Fareham Shopping Centre is located at the heart of the centre of the Hampshire town of Fareham. Built in two phases between 1975 and 1981, the centre contains many well known retailers and is quite large for a town of its size. The shopping centre is part of a wider scheme of buildings in the town centre that were constructed around the same time.
Neighbouring buildings Neighbouring buildings include:
Fareham Shopping Centre Car Park multi-storey car parkhttps://www.fareham.gov.uk/parking_and_traffic/parking_in_fareham_town_centre.aspx A health centre A large library Fareham Livehttps://trafalgartickets.com/fareham-live-fareham/en-GB Fareham Borough Council - Civic Offices
Shops The shopping centre was originally anchored by a Sainsbury's supermarket, Woolworths, Boots and Marks & Spencer. The 1981 Eastern extension added a new anchor store - BHS and another multistorey car park, as well as numerous other shops. Sainsbury's moved out in the mid 1990s as the store was small by modern standards and Woolworths closed during the 2008/9 Christmas period because the retailer had gone into administration. During the mid 2000s, Portsmouth FC briefly rented a retail store at 46 Westbury Square within the shopping centre. Recent retailers to move into Fareham Shopping centre include Next (opened September 2010) and HMV (opened November 2010 - Closed in February 2011, clearly on a short-term contract for the festive season) and Debenhams which opened in Summer 2011. +OccupantsNameOpenedClosedNotesSainsbury's1976mid 1990sLeft due to store being small by modern standards.Marks & Spencer19762018Will be sub-leased by chain until 2100 when lease agreement expires.Woolworths19762008Company went into administration.British Home Stores19842016Company went into administrationMothercareUnknownUnknownUnknownGamleysUnknownUnknownUnknownHalfords1960s1960sExact years of trading unknownB&M2017PresentOccupies former British Home Stores unitBakers + BaristasUnknownPresentOccupies centre of Westbury Square rather than a traditional unit. Bhavi Beauty2014-2015 estimatedEvicted 2024BonmarchéAt least before 2011PresentPlanned to close multiple times in administrationBoots1976PresentOriginal occupantCafe GiardinoUnknownPresentOccupies raised section of squareCard FactoryPresentClaire'sPresentClarks2023Closure on 5 August 2023.ClintonsPresentCosta CoffeePresentDavid ChristopherPresentEEPresentErnest JonesPresentEurochangePresentFone WorldPresentGAMEPresentGrape TreePresentH. SamuelPresentHolland & BarrettPresentHSBCPresentHas an entrance in shopping centre and on West StreetJust4SofasPresentKrewskandy2012 (assumed)PresentTraded under the Hilbornes Group until October 2022.Leightons Opticians and Hearing Care2001PresentMoved from Fareham High Street StoreMade in ItalyUnknownPresentMeridian Beds2023PresentMichael MatthewsPresentMilletsUnknownPresentNew LookUnknownPresentNextUnknownPresentO2UnknownPresentPhoto-MeUnknownPresentRomanUnknownPresentSaversUnknownPresentShakeawayUnknownPresentShoe ZoneUnknownPresentSkyUnknownPresentStop and StoreUnknownPresentSuperdrugUnknownPresentThe Body ShopUnknownPresentThe Canvas Printing CompanyUnknownPresentThe Fragrance ShopUnknownPresentThe Works (retailer)UnknownPresentThreeUnknownPresentTimpson (retailer)UnknownPresentUtopiaUnknownPresentVision ExpressUnknownPresentVodafone UKUnknownPresentWarren JamesUnknownPresentWaterstonesUnknownPresentYoursUnknownPresent
Refurbishment The shopping centre had a typical 1970s dark interior until the late 1990s when it was refurbished to become much more bright and airy. The old interior featured a trail on the floor which if followed, led in a complete circle around all parts of the centre.
Atriums It features four atriums which all have names:
Thackeray Square - The Northern atrium. The Boots, Waterstones, and Superdrug stores open up off this square which also has Cafe Giardino in the middle. Delme Square - The Western atrium featuring Next and formerly Marks and Spencer. This has a Costa Coffee in the centre Westbury Square - The South-Central square which connects to all the other malls in the centre. The square also has a BB's cafe in the middle. Osborn Square - part of the 1981 extension, this square was dominated by BHS until its closure in 2016. Has since been replaced by B&M.
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