A Modern Shopping Centre Shopping, completely rebuilt after the Second World War
and largely pedestrianised in the early 1990s, Plymouth is
traditionally the leading shopping centre of the South
West.
Laid out in a grid pattern with the four main shopping
streets of Royal Parade, New George, Cornwalll and
Mayflower Streets intersected by Armada way which sweeps
on upwards towards Plymouth Hoe and the sea, the centre
offers a wide range of national, regional and local shops.
Homebase is the home improvement store
where you will find inspiration for your house and garden
at affordable prices for bigger items like furniture,
carpets and electrical goods as well as for DIY or the
family food, more likely to take place at an out of town
superstore than in the plymouth city centre.
Plymouth, City
Centre, Shops, Shopping in plymouth, England. shopping
habits have changed.
The whole of the centre is ringed by car parks giving easy
access to the shops as well as to the nearby theatres,
cinemas and other leisure facilities. Park and ride
facilities with frequent shuttle bus service into the city centre provide a convenient alternative for traffic coming
into the city from the north and east.
Major shopping centres
Plymouth city centre is constantly
evolving, a reflection of changing shopping habits and
particularly the growth of out of town retailing. A major
new indoor shopping mall is planned and more leisure
related businesses, wine bars, bars and pavement cafes,
are gradually appearing giving the centre a more
continental atmosphere, enhancing the shopping experience
and bringing more life to the centre in the evenings when
the shops are closed.
Major superstores
Tesco, Asda and Plymco (Plymouth and
South Devon Co-operative) in the north,
Safeway at
Manadon, J Sainsbury at Marsh Mills and a new Safeway at
Plymstock, are well placed for easy access from all over
the city. The Ridgeway at Plympton and Plymstock Broadway
are significant shopping centres in their own right and
there are district shopping centres all across the city,
several with Somerfield or Plymco supermarkets. Plymco
late shops are to be found right across the city and in
the surrounding towns and villages.
and around Plymouth road, Plympton, both
conveniently located close to the Marsh Mills Parkway
interchange. Here stores like DFS, Sainsbury, Homebase,
Halfords, PC World, Carpetright, B&Q, Harveys, Comet,
Currys, Furnitureland, Allied Carpets, Co-op Homemaker and
Do it All are situated. More superstores like Courts, MFI
Homeworks, The Suite Centre and Matalans as well as other
branches of Homebase DIY and Do It All are to be found
elsewhere in the city.
