Mall Secrets UK

January sales in London

Host, MSUK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:56:44 +0000

Inside Westfield Stratford City shopping centre

Boxing Day, 26th December, usually marks the start of the shopping sale season. Here’s where to find the bargains in London.

Most of the big London shops and stores reduce prices on selected items in January. Includes electrical goods, fashion and soft furnishings.

For example:

The House of Fraser 2011/2012 winter shop sale starts on Boxing Day. Discounts of up to 50% in all departments.

In its shops, John Lewis is offering up to 50% off on fashion, toys and furniture from 27th December.

Debenhams’ in-store sale starts on Boxing Day, 7am in most of their shops. They’re offering up to 70% off in their women’s wear, lingerie, men’s, kids, shoes & boots, home and toys departments.

The next step is to choose where you’re going to shop.

Oxford Street in London’s West End is famous for its sales.

Westfield London will also be holding sales.

Westfield Stratford is huge. The REISS sale has already started. Up to 50% off in store now.

Covent Garden is a stylish place to shop.

And at
One New Change – selected restaurants and stores will be open on Boxing Day.

Westfield Stratford launches festive game for children

Host, MSUK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:01:10 +0000

Westfield Stratford's Christmas Alphabet Hunt game

The Christmas Alphabet Hunt is Westfield Stratford’s festive game for children. Find out more here.

Westfield Stratford know that happy parents make good customers.

To keep the children entertained, the east London shopping centre has launched a ‘Christmas Alphabet Hunt’.

Before visiting the mall, download and print off the .pdf question sheet here.

Then, while they’re visiting the shopping centre, children are challenged to “find Christmas trees, ice skaters, face painting and more…”

Once your child has answered all of the questions, they can swap the completed question sheet at a Concierge Desk for a free prize from the Disney Store.

The Christmas Alphabet Hunt ends 31st December 2011. Find out more here from the Westfield Stratford website.

Covent Garden Bank Holiday opening and closing times

Host, MSUK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:38:31 +0000

Covent Garden shops, London

The shops in Covent Garden alter their opening and closing times on Bank Holidays. Find out more here.

If you’re planning to visit Covent Garden, here are the dates you should look out for.

Here are the dates for your diary, bank and public holidays in England and Wales:

New Year’s Day
2 January 2012
1 January 2013
1 January 2014
1 January 2015

Good Friday
6 April 2012
29 March 2013
18 April 2014
3 April 2015

Easter Monday
9 April 2012
1 April 2013
21 April 2014
6 April 2015

Early May Bank Holiday
7 May 2012
6 May 2013
5 May 2014
4 May 2015

Spring Bank Holiday
4 June 2012
27 May 2013
26 May 2014
25 May 2015

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
5 June 2012

Summer Bank Holiday
29 August 2011
27 August 2012
26 August 2013
25 August 2014
31 August 2015

Christmas Day
26 December 2011
25 December 2012
25 December 2013
25 December 2014
25 December 2015

Boxing Day
27 December 2011
26 December 2012
26 December 2013
26 December 2014
28 December 2015

Shops and stores inside or near The Covent Garden Market include: Apple, a Moomins shop, Aspinal, Links, Original Penguin, Accessorize, Ben Sherman, Dr Martens, GAP, Jack Wills, Jigsaw, Kathmandu and many more.

Arndale Manchester Christmas opening and closing times

Host, MSUK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:23:59 +0000

The Arndale shopping centre in Manchester

The Arndale shopping centre in Manchester alters its opening and closing times at Christmas. Find out more about late night shopping here.

Shops at The Arndale include: Argos, Disney, Next, BHS, Boots, Dorothy Perkins, JD Sports, New Look, Reiss, WHSmith and Warehouse.

Christmas opening hours are…

Christmas Eve, 24th December 2011: 9am-5pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day, 26th December: 10am – 8pm (Next store will open from 6am for its sale)
27 December: 10am – 8pm
28 – 30 December: 9am – 9pm
New Year’s Eve, 31 December: 9am – 5pm
New Year’s Day: Closed
Monday 2 January 2012: 10am – 8pm

Manchester Arndale reverts to its usual shopping hours on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
There’s lots of places to eat and drink at the Arndale, including: Caffe Nero, Greggs, Harry Ramsden’s, KFC, Mcdonalds, Nandos, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Subway and Yo! Sushi.

Before travelling to the Arndale, please contact the shopping centre to check that the shops you’re planning to vist will be open.

Arndale Manchester opening and closing shopping times

Host, MSUK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:05:08 +0000

The Arndale shopping centre in Manchester

Opening and closing hours for The Arndale shopping centre in Manchester city centre. Find out more here.

Shops at The Arndale include: Argos, Disney, Next, BHS, Boots, Dorothy Perkins, JD Sports, New Look, Reiss, WHSmith and Warehouse.

Opening hours are…

Monday to Friday: 9am to 8pm
Saturday: 9am to 7pm
Sunday: 11am to 5pm

There’s lots of places to eat and drink at the Arndale, including: Caffe Nero, Greggs, Harry Ramsden’s, KFC, Mcdonalds, Nandos, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Subway and Yo! Sushi.

Before travelling to the Arndale, please contact the shopping centre to check that the shops you’re planning to vist will be open.

Covent Garden Christmas opening and closing times

Host, MSUK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:22:19 +0000

Covent Garden Canteen at Christmas

Many shops and stores in Covent Garden alter their opening and closing hours at Christmas. Find out more here.

The Covent Garden area of London is home to many different shops, restaurants and attractions.

They don’t all keep to the same opening and closing times during the festive season, so it’s always best to check with the individual retailers before travelling.

Usually Covent Garden shops only close on Christmas Day. Usually, there are performances at Covent Garden Market Piazza every day of the year, except Christmas Day.

However, some of the Covent Garden shops have published their Christmas opening and closing hours.

For example:

Apple Covent Garden Christmas opening times

December 24: 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
December 25: Closed
December 26: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
December 27: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
December 28: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
December 29: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
December 30: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
December 31: 9:00 am – 8:00 pm

January 2012
January 1: Noon – 6:00 pm
January 2: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 3: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 4: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 5: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 6: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 7: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 8: Noon – 6:00 pm
January 9: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 10: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 11: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 12: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 13: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 14: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
January 15: Noon – 6:00 pm

Real Food Market at Covent Garden Piazza

27 November 2011 – 24 December 2011

Thursday – Friday: 10.30am-8pm
Saturday: 10.30am-6pm

Marks and Spencer Covent Garden Christmas opening times

Address: 107 – 115 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9NT
Telephone: 020 7240 9549

Monday 26 December: Closed
Tuesday 27 Dec 08:00 – 19:00
Wednesday 28 December: 08:00 – 21:00
Thursday 29 December: 08:00 – 21:00
Friday 30 December: 08:00 – 21:00
Saturday 31 December: 09:30 – 19:00
Sunday 01 January: Closed

Covent Garden opening and closing times

Host, MSUK — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:23:19 +0000

Covent Garden shops, London

Looking for opening and closing hours for Covent Garden in London? Find out more here.

The Covent Garden area of London is home to many different shops, restaurants and attractions.

They don’t all keep to the same opening and closing times, so it’s always best to check with the individual retailers before travelling.

However, usually, the stalls and shop units inside the Covent Garden buildings are open at 10.00am every day of the week.
Stallholders tend to pack up at 6pm. Many stalls and shop units close at 8pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays.

Here’s a few examples of opening and closing times at Covent Garden:

East Colonnade Market opening times

Open every day of the week: 10am – 7pm

Jubilee Market Hall, South Piazza opening times

Monday – Friday: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00am – 6:00pm

Apple store, Covent Garden, The Piazza, WC2E 8HA opening times

Monday – Saturday: 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday: Noon – 6:00 pm

Fred Perry, The Piazza, Covent Garden opening times

Monday – Saturday: 10.00am – 7.00pm
Sunday: 11.00am – 5.00pm

Quiksilver, The Piazza, Covent Garden opening times

Monday – Saturday: 10.00am – 7.00pm
Sunday: 11.00am – 5.00pm

Tea Palace, The Market Building, Covent Garden opening times

Monday – Saturday: 10.00am – 7.00pm
Sunday: 11.00am – 6.00pm

Covent Garden shopping guide, London

Host, MSUK — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:22:23 +0000

Covent Garden shops, London

Covent Garden is a famous shopping area to the east of the West End, central London. It’s very popular with tourists. Find out more here.

The most famous shopping area in Covent Garden is the Covent Garden Market building, with its ‘Piazza’, the open square that hosts talented street performers and family events.

Covent Garden Market is now a classy retail centre, but before 1974 it was a wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market. The wholesale market is now based in Nine Elms, and is called the New Covent Garden Market.

Covent Garden shopping centre information and articles

Covent Garden Bank Holiday opening and closing times
The shops in Covent Garden alter their opening and closing times on Bank Holidays. Find out more here.
Covent Garden Christmas opening and closing times
Christmas opening and closing times at Covent Garden in London. Find out more about late night Xmas shopping hours here.
Covent Garden opening and closing times
Opening and closing times for the shops, cafes and attractions at Covent Garden in central London.
Covent Garden shopping guide, London
Covent Garden is a famous shopping area to the east of the West End, central London. It's very popular with tourists. Find out more here.

The Covent Garden Market buildings and the nearby streets are home to many retailers, including: Apple, a Moomins shop, Aspinal, Links, Original Penguin, Accessorize, Ben Sherman, Dr Martens, GAP, Jack Wills, Jigsaw, Kathmandu and many more fashion, gift, health, beauty and food shops.

Food and drink: Canteen is the name of the restaurant inside the Covent Garden Market building, also close are the Piazza Café, Battersea Pie Station, Covent Garden Kitchen, Petit Chez Gerard, and the Crusting Pipe – a Victorian style wine bar and restaurant, with a large outside seating area.

Also, there are three markets inside the Covent Garden Market buildings; Apple Market for arts, crafts & antiques, plus the Jubilee and East Colonnade Markets for a wide variety of stalls.

See this video to get a sense of what Covent Garden is like at Christmas:

Covent Garden address and postcode

Covent Garden,
31 Henrietta St,
London
WC2E 8NA

Telephone: 020 7836 9136 ‎

Covent Garden transport links

One of the easiest ways to get to Covent Garden is by the underground tube train. Covent Garden‎
Underground station is on the Piccadilly Line.

Bullring Christmas opening and closing times Birmingham

Host, MSUK — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:21:23 +0000

Bullring Birmingham alters its opening times at Christmas

Bullring Birmingham alters its opening and closing times at Christmas. Find out more about late night shopping at the Bullring shopping centre here.

Click here for the mall’s usual shopping hours.

Bullring Birmingham Christmas opening and closing times

Monday: 9.30am – 10pm
Tuesday: 9.30am – 10pm
Wednesday: 9.30am – 10pm
Thursday: 9.30am – 10pm
Friday: 9.30am – 10pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday: 11am – 5pm

Exceptions are:

Christmas Eve 2011: 9am – 6pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: 9am – 6pm
Tuesday 27th December: 10am – 6pm
Wednesday 28th December: 10am – 8pm
Thursday 29th December: 10am – 8pm
Friday 30th December: 10am – 8pm
New Year’s Eve: 9am – 6pm
New Year’s Day: 12pm – 5pm

Department stores and large shops at Bullring Birmingham include Selfridges, Debenhams, TK Maxx, Next, H&M, Apple Store, Topshop/Topman, HMV and DKNY.

Before travelling to the mall, please check which shops are open and when. Bullring customer service, telephone: 0121 632 1526

See also

Bullring Birmingham shopping guide

Trinity Walk Christmas opening and closing times Wakefield

Host, MSUK — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:51:09 +0000

Trinity Walk Shopping Centre

Trinity Walk extends its late night shopping hours during Christmas. See below for the xmas shopping centre opening and closing hours information.

Trinity Walk mall is home to more than 60 shops, on two floors, and has 1000 car parking spaces. See Trinity Walk’s usual shopping hours,
here.

From 5th Dec – open until 7pm
From 12th Dec – open until 8pm
From 19th Dec – open until 9pm
Except Sundays: 10am – 4.30pm
Christmas Eve: 9.00am – 5:30pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: 10:00am – 4:00pm
27th – 31st Dec: Usual opening hours
New Year’s Day: 10am – 4pm

Shops at Trinity Walk, include: Debenhams, Sainsbury’s, New Look, H&M, Orange, Next, Peacocks, River Island, Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Bank and Republic.