点评:The Town Centre used to have a plethora and variety of shops. Nowadays, half of them fell victim to changing habits and economic factors. During the day it's still quite a busy place to walk through, but people just seem to wander about without purpose.
I mean who needs 4 Vape shops?
However, there are still some good places and decent prices from Farmfoods, Home Bargains and Iceland. There's no actual supermarket though, which is shocking for a Town Centre shopping centre this size. Of course there used to be a Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer, but they shut up shop.
There's still a Library and the Cinema is still going, even the Ice Rink too, but nearly every restaurant around that area closed down.
There were plans on selling off part of the shopping centre to make way for homes, and that seems a sensible plan.
翻译:市中心曾经拥有众多各式各样的商店。如今,由于习惯和经济因素的变化,其中一半的商店都倒闭了。白天,这里仍然是一个很热闹的地方,但人们似乎只是漫无目的地闲逛。
我的意思是,谁需要 4 家电子烟商店?
然而,Farmfoods、Home Bargains 和 Iceland 等商店仍然很不错,价格也还不错。不过,这里没有真正的超市,这对于如此规模的市中心购物中心来说,是令人震惊的。当然,这里曾经有 Sainsbury's 和 Marks & Spencer,但他们都关门了。
这里还有图书馆,电影院还在营业,甚至还有溜冰场,但该地区周围的几乎所有餐厅都关门了。
曾有计划出售购物中心的一部分,为住宅腾出空间,这似乎是一个明智的计划。