Brent cross when was it built

The June Construction Information Sheet can be viewed here. The May Construction Information Sheet can be viewed here. The March Construction Information Sheet can be viewed here.

The January Construction Information Sheet can be viewed here. Home Transformation Brent Cross Town. Brent Cross was the first large enclosed shopping centre to be built in the UK and it set a new standard for destination shopping. When it first opened in , everyone was sure it wouldn't last! And the idea of opening until 8pm weeknights was truly revolutionary.

Remember, in most shops still closed half days during the week, banks closed at 3pm and almost no-one worked past 5pm! Brent Cross aimed to entice buyers to shop for most of their needs in the same place. But the space was also designed to make them feel relaxed, with features like this plant-fringed fountain:. Hannah Leston, 88 from Finchley, said, "I remember walking in to Brent Cross for the first time, and my husband said to me 'that's the end of Golders Green' — because it was like no shopping experience we'd ever seen before.

Through the years, it was a place for us to meet friends for coffee, take our grandchildren and do our shopping. It wasn't just adults who were enchanted. From when the shopping centre opened until , children got to play on the wooden animals shown below: a horse, caterpillar and turtle.

To marks the centre's birthday, a replica set of the animals has been installed. This time, though, it's art; you won't get to clamber over them. The display is opened today by Vanessa Feltz, and will be in the shopping centre for three months. Many of the original outlets have stayed here over the mall's 40 years, including Fenwick, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Boots and Mothercare.