MetroCentre (shopping centre) MetroCentre (shopping centre) intu Metrocentre, formerly MetroCentre and known on road signs as Metro Centre, is a shopping centre in Dunston Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Located in Dunston, Gateshead, on a former industrial site near to the River Tyne, the Metrocentre opened in stages, with the first phase opening on 28 April 1986 and the official opening on 14 October 1986. It has more than 370 shops occupying of retail floor space, making it the largest shopping and leisure centre in the UK already at its opening. Additional retail space is available in the adjoining Metro Retail Park and
Harbour Place Shopping Centre the shopping centre was auctioned for €50 million, along with 'The Harvest Portfolio' which included the Johnstown Shopping Centre in Navan, Cashel Town Shopping Centre, Thurles Shopping Centre and Dungarvan Shopping Centre. Harbour Place consists of many small outlets such as Boots, EuroGiant Express and a Vodafone Talk to Me store. All stores are located on the ground floor of the shopping centre. On the first floor, there a radio studio, bathrooms and an Esquire's Coffee café which has opened in recent years after the closing of the previous cafe 'Cafe Le Monde' which once resided in the same location