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Kingdom Shopping Centre

Kingdom Shopping Centre in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

About

Kingdom Shopping Centre is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, 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

The Kingdom Shopping Centre is an indoor retail and commercial complex in Glenrothes, located in the town centre. It is the largest indoor shopping centre in Fife and is one of the largest single-level indoor shopping centres in Scotland with around 40,000 m2 (430,000 sq ft) of (gross) floorspace. The shopping centre has some of the highest levels of footfall in Fife and contains around 130 shop units. Brand stores within the shopping centre include Boots, CEX, Greggs, Home Bargains, Holland & Barrett, Iceland, JD Sports, New Look, O2, OneBeyond, Peacocks, Specsavers, Sports Direct, Superdrug, TGJones, Timpsons, Toytown, Trespass, Tui, Vodafone and The Works. A M&S Foodhall, Farmfoods, and Iceland Food Warehouse have outlets on North Street adjacent to the shopping centre. The shopping centre also has a wide selection of independent retailers, food and drink outlets, banks, building societies, leisure and other service operators. A large indoor trampoline park, soft play and arcade facility and the town's central library and the Rothes Halls - the town's theatre and civic centre are located within the western end at the Marchmont Gate entrance to the shopping centre. A bingo hall, a cinema and a ten pin bowling alley are accessed externally at the Albany Gate and Carrick Gate/Church Street entrances. Glenrothes bus station is located at Lyon Way adjacent to the Postgate entrance. The Glenrothes Baptist Church operates from a former office block on the northern side of the shopping centre at Falkland Place. Starbucks and Burger King operate outlets with drive-thrus on North Street. The Golden Acorn Hotel, numerous hot food takeaways, restaurants, pubs/bars, indoor event and entertainment venues are also adjacent to the shopping mall focussed along Church Street.

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Background

History

The Kingdom Shopping Centre was developed over a number of phases between 1960 and 2000, coinciding with the rapid growth of the new town and the rising local population. Initially, the Glenrothes Development Corporation envisaged that the town centre area would be built on the same principles of the English new towns such as Stevenage, Bracknell and Harlow consisting of a series of shopping streets and squares separated from traffic. As shopping trends and attitudes changed in subsequent decades, much of the town centre became internalised, consistent with the delivery of the shopping mall development model being made popular in North America and also being delivered in other towns and…

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Coordinates
56.1961, -3.1727
Address
Glenrothes Town Centre

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Kingdom Shopping Centre?
Kingdom Shopping Centre is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1961°, -3.1727°.
Who owns Kingdom Shopping Centre?
Kingdom Shopping Centre is owned by Focus Estate Fund.