Cabot Circus is a pretty impressive building and is good fun to wander around. It is a major development for the centre of Bristol and it has changed the face of the previously shabby shopping area. There are lots of major designer shops to choose from and lots of places to eat.
As you enter the city on the M32, Cabot circus and its parking area are the first thing you see. The parking is next to the main shopping area and is attached through a bridge across a very busy road. The main architectural feature is the glass roof that looks curve from over the centre of the shopping centre and is very impressive.
Although the shopping is very impressive for Bristol and the surrounding area, Cabot Cirus does not compete with other major shopping centres like the Bullring in Bristol or Bluewater in Kent. There will soon be major competition from a new shopping centre development in nearby Bath. Some of the shops that were around at the Grand Opening have already gone under and there are a few empty shop fronts cleverly disguished behind massive advertisement boards.