Centrale - Drummond Centre

The Drummond Centre was a shopping centre located on North End in Croydon. The centre previously was a large branch of clothing chain C&A. It closed in 2004 to make way for St. Martins Property Group's new shopping centre Centrale, which is more than triple the size of the Drummond. Although the side of the centre where the Drummond used to occupy was never modernised and still stays like a complete opposite of the completely new and stylish Centrale.

The mall was never very popular due to the size of it being very small, this is proved as four of the seventeen units were still vacant when the mall closed. Revenue was also low at the centre, and it could never compete with the larger Whitgift Centre across the road. The only reason why large stores such as TK Maxx and Debenhams opened in the centre was because of it housed the only large suitable units in Croydon.

Even though the Centre was mainly based inside, there are a row of shops outside at the back of the centre which are still considered part of it. The shops were on Keeley Road and was designated like a basement floor, the shops on the road were mainly specialist and are not well known outside of Croydon.

Also on the basement floor was Iceland, located underneath TK Maxx. This closed and moved into premises on Surrey street just down the road.

Shopmobility was also available in the centre along with, baby changing, toilets, lifts, escalators, stairs, entertainment area and seating. Smoking was never permitted in the centre and was not allowed on the premises. The centre was open seven days a week, Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. - 6.p.m., Sunday 11.a.m. - 5 p.m. and late night shopping until 9 p.m. on Thursday.

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