Town centre development of indoor shopping malls in major towns and cities. Examples include the Manchester Arndale Centre, the St. James Centre in Edinburgh and the Bullring Centre in Birmingham. They tended to be constructed in a Brutalist or Modernist fashion reflecting the architectural styles of the period. During the Thatcher government of the 1980s, a change in planning policy allowed competing out-of-town shopping and leisure centres to be developed. Examples include the Metro Centre in Gateshead, the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Dudley, and the Gyle Centre in Edinburgh. Developments of this type have, in a number of places, resulted in
Abbeygate Shopping Centre Abbeygate Shopping Centre The Abbeygate Shopping Centre was built in the 1960s and is situated in the town centre of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. The Abbeygate Shopping Centre started life as 'Heron Way' and during a refurbishment in 1991 a glass atrium roof was fitted and it was renamed Abbeygate. It comprises 84,680 sq ft of retail accommodation, 34 retail units and 3 kiosks and 13,150 sq ft of office accommodation. The centre is privately owned. In October 2010 the main post office for the town relocated from the outside of the centre to an internal shop. The centre has a