One of the first out of town shopping centres and still very popular (MetroCentre (Gateshead))

Member Name: Dinah93

Product:	MetroCentre (Gateshead)
Date:	18/12/08 (154 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Indoors, warm, wide variety of shops

Disadvantages: A little dated after over 20 years

The metro centre is a very large out of town shopping centre, and was one of the first out of town shopping centres in the UK. It is all indoors, with individual shops accessed from galleried walkways. It is quite complicated to navigate due to the size, but there are maps on every corner. Since then the site has expanded and there are now many separate shops such as IKEA, ILVA, ASDA, furniture shops, Pizza Hut, etc. These are all located outside the main metro centre complex, there is a shuttle bus between the different stores, as once outside the main metro centre you are faced with a fairly baffling car-led road system.

Within the metro centre there is a cinema, lots of restaurants and bars, the shops (of course!) and a big indoor theme park to keep the kids amused while you do your shopping. There is a huge variety of shops, great for doing the Christmas shopping. The shops themselves are often quite small in the original complex, there are a few large signiture shops such as M&S and House of Fraser but many shops such as Oasis, Warehouse etc are understocked compared to their counterpart in Newcastle town centre. Recently the metro centre has expanded, the new arcade is much lighter and brighter, and boasts trendier shops.



Nb. Adapted from a previous review submitted on Qype under the username Kaemi.

Summary: The best out of town shopping centre in the region