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
Silverburn Shopping Centre Tesco store in the old Pollok Centre. The Centre housed 95 shopping units and 14 restaurants and cafes. Developed by Retail Property Holdings Ltd (RPH), it is one of the largest shopping centres in the UK. It includes 1 million sq ft of retail and leisure space, 2000 parking spaces in a multi-storey car park, and 25,000 spaces on the ground. The Centre is Glasgow's fifth out of town shopping centre. Catering for a target population from across Scotland, the Centre arguably benefits Ayrshire, especially with the completion of the M77 to Kilmarnock. The developers aimed to attract shoppers from