Eldon Square is a shopping centre in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. It was officially opened in 1977 by Queen Elizabeth II and is named after the original Eldon Square (now known as Old Eldon Square) which the shopping centre was built around. Image File history File links Eldon Square Shopping Centre File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... A shopping centre management company, Capital Shopping Centres own several shopping centres in the U.K. such as the Eldon Square in Newcastle upon Tyne and the MetroCentre in Gateshead. ... Newcastle City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. ... McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Swindon, England, a shopping mall built within a disused railway engine works. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

The opening of the MetroCentre in nearby Gateshead during 1986 provided competition for Eldon Square, however, both are now owned by the Capital Shopping Centres group, thus resolving any serious commercial conflicts. A new extension to the complex called Eldon Garden was build in the late 1980s in a more contemporary style than the main centre. Eldon Leisure is a leisure centre built above the shopping areas that offers sporting, health and beauty facilities. MetroCentre is the largest shopping and leisure centre in the UK and in Europe [1]. It is located at Dunston, Gateshead, UK on a former industrial site, close to the River Tyne. ... This article is about Gateshead, England. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A shopping centre management company, Capital Shopping Centres own several shopping centres in the U.K. such as the Eldon Square in Newcastle upon Tyne and the MetroCentre in Gateshead. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...

Reconstruction work began in June 2005 that will convert the long-standing bus station into new lower mall. The new bus terminal opened on 18th March 2007 between John Lewis and Haymarket bus station. It features a series of glass screens designed by the artist, Dan Savage. Recently the old Green Market closed as part of the redevelopment of the southern mall, which will be completely rebuilt to include several new retail outlets, including anchor store Debenhams department store. The New Green Market at High Friars opened in March 2007, with it's entrance from Nelson Street and upstairs from the Grey's Monument and Tyne and Wear Metro station. ^[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 988 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Eldon Square Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 988 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Eldon Square Metadata This file contains... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings, see Bus stop (disambiguation). ... John Lewis can refer to the following people: John L. Lewis (mayor of New Orleans) (1800–1886), mayor of New Orleans 1854–1856 John F. Lewis (1818–1895), United States Senator from Virginia John Lewis (1848–1972), English football player, administrator and referee John Lewis (department store founder) (died 1928... Haymarket is a region of Newcastle city centre that includes the Civic Centre, parts of Newcastle University and the major shopping area that surrounds Northumberland Street. ... Debenhams plc (LSE: DEB) is a retailer with a chain of department stores based in the United Kingdom. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Greys Monument, above the Monument Tyne and Wear Metro station Greys Monument is a monument to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838 in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ... The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...

Notable stores

• Fenwick, flagship store and headquarters of the chain.
• John Lewis Newcastle, known as Bainbridge, until 2002.
• Marks and Spencer, one of the more profitable Marks and Spencer stores outside of London.

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Trivia

• Eldon Square is mentioned in the song 'Samantha Pope' by Honeycrack.

Honeycrack were a rock band fronted by Willie Dowling and CJ of the Wildhearts during the 1990s. ...

References

1. ^ Eldon Square, New Department Store (PDF)

External links

• Official web site
• Unofficial website for Old Eldon Square (known locally as "the green")
• "Shopping in the Square will get even better" - Local News Article
• Tyneside Life and Times - photograph of Eldon Square interior, taken in 1976