The Peel Centre, also known as Stockport Retail Park, is a retail park located in

Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...

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, England. It is owned by

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and in 2010 extended to across 20 units. Nearby town centre shopping areas include the

Merseyway Shopping Centre Merseyway Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Name The source of the centre's name, Merseyway, is disputed. The shopping centre was built over a 1930s road called Merseyway which ran above and along ...

History

The site on which the park stands has had a variety of different usages over time, it previously had industry and housing. It then contained a power station and gas works, and then had a variety of industrial usages, it was only developed in its current form from the late 1980s onwards. It was constructed in phases with the latter phases being those at the eastern side.

Controversy

There is extensive car parking at the centre where there has been controversy over wrongly issued parking fines, it is mainly pay and display, and is close to the town's major supermarkets.

Nearby developments

Immediately adjacent to The Peel Centre, across the road is a smaller development, Portwood Court. In 2003,

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announced plans to open a store on the other side of the Portwood roundabout and M60, but were denied planning permission, and after numerous appeals they were finally turned down in 2005 by the then

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peel Centre, Stockport Buildings and structures in Stockport Shopping centres in Greater Manchester Retail parks in the United Kingdom The Peel Group