Entrance to WestQuay from Portland Terrace

WestQuay is a shopping centre in Southampton, England. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 460 pixelsFull resolution (2144 × 1232 pixel, file size: 791 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of the West Quay shopping centre in Southampton. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 460 pixelsFull resolution (2144 × 1232 pixel, file size: 791 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of the West Quay shopping centre in Southampton. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... For other uses, see Southampton (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

WestQuay has an area of 800,000 square feet (70,000 m²) of retail space (74,000 m²) and contains around a hundred shops, including major retailers such as, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Zara, Schuh, USC, Benetton Bank, Apple and many more top brand names. It is situated in the centre of the city, close to the docks, with entrances on the main High Street (Above Bar Street), on Portland Terrace, through Waterstone's and through John Lewis. There is also a built in multi storey car park with an entrance into the centre along with a 3 tier car park beneath. Building work began in 1997 as the former Daily Echo building and Pirelli Cable Works were demolished to make way for the centre. The centre was opened on 28 September 2000. For the former (1856-1991) unrelated UK department store, see Lewiss. ... Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ... Apple Inc. ... The city centre shown within Greater Southampton Southampton City Centre is the commercial and organisational centre of the City of Southampton, and the transport hub of the city. ... Gower Street branch Waterstones Piccadilly branch, Europes largest bookshop Waterstones is a United Kingdom based chain of bookshops. ... The Southern Daily Echo is a local newspaper that covers the area of south-central Hampshire,UK, including the city of Southampton. ... Pirelli & C. SpA is a diverse multinational company based in Milan, Italy. ... is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

The building is heated using geothermal energy, as is the civic centre. A centralised plant uses heat from an aquifer underground and then distributes it to the buildings in the city centre via a district heating scheme. Krafla Geothermal Station in northeast Iceland Geothermal power is energy generated by heat stored beneath the Earths surface. ... An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. ... District heating pipe in Tübingen, Germany District heating (less commonly called teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements. ...

The John Lewis store replaced the local department store Tyrrell & Green (a branch of the John Lewis Partnership), which was met with mixed emotions from the local people. Marks & Spencer re-located from Above Bar Street to take the second anchor store. John Lewis on Oxford Street, London is the flagship department store of the John Lewis Partnership. ...

There have been a few major changes to the centre's shops since its opening. The Tower Records (which faced fierce competition from the HMV store across the street) was replaced with a Nike store, which has closed after just a few months. This unit is now Pret A Manger a sandwich retailer. Waitrose moved to Portswood in 2006. The old Waitrose space is going to be a new look as the current new look store in the west quay is smaller. In October 2007 some representative's from america will be coming to southampton (West quay) to learn about geothermal energy Tower Records is a retail music chain based in Sacramento, California, USA. It currently exists as an international franchise and an online music store. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Nike, Inc. ... Inside a Pret a Manger, Strand, London Pret A Manger (informally Pret) is a UK sandwich retailer. ... An Italian sandwich. ... A drawing of a self-service store Retailing consists of the sale of goods/merchandise for personal or household consumption either from a fixed location such as a department store or kiosk, or away from a fixed location and related subordinated services (Definition of the WTO (last page). ... Waitrose is a British supermarket chain owned by the John Lewis Partnership, with 184 branches (November 2006). ... Portswood is a district of the city of Southampton, England, United Kingdom. ...

Construction

Demolition began in September 1997 and WestQuay opened on 28 September 2000. is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

WestQuay has been constructed on the former site of the first Pirelli Cable Works and it measures approximately ¼ of a mile from one end of the construction to the other.

The development crosses over three major roads. It absorbs a 4 ½ metre change in ground level between east and west boundaries.

The length of the mall from the above bar to the harbour parade is 400M

The 20 m support structure from the two-storey glazed retail link over Portland Terrace weighs 400 tonnes.

15,000 cubic metres of crushed concrete from the demolition had been recycled for use on site. 120,000 tonnes of excavated material was removed.

Rubble was taken to tips 50 miles (80 km) away,involving 5,040 Lorry loads.

The roof lights extend to around 350 m in length There are a total of 32 lifts through out the development.

The steel work took 20 weeks to design, order and manufacture.

As many as 13 tower crane worked on the site. The tallest crane had a 66 m mast and a reach of 65M.

Southampton’s Geothermal Heat Station supplies heat and chilling facilities to the centre.

Television Publicity

The West Quay has had alot of adverts on television in the local television region. The West Quay has appeared briefly on an episode in the first series of Trinny & Susannah Undress on ITV. Trinny & Susannah Undress is a British makeover reality television programme on ITV1 starring fashion advisors Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting...

Awards

February 2000 Marketing Award Destination Southampton

September 2000 Secured Car park.

June 2001 Best High Street Development Property Week

July 2001 Opening, Refurbishment & Major Re-launch Purple Apple, BCSC

August 2001 Cobra Car Park Safety Award Police (Regional)

October 2001 European Week for Safety & Health

December 2001 Best New Centre BCSC

February 2002 Regeneration Award RICS

February 2002 Best New Car Park & Overall Winner British Parking Awards

February 2002 Secured Car Park Award Police

February 2002 Visitor Attraction Award, South Hampshire Destination Southampton

February 2003 Winner of Overall Marketing Campaign Purple Apple, BCSC

February 2003 Best Advertising Campaign Purple Apple, BCSC

March 2004 Services to Disability Award Destination Southampton

September 2004 Tom Hillyer Award National Shopmobility Federation

February 2005 Merit Award BCSC Purple Apple Awards

April 2005 Safe Car Park Award Park Mark

April 2006 Southampton Centre for Independent Living, Access all Areas Readers Award 2006 Southern Daily Echo

April 2006 Safe Car Park Award Park Mark

March 2007 Achieving Customer Excellence (ACE) Award Winner 40,000-80,000 m² category BCSC ACE Awards

March 2007 Achieving Customer Excellence ‘Top ACE’ Overall Award Winner BCSC ACE Awards

March 2007 Effective Management of Off-street Parking –Commendation British Parking Association

Retail opening hours

• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 9.00am – 6.00pm
• Thursday: 9.00am - 8.00pm
• Sunday & Bank Hoilday: 11.00am - 5.00pm

John Lewis opens at 9.30am Monday - Friday.

Late night Christmas opening hours start from 1st December.

A regular free shuttle bus service connects WestQuay with Southampton Central railway station and Town Quay. A Uni-link Caetano Nimbus-bodied Dennis Dart SLF. Uni-link is a bus operator in Southampton, Hampshire, England. ... a free shuttle service linking the station to the city centre and town quay Southampton Central is a mainline railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. ...

See also

• Geothermal power in the United Kingdom

The potential for exploiting geothermal energy in the United Kingdom on a commercial basis was initially examined by the Department of Energy in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. ...

External links

• Official website.
• Google Maps street map of the surrounding area
• grid reference SU418117

Coordinates: 50.90327° N 1.40692° W The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...