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Trafford Out Of Town
Retail Park
- Information
- Cost £600 million to complete, covering
an 150 acre area
- 30 million people visit the
centre every year
- 30 million people visit the
centre every year
- Largest catchment area of any
centre in the UK - serves 8% of the UK
- Built on a brownfield site 5 miles
west of Manchester
- Cost £600 million to complete, covering
an 150 acre area
- Facilities that make
Trafford popular
- 200 shops and a 1600
seat food court
- 20 screen cinema and crazy golf,
bowling and laser quest
- Long opening hours so can be a
complete day trip
- Long opening hours so can be a
complete day trip
- Easily accessible : close to the M60 and the
M62 from Manchester city centre. Also lots
of bus services
- 11,500 free parking spaces and
traffic control to reduce congestion
- 200 shops and a 1600
seat food court
- Positive impacts:
- The centre supports local community projects -
Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital
- Provides local students with work
experience in retail
- 8000 employees that have
benefits such as
healthcare and childcare
vouchers
- Continuing to grow, bringing more jobs
and economic benefits - Legoland
Discovery Centre opened in 2010
- The centre supports local community projects -
Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital
- Negative impacts:
- Increased congestion and
pollution from visitors
- Fewer people visit local towns as
they cant compete with
advantages being offered (free
parking).
- Altrincham - 37% of shops were
vacant in 2010. Triple the national
average
- Managing the impact
- Improving public transport, cycle and pedestrian
routes to reduce traffic. 40 new bus services an
hour to and from the centre
- Altrincham Forward produced the
Altrincham Town Action Plan - creating
strategies to attract people to the area
(annual events and reducing parking charges
- Improving public transport, cycle and pedestrian
routes to reduce traffic. 40 new bus services an
hour to and from the centre
- Altrincham - 37% of shops were
vacant in 2010. Triple the national
average
- Increased congestion and
pollution from visitors
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