Crowngate Shopping Centre
Shopping mall in Worcester, England
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Crowngate Worcester is a shopping centre in Worcester, England, built in part on the historic site of the Worcester Blackfriars monastery, and replacing the former Blackfriars shopping centre.[2]
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| Location | Worcester, England |
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| Coordinates | 52.19198°N 2.22267°W |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Management | King Sturge |
| Owner | Crown Estate[1] |
| Stores | 60 |
| 2 House of Fraser & Primark) | |
| Floors | 1 (Some shops have extra floors) |
| Parking | 750 |
| Website | crowngate-worcester |
It contains forty-nine stores, with a range of both large and smaller units, including House of Fraser and Primark. There are three restaurants in the recently[when?] refurbished Friary Walk: Wildwood Kitchen, Bills restaurant and Anatolian Palace.
Other facilities include a 780 space, multi-story car park, Worcester's bus station and the Huntingdon Hall Theatre.
In October 2009 the centre underwent a £5 million refurbishment.[3] In 2017, plans for a new look for Crowngate were published,[4] which were completed in 2019, and gave the existing building a brand new frontage.
Construction and excavations
Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1985–6, prior to the construction of the new centre. They uncovered:
- a Roman road and timber buildings
- a Saxon building and bread ovens
- the cloisters and friary church of the monastery, which were aligned with the Roman Road
- civil war defences facing towards St Johns.
Nevertheless, the nine months of funding to excavate the site "proved insufficient to complete the work and analyse the finds". The small finds were repackaged by volunteers in 2010.[5]
There are plaques dotted around Crowngate, to be found, which tell the history of the site.
Stores
Bus Station
The bus station is located below the shopping centre[8] and the main bus operator is First Midland Red.
Routes serving the bus station
| Route | Destination | Operator | Notes |
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| 21 | St Johns | Diamond Worcestershire | |
| 22/22A | Droitwich Spa | First Worcestershire | |
| 27 | Battenhall | ||
| 28/X28 | Red Hill | Operating X28 at peak Sixth Form Times | |
| 30 | Dines Green | ||
| 31/31A | Henwick Park | ||
| 32 | St Peters | ||
| 34 | Shire Park | ||
| 35 | Blackpole | ||
| 36 | Royal Hospital | ||
| 38 | Royal Hospital | ||
| 39/39A | Lower Wick/Blackpole | LMS Travel | |
| 43 | Malvern Vale | First Worcestershire | Operating only during Dyson Perrins school days |
| 44/X44 | Great Malvern | ||
| X50 | Evesham & Pershore | ||
| 50/51 | Pershore | Operating only during Pershore High and College days | |
| 54 | Pershore | Astons Coachs | |
| 144 | Catshill | First Worcestershire | |
| 149/149S | Redditch | Diamond Worcestershire | |
| 294 | Kiddermister | Two Journeys per day | |
| 296 | Bewdley | ||
| 303 | Kidderminster | ||
| 310 | Hanley Broadheath | First Worcestershire | |
| 311 | Clifton Upon Teme | ||
| 313 | Clifton Upon Teme | ||
| 314 | Martley | Operating only during Martley High School days | |
| 315/316 | Upper & Lower Broadheath | ||
| 332/333 | St Peters & Baynhall & Upton | Astons Coachs & First Worcestershire | Operating at peak times and during Hanley Castle High School Days |
| 333 | Upton Upon Severn | First Worcestershire | Operating only during Hanley Castle School days |
| 334 | The Chase High School | Operating only during The Chase High School days | |
| 356 | Stock Turn | Diamond Worcestershire | |
| 363 | Upton Upon Severn | First Worcestershire | |
| 417 | Ledbury | ||
| 420 | Bromyard | Two Journeys per day | |
| 420A | Bromyard | DRM Bus | |
| 423 | Alfrick & Suckley | LMS Travel | |
| S6 | Bevere & Blessed Edwards | First Worcestershire | Operating only during Blessed Edwards School days |