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((Short description|Shopping centre in Leicester, England))
((Use dmy dates|date=October 2015))
((more citations needed|date=May 2011))
((Infobox shopping mall
  | name              = Haymarket Shopping Centre
  | image             = Haymarket Centre logo.png
  | image_width       = 200
  | caption           = 
  | location          = [[Leicester]], England
  | address           = 1 Kildare Walk, City Centre
  | coordinates       = ((coord|52|38|12.00|N|1|7|55.00|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title))
  | opening_date      = ((Start date and age|1973|06|04|df=yes))
  | closing_date      = 
  | developer         = 
  | owner             = [[Leicester City Council]]
  | architect         = [[Building Design Partnership]]
  | number_of_stores  = 65
  | number_of_anchors = [[Primark]], [[T.K. Maxx]], [[Matalan]], [[B&M]]
  | floor_area        = ((convert|250000|sqft|m2|abbr=on))<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.mkaml.co.uk/portfolio-haymarket.php|title=Haymarket Shopping Centre, Leicester|publisher=Munroe K Asset Management|accessdate=27 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324153046/http://www.mkaml.co.uk/portfolio-haymarket.php|archivedate=24 March 2012|df=dmy-all))</ref>
  | floors            = 2/3 retail, 2 theatre, 3 hotel
  | parking           = 500 spaces
  | publictransit     = [[Haymarket bus station, Leicester|Haymarket Bus Station]]
  | website           = ((url|haymarketshoppingcentre.com))
  | footnotes         = 
))
[[Image:Leicester Haymarket Centre Mall.JPG|thumb|300px|Haymarket Shopping Centre]]

The '''Haymarket Shopping Centre''' is a [[shopping centre]] in the [[Leicester City Centre|city centre]] of [[Leicester]], [[England]]. It was opened on 4 June 1973<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.haymarketshopping.co.uk/About.aspx|title=About Us|publisher=Haymarket Shopping Centre|accessdate=27 May 2011))</ref> as part of the '''Haymarket Centre''' and was the country's second shopping centre after the [[Bull Ring, Birmingham]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.parkgrandlondon.com/blog/londons-best-shopping-centres/|title = London's best shopping centres &#124;))</ref> It is located east of and adjacent to the [[Clock Tower (Leicester)|Clock Tower]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://m.propertyweek.com/news/ing-takes-%C2%A3775m-leicester-shopping-centre/3038964.article|title=ING takes £77.5m Leicester shopping centre|publisher=Property Week|date=2 August 2004))</ref>

The Haymarket Shopping Centre has around 65 outlets and shares the Haymarket Centre with a bus station, a two-stage theatre, and a [[Travelodge]] hotel in the former Haymarket House.

The Haymarket Centre previously featured two nightclubs (located either side of the clock tower entrance), Dino's restaurant (adjacent to the theatre entrance) and two enclosed foot bridges (one crossing Charles Street in to Kildare Street and the other crossing Humberstone Gate linking to [[Lewis's]] department store).

During 2021 [[Leicester City Council]] purchased the shopping centre for £9.9million <ref>((Cite web|url=https://news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/2021/november/council-purchase-of-haymarket-centre-will-generate-funding-for-services/|title = Council purchase of Haymarket Centre will generate funding for services))</ref>

==History==
Plans for the redevelopment of the Haymarket site were originally drawn up in 1960, but these were superseded by the 1961 declaration of a larger Comprehensive Development Area.<ref name="Fair">Fair, Alistair (2018) ''Modern Playhouses: An Architectural History of Britain's New Theatres, 1945 ― 1985'', Oxford University Press, ((ISBN|978-0198807476)), p. 114</ref> Tenders for development of the site were invited, with [[Taylor Woodrow]] awarded it in early 1966.<ref name="Fair" /> The plans originally included a [[motel]], an office block, a 500-seat cinema, and, at the request of the Town Planning (Development) Subcommittee, a 650-seat theatre (later increased to 710), to replace the [[Sue Townsend Theatre|Phoenix Theatre]], which had been built in 1963 as a temporary facility.<ref name="Fair" />

In May 1967, the newly built Littlewoods store was opened by [[Barnett Janner, Baron Janner|Sir Barnett Janner MP]]. The building is of an imposing concrete construction close to the clock tower. It is four stories high and features three balconies on the two frontages. ((Citation needed|date=October 2015))

In February 1969, a planning application for the new shopping centre was submitted by Taylor Woodrow, which received conditional approval from [[Leicester City Council]] the following month.<ref>[http://rcweb.leicester.gov.uk/planning/onlinequery/Details.aspx?AppNo=018818 Planning Application], [[Leicester City Council]]. Retrieved 9 November 2019</ref>

In 1970, Lea's store on the corner of Humberstone Gate and Charles Street was demolished to make way for the construction of a new store for C&A. Construction is of standard brick and three stories high. ((Citation needed|date=October 2015))

During clearance of the site, buildings demolished including four historic hotels (the Bell Hotel, the Stag and Pheasant, the White Hart and the George), and buildings on Bread Street, which ran between Belgrave Gate and Charles Street, and which disappeared completely.<ref>Goddard, Jane (2018) "[https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/out-old-new-city-centre-1934460 Out with the old and in with the new as city centre is transformed in 1970]", ''[[Leicester Mercury]]'', 25 August 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019</ref> Other major buildings originally on the site included a tram depot and the Leicestershire Horse Repository.<ref>OS Map of Leicester, 1880s</ref>

Construction of the Haymarket Centre began in 1971 of red brick, linking Littlewoods and C&A (located 120 metres apart). The centre was opened on 4 June 1973. It is six stories high; levels 1-2 are for retail, levels 3-4 are for car parking, levels 4-6 are Haymarket House and levels 2 plus for the theatre. Level 2 balconies feature on Humberstone Gate and outside the theatre.

In 1993, Lewis's department store was demolished prompting the removal of the foot bridge linking Lewis's and the Haymarket Shopping Centre. ((Citation needed|date=October 2015))

In 1996, the Haymarket Shopping Centre closed for refurbishment. The general colours of brown and beige were replaced with white, a new glass roof was built, and the escalators and staircase switched sides and were replaced with new ones. The toilets were moved from above the clock tower entrance to above the Charles Street entrance. The children's ladybirds ride was removed. The spiral road to the high level car park was demolished in favour of a straight ramp, with access being moved from Charles Street to Belgrave Gate. In a separate, publicly funded project by the [[Leicester City Council]], a row of shops was purchased on Charles Street and demolished in order to build the [[Haymarket Bus Station, Leicester|Haymarket Bus Station]].

In 1997, the foot bridge crossing Charles Street was closed; it was removed in 2007. ((Citation needed|date=October 2015))

In May 2006 it was announced that [[Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] were to vacate their unit in the centre in early 2007 after being "made an offer they could not refuse" by the landlords.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shopping-centre.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/1176/Woolies_bought_out_in_Leicester.html|title=Woolies bought out in Leicester|publisher=Shopping Centre|accessdate=22 June 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217152436/http://www.shopping-centre.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/1176/Woolies_bought_out_in_Leicester.html|archive-date=17 December 2007|url-status=dead))</ref> In October 2007 Peacocks opened in the former Woolworths unit.

The bus station was demolished in 2015, along with two food outlets (McIndians and Subway) and the Bohemian Public House on the corner of Charles Street and Belgrave Gate in order to build a larger bus station.

==Facilities==
===Stores===
Retailers currently occupying units include: [[Ryman]], [[T.K. Maxx]], [[Holland & Barrett]], [[B & M|B&M]], [[Primark]], [[The Entertainer (retailer)|The Entertainer]], [[Deichmann SE|Deichmann]], [[Card Factory]], [[Heron Foods]], [[One Below|OneBeyond]], Cards Direct, [[Blue Banana]], [[Matalan]], [[Tesco|Tesco Express]], [[Metro Bank (United Kingdom)|Metro Bank]], [[Costa Coffee]], [[Burger King]], [[Halifax Bank|Halifax Building Society]].<ref>((cite web | url=https://haymarketshoppingcentre.com/stores/ | title=Stores &#124; Haymarket Shopping Centre ))</ref>

A number of independent retailers operate from some of the smaller units within the centre.

Notable stores past and present include [[Littlewoods]] (including Index), [[C&A]], [[Somerfield]] (later [[The Co-operative brand|The Co-operative Food]]), [[HMV]], [[British Home Stores]], [[Poundworld]], [[Allders]], [[Bejam]], [[MK One]], [[Habitat (retailer)|Habitat]] and [[Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]].

===Haymarket Theatre===
((main|Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)))

[[Leicester City Council]] purchased a 99-year lease of the theatre in 1974. The theatre operated until 2007 when it was closed and replaced by the newly built [[Curve Theatre]] in Leicester's Cultural Quarter. The theatre was reopened in early 2018.

Located on Belgrave Gate at the front of the entrance to the Haymarket Theatre is The Metal Tree sculpture by [[Hubert Dalwood]] ARA. It was unveiled in 1974 and used  to be the only piece of major abstract sculpture in Leicester City Centre.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/growth-and-history/statuesandsculpture/haymarketabstract/|title=Abstract Sculpture, Haymarket|publisher=Leicester City Council|accessdate=27 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326125635/http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/growth-and-history/statuesandsculpture/haymarketabstract/|archivedate=26 March 2011|df=dmy-all))</ref>

===Nightclubs===
((Unreferenced section|date=June 2016))
To the left of the Clock Tower entrance was the entrance to the George Bar. This took its name from the George Hotel that had previously stood on this site. In 2001 it was called U R Zeus. It opened on 23 September 2005 as Niche, followed in November 2007 by Ice. It closed in 2008 and on 30 May 2009, it opened as the D9 Nightclub.

To the right side of the Clock Tower entrance was the entrance to a nightclub which was located on the first and second floors. This has now been converted to ordinary retail space and is currently occupied by [[Costa Coffee]]. This was first known as the Top Rank Suite, Bailey's Nightspot, then changed to The King of Clubs in 1980. It subsequently changed its name to Mr Kiesa's Discothèque, after owner Martin Kiesa.

Bailey's hosted many music and comedy acts such as [[Tommy Cooper]], [[Bernard Manning]], [[Mud (band)|Mud]], [[Slade]], [[Gary Glitter]] (March 1978), [[Showaddywaddy]], [[The Three Degrees]] and [[The Drifters]].

===Transport===
Opening in mid 2016, the [[Haymarket Bus Station, Leicester|Haymarket Bus Station]] has been rebuilt and expanded and now forms a major transport hub for the north of the city centre. It is located on Charles Street to the northeast of the '''Haymarket Shopping Centre'''.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights="170px">
Image:Haymarket Centre - Humberstone Gate.JPG|The Haymarket Centre on Humberstone Gate. Note Haymarket House office block in the centre comprising the top three floors.
Image:Haymarket Shopping Centre Mall 2015.jpg|A photo taken in 2015 of the main mall from the escalators outside Primark.
</gallery>

==Notes==
'''Haymarket Centre''' is its original name and the original signage on the outside walls still remain. The term is still used when referring to the whole complex, as opposed to just the mall.

'''The Haymarket''' is a common name for the Haymarket Shopping Centre used by the public and more recently, by the centre itself. The Humberstone Gate entrance has the name "The Haymarket" engraved into the floor.

'''Haymarket''' is the name of a short section of road, changing to '''Belgrave Gate''' after around 75 metres, adjacent to the Haymarket Shopping Centre.

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.haymarketshoppingcentre.com/ Haymarket Shopping Centre]

((Shopping centres in East Midlands))

[[Category:Shopping centres in Leicestershire]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Leicester]]
[[Category:Shopping malls established in 1973]]

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