Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Foyleside Shopping Centre
Foyleside Shopping Centre in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Foyleside Shopping Centre is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Foyleside Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Derry, Northern Ireland. Construction started in the early 1990s and the centre opened on 25 September 1995. As of April 2023 the centre is 98% let across 55 units. The centre is spread over a 6.99-acre site in the city centre of Derry. Foyleside extends to a size of 37,160 square meters, (400,000 square feet), making it the second largest shopping centre in Northern Ireland behind Belfast's Victoria Square. The centre is anchored by Marks & Spencer, Frasers and Dunnes Stores. The shopping centre is built into the centre of the city and although it is not on the bank, it does overlook the River Foyle.
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Background
History
The project to build a shopping centre in the North West of Northern Ireland which would become Foyleside was envisioned in 1988 as part of a powerful regeneration campaign for the City of Derry. It was the result of campaigning by local politicians to attract the attention and investment of private firms. According to a local newspaper article in 1995 Northern Ireland Minister Richard Needham had convinced Marks & Spencer to co-anchor the centre project alongside Dunnes Stores. MP John Hume in the same article also voices praise on the economic benefits such as the employment that the new centre would bring and its effort in improving the image of the city and the North Wests image of a…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9940, -7.3180
- Address
- 19 Orchard St, Derry BT48 6XY
- Phone
- +44 28 7126 2880
- Established
- 1995
- Official site
- www.foyleside.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5477389 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Foyleside Shopping Centre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Foyleside Shopping Centre?
- Foyleside Shopping Centre is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- When was Foyleside Shopping Centre built?
- Built or established in 1995.
- Who owns Foyleside Shopping Centre?
- Foyleside Shopping Centre is owned by Foyleside Acquisitions Limited.