Churchill Square (Brighton and Hove)

Churchill Square is the principal shopping centre in the centre of Brighton and Hove, a city on the south coast of England. It is at the eastern end of Western Road, near the Clock Tower.

Churchill Square
The shopping centre in 2004
LocationBrighton, England
Coordinates50°49′23″N 0°08′47″W
Opening date1998
OwnerAberdeen Standard Investments
No. of floors4
ParkingEnclosed car park attached (1600 places)
Websitewww.churchillsquare.com

Owned by Standard Life Investments,[1] in common with the Brent Cross Shopping Centre in London, Churchill Square has up to 85 shops (when all are let), in addition to several sites for "open-air" style stalls in the corridors.[2] It is arranged over three floors with only the food court on the uppermost; some of the largest stores occupy two floors. The majority of the shops are chain stores, typical of other large British shopping centres.

History

It was originally built during the 1960s by the architects Russell Diplock & Associates, obscuring several streets. That original centre included low-rise office blocks, a high-rise residential tower (Chartwell Court) and shops and a supermarket with open but covered walkways between them. It was majorly rebuilt as an indoor mall, but without the low-rise office blocks. The new centre, which opened in 1998,[3] involved further road closures and changes to the underlying street layout.

Access

Churchill Square is accessible by bus (it is on multiple bus routes), or a five- to ten-minute walk from Brighton station, or by car (an enclosed car park is attached), or by taxi (there is a small taxi rank in Queen Square on the other side of Western Road).

Redevelopment and extension

As part of the redevelopment of the adjacent Brighton Centre events venue, an extra floor will be added. Churchill Square will then connect directly with the Brighton Centre, the adjacent Odeon Cinema, and additional car parking, with a direct walkway from the centre to the sea front.[4]

Anchors

References
  1. "Our Properties: Churchill Square", Standard Life Investments website
  2. "Churchill Square official website".
  3. "Ten years of the new Churchill Square", The Argus, 4 September 2008
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Sadness and anger as BHS in Brighton closes down". The Argus. Retrieved 19 April 2018.


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