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St David's, Cardiff
St David's (Welsh: Dewi Sant), previously known as St David's Shopping Centre, is one of the principal shopping centres in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is in The Hayes area of the southern city centre. Following the extension of St David's 2 in 2009, St David's is the third busiest shopping centre in the United Kingdom.
The construction of the extension cost a total of £675m and brought Cardiff within the top five shopping destinations in the United Kingdom. The centre consists of the original first phase - St David's Centre - adjoining St David's Hall and the second phase, given the development name of St David's 2. The second phase of the shopping centre opened on 22 October 2009, when the first 58 of its 88 stores opened for business.
In 2008–9, the annual footfall of the centre was 27 million, and it was expected to rise to 33 million in 2009–10. 20 million people visited the centre during the first six months after the opening of St David's 2.
St David's was crowned the international shopping centre of the year in 2010 by Global Retail Leisure International, beating contenders in Portugal and Singapore.
St David's and other centres were patrolled in 2009 by three paramedics on bicycles between every Friday and Sunday in order to respond rapidly to medical emergencies.
St David's Shopping Centre was open to the public in January 1981, although it did not officially open until 24 March 1982. The centre has four entrances located on Queen Street, Cathedral Walk, Working Street and Hills Street. The entrance on Hills Street connects to the northern entrance of the second phase of the shopping centre, open at street level and via an enclosed bridge on the first floor. It is also joined internally with Queens Arcade. There are three thoroughfares within the centre: Town Wall, Cathedral Walk and St David's Way.
The centre attracted an average footfall of 39,000,000 per annum and has a core catchment of 2.4 million people. The 12 million tourists that visit the city annually help generate over £7.5 billion in retail spending. There are seventy-five individual shops and stores in the first centre that cater for a broad demographic. The centre was anchored by Boots, Debenhams, Marks & Spencer and Primark in 2007. St David's Hall was built on top of the shopping centre.
St David's, and much of the southern end of Cardiff city centre's shopping area, was re-developed as part of the St David's 2 development.
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St David's, Cardiff
St David's (Welsh: Dewi Sant), previously known as St David's Shopping Centre, is one of the principal shopping centres in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is in The Hayes area of the southern city centre. Following the extension of St David's 2 in 2009, St David's is the third busiest shopping centre in the United Kingdom.
The construction of the extension cost a total of £675m and brought Cardiff within the top five shopping destinations in the United Kingdom. The centre consists of the original first phase - St David's Centre - adjoining St David's Hall and the second phase, given the development name of St David's 2. The second phase of the shopping centre opened on 22 October 2009, when the first 58 of its 88 stores opened for business.
In 2008–9, the annual footfall of the centre was 27 million, and it was expected to rise to 33 million in 2009–10. 20 million people visited the centre during the first six months after the opening of St David's 2.
St David's was crowned the international shopping centre of the year in 2010 by Global Retail Leisure International, beating contenders in Portugal and Singapore.
St David's and other centres were patrolled in 2009 by three paramedics on bicycles between every Friday and Sunday in order to respond rapidly to medical emergencies.
St David's Shopping Centre was open to the public in January 1981, although it did not officially open until 24 March 1982. The centre has four entrances located on Queen Street, Cathedral Walk, Working Street and Hills Street. The entrance on Hills Street connects to the northern entrance of the second phase of the shopping centre, open at street level and via an enclosed bridge on the first floor. It is also joined internally with Queens Arcade. There are three thoroughfares within the centre: Town Wall, Cathedral Walk and St David's Way.
The centre attracted an average footfall of 39,000,000 per annum and has a core catchment of 2.4 million people. The 12 million tourists that visit the city annually help generate over £7.5 billion in retail spending. There are seventy-five individual shops and stores in the first centre that cater for a broad demographic. The centre was anchored by Boots, Debenhams, Marks & Spencer and Primark in 2007. St David's Hall was built on top of the shopping centre.
St David's, and much of the southern end of Cardiff city centre's shopping area, was re-developed as part of the St David's 2 development.