Festival Place

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Festival Place


caption =
location = Basingstoke, UK
opening_date = 2002
developer =
manager = Jones Lang LaSalle
owner = Grosvenor Group
number_of_stores = 165
number_of_anchors = 3
floor_area = 102,000 m² (1.1m ft²)
floors = 5,2 Retail, 3 Car Parking
parking = 3000
Main Retailers, Debenhams, BHS, Woolworths, Marks and Spencer and TK Maxx
website = http://www.festivalplace.co.uk/

Festival Place is a shopping centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England which opened in Tuesday, 22nd October 2002. It houses 165 shops [ [http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/attractions/shopping/ Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council — Shopping, Eating and Drinking] ] including large department stores such as Bhs, Debenhams, and Marks and Spencer and designer stores such as Austin Reed, Kurt Muller and LK Bennett. There are also restaurants, bars, and cafés, mostly located outside in the covered Festival Square.

Festival Place has a Vue (formerly Ster Century) cinema, "Liquid" Nightclub, Sports Centre, and the town's library. It is located within Basingstoke town centre, close to Basingstoke railway station, and incorporates the town bus station.

There is a car park above the centre with 3,000 spaces above the Centre with designated Parent and Children and Badge Holder spaces.

Festival Place is 102,000 m² (1.1 million square feet) in size and is owned by the Grosvenor Group.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2007 | url = http://www.grosvenor.com/Portfolio/Grosvenor+Festival+Place+Fund.htm| title = Grosvenor Festival Place Fund| format = | work = | publisher = Grosvenor| accessdate = 2007-05-09] .

During the week the majority of shops are open 9am - 8pm, and the centre itself is open 6am - 1am daily.

History

The area of Basingstoke which Festival Place now stands on was cleared in the 1960s where a large brick shopping centre was built. The first phase, which became "The Walks" was completed at the end of the decade and was covered in the 1970s. The second phase became "The Malls" and has hardly been altered. The third phase was abandoned and became The Anvil concert hall.

Festival Place was completed in 2002. The development replaced The Walks centre, and saw covering Porchester Square, and extending the centre to the east into a new two-level section, Festival Square and the tower which is illuminated at night (see image). The bus station was redeveloped. An amphitheatre near it was built and also area with fountains, across the road from Eastrop Park. St John's Square, which was originally part of The Malls but is now owned by Festival Place is the only part which hasn't received attention.

The development helped increase Basingstoke's popularity as a shopping destination in Hampshire, but has also speeded the decline of The Malls.

List of Stores and Services

-3 Store
-Abbey plc
-ABC Taxis
-Accessorise
-Alliance & Leicester
-Animal
-Ann Summers
-ASK
| -Austin Reed
-Barclays Bank
-Barratts
-Basingstoke CAB
-Basingstoke Disabilty Centre
-Basingstoke Library
-Batemans Opticians
-Beaverbrooks
-Ben & Jerrys
-BHS
-BHS Restaurant
-BHS To Go
-Birthdays
-Blacks
-Blue Arrow Ltd
-Body Shop
-Boros
-BT
-Build A Bear Workshop
-Burger King
-Burton
-Cafe Giardino
-Cafe Nero x2
-Cafe Revive
-Cafe Venue
-Card factory
-Cargo
-Carphone Warehouse
-CC
-Ciao Baby Cucina
-Circle 7
-Claires Accessories
-Clarkes Shoes
-Clinton Cards
-Coal Grill & Bar
-Costa Coffee x2
-Crues Hair and Beauty
-David Clulow
-Dawson's Music
-Debenhams
-Dexters Chargrill and Bar
-Diamonds and Pearls
-Dollond & Aitchison
-Dorothy Perkins
-Ernest Jones
-Esprit
-Experience by Julian Graves
-F Hinds
-Fabric Land
-Faith
-Freespirit
-French Connection
-Fruitsticks
-GAME
-Gamestation
-Gap
-Glo Rice & Noodle
-Goldsmiths
-Gourmet Burger Kitchen
-Greggs
-HMV
-H Samuel
-H & M
-H.S.B.C
-Hawkins Bizzare
-HCC Information Centre
-Hees
-Herbal Inn
-Herbmedic
-Holland and Barrett
-Hotel Chocolat
-Iceland
-iStore
-Jane Norman
-JD Sports
-Jones the bootmaker
-La Senza
-La Tasca
-Ladbrokes
-Laura Ashley
-Linens Direct
-Liquid Night Club
-LK Bennett
-Lloyds no.1
-Lloyds TSB
-Lush
-Madhouse
-Mamas and Papas
-Mann Estate Agent
-Marks and Spencer
-Milan Hairdressing
-Millets
-Millies Cookies
-MK One
-Mobile Phones Direct
-Model Zone
-Monsoon
-Moss
-Mr. Munch
-Muffin Break
-Nandos
-National Westminster Bank
-Nationwide
-New Look
-News Centre
-Next
-O2 UK Ltd
-Oasis
-Orange
-Pampurred Pets
-Paperchase
-Past Times
-Phase Eight
-Phones 4 U
-Pizza Hut Express
-Pizza Hut Restaurant
-Poundland
-Priceless Shoes
-Principles
-Pumpkin Patch
-Punkyfish
-QS Family Wear
-Qube
-Quiz
-Ready 2 Go
-Republic and Schuh
-River Island
-Rymans
-Shakeaway
-Shear Beauty
-Shoe Care
-Slater Menswear
-Sony Centre
-Specsavers
-Sports Centre
-Sports World
-Starbucks
-Subway
-Suits You
-Supercuts
-Superdrug
-T-Mobile
-Tchibo
-Tesco Metro
-The Entertainer
-The Perfume Shop
-The Peir
-Thomson
-Thorntons Chocolates
-Tie Rack
-Timpsons
-TK Maxx
-Toni & Guy
-Top Man
-Top Shop
-Tresspass
-Triumph International
-USC
-Virgin Media
-Vision Express
-Vodafone
-Vue Cinema
-Wagamamas
-Warehouse
-Waterstones
-Wight Light Therapy
-Whittard of Chelsea
-Woolworths
-Woolworths Restaurant
-Zara
-Zavvi Entertainment

References

External links

* [http://www.festivalplace.co.uk/ Festival Place official website]
* [http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/attractions/shopping/ Shopping guide on Basingstoke council website]
* [http://www.liquidclubs.com/basingstoke/ Basingstoke's "Liquid" nightclub]
* [http://www.sportscentre.org.uk/ Basingstoke sports centre]
* [http://www.hants.gov.uk/library/basingstoke/index.html Basingstoke's Hampshire county library]
* [http://www.hampshire.romanse.org.uk/emerge/carpark.asp?SCN=C47191&name=Festival+Place/ Fesitval Place car park information]