MetroCentre (shopping Centre)
The MetroCentre (styled corporately as metrocentre and on road signs as Metro Centre) is a shopping centre in the United Kingdom. Located in Gateshead, near Newcastle upon Tyne, on a former industrial site close to the River Tyne, the Metrocentre opened in stages, with the first phase opening on 28 April 1986 and the official opening on 14 October 1986. It has over 340 shops occupying 1,899,000 square feet (176,400 m2) of retail floor space, making it the second largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom after the Trafford Centre. Additional retail space is available in the adjoining retail park which houses larger shops.
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