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
Cornmill Shopping Centre Sections of the BBC sketch show "The Fast Show" were filmed there. In December 2006 it was purchased from Investream by the Moorfield Real Estate Fund for £84.5 million. Extension of the shopping centre with a Debenhams department store was planned for 2015-6 but this scheme has now been shelved. Cornmill Shopping Centre Cornmill Shopping Centre (The Cornmill) is a shopping centre located on Priestgate in central Darlington, England. It is the main shopping centre in the town, with over 40 shops, including Primark (its anchor store), Next, HMV, Waterstone's, W H Smith, Topshop and Tesco Express. The centre is