a day and linked via lifts and stairwell in the West Mall.
References
External links
Stratford Centre WebsiteMarket Village Website
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Stratford, London
Streets in the London Borough of Newham
Retail markets in London
Shopping centres in the London Borough of Newham
Shopping malls established in 1974
1974 establishments in England