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Fareham Shopping Centre

Coordinates: 50°51′13″N 1°10′39″W / 50.8536°N 1.1774°W / 50.8536; -1.1774
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Fareham Shopping Centre is at the heart of the centre of the medium-sized Hampshire town of Fareham.[1] 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

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Neighbouring buildings include:

Shops

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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.[4] 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.

Occupants
Name Opened Closed Notes
Sainsbury's 1976 mid 1990s Left due to store being small by modern standards.
Marks & Spencer 1976 2018 Will be sub-leased by chain until 2100 when lease agreement expires.[5]
Woolworths 1976 2008 Company went into administration.
British Home Stores 1984 2016 Company went into administration[6]
Mothercare Unknown Unknown Unknown
Gamleys Unknown Unknown Unknown
Halfords 1960s 1960s Exact years of trading unknown
B&M 2017 Present Occupies former British Home Stores unit[7]
Bakers + Baristas Unknown Present Occupies centre of Westbury Square rather than a traditional unit.
Bhavi Beauty 2014-2015 estimated Present
Bonmarché At least before 2011 Present Planned to close multiple times in administration
Boots 1976 Present Original occupant
Cafe Giardino Unknown Present Occupies raised section of square
Card Factory Present
Claire's Present
Clarks 2023 Closure on 5 August 2023.[8]
Clintons Present
Costa Coffee Present
David Christopher Present
EE Present
Ernest Jones Present
Eurochange Present
Fone World Present
GAME Present
Grape Tree Present
H. Samuel Present
Holland & Barrett Present
HSBC Present Has an entrance in shopping centre and on West Street
Just4Sofas Present
Krewskandy 2012 (assumed) Present Traded under the Hilbornes Group until October 2022.[9]
Leightons Opticians and Hearing Care 2001 Present Moved from Fareham High Street Store[10]
Made in Italy Unknown Present
Meridian Beds 2023 Present
Michael Matthews Present
Millets Unknown Present
New Look Unknown Present
Next Unknown Present
O2 Unknown Present
Photo-Me Unknown Present
Roman Unknown Present
Savers Unknown Present
Shakeaway Unknown Present
Shoe Zone Unknown Present
Sky Unknown Present
Stop and Store Unknown Present
Superdrug Unknown Present
The Body Shop Unknown Present
The Canvas Printing Company Unknown Present
The Fragrance Shop Unknown Present
The Works (retailer) Unknown Present
Three Unknown Present
Timpson (retailer) Unknown Present
Utopia Unknown Present
Vision Express Unknown Present
Vodafone UK Unknown Present
Warren James Unknown Present
Waterstones Unknown Present
Yours Unknown Present

Refurbishment

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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

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It features four atriums which all have names:

  • Thackeray Square - The Northern atrium. The Boots store opens up off this square which also has Cafe Giardino in the middle.
  • Delme Square - The Western atrium featuring Marks and Spencers and (formerly) Woolworths. 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Fareham Shopping Centre – Gosport & Whiteley Shopping". Fareham Shopping Centre.
  2. ^ Paine, Toby. "Fareham multi-story car park to be replaced after plans were approved". The News.
  3. ^ Mackinlay, Catherine (7 January 2023). "All that's left of beloved Hants hall as demolition work continues". hampshirelive. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Portsmouth FC Store - Fareham, Hampshire". Yelp.
  5. ^ "Marks & Spencer confirms closure of town centre store". Daily Echo. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ^ Andersen, Chris (23 December 2016). "88 Year Old Retailer BHS goes into Company Liquidation - Company Debt". Company Debt Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Jobs boost as Fareham shopping centre reveals new anchor retailer". Daily Echo. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Clarks store to permanently close its doors next month". Daily Echo. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Sweet Shop | Krews Kandy | Osborn". Krewskandy. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Fareham". Leightons Opticians & Hearing Care. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

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